Well, something to think about. Know what your dad and Gail are doing for x-mas? > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:59:31 -0800 (PST) > > supposedly higher discount from last year > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > >From: Stanford Inn by the Sea <http://www.stanfordinn.com/~info> > >To: http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg > >Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 11:06 AM > >Subject: 30% Off Winter Sale, Thanksgiving and Holiday Events > > > > > >Winter Sale, Events and Insights from Stanford Inn > >Having trouble viewing this email? Click here > >view newsletter online 800-331-8884 > >It's been an amazing year at the Stanford Inn ... filled with dynamic and > >interesting guests, numerous projects and improvements around the Inn, and > >the satisfaction of reading your reviews on websites like Trip Advisor. Below, > >is the most recent review ... along with recent awards, our "2012-13 Winter > >Sale," Holiday Events and reflections on living well. > >By the way - we are offering a cruelty free Thanksgiving Dinner. If you want > >to get away - give us a call! (800-331-8884) > > > >Thank you for your loyalty and friendship. We look forward to your return. > > > >Stanford Inn Website > >Ravens' Restaurant Website > >Our Best Winter Sale! > >Thanksgiving Menu > >Upcoming Events > >Watch Our Video > >Join Us On Facebook > >Visit Our Mobile Website > >Trip Advisor. November 5, 2012: "Been going to the Stanford Inn by the Sea > >since 1990 when it was still had the Big River Lodge sign. It is one of our > >favorite places. Jeff and Joan, the owners, are great hosts and they and > >their staff strive to make your stay noteworthy. Highlights include: > > - Views of the ocean and Mendocino - Wood burning fireplaces > >-Indoor garden with pool, hot tub, and sauna - Beautiful grounds > >and bountiful vegetable garden - Horses, llamas, working cats, and > >a resident Lab named Murphy. > > Will be back!" > >RECENT RECOGNITION AND AWARDS > > > > "Sunset Magazine" puts Stanford Inn at top of the list for Dog Friendly > >Vacations. > > Stanford Inn earns top ratings on the Ca Green Lodging Directory. > >According to Ca State General Services Department: > > Ca is recognized throughout the nation for its > environmental beauty and its environmental leadership. Each > of us has an important role to play in protecting this beauty > and helping to conserve Ca's precious natural resources > to ensure that its residents and businesses continue to thrive. > The Ca Green Lodging Program acknowledges and promotes > lodging facilities that demonstrate water and energy > conservation, waste minimization, recycling, environmentally > friendly purchasing, program sustainability, and pollution > prevention. The program is committed to demonstrating the > highest standards of integrity and environmental ethics for the > State of Ca." > >  "Conde Nast Traveler" Stanford Inn Selected selected - 2012 Readers Choice > >Award - Best in the World > >A total surprise to us and undoubtedly Conde Nast: Their editor wrote: "It's > >your world, and it keeps surprising us." It never occured to us that a vegan > >lodge would ever be in the pages of Conde Nast Traveler! Thank you to our > >guests for putting the word out! > >OUR BEST FALL & WINTER SALE YET!!! > >A special to encourage you to experience the beauty of this time of year > >and at prices less than last year! > >Save up to 30% for accommodations, overlooking the Stanford Inn Farm and out > >to Mendocino Bay. > >â?¢ Petite Queens are $184.50 - a saving of 84.50 (+30%) > >â?¢ Executive Kings begin at $202.50 - a saving of 86.50 - (30%) > >â?¢ Executive Queens begin at $19 - a saving of $85.50 - (+30%) > >Limited availability. Call to book: 800-331-8884 or BOOK ONLINE and choose > >Special Rates! Fine Print: Must mention when booking. Taxes and gratuities > >not included. Rates are for one, two or more nights! No minimum stay > >required to receive special rates with the exception that weekends have a > >two night minimum. We have no undisclosed "resort fees" Cannot be combined > >with any other offer, coupons, etc. Events and holidays excluded. > >HOLIDAY EVENTS AT STANFORD INN > >â?¢Â Thursday, November 22, 2012 > >Vegan Thanksgiving Dinner at Ravens Restaurant > > > >Holiday splendor unfolds as the Inn is lighted up and holiday decor is > >featured throughout the Lobby and Ravens' Restaurant. > >â?¢Â Saturday, December 8 > >Vegan Cookies and Holiday Baking Demonstration > >12-2pm | $25 per person > > > >Learn tips and techniques and sample delicious holiday treats. Youâ??ll go > >home with recipes and inspiration that will add a healthful twist to your > >traditional holiday baking. Includes complimentary coffee, tea, and printed > >handouts. > >Reservations required: call 937-5615 > > > >â?