<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Sonoma: News &amp; Videos about Sonoma - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Sonoma</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Sonoma from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:07:27 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Sonoma: News &amp; Videos about Sonoma - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Sonoma</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Sonoma from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Enjoying the great outdoors</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/23/magazines/fortune/management/kendall_jackson_jess.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/23/magazines/fortune/management/kendall_jackson_jess.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Wine and racehorses are mere hobbies for many entrepreneurs, but for Jess Jackson, 79, both remain big business.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>4 wine country contenders</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/09/01/wine.drives/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/09/01/wine.drives/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Perhaps they're not the first place you think of when it comes to wineries, but these four regions offer character and great wine, without the hoopla.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bruce Martin: In his 1,000th NASCAR start, Martin competes the right way</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/bruce_martin/08/24/Martin.IR/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/bruce_martin/08/24/Martin.IR/index.html</guid><description>SONOMA, Calif. -- As NASCAR Sprint Cup prepares for a rare weekend off, the drivers battling for the 12th and final spot in the Chase for the Championship have a chance to pause -- and feel anxious.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bruce Martin: Andretti's bigger role could keep Patrick in IndyCar</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/bruce_martin/08/21/Danica.Andretti/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/bruce_martin/08/21/Danica.Andretti/index.html</guid><description>SONOMA, Calif. -- It appears Danica Patrick is leaning strongly toward staying in the IndyCar Series now that Michael Andretti is in the process of taking full control of ownership at Andretti Green Racing (AGR).</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Exotic vacations may be closer than you think</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/08/19/exotic.nearby/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/08/19/exotic.nearby/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Travelers don't always have to fight the masses and schlep overseas to find exotic vacation thrills.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lars Anderson: At Infineon, the battle for the final Chase spot heats up</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/lars_anderson/06/19/Chase/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/lars_anderson/06/19/Chase/index.html</guid><description>It is getting interesting, the race for the final spot in the Chase. After 15 events this season, three drivers -- David Reutimann, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Kasey Kahne -- are all within 90 points of the 12th-place driver in the standings, Jeff Burton. So who will ultimately grab that 12th and final position that advances to the Chase? Let's break it down, driver by driver.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mark Beech:Hot heading to Infineon, Montoya needs consistency</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/mark_beech/06/18/Montoya/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/mark_beech/06/18/Montoya/index.html</guid><description>Don't look now, but Juan Pablo Montoya is currently 14th in the Sprint Cup standings, just 43 points out of the 12th and final spot in the Chase. He's also one of the hotter drivers on the circuit, having run off two straight top-10 finishes, giving him four in his past six races. In other words, NASCAR's highest-profile open-wheel convert could be on the verge of making a major jump in the standings with a victory this weekend on the road course at Sonoma, the sight of his first career Cup win and one of his favorite tracks on the circuit.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tim Tuttle: Montoya, Busch ready for roads as Cup leaves ovals</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tim_tuttle/06/16/Montoya/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tim_tuttle/06/16/Montoya/index.html</guid><description>The Sprint Cup hits a road course for the first time this season on Sunday at Infineon Raceway -- a tight, 1.99-mile track in the wine country of Sonoma, Calif. It should be a showdown, sabers drawn, between Juan Pablo Montoya -- a fabulous road racer who has been learning to drive stock cars the past three years -- and Kyle Busch, a great stock car driver who suddenly became a winning road racer in NASCAR last year.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tom Bowles: IMS should make the 1,100-mile double doable again</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tom_bowles/05/21/Bowles_Double/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tom_bowles/05/21/Bowles_Double/index.html</guid><description>1,100 miles. Just the number seems daunting. Driving it all in one day, over nine hours with speeds upwards of 220-mph makes it nearly an impossible feat.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Another round?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/11/magazines/fortune/obrient_wine.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/11/magazines/fortune/obrient_wine.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Professional golfers and hackers alike try all sorts of unusual things to avoid the dreaded three-putt: cross-handed grips, staggered stances, elongated putters. Jayson Woodbridge has his own trick. He swings with one hand.