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For the most beautiful, scenic 20 minute drive this side of heaven, visit the new pub which has opened in a historic building in Westport. The Old Abalone Pub, located in the Westport Hotel (formerly the Lost Coast Inn, the Pelican Inn, and the Cobweb Palace), offers casual dinners on Friday and Saturday nights from 5:00 to 9:00 and brunch on Sundays from 10:00 to 2:00. Afternoon tea is served on Saturday afternoons from 3:00. Beers on tap, local wines, and a full line of espresso drinks are available. Chef Raymond Thoya prepares his renowned samosas and aromatic chai tea, as well as classic pub food and intriguing special dishes. The atmosphere is relaxed, cozy, and a little bit elegant. AND along the way, stop at Pacific Star Winery and visit their oceanfront tasting room!

November 9, 2008
Wild Mushrooms and Breakfast Adventure
Martha, Beachcomber Staff

The Wild Mushrooms and Breakfast Adventure will take place November 7 at 9 am at THe MacCallum House. This very special event will launch the annual Wine & Mushroom Fest! Our chef will prepare fabulous morning food with a focus on local wild mushrooms, followed by a limo drive to the secret mushroom spots of Ryane Snow, local mycologist and mushroom guru. He will take the group on a leisurely foraging walk where you will find hidden edible treasures and learn valuable tips along the way. For more info call 707-937-0289.

November 2, 2008
Wine and Mushroom Fest!
Martha, Beachcomber Staff

Oh, the mushrooms you will see... The Mendocino Coast has it all, from exhibits, forays, meals and banquets, healing mushroom talks, picnics, festivals, workshops, classes, train rides, and so much more on The Magical, Mystical, Mycological Mendocino Coast! Fead the full schedule here

October 27, 2008
Haunted House
Gaby, Beachcomber Staff

The Fort Bragg Leo Club Presents...A VERY HAUNTED HOUSE! On Halloween Night Friday, Oct. 31st, 6:00PM-9:00 PM at The Fort Bragg Lions "Haunted Hall" 430 E. Redwood Ave., Fort Bragg. Caution: THIS IS A VERY SCARY HAUNTED HOUSE! Not recommended for children under 10 years of age. Be prepared to be scared to death! Admission (donation) $5.00 Adults and $3.00 Ages 10-17. Bring a pair of used prescription glasses and get $1.00 off of admission price! For More info call: (707) 964-0921.

October 20, 2008
Mendocino Stories
Gaby, Beachcomber Staff

Mendocino Stories and Music Series presents "Voices & Visions" Friday, October 24, 7:30 PM, at the Mendocino Hotel Garden Room. Four local women - Devreaux Baker, Blake More, Lydia Rand and Toni Bernbaum will perform. Open reading follows. Doors open at 6:30 PM. Sliding scale $5-15. For more info call 937-1732 or visit www.mendocinostories.com/events

October 14, 2008
Halloween Fun at MAC
Pam, Beachcomber Staff

Celebrate Halloween dancing to the foot stompin' sounds of the Brown Brothers Blues Band, Friday, October 31, 7pm, at the Mendocino Art Center. Refreshments will be available for sale, and enter the raffle and the costume contest for fun prizes. Proceeds benefit the Mendocino Art Center. Admission $10. 45200 Little Lake Street, Mendocino. 707-937-5818. www.MendocinoArtCenter.org

October 7, 2008
Pumpkin Express!
Pam, Beachcomber Staff

Happy Fall to all of our guests!!! The Skunk Train's Pumpkin Express leaves on October 12, 19 & 26 at 10:am. Have lots of fun at the Pumpkin Patch!!! Or you could come to the Halloween Costume Ball October 31 at 8pm. Kevin and the Coconuts will be playing your favorites. We look forward to seeing you. We're having beautiful sunny days on the coast!

