Sonoma Wine Country in California Goes Mobile

Sonoma Wine Country is located 30 miles from San Francisco and features more than 250 wineries, 100+ organic farms, and 50 miles of stunning Pacific coast.

Wine country visitors can now book a hotel room, make dinner reservations, or find a wine-tasting room from their mobile phone.  The Sonoma County Tourism Bureau rolled out their new mobile website, mobile.sonomacounty.com this month.

The mobile site allows visitors quick access to vacation information on their phone or PDA where they can view the countywide event calendar; book a restaurant reservation using OpenTable; and locate a hotel, inn, B&B or vacation rental.







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Lithium Batteries Are Not Allowed in Checked Baggage

If you take spare batteries for your cell phone or laptop or camera with you while traveling, and you travel by plane, this is important for you to know.

The bad news is that you may NOT pack any spare lithium batteries in your checked baggage, although you can pack an electronic device with the batteries installed in it.  This rule is in place to reduce the risk of lithium battery fires.

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Top 10 Best U.S. Public Restrooms: Vote for Your Favorite!

Hurry!  You only have until July 31st to vote for America’s Best Public Restroom for 2008!!!  Go to http://www.bestrestroom.com to take a photographic tour of each restroom and then vote.  The winner will be announced in August.

(Drum roll ……)  And the top ten finalists ARE:

  1. Grand Central Terminal; New York, NY
  2. The Montville Inn; Montville, NJ
  3. Smith College Museum of Art; Northampton, MA
  4. 21C Museum Hotel; Louisville, KY
  5. The Hermitage Hotel; Nashville, TN
  6. Signature Room at the 95th; Chicago, IL
  7. Brio Restaurant; Rockford, IL
  8. Jerome Bettis’ Grille 36; Pittsburgh, PA
  9. Iowa 80 Truck Stop; Walcott, IA
  10. El Monte Sagrado Living; Taos, NM







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