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zac Efron's Day at the Raceway</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20219660,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20219660,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The High School Musical 3 star hits speeds over 100 mph during a day at the track</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The dish on Charlotte</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/08/13/charlotte.nc.dining/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/08/13/charlotte.nc.dining/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Nibble your way through Charlotte, North Carolina, and you'll taste the New South. Shining on the Piedmont with a modern skyline and brimming with emerging restaurants, this is a city that savors the fresh and the new.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lars Anderson: Road courses becoming a waste of NASCAR's time</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/lars_anderson/08/07/road.courses/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/lars_anderson/08/07/road.courses/index.html</guid><description>Up and down the garage, you hear it from drivers, from crew chiefs, from pit crew guys: They positively hate road course racing.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brant James:  Road course races change the game for drivers</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/brant_james/08/06/inside.nascar/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/brant_james/08/06/inside.nascar/index.html</guid><description>Downshift, brake, hit the mark, turn, up shift, accelerate, turn, brake. Five seconds -- maybe -- in the work day of a race car driver on a road course. And that's the easy part of racing. That doesn't even factor the metallic herd traversing the winding course, some among it predators capable of manipulating any mistake to create a precious passing opportunity.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mark Beech: Midway Awards</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/mark_beech/07/01/midway.awards0707/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/mark_beech/07/01/midway.awards0707/index.html</guid><description>Best Driver: Kyle Busch  With a series-best five victories and 869 laps led, the younger Busch brother has been close to dominant in his first year with Joe Gibbs Racing.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>2008 NASCAR Midseason Report: What's Ahead?</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/mark_beech/07/01/whats.ahead0707/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/mark_beech/07/01/whats.ahead0707/index.html</guid><description>1. And your 2008 Cup champion will be...? After his road course win at Sonoma on June 22 there seems to be little that can stand in the way of Kyle Busch taking his first season title -- except, perhaps... Kyle Busch. With five wins in the first 17 races, the Shrub has excelled on just about every sort of venue, from Talladega's superspeedway to the Monster Mile at Dover, and he has a 67-point lead in the standings over second-place Jeff Burton.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Big Sur wildfires wreak havoc</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/27/california.fires/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/27/california.fires/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Smoke climbed high into the sky Friday as firefighters struggled to contain two wildfires that combined near Big Sur in California, a fire official said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tom Bowles: Navigating new Hampshire, Smoke's distractions, more</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/tom_bowles/06/27/driver.quotes/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/tom_bowles/06/27/driver.quotes/index.html</guid><description>Heading into Sunday's race at New Hampshire, an anonymous NASCAR driver shares his thoughts about the latest happenings in the circuit.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mark Beech: Junior finds there's no place like his new home</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/mark_beech/06/19/racingfan/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/mark_beech/06/19/racingfan/index.html</guid><description>SI.com's Mark Beech offers the most intriguing news, notes and analysis fans need to know heading into each week's race.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sonoma, California: Where local food matters</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/04/18/sonoma.california/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/04/18/sonoma.california/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sondra Bernstein shocked Sonoma 10 years ago with her tiny, Cab-free restaurant, the Girl &amp;amp; the Fig. No Chardonnay even -- just Rhône wines (many locally grown and made) and a gutsy southern French menu fashioned out of the county's bounty. And at nearby Cafe La Haye, John McReynolds and Saul Gropman had started turning out stellar California-French dishes in a kitchen they could reach across.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Get Your Life Back</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/10/01/8387302/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/10/01/8387302/index.htm</guid><description>Good luck getting a table for dinner at The Girl &amp;amp; the Fig Restaurant. It's in an old hotel on the town square in Sonoma, in the heart of California wine country. The menu features a pork chop you can eat with a spoon and a multilayered array of cheeses and charcuterie that destroys all willpower. Sondra Bernstein, who started the restaurant nine years ago, just opened a bed and breakfast down the street; has Big Pantry, a new high-end country store in town; owns the casual Fig Café a few miles away; started the Fig Foods line of fig-related processed foods; wrote a popular cookbook; and is getting ready to launch a catering business.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Paul Revere's ride - for cyclists</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/18/smbusiness/Paul_Revere_Bike_Tour.fsb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/18/smbusiness/Paul_Revere_Bike_Tour.fsb/index.htm</guid><description>Heading for the Massachusetts Turnpike, a Mercedes sedan closes in on the back tire of my bicycle with an aggressive honk. Less than a mile of Boston's streets have designated bike lanes, and Commonwealth Avenue - where I'm trying to avoid construction sites and deep trolley tracks - is not one of them. "Stay close to me - this traffic circle might get hairy!" shouts Andrew Prescott, one of my guides. Dodging rush-hour traffic isn't easy, and with a few hours still to go on his Paul Revere Ride to Freedom tour, I'm wondering if I'd be happier straddling a horse.