Time to Vote for Clavey 2011

For those of you up here in Sonoma, Marin or Napa, the time has come once again to vote for the Bohemian Weekly's Best of the North Bay. And while we can't help you choose such categories as the Best Baby Gift Store, Best Bridal Salon or the Best Plastic Surgeon, we can offer you a few suggestions on a few of our other favorites:

Let's start with three you've probably already voted for (I know we did).
206 Best Outdoor Gear Shop: Clavey Paddlesports (that one should have been a gimme).
310 Best Caterer: Tom Meckfessel, Paella del Reyes (best fancy rice you've ever had)!
421 Best Veterinarian: Nicole Canon, Animal Hospital of Sebastopol (she's my wife and if she's not successful, I'll have to get a real job).

And now here's a few others we think are well worth the vote but aren't so personally invested as the first three.

108 Best Movie Theatre: Sebastinani (They showed Casablanca last year - how great is that)?
110 Best Music Venue: The Mystic (the fact that I can walk back to Clavey and pass out under my desk is a plus).
201 Best Bike Shop: Mike's Bikes (we love those guys).
212 Best Yoga Studio: Thrive in Sebastopol (keeping my wife looking yummy gets my vote all day long).
302 Best Bakery: Wild Flour in Freestone (if you were to die without having had a scone from the the Wild Flour, then you never really lived).
314 Best Chef: Tony Najiola of Central Market (you should never trust a skinny chef so you can certainly trust Tony).
317 Best Cocktails: Underwood in Graton (I can ride my bike there from Sebastopol and if I could find it again I could ride back home as well).
327 Best Italian: Cucina Paradiso in Petaluma (mama mia, si molto bene)!
331 Best Mexican: Martha's Sebastopol (you've already voted for Martha's, you don't need my opinion).
337 Best Restaurant: Central Market (honestly, how could you be the best chef but not have the best restaurant).
409 Best Private School: Little Red Farm House (Waldorf school with cute little kids and the kind of teacher every little boy dreams about).
418 Best Groomer: Jennifer Slaton, The Barking Lot (she gives the kind of hair cuts that even make our sub-standard poodle look like a real dog).
709 Best Auto Repair: Out West Garage (Maria and her crew know more about Japanese cars than Japanese do).
710 Best Bank: First Community Bank (what hometown banks used to be - never a line and everybody knows your name).
754 Best Solar Retail: Western Pacific Solar (their entire company is as sunny as the energy they sell).

You can find your ballot here. Now doesn't it feel good to have voted? Yes. Yes it does.