Connection Archives - Stanford Inn, Restaurant & Spa

Joan & Jeff Message: Happy Holidays

It is the season of expectation and excitement. It is wonderful to see in the kids who are at the Inn. And the holidays are about more: sharing experiences [...]

Christine Gustafson2022-12-19T23:09:49-08:00December 19th, 2022|

Joan & Jeff Message: Fall is Here (and Halloween is near)

Halloween is just a week away. And it is the beginning of the Holiday season. We love the longer nights, the coolness and the promise of more frequent rains. [...]

Christine Gustafson2022-10-27T00:54:18-07:00October 27th, 2022|

Joan & Jeff Message: Finding Hope In Nature

Our hearts go out to the men, women, and children in the Ukraine caught in an unimaginable conflict. In this time of war as well as the darkness of [...]

Christine Gustafson2022-03-10T23:17:07-08:00March 10th, 2022|

The Art of Connection: Valentine’s Day 2022

Valentine's Day is a celebration of relationship, founded in love, a term that resists definition. Love is more than pheromones or the qualities of a partner's hair, their physique, their [...]

Christine Gustafson2022-01-27T15:19:11-08:00January 27th, 2022|

Mendocino sits atop beautiful ocean bluffs surrounded on three sides by Mendocino Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The bluffs comprise the Mendocino Headlands and offer walking trails that afford incredible views of the ocean and the lovingly restored 1850’s New England style Victorians which now house restaurants, specialty shops, galleries and provide lodging for Mendocino artists.

The Mendocino Art Center serves area artists as well as artists throughout the United States. All this is the nature of Mendocino, located about 150 miles north of San Francisco on Highway 1.

Besides the natural beauty, visitors to Mendocino will find a variety of things to see and do.

Hikers and mountain bikers enjoy bluff-top excursions to view seabirds, the seasonal gray whale migration and spring wildflowers. Nearby Big River Beach is ideal for family picnics and Big River is an ecological treasure which is easily explored by canoe or kayak which can be rented at Catch A Canoe & Bicycles, too! Montgomery Woods up Comptche Ukiah Road offers virgin redwood groves with the tallest living tree in the world.Redwoods and Douglas Firs dominate the Russian Gulch State Park as well as other nearby State Parks including Van Damme and Hendy Woods. Many of these parks allow dogs on their trails. And at MacKerricher State Park Lari Shea offer horseback riding along the beach.

Mendocino is an ideal destination for LGBTQIA+ travelers and the Stanford Inn & resort provides welcoming lodging, massage and plant-based dining. Mendocino is truly a special destination – it is the “wine country coast” with Anderson Valley wineries within only twenty minutes drive and Sonoma’s fine wineries just an hour south.