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>IndyCar schedules 16 races for next season</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/racing/09/18/indy.schedule.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/racing/09/18/indy.schedule.ap/index.html</guid><description>Except for one race, the IRL's IndyCar schedule next season will be identical to this year.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dixon wins in Sonoma, leads IRL title chase</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/racing/08/26/irl.sonoma.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/racing/08/26/irl.sonoma.ap/index.html</guid><description>SONOMA, Calif. 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(AP) -- Series points leader Dario Franchitti came up with his second pole of the season, and Andretti Green Racing teammate Danica Patrick matched her career-best second-place qualifying effort Saturday at Infineon Raceway.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Streaking Kanaan a long shot for IRL title</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/racing/08/25/irl.sonoma.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/racing/08/25/irl.sonoma.ap/index.html</guid><description>SONOMA, Calif. (AP) -- Just three races ago, Tony Kanaan thought the rest of the 2007 season he would just be running out the string, hoping for a victory or two to make a disappointing year more palatable.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rain postpones Michigan race to Tuesday</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/racing/08/20/michigan.postponed.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/racing/08/20/michigan.postponed.ap/index.html</guid><description>BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) -- The second straight day of rain washed out another effort by NASCAR on Monday to run the 3M Performance 400 Nextel Cup race at Michigan International Speedway.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Napa and Sonoma Style</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/08/08/napa.sonoma/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/08/08/napa.sonoma/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Travel + Leisure scoured California's wine country to find one-of-a-kind boutiques and charming small-town stores. From Calistoga to Healdsburg, these eight spots are worth a visit.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lars Anderson: Tony Stewart finds winning rhythm with Zipadelli</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/lars_anderson/08/03/five.pocono/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/lars_anderson/08/03/five.pocono/index.html</guid><description>Here are five drivers to watch this Sunday at Pocono.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lars Anderson: Happy homecoming has Stewart eyeing Cup</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/lars_anderson/07/30/brickyard/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/lars_anderson/07/30/brickyard/index.html</guid><description>Here are five things we learned on a sun-splashed, humid day at the most hallowed racetrack in the world:</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crime &amp;amp; publishing</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/06/01/100051018/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/06/01/100051018/index.htm</guid><description>When Fernando Ortega talks about the seven days and seven nights he spent in a Los Angeles County jail, he recalls the nine-foot-by-nine-foot cell he shared with three murderers, the "stinking urine smell," and finally, the magazine. "If it weren't for the magazine," he says, recalling the publication that distracted him from his menacing surroundings, "who knows what would have happened to me?"</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>SI.com's experts: Gordon the favorite at Sonoma race</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/racing/06/22/sonoma.predictions/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/racing/06/22/sonoma.predictions/index.html</guid><description>SI.com's experts weigh in with their predictions for this Sunday's race in Sonoma, Calif.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A day of spas, with a side of Syrah</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/06/30/wine.country/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/06/30/wine.country/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Whether you're looking for mud baths or bike routes, a castle or just a good meal, Travel + Leisure steers you in the right direction on this easy drive from San Francisco to Calistoga, California.</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lars Anderson: Kenseth, Stewart take aim at struggling Hendrick</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/lars_anderson/06/29/loudon.preview/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/lars_anderson/06/29/loudon.preview/index.html</guid><description>Here are five things to keep on eye this weekend in New Hampshire, where the Cup boys will be racing on the Magic Mile on Sunday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>2007 NASCAR Midseason: Midway Awards</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/racing/06/27/nascar.awards0702/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/racing/06/27/nascar.awards0702/index.html</guid><description>Sure, there are still 20 races to go until the Nextel Cup finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 18, but the 2007 regular season is already more than half over. 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NASCAR's goal is to put the race back in the hands of the driver, not the team that has the most money or the manufacturer that can build the best car.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lars Anderson: Montoya makes statement at Sonoma, NASCAR's to come</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/lars_anderson/06/25/sonoma.lessons/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/lars_anderson/06/25/sonoma.lessons/index.html</guid><description>Here are five things we learned on Sunday at Sonoma.