Geographically, socially and culturally, the Monterey Peninsula is like nowhere else on Earth. And that holds true on the area's highways and byways as well, where on any given day of the week it's possible to see a rare, top-of-the-marque example of automotive art cruse by. We've become perhaps a little jaded, barely glancing at a vehicle that would cause a pile-up of … [Read more...] about The Cars We Love
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On the Fast Track
New York native Lawrence Auriana was 12 years old when he purchased his first car. The 1929 DeSoto cost him $65, and he parked it in a residential garage in the Bronx that cost him $4 a month to rent. Young Auriana and his teenage brother, Mark, went there on weekends to work on the car. "It was my life savings. I'm amazed that my parents let me take the money out of the … [Read more...] about On the Fast Track
Raising the Standards
The 2014 Monterey Jazz Festival lineup includes some old friends, some new blood and plenty of musical surprises. So what else is new? The longest continuously running jazz festival on Planet Earth certainly didn’t get that way by being stodgy, boring or predictable. This year, Artistic Director Tim Jackson has put together a stellar three-day program, running September 19-21, … [Read more...] about Raising the Standards
Big Sur Magic
It's a vast paradox... a landscape breathtakingly beautiful yet unsparingly harsh; a climate equally bucolic and brutal; a community simultaneously insular and warmly welcoming; a spirit both ruggedly realistic and dreamily ethereal. It’s Big Sur. If ever a region were appropriately named, this is it. It’s huge, encompassing some 75 miles of California coastline extending … [Read more...] about Big Sur Magic
All in the Family
Dr. Bill and Dana Vogelpohl have always had a lively household. The Carmel residents raised eight children together and now have 13 grandchildren. They’ve also been foster parents for 23 years. A year ago, the empty nesters adopted a 9-year-old who had been in their care. “We have 13 grandchildren and two of them are the same age as April,” laughs Dana. “It’s kind of like … [Read more...] about All in the Family