So there we were, 300 of us, dressed to the nines in the wilderness {ok, so it's a national park}, at Bracebridge Hall {ok, so it's really the Ahwahnee Hotel dining room}. Ansel Adams was a founder of the Bracebridge Dinner, a seven-course dinner party based around a fictional squire (Squire . . .
Road trips. I love driving through little rural towns. Unlike cities with generic strip centers and malls, small towns have so much character. The best place to experience that character (and characters) is at local diners.We stopped for breakfast yesterday in Escalon, oh, maybe an hour-plus outside . . .
The grand lodge, the Ahwahnee, built in the mid 1920s of stone, timber and steel, was decked out for the holidays. Fires were blazing in three huge fireplaces. {It looked beautiful but we had a two-hour wait in the lobby for our room and the place vented poorly so the smoke smell was not pleasant. . . .
It is by far the grandestof all the special temples of NatureI was ever permitted to enter.-John Muir It was an uneventful drive. Well, if you don't count my husband's city-slicker commentary. A long, long winding ride through the High Sierra on Hwy 120 elicited this: "There's gotta be a better . . .
This is the winter wonderland we expected for our three-day holiday to Yosemite for the madrigal-like Bracebridge dinner.But instead, we're told it'll be rain and (relatively) warm temperatures. Too warm for snow.Think good thoughts for a safe drive and a winter wonderland. The Diva will report . . .
Pretty, isn't it?It's the beautiful and rustic Ahwahnee Hotel at Yosemite National Park, and we plan to spend some time there during Christmas.Specifically, stepping back in time at the Bracebridge Dinner. Here's a description of the Dinner, a holiday tradition at Yosemite:The Bracebridge Dinner is . . .