Article: Fresh approach to green living on the Mendocino coast

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Fresh approach to green living on the Mendocino coast

Fort Bragg inn, cafe celebrate 'Living Light'

 

Christine Delsol, Special to The Chronicle

Sunday, September 16, 2007

 

 

(09-16) 04:00 PDT Fort Bragg -- Perennially in the shadow of its

glamorous neighbor to the north, Fort Bragg has built its own

following among visitors who forgo Mendocino's postcard perfection

and precious inns for lower prices and uncrowded streets. Fort Bragg

shares the rugged shoreline that is, after all, the Mendocino coast's

primary lure. And its expanding retinue of galleries and gourmet

restaurants among the hardware stores and bike shops creates an

appealing blend of cosmopolitan attractions and working-class attitude.

 

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Most guests discover the inn through the Living Light Culinary

Institute, which draws students from all over the world to its

courses on raw food. The cooking school was new to me, but the inn is

in the same dignified Craftsman home, in a residential neighborhood

settled by wealthy lumber families in the 1920s. Rooms are spacious

and homey, and the parlor and sun room with their warm redwood

paneling have enough antiques to make the place look like a period

piece.

 

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