Don’t Be That Guy
Sommelier horror stories—and the strategies to avoid starring in them.
A customer obviously fighting with his date pounds his expensive wine like it’s water. As he stands in the middle of the famous local restaurant and turns for the door, he appears to get the ...
Four more local bottles that will have folks buzzing.
These wines have several things in common. Like Chesebro’s Vermentino, they are just starting to get noticed. Two, they don’t need forever to mature—after all, not everyone has 10 years to wait for his or ...
Ripe in Time
The only wine of its kind in the county is one of five up-and-comers to watch for.
There is a chance for peace in the local white wine world. The rival Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay camps, long mutually suspicious and occasionally combative, have hope for reconciliation. The peacemaker originated in Spain or ...
Delicious Ambitions
Pulling together the sweeping Pebble Beach Food and Wine has been a spectacular ride by itself.
In wine, it’s called the finish, in food, the aftertaste – that which lingers once the swallow has flown, creating lasting musical memories upon our sensory soundboard. Without those post lip-parting reverberations, taste becomes as ...
Issues / 2008 / Jan 31
Leidig’s End Run
Rejected for Carmel annexation, developers pitch condo project to county.
Despite being turned down by Carmel-by-the-Sea, father-son developers Bob and Curtis Leidig are still pursuing their proposal to build dozens of condos at the historic Carmel Convalescent Hospital property at Valley Way and Highway 1. ...
So Much Flavor
Language Art… As I sit here a’spinnin’ and a’grinnin’, thinkin’ ‘bout how ‘tis in this life, how I’m a’gonna keep on winnin’, it occurs to me: first step oughta be to start my waist a’thinnin’. ...
Endorsements 2008: The Weekly editors "recommendations for Tuesday" primary.
PRESIDENT DEMOCRAT: Barack Obama Democrats have a difficult decision to make on Tuesday—good news if you’re a Democrat. While the Republican field closely resembles a clown car, Dems have two rock-star politicians to choose from ...
Talent From the East
Two top-notch Russian jazz music bring their music to Carmel.
There’s an intoxicating wind from the East sweeping across the Peninsula in February, and it’s blowing fantastically hot and pleasingly cool. The disparate currents emanate from the same source, as a pair of exceptional musicians ...
Home Page
Carmel Highlands Mediterranean villa is grand, inside and out.
John O’Shea, the well-known early California painter, and his wife Molly began building this house in 1920. It was finished four years later and although the couple was simultaneously involved in building their “dream home” ...
Totally Local
Eating close to home doesn’t have to be painful.
The reactions alone were delicious: As I worked my way through a local diet designed to diminish my carbon imprint and enhance my food system understanding, the running commentary from spectators was as entertaining as ...
Persepolis
Persepolis celebrates the power of two graphic art forms.
As a young girl growing up in Iran in the 1970s, Marjane Satrapi had two obsessions: shaving her legs one day, and being the last prophet of the galaxy. That amusing split between the Iranian ...
Seaside, a city in transition, rolls the dice for new taxes.
The chances of winning the California Lotto Jackpot are 1 in 14 million. And although she didn’t win the whole jackpot, Idella Tyus, a caregiver from Seaside, did win $25,000 last Saturday in the lottery. ...
Letters to the Editor for Jan 31, 2008
TEFLON AND HATCHETS Your cover article, “America’s Lost Hometown” [Jan. 24-30] appears to be more of an apologia for the current leadership than an in-depth analysis of the challenges facing a living city. In particular, ...
Eat Local: Links and contact information
~ MONTEREY COUNTY FARMERS MARKETS CARMEL The Barnyard Farmers Market Tuesdays May-Sept. | 11am-3pm | The Barnyard Shopping Village Parking Lot, Carmel | 728-1878 MARINA Everyone’s Harvest Certified Farmers Market Sundays year round | 10am-2pm ...
Art Listing for Jan 31, 2008
Art Listing for Jan 31, 2008
OPENING THIS WEEK center for photographic art Rod Dresser: new photography exhibition reception with artist, 6-8pm, 2/1. Sunset Center, San Carlos and Ninth, Carmel. 625-5181 or photography.org. dawson cole fine arT New exhibition of Sport ...
Key Details
How a junkie turned around his life and fell in love with waterless detailing.
Dave Pearson discovered his true calling while gazing upon the once-flowing Los Banos Reservoir just south of San Jose this summer. “I used to fish [in the reservoir] as a kid and now it’s almost ...
What is the worst cooking disaster you’ve had?
Asked at Monterey Coast Brewing in Salinas.
Follow-up: What are the most underrated/overrated ice cream flavors? JOSE SANCHEZ |Coast Brewing Manager | Salinas A: I fell asleep while cooking pinto beans. They boiled over and all got burnt. My apartment was completely ...
Public Citizen
1|31 THURS SALINAS COMMUNITY MEETING | SALINAS – Salinas District 2 residents can meet with Councilman Tony Barrera, who represents the district (primarily east Salinas), at today’s community meeting. 6:30-8pm. Firehouse Recreations Center, 1330 E. ...
Squid Fry for Jan 31, 2008
Scream Of A Dream… Squid had a dream about state Sen. Jeff Denham the other night. Squid was in a meeting with Weekly publisher Erik Cushman, making Squid’s monthly pitch for a raise, when all ...
Ready to Pop
Local product Paloma stops at Doc’s on her way to the top.
At 14 years old, Paloma Ramos was given an ultimatum by her boyfriend: choose him or her music. At the time, Ramos was living in Queretaro, Mexico, and performing at clubs with a cover band ...
Arresting Development
E-mail alleging cop misconduct circulates around Salinas just days before businessman’s court date.
“His ankles and legs were severely bruised by heavy-handed police who repeatedly kicked his legs apart to conduct body searches,” says a letter that Escoto’s son e-mailed to Salinas city and community leaders last week. ...
Pavement Pollution
Concrete is an energy hog, but at least it’s produced locally.
Like it or not, climate change laws are coming to California. And in the face of the inevitable, even the biggest greenhouse gas emitters are painting their products green. The Association of Monterey Bay Area ...
The Weekly Tally
The Weekly Tally
12 The number of feet that the Nacimiento Reservoir level rose after this month’s major storms, filling the reservoir to about 50 percent of capacity. According to Curtis Weeks, general manager of the Monterey County ...
The Biggest Loser
Developers stand to make a killing on Marina’s The Dunes, while taxpayers get screwed.
Marina Community Partners paid $6 million for roughly 130 acres of prime Fort Ord real estate. Although the developers of The Dunes on Monterey Bay had to tear down old barracks and build infrastructure, MCP ...
