Word: sonoma
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...interpretations of the holiday prevalent in our consumer society, I examined the array of catalogues lying around in several friends' common rooms to determine which corporate entities were appropriating the Valentine image. The holiday appears to cross both product lines and demographic groups, appearing every-where from Williams-Sonoma to Victoria's Secret and beyond. Regrettably, research constraints and a wind-chill factor of maybe 20 below prevented me from visiting Hubba Hubba to check for sales...
...rivers north of San Francisco are expected to overflow again later this week. Evacuations were underway from San Francisco Bay to Eureka, 225 miles to the north. Flooding was worst this morning in the wine region: Napa County's Napa River crested at 26.5 feet this morning, while neighboring Sonoma County's Russian River hit 45 feet at one point; flood stage is 32 feet. The storms have also saturated southern California, causing more than $20 million in damage last week, with more rain forecast for tonight and Tuesday...
...Texas St. 57, Sonoma...
Catch a first-run after buying your parents a new set of crockery at Williams--Sonoma, while buying yourself the latest foreign magazine or after a good session of people--watching...
Although shipments of American wines abroad reached record highs in 1993, the industry is coping with stagnant sales in the intensely competitive domestic market. Sonoma County alone has more than 135 wineries, and many producers of premium brands find it harder than ever to get space on crowded shelves. In April the Safeway supermarket chain decided to drop 100 of the 1,000 or so labels it had previously carried in stores across the country...