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Flavors of Ferry Plaza entice foodies, celebrity chefs </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/05/31/ferry.plaza/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/05/31/ferry.plaza/index.html</guid><description>Even before it opens at 8 a.m., a devoted group of epicurean pilgrims is already arriving, wheeling knee-high cooler bags toward the produce stands that assemble every Saturday in downtown San Francisco's Ferry Plaza.</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 14:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Backing into the future</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/andrew_lawrence/03/22/cot/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/andrew_lawrence/03/22/cot/index.html</guid><description>When most entertain the idea of a car of tomorrow, gull-winged time machines and Firebirds that talk are often the first thoughts to spring to mind. NASCAR, however, envisioned something far different for its Car of Tomorrow: something safe and boxy that wouldn't look, what's the word, Swedish.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A backyard vineyard that makes wine - yours</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/12/11/8395470/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/12/11/8395470/index.htm</guid><description>One weekend morning in 2002, Michael Brill had the sort of epiphany that commonly befalls successful businesspeople - particularly tech businesspeople who live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Fed up... </description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Road Warrior</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/27/8394345/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/27/8394345/index.htm</guid><description> Eleventh-generation glassmaker Maximilian Riedel may have an antique pedigree, but he is a thoroughly modern man. Two years ago he created a sensation with his stemless “O” series glasses—a 21st-c... </description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Get Your Life Back</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/10/01/8387302/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/10/01/8387302/index.htm</guid><description>Good luck getting a table for dinner at The Girl &amp;amp; the Fig Restaurant. It's in an old hotel on the town square in Sonoma, in the heart of California wine country. The menu features a pork chop you ... </description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Case File: Luxuries</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/09/01/8384583/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/09/01/8384583/index.htm</guid><description>THE LAW  There's an added cost to buying fancy items--call it the bragging tax. But often the same quality and features can be found for less if you feel like evading that surcharge. </description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to get the best deal on luxuries</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/07/pf/deals_luxury_0609.moneymag/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/07/pf/deals_luxury_0609.moneymag/index.htm</guid><description>Do you need a pair of tickets to Springsteen? A bottle of wine? A fancy wristwatch?</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rising Star: Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/23/magazines/fortune/stars_bewkes_fortune_060206/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/23/magazines/fortune/stars_bewkes_fortune_060206/index.htm</guid><description>As a boy, Jeff Bewkes dreamed of becoming the captain of a small ship. A fast ship, he says now. He'd do some unconventional thing that leads to a big ship, part of a fleet. He'd face the inevitable problems [caused by] the misactions of the others. 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We'll leave it to Tony Bennett to explain.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chuck Williams Williams-Sonoma FROM POTS TO POACHERS,             I SEARCHED FOR TOOLS THAT WOULD TRANSFORM AMERICAN KITCHENS.  </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2003/09/01/350785/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2003/09/01/350785/index.htm</guid><description>If not for Chuck Williams, your salads would be bereft of that splash of balsamic vinegar, your pasta might lack that oomph given by a shot of garlic from a garlic press, and holiday cookies might ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2003 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>San Francisco, California</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2002/11/08/pf/yourhome/bplive_sanfrancisco/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2002/11/08/pf/yourhome/bplive_sanfrancisco/index.htm</guid><description>Rudyard Kipling once pointed out San Francisco's one drawback: 'Tis hard to leave. 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It's enough to make the word "cousins" sound like a profanity.  </description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 1999 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Jane And Scott Echols</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/11/01/268032/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/11/01/268032/index.htm</guid><description>OCCUPATIONS: Public relations consultant, computer-technology student </description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 1999 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Street Life</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/06/21/261717/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/06/21/261717/index.htm</guid><description>THE BEST JOB ON WALL STREET </description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 1999 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bubble Rap Picking the best sparkling wines for New Year's--or any time</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/01/01/253685/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/01/01/253685/index.htm</guid><description>When was the last time you sipped a flute of champagne? 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