September 30, 2008
The Mendocino Wine & Mushroom Fest
Pam, Beachcomber Staff

If the mere mention of chanterelles and morels gets you salivating, consider a trip to a mushroom festival this fall. Mendocino County, about 90 miles north of San Francisco, hosts a Mushroom Festival, Nov. 7-16, with hunts for chanterelles, porcinis, morels and rarer varieties like the candy cap and hedgehog mushroom. Mushroom-themed dinners are offered throughout the area, along with mushroom cooking classes and a seminar on the healing power of mushrooms. For more info visit www.gomendo.com.

September 23, 2008
The Pygmy Forest
Pam, Beachcomber Staff

What is a Pygmy Forest? Stunted trees and shrubs caused by a complex ecological condition associated with underlying wave terraces and their unusual soils. The poor soil fertility and wetness of the soil restricts the growth of vegitation and induces a dwarf condition. Though short, the trees in the Pygmy Forest can be hundreds of years old. Jug Handle State Reserve features a 2.5-mile self-guided nature trail called The Ecological Staircase which explores five wave-cut terraces formed by glacier, sea and tectonic activity that built the coast range. Each of the terraces was uplifted from sea level about 100,000 years before the one below it. Plants on each terrace represent a more advanced stage in succession, indicating what the previous, next lower terrace may look like in 100,000 years. The lowest terrace consists of prairie; the second is covered with pines; the third supports a unique pygmy forest with knee-high trees possibly several decades old. Make it a half day trip to explore the interesting Pygmy forest.

September 17, 2008
Mendocino Stories
Pam, Beachcomber Staff

The Mendocino Stories and Music Series presents “Splendid Collisions”, original music and stories, with James Maxwell, Holly Tannen, Todd Walton and Marcia Sloane, Friday, September 19th at 7:30 PM in the Mendocino Hotel’s Garden. Doors open at 6:30PM. Sliding scale $5-15. For more info call Pattie at 937-1732 or www.mendocinostories.com.

September 11, 2008
Save This Date: Saturday, November 8
The Ives Quartet in Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg Center for the Arts

Sunday, September 21, 2008, at 3:00 pm: The Ives Quartet. The FBCA Music Series presents one of the Bay Area's most outstanding string Quartets, in the beautiful sanctuary of the Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church, 367 S. Sanderson Way , Fort Bragg . The Quartet will perform works by Haydn, Porter, Verdi and Gershwin. Tickets, $20, are available at Harvest Market and Fiddles and Cameras in Fort Bragg, and Moore Books in Mendocino. For more info call 937-1018 or visit www.fbcamusicseries.com.

September 6, 2008
Save This Date: Saturday, November 8
Wine & Mushroom Festival!
Pam, Beachcomber Staff

Third Annual Wine-Mushroom Festival will be held at St. Anthonyís Hall, Mendocino on Saturday, November 8, 1-5 P.M. Enjoy Wine tasting, Silent Auction, Art, Mushroom soup competition, Hors díoeuvres, Music by Camanae, and featuring local Mushroom authority Eric Schramm. Admission $25.00. For more info call (707) 937-2406.

September 1, 2008
Winesong!
Gaby, Beachcomber Staff

The 24th Annual Winesong! September 5th and 6th 2008. Winesong! is a nationally recognized charity wine auction and tasting attended by more than 1,100 guests from 28 states, who come together to make this one of the most spectacular events on the West Coast. The popularity of this prestigious event guarantees a sellout crowd every year and creates a festive atmostpere in the beautiful Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. For more information call (707) 961-4909
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September 18, 2008
Beach Club Posting
Carrie, Beach Club Member
"We love Winesong and try to go every year. Thank you Beachcomber for keeping us posted on all the best events on the cost! We love your blog and your hotel!"

