Archives for Summer 2025

For more than 50 years, Cypress Point Club members have depended on caddie Vince Lucido to tell them yardage, the breaks on the greens and where their ball is in the rough. Now, Lucido, 70, can barely walk, and for the past three years has wandered hospital hallways in search of medical specialists, relying on the helping hands of members, as they support him with medical … [Read more...] about Walking the Walker Cup

The popularity of classical music has ebbed and flowed over the decades in the United States and is currently riding a wave of renewed popularity—buoyed surprisingly by an uptick in interest among listeners under 35. But since its inception, the Monterey Symphony has enjoyed a steady and loyal audience. Fun fact: "We sold out every concert in the 2024/2025 season," says … [Read more...] about Celebrating Classical Music

The Hog's Breath Inn looms large in Carmel-by-the-Sea lore. This pocket-sized, San Carlos Street restaurant/bar was founded by none other than Hollywood royalty (and one-time Carmel mayor) Clint Eastwood. The actor/director told Today's Woman magazine in 2007: "Malcolm Moran owned the building, and one day he was showing it to me, and he said, ‘wouldn't this make a great place … [Read more...] about Breathing New Life Into a Carmel Legend

At first blush, there doesn't appear to be a correlation between the arts of sound engineering and photography. As a talented and accomplished practitioner of both disciplines, Robert Feist would disagree with that assessment. "There are a lot of parallels between the two," Feist says. "I think they play into each other, you know? Light is to photography what sound is to … [Read more...] about Journeys Through the Dimensions of Sight and Sound

On Saturday, May 18, 1963, a 22-year-old singer/songwriter from Hibbing, Minnesota, took the stage at the Monterey County Fairgrounds' Pattee Arena. Born Robert Zimmerman, the slight young man had recently changed his stage name to Bob Dylan (many believe he did so to honor poet Dylan Thomas, but, obviously not a fan, he refuted that assumption, telling a New York Times … [Read more...] about A Complete Unknown