Last year, Pebble Beach Food & Wine (PBFW) returned to great acclaim after a four-year pause from the pandemic. The response to the event was extremely positive, with guests exploring gourmet culinary and beverage offerings, conversing with chefs and beverage makers, and greeting friends in various beautiful settings across Pebble Beach Resorts. "The 2024 return of … [Read more...] about In Great Taste
A Grammy-Award Winner’s Home Hits All the Right Notes
Alan Silvestri's Carmel Highlands Compound
A castle-like compound in the Carmel Highlands has been the inspiration for countless film soundtracks created on site by Grammy Award-winning composer Alan Silvestri. With careful attention to detail and using as many local materials and craftspeople as possible, Alan and wife Sandra spent 10 years painstakingly renovating the main home and three additional structures. During … [Read more...] about A Grammy-Award Winner’s Home Hits All the Right Notes
Riding the Waves of Hope
"Paddle Out" Documents Joy within the Challenges of Cystic Fibrosis
Paddle Out," the powerful documentary that premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in February, starts with a breath and ends with a breath. Emmy-award winning filmmaker Sebi Lee fulfilled a promise to Monterey native Melissa Pappageorgas to tell her story after Melissa's passing from cystic fibrosis in 2018. Making the film presented logistical and emotional … [Read more...] about Riding the Waves of Hope
Preserving the Past
The Carmel Heritage Society Protects Local Architecture
Carmel Heritage Society President Thomas Hood is a well-known architect with experience in historic restoration across the country, making him uniquely suited to serve the nonprofit's mission of preservation. Hood owned a design/build firm outside of Chicago that specialized in restoring historic homes before working in the San Francisco Bay Area as an architect with new and … [Read more...] about Preserving the Past
New Masters Gallery Celebrates 50 Years in Carmel
Bill and Jennifer Hill's Lasting Legacy
Fifty years ago, Bill and Jennifer Hill were a young married couple with a baby on the way taking a chance on opening their own art gallery in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Bill had discovered the charm of Carmel in the 1960s, when his older brother was stationed at Fort Ord and invited him to visit from Illinois and get out of the snow. Bill attended Monterey Peninsula College before … [Read more...] about New Masters Gallery Celebrates 50 Years in Carmel