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What Do You Think of 'The Bachelor' This Season? Blog on Patch!

Review of 'The Bachelor,' starring Sonoma's Ben Flajnik.

NOTE: This blog was updated on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, to add a call-out for anyone in the community who watches 'The Bachelor' with its current Sonoma County and Bay Area focus to continue this blog, which I started last week. Any takers?

Last night's episode of 'The Bachelor' with local boy had several redeeming qualities -- unlike the

Film shots of Ben and a date walking in downtown Sonoma, dining at the restaurant and watching home movies at  were wonderful.

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So was a "Community Theater" play put on by Ben and 12 potential mates -- directed by a group of awesome local school kids!

The auditions for the show were priceless: "Can you be a wizard?"  one "director" asked a beautiful contestant.

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"Act like a hippie," another pint-sized "director" told one woman.

Made me wish that a Healdsburg "Bachelor" were selected so that Healdsburg -- and the and downtown Plaza -- could be part of the show.

(Maybe we could convince a winner to audition for the next "The Bachelor" show?)

If you didn't see it, here's a link to the episode:

If you did see it, what do you think?


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