One thing about change is that it makes people feel uncomfortable. Settling into a comfortable daily routine can lead some people into complacency. It’s not until revolutionary type of thinkers rise against the daily grind that truly extraordinary changes occur. For example, you may be familiar with the name Rosa Parks who stood in the gap between what was permissible and what was ethically righteous. Perhaps no industry is on the fringe of such ethically gray area as much as the art industry.

San Francisco Bay Area photography expert Thomas Hawk visited Brentwood’s neighboring Byron with a group of very talented digital photography artists this last Saturday. They set out from all corners of the Bay Area finally converging at Byron’s Hot Springs Resort.

If you were walking up 2nd Street in Brentwood on August 30th, 2009 you would have thought that you were at some mystical beach. Jazzstastic sounds filled the air, sand castle sculptors carefully formed their creations, and a multitude of people enjoyed wine and each other’s company. This wasn’t the beach; even better it was the Brentwood 2009 Art, Wine, and Jazz Festival. Vintners from Napa, Brentwood, and the surrounding areas gathered to celebrate some of the finer things in life.