Big Sur Inn

Big Sur Inn

Author: Anita Alan

Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781423600121

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California's Big Sur has it all: majestic redwoods and waterfalls, a rich literary and cultural tradition, and the legendary Big Sur Inn. This illustrated tour travels back in time to reveal the history, legends and storied past of a coastline institution. What started with a dream of Norwegian Helmuth Deetjen became a refuge for artists, travellers and celebrities worldwide, including Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth.


My Nepenthe

My Nepenthe

Author: Romney Steele

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published: 2009-11-17

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 0740779141

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The author reflects on the history of her family's California restaurant, Nepenthe, and her experiences growing up there; and provides eighty-five recipes and photographs.


Mickey Muenning

Mickey Muenning

Author: Mickey Muenning

Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Published: 2014-06-24

Total Pages: 503

ISBN-13: 1423637526

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This is the first monograph featuring the work of architect Mickey Muennig. Muennig is an important proponent of organic architecture, creating highly individualized structures and spaces that express the dreams and needs of his clients, while complementing the natural environment. He has designed buildings, most notably in the Big Sur area of California’s Central Coast, that blend with their surroundings, incorporate passive energy features, and utilize natural materials in original ways. Maintaining a daring balance between past and future, Muennig’s unique work captures the iconoclastic spirit of Big Sur. Mickey Muennig studied architecture under Bruce Goff at the University of Oklahoma. Upon graduating, he worked on various architectural projects around the country until a fortuitous vacation to Big Sur on California’s Central Coast in 1971 changed his life forever. He subsequently moved there, and has lived and worked in Big Sur ever since. Muennig was recognized by Architectural Digest as one of the top 100 architects in the United States in 2000 and 2002.


The Hotel Book

The Hotel Book

Author: Shelley-Maree Cassidy

Publisher: Taschen

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 3822819115

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Who minds sleeping under a mosquito net when it's royally draped over the bed in a lush Kenyan, open-walled hut, fashioned from tree trunks and shielded from the sun by a sumptuous thatched roof? This selection of the most-splendid getaway havens nestled throughout the African continent is sure to please even the most finicky would-be voyagers. Photos.


Sierra Mar Cookbook

Sierra Mar Cookbook

Author: Craig Von Foerster

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1586858599

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From the prestigious Sierra Mar Restaurant at the Post Ranch Inn comes an exquisite cookbook that captures the romance and mystique of this historic place. Flavorful California cuisine meets classic French and Mediterranean fare in the adventuresome kitchen of Executive Chef Craig vonFoerster. Sierra Mar shares unique and irresistible recipes for all seasons, with a focus on fresh ingredients and creativity, for appetizers, soups, salads, entrees, and desserts. Also included are personal notes and wine pairings from respected Sierra Mar sommelier Dominique DaCruz.


Big Sur

Big Sur

Author: Jack Kerouac

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-04-26

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1101548819

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A poignant masterpiece of wrenching personal expression from the acclaimed author of On the Road “In many ways, particularly in the lyrical immediacy that is his distinctive glory, this is Kerouac’s best book . . . certainly he has never displayed more ‘gentle sweetness.’”—San Francisco Chronicle Jack Kerouac’s alter ego Jack Duluoz, overwhelmed by success and excess, gravitates back and forth between wild binges in San Francisco and an isolated cabin on the California coast where he attempts to renew his spirit and clear his head of madness and alcohol. Only nature seems to restore him to a sense of balance. In the words of Allen Ginsberg, Big Sur “reveals consciousness in all its syntactic elaboration, detailing the luminous emptiness of his own paranoiac confusion.”


MilesTalk

MilesTalk

Author: Dave Grossman

Publisher: Milestalk

Published: 2018-01-18

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780692049624

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Do you have a friend that always seems to be flying around the world in First Class and wonder how? Maybe you already know about "frequent flyer miles" but don't know how to get them yourself. Dave Grossman has been "that friend" for years and shares all of his secrets in this must-read for anyone with big travel dreams on a small budget.


The Hermits of Big Sur

The Hermits of Big Sur

Author: Paula Huston

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2021-10-15

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0814685064

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Between World War II and Vatican II, as Italy struggled to rebuild after decades of Mussolini’s fascism, an eleventh-century order of contemplative monks in the Apennines were urged by Thomas Merton to found a daughter house on the rugged coast of California. A brilliant but world-weary ex-Jesuit, who had recently withdrawn from a high-intensity public life to go into reclusion at the ancient Sacro Eremo of Camaldoli, was tapped for the job. Based on notes kept for over sixty years by an early American novice at New Camaldoli Hermitage, The Hermits of Big Sur tells the compelling story of what unfolds within this small and idealistic community when medievalism must finally come to terms with modernism. It traces the call toward fuga mundi in the young seekers who arrive to try their vocations, only to discover that the monastic life requires much more of them than a bare desire for solitude. And it describes the miraculous transformation that sometimes occurs in individual monks after decades of lectio divina, silent meditation, liturgical faithfulness, and the communal bonds they have formed through the practice of the “privilege of love.”


Romancing the Sur

Romancing the Sur

Author: Linda Jones

Publisher:

Published: 2018-01-16

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780692884768

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Romancing the Sur tells of the passion it takes to embrace the chaos, impermanence and wild beauty of life on the Big Sur coast. Up a dirt road, on the ridge Henry Miller called home, you'll find views of the lunar goddess, lupine blossom sorbet, and bathing in a claw-foot tub as condors soar above. There are also life-changing wildfires, sneaky rattlesnakes, and a host of marvelous eccentric characters with wisdom to share. "Linda Sonrisa's writing, like a car she once had, is convertible-she converts her experiences of Big Sur so that we get to step into her rural, effervescent life. She'll take you for a spin in her red Miata along the highway's tight curves and you too will find that "everything is beautiful again." Get right up close to her experience of the transformation of fire into ash into gratitude. Here's a writer who listens with such care that she can hear a friend's sadness in a raven's voice and his joy in singing finches. If we could all live our lives with such attention the world would be a better place. If we could all write like this, wouldn't that be something!"Patrice Vecchione, author, Step into Nature: Nurturing Imagination & Spirit in Everyday Life


The Power of When

The Power of When

Author: Michael Breus

Publisher: Little, Brown Spark

Published: 2016-09-13

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 0316391271

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Learn the best time to do everything -- from drink your coffee to have sex or go for a run -- according to your body's chronotype. Most advice centers on what to do, or how to do it, and ignores the when of success. But exciting new research proves there is a right time to do just about everything, based on our biology and hormones. As Dr. Michael Breus proves in The Power Of When, working with your body's inner clock for maximum health, happiness, and productivity is easy, exciting, and fun. The Power Of When presents a groundbreaking program for getting back in sync with your natural rhythm by making minor changes to your daily routine. After you've taken Dr. Breus's comprehensive Bio-Time Quiz to figure out your chronotype (are you a Bear, Lion, Dolphin or Wolf?), you'll find out the best time to do over 50 different activities. Featuring a foreword by Mehmet C. Oz, MD, and packed with fascinating facts, fun personality quizzes, and easy-to-follow guidelines, The Power Of When is the ultimate "lifehack" to help you achieve your goals.