Geoff's Monthly Newsletter - October 2017
October 23, 2017
by Geoff Arnold
What's Your Passion?
The Monterey Coast is rich with events and activities that celebrate the history, culture, and beauty of being on the Central Coast. Families from around the world come to visit, live and explore all that this little gem spot in the world has to offer. Monterey, Pacific Grove, Carmel, Pebble Beach and Big Sur are able to maintain the warm and friendly small-town atmosphere while holding small venue activities including wine dinners, local theater and cultural events to world class events such as the ATT Pro-Am, Concourse de' elegance, FIM Superbike World Championship and Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix. So, whether your passion includes the arts, history, music, theater, film, food & wine, craft beer, car & motorcycle racing, golf, running, hiking, cycling, scuba diving or walking you can find it all here!
OCTOBER FEATURED EVENT:
Carmel International
Film Festival
If one of your passions is the love of film, the Carmel Art and Film Festival is the event for you. The festival runs from October 18 – 22, 2017. This international event highlights independent cinema and contemporary art, music and photography including narrative features, documentary, short, student, retrospective and premiering films and much, much more! To learn more about the Carmel International Film Festival visit www.carmelfilmfest.com.
To see all the other exciting events happening in and around the Monterey Coast visit:
www.carmelcalifornia.com
www.seemonterey.com
www.montereycountyweekly.com/calendar
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The AT&T Pro-Am is in full swing! What a great time to talk golf. If you share in the passion of golf I'm pretty sure you are already aware of the many world class golf courses in and around the Monterey Coast. Pebble Beach, Spyglass, Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Spanish Bay, Poppy Hills, Cypress and Bayonet and Black Horse are just a few of the gorgeous well known and challenging courses in the area. Prices vary from course to course. Some courses have reciprocal agreements, discount specials and cards. Monterey also has wonderful public courses that are very reasonably priced. Del Monte Golf Course, Monterey Pines and Laguna Seca are fun affordable and often easy to get a tee-time. A fan favorite is Pacific Grove municipal golf course. The front nine offers views of cypress trees, deer and a periodic glimpse of the bay. The back nine offers the challenge of natural sand landscaping and awe-inspiring views of the ocean…truly spectacular. If golf is your passion, you have found your happy place!
If you are passionate about marine life, including whale watching then Monterey, Carmel and Moss Landing are great places to observe migrating whales. There are two seasons for whale watching in Monterey Bay. From mid-December through mid-April gray whales, dolphins and killer whales can be seen just off the coast as the gray whales make their migration trek south towards Baja. Monterey Bay is considered the best place along the California coast to observe gray whales. Since the shallow ...
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