¢Â Sunday December 9 > >Natural Holiday Décor Workshop > >11-2pm | $45 > > > >Gather your friends and start a holiday tradition for an afternoon workshop > >with Stanford Inn Master Gardner Jamie Jensen and florist Courtney Richmond. > > Create a one of a kind wreath, or centerpiece. Includes wreath frame and a > >variety of greenery and natural materials from our Big River organic > >gardens. Please bring your clippers, gloves, your choice of centerpiece > >container . Includes mulled cider and cookies. > >Pre-registration required, limited to 10. Please call 937-5615 > >â?¢Â Saturday December 15 > >Childrenâ??s Holiday Tea Party with Santaâ??s Elf > >3-4:30pm | adults $12, children free (Bring and unwrapped gift valued at $12 > >in lieu of one adult fee) > >An experience that will delight kids of all ages, enjoy Stanford Innâ??s > >beautiful festive holiday decorations and walk through the Big River Nurseryâ > >??s dazzling Garden Lights display. Includes tea, hot chocolate with > >dessert. Each child must be accompanied by an adult. Reservations > >Required: call 707-937-5615 > >â?¢Â Saturday, December 15th, 2012 between 5 and 7 PM > >A book launch + meet the practitioners at the Mendocino Center for Living > >Well > >Sid Garza-Hillman, Nutritional Consultant, will be releasing "Approaching > >the Natural: A Health Manifesto" - the book is accessible, clear, edgy, and > >humorous. Sid Garza-Hillman distills his years of research into a book > >readers will want to carry with them as a quick-reference when negotiating > >our most unnatural world - especially Gen X and Gen Y-ers for whom there is > >a substantial lack of result-oriented health books that are actually this > >easy and fun to read. Sid's philosophy is simple: the closer the human > >spices moves by degrees to its natural design, the healthier and therefore > >happier it will be. > > > >Mendocino Center for Living Well is the working name for this group of local > >practitioners of life enhancing programs: Tai Chi, Chinese herbology, breath > >work, art experience, acupuncture, yoga, energy medicine, massage, and much > >more. > > > >â?¢Â A Solstice Weekend Celebration ... with Celtic Harpist Anne Roos > >December 22 and 23 call Inn for time of performances 707-937-5615. > >Visit Anne's website: www.celticharpmusic.com > >REFLECTIONS FROM JEFF AND JOAN STANFORD ... LIVING WELL > >Preparing for this holiday season, we have been reflecting on our mission. At > >the heart of our current work is the Stanford Inn's Center for Living Well > >... developed from the yoga, body work, garden and art programs that we > >introduced beginning in 1990. > > > >Our emphasis, is to acknowlege our natural tendency toward wholeness and make > >use of and derive benefit from the natural energies of the land here by > >working with nature and providing experiences for guests in order that they > >may understand what we have come to learn and for them to experience the > >beauty of nature and themselves. And so often just the land's energy makes a > >difference to individual's lives. > > > >Since moving onto this land in 1980, guests have told us about life changing > >experiences - epiphanies - they attributed to the "lodge". They gave us > >gifts to commemorate their experiences. We were amazed. In 1985, Jeff was > >injured and had to "sit" for two weeks during which time, he began to > >meditate, a practice that he had put aside while working at the Inn with > >Joan and their two small children. Through this "two week intensive" he came > >to realize that he was essentially unconscious, a life changing realization, > >and chose to open to life by observing his. This led to a cascade of changes > >that continue today. He began seeing, feeling and interacting with energies > >around him and in the environment. He looked carefully at his life and the > >choices it seemed to be built on and either embraced those choices, or > >changed them. > > > >Later, in 1985, we adopted sustainable organic gardening and building > >practices as a result of the experiences, here, on this land. We came to > >realize that we could live more gently: loving animals, we quit eating them; > >adopting sustainable practices for landscaping, we returned part of the land > >to farming, creating edible, organic gardens; and, believing we could do > >more, we adopted other vocations. Joan commuted to Sonoma State to become > >first a Montessori instructor and later a board certified art therapist. > >Jeff became involved in energy work â?? earth and human â?? and later was > >ordained a minister. We continue to work to create a context for visitors to > >experience what we experience here as well as offer wellness services. > >Watch for updates on the evolution of the Inn's Mendocino Center for Living > >Well. And when you get a chance to visit, hang out in the gardens, on Big > >River, in a room in front of a fire and breathe. Nature embraces you here. > >800-331-8884 â?¢ 707-937-5615 â?¢ http://www.stanfordinn.com/~info â?¢ stanfordinn.com > > > >Forward email > > > > > >This email was sent to http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg by http://www.stanfordinn.com/~info |  > >Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribeâ?¢ | > >Privacy Policy. > > > >Stanford Inn by the Sea | Coast Highway & Comptche Ukiah | box 487 | > >Mendocino | CA | 95460 > >