Dear Friends, Summer is almost upon us, and so are the annual Summertime extravaganzas! The annual Carmel Art Festival kicked off today in downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea, with the main events beginning tomorrow on Mission Street. There will be a painting competition and various tents up and down the street. The events will go until Sunday and bring even more visitors to our little town, many of whom pour...
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Dear Friends, We are at the start of the selling season! The annual Pebble Beach Food & Wine event kicked off earlier in the month, wherein foodies and wine lovers from all over the country, and the world, rushed in to satiate their appetites at the ultimate, star studded, culinary extravaganza. Celebs like Guy Fieri, star of "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives", dished out their favorite cuisines with all...
Dear Friends, One of my two favorite event weeks is upon us! Next week kicks off the AT&T Pro-Amateur Celebrity Golf Tournament. Since I was a kid, my parents and I would help Ron Faia and the gang in the Carmel Youth Center Tent out on the 14th Fairway at Pebble Beach. The wind would be blowing the tent over, heavy showers prompting everyone on the course to seek shelter under our 2 foot overhangs,...
Happy New Year! New Year's Eve kicked off this go 'round with Monterey's annual First Night Celebration on Alvarado Street in downtown Monterey. Pebble Beach Company and Spanish Bay threw their own shindigs, but we opted for dinner at The Bench, the restaurant on the 18th green in the Pebble Beach Lodge. If you ever go there, and you fancy yourself a fan of martinis, I strongly support you in trying the...