Wilder Kombucha
Wilder Ferments
You can purchase this delightful herbal vinegar our on our website by hitting the “Shop” button below. Or come say hello at the Fort Bragg Farmers Market, 2:00-4:00PM on Wednesdays, and buy from us directly. Sample some seasonal kombucha while you’re at it and take advantage of market exclusive deals. Our vinegars are also available at the following grocery stores:
Down Home Foods – Fort Bragg, CA
CACorners of the Mouth – Mendocino, CA
Elk Store – Elk, CA
Surf Market – Gualala, CA
Salt Girl Apparel
Saltgirl Apparel
Anna and the Friendly Fungi
Anna & the Friendly Fungi
With the fall and the beginning of what we hope is another rainy season, we start to see new friends on the forest floor. These friends emerge from the deadfall and leaf detritus that provide the perfect condition for mushrooms to burst forth from the earth in their many different glories. We found the perfect guide in Fort Bragg to walk with in the forest and learn about this seasonal natural occurrence.
Anna Towers is a local photographer and naturalist, and a dedicated mycophile (devotee to mushrooms.) She has been studying, hunting for and photographing mushrooms in Northern California for over 10 years. Anna’s experience has taught her where and how to find a surprising variety of mushrooms and how to best capture their beauty on camera in the varied lighting situations in the woods. And let’s be clear, this often includes laying flat on the ground, eye to eye with the forest floor, among the sticks, stones, etc. But none of that bothers Anna whatsoever! Her inspiration from the treasures she finds on the forest floor is both palpable and contagious. And her photos are magically wonderful.
"I want to successfully share this otherwise elusive mycological magic with as many people as possible."
Anna has been published, interviewed, contributed to interpretive work around the Bay Area, shown in galleries and her photography is currently featured in retail locations in both the Bay Area and Mendocino County. Follow her on social media @thefriendlyfungus, and find the Friendly Fungus Photography table at Fort Bragg events. Just look for the woman with a red and white mushroom hat.
Photography by @FriendlyFungusPhotography
If you are interested in foraging on the North Coast, Anna recommends (and we do too) hiring a guide to help you identify what might be edible and what is not. A good place to start is the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club:
Festival of Lights
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens’
Festival of Lights
Between Thanksgiving and Christmas
The annual Festival of Lights illuminates the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens each holiday season, rain or shine, each Friday, Saturday, and Sunday between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Guests can enjoy a festive stroll through imaginative light displays, visit the gift shop, and warm up with hot cocoa, apple cider, and sweet treats available for purchase. Santa makes special Sunday appearances, offering families a dazzling photo opportunity with Ol’ Saint Nick. Advanced tickets are strongly recommended, as this much-loved event tends to sell out. Bundle up and savor the holiday magic at the Festival of Lights.
Ripple Fort Bragg
Ripple Fort Bragg
We offer casual everyday clothing for men and women in sizes S-3X.
2023 Holiday Gift Guide Merchant Form
Thank you for participating! Please fill out this form to have your information added to the Gift Guide. If you would like to feature something special for the holidays, please let us know in the Description box and upload a photo of that item. Gift Certificates work too.
**Please be sure to indicate if purchases can be made online.
Hummingbird Records
Hummingbird Records
Hummingbird Records specializes in rare vintage vinyl and ephemera, along with curated selection of counterculture and small press books.
The Coast Cinemas
The Coast Cinemas
Fort Bragg’s one and only spot to go to the movies. Featuring all the latest and greatest releases plus special showings and film festival selections.
The Tall Guy & the Tap
The Tall Guy & the Tap
The freshest beer you can get by the glass. That’s what Patrick Broderick is offering customers at his Tall Guy Brewing tap room newly opened in the old Sears building on North Franklin Street.
Patrick comes by his talent for making great beer honestly. For 30 years he rose in the ranks at North Coast Brewing and finished his career as co-brewmaster. In that time, he developed a strong sense of community and a solid belief that Fort Bragg is worthy of mecca status for great craft beer.
If you want the beer,
you gotta get it here.
Working with his wife and three daughters, Patrick’s go-fresh-or-go-home model involves brewing once a week and rotating beers regularly. The starting lineup includes a Mexican Lager, German Helles, Belgian Witbier, a hoppy American Pale Ale, a 90s-style IPA, a hazy IPA, a Brut IPA. and a London Porter as well as hard and soft seltzers made on the premises.
Local Tip:
All Tall Guy beers are served by the glass, although you can get growlers poured right from the tap.