Rockin H Ranch   July Meeting: Rockin H Ranch, Petaluma Saturday, July 16, 2011   Join us on July 16 at the Rockin H Ranch, a privately-owned facility nestled in the verdant landscape of southeastern Petaluma. The focus of July’s meeting will be Food & Wine as it relates...

The deadline for submissions for announcements for the July, 2011, BATW website update is June 23, 2011. Please see Submission Guidelines in the drop-down menus under both “About BATW” and “Help” on the home page: www.batw.org. Thank you very much  

BATW Members: Ginny Prior lists press trips in the Members-Only (log-in) section of the website.  Here’s how to find them: Log-in to the website. Under the words “Members Only Area” there is a black bar.  Click on the word “Services,” and you will see a drop-down menu. In the drop-down...

Each month we’ll spotlight one of the Board of Directors, to introduce you to their talents, experience and, in this case, pet peeves. Launching the new column is BATW Vice President and esteemed travel writer/editor Georgia Hesse. “Grammatical Errors Abound” by Georgia Hesse Grammatical errors...

Congratulations to Steven Mullen, of Kenwood, who recently joined BATW as an Active Member.  

Our July 16 meeting will be held at the Rockin H Ranch, a private ranch in Petaluma. The focus of the meeting will be on Food & Wine Travel, and we’ll have a panel of presenters, including a company that offers San Francisco food tours, experts from the Napa Valley and Sonoma areas, and perhaps...

By popular demand, Jak Wonderly is now offering a second workshop on digital SLR photography, to be held June 25–26 at the Rockin H Ranch in Petaluma. The class is designed to help beginning and intermediate digital SLR camera users master the controls of their camera and make more powerful photos....

BATW is now firmly in the 21st century with a Facebook page, a Yahoo Groups forum and, soon, LinkedIn, in addition to our excellent multifaceted website, BATW.org. Here’s how to use BATW’s social media sites: Facebook:  Open to public view, this is where you find out what’s going on with fellow...

Congrats to Tom Wilmer, whose book The Wine Seeker’s Guide to Livermore Valley took third place for Best Guidebook or travel book in a recent contest sponsored by the Outdoor Writers Association of California.

Lisa Alpine’s book Exotic Life: Laughing Rivers, Dancing Drums and Tangled Hearts just won BAIPA’s (Bay Area Independent Publishers Assoc.) Best Women’s Adventure Memoir 2011 award. One the stories, “The Chilean Cliff Carver” was selected for inclusion in Travelers’ Tales Best Travel Writing...