Yearly Archives: 2020

Ting Update and Happy Mid-Autumn Moon Festival


We hope that all had a meaningful Mid-Autumn Moon Festival on October 1. 2020.

The Sonoma-Penglai Sister Cities Committee continues to meet monthly. At our October 5 meeting, our members were working together to support our Wine Country Chinese Legacy Project, while supporting each other through the Covid-19 pandemic and recent wine-country fires. This has […]

Ting Update and Happy Mid-Autumn Moon Festival2023-02-06T13:01:10-08:00

Anniversary of the Sonoma-Tokaj Sister Cities Relationship

Even though we may be physically distant from each other right now, we can still celebrate the major milestones of SSCA, and today is one of those days.  On August 31st, 2012, The City of Sonoma and the Hungarian city of Tokaj formalized their Sister City relationship with a signing ceremony at Buena Vista Vineyards.  […]

Anniversary of the Sonoma-Tokaj Sister Cities Relationship2020-08-31T21:25:08-07:00

A Wonderful Event: The Ambassador’s Zoom Presentation on 21 August 2020

Many thanks to Bill Boerum for putting together the ZOOM presentation given by His Excellency Ambassador (Ret.) Abderahman Salaheldin, who served as the Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. from 2004 through 2010.  SSCA members may recall that Ambassador Salaheldin was instrumental in helping to set up the City of Sonoma – Aswan (Egypt) Sister City […]

A Wonderful Event: The Ambassador’s Zoom Presentation on 21 August 20202020-08-26T21:24:55-07:00

Zoom Lecture by His Excellency Ambassador (Ret.) Abderahman Salaheldin – Friday, 21 August 2020

Dear Friends & Colleagues:

It is a pleasure to invite you to a lecture by His Excellency Ambassador (Ret.) Abderahman Salaheldin. Uniquely experienced, he will speak and answer questions on the topic: Egypt’s Foreign Policy Challenges: Turkey, Libya, & Ethiopia. Included will be remarks on the relationship with the U.S. as well as an update on […]

Zoom Lecture by His Excellency Ambassador (Ret.) Abderahman Salaheldin – Friday, 21 August 20202020-08-19T19:57:04-07:00

The Ting has a Building Permit!


Today, January 28, 2020, at the beginning of the Year of the Rat, the Penglai Committee has received from the City of Sonoma, the building permit for the Ting. The pavilion (Ting in Mandarin) will honor the Chinese laborers in the 1800’s who contributed much to the start of our local wine industry. […]

The Ting has a Building Permit!2023-02-08T11:55:05-08:00
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