Three Blocks Off Petaluma Boulevard is a new, upscale, California bistro-style restaurant on Western Avenue. Photo by Terry Hankins.

June 28, 2006
Art Scene

Everything's coming up lavender as the Petaluma Farmer's Market hosts a lavender festival from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday in Walnut Park, corner of Petaluma Boulevard and D Street.

Cinema toast

Gritty, inner-city, child-in-danger movie which the studio describes as "a 21st Century Bonnie and Clyde," populated with characters labeled as a wily street-smart hustler; a vicious criminal leader; and an ex-con trying to go straight.

Calendar

Cooking instructor -- Petaluma Parks and Recreation is seeking an instructor for its junior chefs class for children ages 8-12 and ages 4-7. Classes begin in January 2007. To apply, drop by the Petaluma Community Center, 320 N. McDowell Blvd. 778-4380.

3bo: Code for dining perfection

Did you ever go to an upscale restaurant and feel as if you didn't quite fit in? Perhaps it started with the greeting you received upon arrival from an officious maitre d' who seemed to "inspect" your appropriateness when you showed up without making reservations, or maybe it was the funereal formality of the setting. Been there. And I'm sure you have too.