A year ago when we visited, we stopped in for lunch -- something we could afford... It is a special spot... I must say, that's a nice collection of happy snaps! Your friend in Lincoln City, OR, lives in a picturesque place, too, if memory serves... I like nearby Newport... and farther away, the dunes of Florence... and, of course, 'Lawrence of Florence"... ;> > Subject: Speaking of Nepenthe... > From: jim@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:05:14 -0700 > To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > I live on the west coast - born in Santa Cruz. My friends and I spent a > lifetime along the Big Sur coast, and used to frequent Nepenthe back when Kim > Novak was a regular, AND, when you could afford to eat there. A tuna sandwich > is now $15.00. And don't even try to guess what the dinner prices are! An > example - Vegetarian Lasagna... $25.50. > > Anyway, my best friend, growing up, now lives in Lincoln City OR. He asked > me, sometime when I was in Big Sur, to take a few snaps of Nepenthe and send > them to him. So last year, I stopped at Nepenthe and took a few snaps, and > put them in a mini-gallery so that he could look at them whenever he so > desired. A nostalgia trip for him... :-) > > These are basically 'happy snaps' as I literally spent but thirty minutes > wandering in and around Nepenthe. There is a cafe (Cafe Kevah) just below > Nepenthe. The views are good and the fare is a little cheaper. But the > Nepenthe atmosphere isn't there... > > http://www.photomojo.org/Nepenthe/index.html > > Jim Brick > Sunnyvale, CA > http://www.photomojo.org > > > > =================== > To Unsubscribe: Send email to leica-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' > in the Subject field. The acknowledgment that you then receive MUST be > replied to per instructions. You may also log in to the Web interface to > unsubscribe.