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Miu Miu handbag Carmel, California - When my friends and I showed for the first time at Tassajara, the atmosphere was not inviting. Actually saw about 35 other guests and staff on us as we were headed for the door hydrotherapy gold or Miraval, who had made a wrong turn. After all, Tassajara is best known as the first city outside of Asia, where Buddhist monks can be ordered known ... certainly not a place for celebrity sightings or facials in 12 steps. This is the real deal: a return to nature, no electricity, very little material comfort, the Spartan accommodation, all vegan food and a clear focus on spirituality, meditation, yoga and sustainable living. While my friends and I did not see the part - we looked more chic than urban zen refuge. When we got to the car, my friends pulled me looks that could kill, for example: "It is not what you described ..." Art reminded me of the time I convinced a different set of GFS to a period of three weeks to go clean raw foods. You are always criticized me for this episode. Just go to Tassajara requires a serious commitment. At first I thought it was easy, direct in Monterey and you're almost there. Well, not quite. Try a traitor, a nail-biter of a two-hour drive through Carmel, canyoning, falling more than 3,500 feet in only four miles. Oh, there are lots of rocks to avoid, as well as forest fires. Fortunately, the fire was extinguished just in time to open for retirement, and a group of firefighters "Hot Shot" were so kind to give us a sample of a five-gallon drum of fuel. Otherwise we would still be there when the needle approached the "E" and there are no fuel pumps for miles! One notable thing is the lack of plastic. There is literally nothing nowhere in sight. Everything is green ultimate, but a well thought-out and well-planned manner. And it's not in-your-face as-dare-you-have - plastic-bag-in-your-backpack in a way - only a great example of how we live almost without plastic packaging, if we are enough to try. Truly a sustainable lifestyle. In fact, one of the best and cleanest I have ever known. Units were modest, but the food, oh the food! Without a doubt, the best vegan food I've ever eaten. And bread, OMG! Even by the standards of San Francisco, home of the best bread in the world, Tassajara Bakery probably bent the best sourdough bread in the world. In fact, it is so good that a business operated entirely in the city of SF Tassajara, which is very successful, manages the sale of baked goods of the monastery for consumers. So while I'm not sure if I'm to be volunteering for a work-study program 14 days in exchange for room and board, two or three days at Tassajara you back to your roots and reminds us that the true sustainable life revolves all about. Not to mention he. Held in high regard as the first location outside of Asia, where do you learn to be a real Buddhist monk can be held Perhaps the starting point of the weekend was a great opportunity to attend the consecration of a real Buddhist monk. A rare usually not granted to foreigners occasion. Just by chance we came there for proper coordination, the first in more than three years. I'm going. Always on my time at Tassajara If you feel that you are on top too caught up in the big city rat race and feel need a dose of "back to basics", Tassajara is the perfect solution. As the weekend ended, the consensus was it should be an annual pilgrimage.miu miu shoulder bag