August 28, 2008
Sub Dudes in September
Pam, Beachcomber Staff

The weather is great here on the beach in September. Come and enjoy the The Subdudes, a nationally known New Orleans-formed group. They will perform a live acoustic concert close to the ocean bluff in the event tent at The Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens on September 7th. For more info visit www.gardenbythesea.org.
Catch a wave~~~~

August 26, 2008
Blue Ox Beer Festival
Gaby, Beachcomber Staff

Blue Ox Beer Festival
Saturday August 30, 2008
Noon to 5:00pm
Come & taste more than 20
Award Winning Microbrews

August 25, 2008
Beach Club Posting
Kenneth & Donna Richardson, Beach Club Members
"Thank you for a wonderful anniversary from August 19th through August 22nd. Your facility is wonderful, very happy with the service. We will be back next year approximately the same time. My wife has requested a top floor room with a view and a queen size bed. Again I say thank you all, for a very pleasurable experience. God bless and will see you all again as it is our yearly desire to visit."

August 21, 2008
Great Day in Elk
Pam, Beachcomber Staff

This year's Great Day in Elk, to be held all day on Saturday, August 23, is sure to be the best one ever, with lots of additions, including new and improved carnival games, a newly-built bread oven, a bounce house and petting zoo for the kids, and lots more. The 34th annual fundraiser for the Greenwood Community Center. The parade starts at noon on Highway 1, with floats, tykes on bikes, Smokey the Bear and lots more. The carnival follows, with game booths and prizes and do-it-yourself craft projects for children. There's a $100 grease pole, fortune-telling, belly dancing, mini-massage, a watermelon-eating contest, live music, sack races, a cake auction, silent auction and a raffle drawing. And LOTS of food all day, as well as dinner outdoor bbq from 4 to 7pm. For more information call 877-1105.

August 14, 2008
A Special Guest
Pam, Beachcomber Staff

One Sunday morning while I was helping check-out guests and stocking the breakfast I walked over to our double doors that lead out to the ocean. I met a woman who was entering the doors at that time and she watched me walking about checking the plants and talking with our gardner. When she realized who I was she asked me, "Are you the owner"? I replied "Yes,... yes I am". She said to me, with her eyes welling up with a few tears, "you are so lucky", she then asked sincerely "Do you know how lucky you are"? I replied quickly, with my most heartfelt, "Oh yes, ..yes, I know we are very lucky. We are very lucky to be here". She then said, "The ocean is so beautiful and so moving", for her it was beyond words and she could hardly speak. She then told me how she was in Healdsburg and was hoping that the Beachcomber was the place that she wanted to stay. She remembered it from years before next to the Pudding Creek Trestle but could not remember the name of the motel. She was so happy to stay here finally. I shared with her how much I too, love the magnificant Pacific Ocean and I am never tired of looking at it and never take it for granted. The sheer beauty and spectacular changing sunsets each day are something you wait and watch just to see what is going to happen next. I followed her outside for a moment and then she left. The conversation was over but her feelings touched me and remained with me for the rest of the day... Just wanted to share one of those little magical moments.

August 10, 2008
Mendocino Artists
Gaby, Beachcomber Staff

Mendocino Art Center hosts the "Artists of the Mendocino Coast" gallery exhibit through August 30, showcasing the all-media artwork of 77 accomplished artists featured in photographer Larry Wagner's photography book, "Artists of the Mendocino Coast." Additional exhibits by Janet Seifert and Rebecca Deerwater. Daily, 10am to 5pm. 45200 Little Lake Street, 707-937-5818. www.MendocinoArtCenter.org.

August 3, 2008
Mendcocino Outdoors
Gaby, Beachcomber Staff

On Saturday, August 9, from 4-6 pm, meet author Dennis Freeze at a reception and book signing. The event is hosted by the Mendocino Hotel, and Goldeneye Winery will be pouring their excellent Pinot Noir. The newly-released 3rd Edition of Mendocino Outdoors sets a new standard for Mendocino Coast hiking books. Completely rewritten and expanded from the previous edition, Mendocino Outdoors is your guide to outdoor activities on the Mendocino Coast. It covers all of the parks and preserves in the area, from the Lost Coast to Gualala, plus some inland jaunts to the wine country and some of the tallest trees in the world. The guide is filled with full-color maps of all the areas described in the book, as well as photographs to show you what you'll see when you get there. Location: Mendocino Hotel, 45080 Main Street, Mendocino, 707-937-0511

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