Nepenthe Restaurant – Big Sur, California
With all the travails and vicissitudes of modern life, we can all use a respite or safe harbor to which we can escape…where we can take a break from all our worries. Big Sur, California, which most would consider an escape in and of itself has a dining destination which has been nourishing diners both physically and spiritually for more than six decades. It’s called Nepenthe, a Greek word which can be translated to “isle of no care,” “a place to find surcease from sorrow.” Lest you get the impression Nepenthe is a real-world Cheers tavern, it is oh, so much more. First, if there’s a true paradise on Earth (other than New Mexico, of course), it may well exist…