Santa Rosa is a small city in California with a cool vibe and vibrant culture that we loved checking out for the first time. The downtown area has three distinct shopping districts, five historic residential neighborhoods, arts and culture, events, great restaurants, famous chefs, wine tasting rooms, brewpubs, and a comfortable inviting atmosphere. It is home to the museum that celebrates famed cartoonist Charles M. Schulz’s life and works including some colorful street sculptures of Peanuts characters throughout the city. There is quite a bit to see, do, eat, drink, hike, bike and explore in Sonoma County in general, and we took part in as much of that as we could during our visit!
You can see the first episode about our trip (above) focused on the hotels and restaurants we experienced during our visit. It includes the Applewood Inn, Astro Motel, Dick Blomster’s Korean Cafe, Belly Leftcoast Kitchen & Taproom, Best of Burma 2, Bistro 29, and Spinster Sisters.
The second episode (below) focused on the attractions we saw and the activities we did while there. It includes the Sonoma Canopy Tours, Railroad Square, Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve, Charles M. Shulz Museum, Redwood Empire Ice Arena, and Francis Ford Coppola Winery.
Our itinerary was put together with help from Visit Santa Rosa and here are some of the photos I shared on Instagram from the area:
We also did a video from our first hotel in a romantic setting to talk about our first time with a bunch of things about our relationship and a video from our second hotel with my boyfriend where we played how well do we know each other so be sure to check those out too! Subscribe to my YouTube channel while you’re there for more fun videos from our travels designed for the LGBTQ traveler to find awesome and safe places to visit!