boxo

Welcome to the Official Monterey DO Two!

List of attendees: Post #2
Schedule of events: Post #3

Last time, in 2012, we had 17 in attendance. Good times. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/commu...28-2012-a.html

September and October are traditionally our best weather months with temps in the sunny 70Fs.

C'mon, how about it?




Asilomar Beach

boxo

in (15)
boxo (Fri-Mon, Downtown Monterey Days Inn)
Karen2 +1 (Sat only)
dinoscool3 + 2 (late Fri, Hyatt)
Mendobrew (local)
Splittin' Aces (local)
lili (SJC: Fri 5 pm, Sun 5 pm)
frontrangeFF (local)
CMK10 (SJC: Fri 12:35 pm, Fri dinner, Sat breakfast)
ChrisFlyer66 (SJC: Fri 4:40 pm, Sun 6 pm, Holiday Inn Marina)
KathyWdrf
mhnadel (Sat & Sun)
Doc Savage (Fri)

interested (14)
centxwx
mersk862
JerryFF
karung99+1
f0zzyNUE
HansGolden
HPN-HRL (x Oct 3-5)
penegal
ptownca
Sykes
emyh
stellertony
Majuki


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Airport options are MRY [10 mins], SJC [1 hr 15 m] and SFO [2 hrs 15 mins] driving distance.

Hotels
Intercontinental
Intercontinental The Clement Monterey (Cannery Row)
Holiday Inn Express Cannery Row
Holiday Inn Express at Monterey Bay - Seaside, CA

Hilton
Hilton Garden Inn Monterey
Embassy Suites Monterey Bay - Seaside, CA

Marriott
Monterey Marriott (the only BIG brand downtown)

Hyatt
Hyatt Regency Monterey
Hyatt Carmel Highlands

... plus many non-BIG brand options. Check Tripadvisor, but beware the one-review reviewers!

boxo

All points on a Google map.

Friday

• 5:00 pm -7:00 pm Welcome reception in my room at the Days Inn Downtown Monterey, 850 Abrego, (831) 649-6332. Nibbles and drinks.
• 7:30 pm: Dinner at il vecchio 110 Central Ave, Pacific Grove, (831) 324-4282.
• Coffee, dessert, drinks on Alvarado Street.

Saturday

• Breakfast on your own, or meet me 8 am at the Old Monterey Cafe, 489 Alvarado St, Monterey, (831) 646-1021.
• Arrive 9:45 am for 10 am Tor House tour (75-min) $10 pp cash or check. Carmel Point at 26304 Ocean View Avenue, Carmel (831) 624-1840 or (831) 624-1813.
• Meet 11:30 am Carmel Crossroads Shopping Center. Point Lobos State Reserve. This is a drive-in/through park just south of Carmel with hiking trails and lookout points for all levels of ability. Admission: $10 per car. Please bring your own lunch.
  
  For those not going to Point Lobos, suggestions for a day in Carmel:
• 12 noon Lunch in Carmel, Terry's Lounge at the Cypress Inn <--- Doris Day's place! Reservation is currently for 6 people and can be adjusted accordingly.
• Carmel Walks 2-hour guided tour of the town's secret pathways, hidden courtyards, gardens, and enchanting storybook cottages. Buy tickets online. 10 am or 2 pm, $25 pp.
• Carmel Wine Walk, a self-guided tour of 14 tasting rooms. Optional $65 Passport, which can be shared, provides 9 one flight tasting tickets. More than one ticket cannot be used in a tasting room per day.
• Carmel art galleries self-guided tour.
• Walk or drive to Carmel Beach at the end of Ocean Avenue.
• Carmel Mission, officially Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo, self-guided gallery and museums tour. Admission $6.50, $4 seniors. Mass schedule.
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• 7:00 pm Dinner at Epsilon, a Greek restaurant Downtown Monterey. 422 Tyler St, #831-655-8108. Reservation is for 18 people.
• Coffee, dessert, drinks on Alvarado Street.

Sunday

• Breakfast on your own, or join me 8:00 am at Lou Lou's Griddle in the Middle.
• 10:00 am sharp: Meet at Pacific House Museum, Custom House Plaza (the long white adobe building behind the Portola Plaza Hotel) for 10:30 am ranger-led Monterey State Historic Parks public walking tour. We will visit Pacific House Museum, Custom House, First Brick House, First Theater (exterior only as the building is under renovation), Casa Del Oro (exterior), the Memory Garden and Casa Sobranes. Estimated tour length is 60 mins, covers about 1 mile in total, and is FREE the last Sunday of the month.
• 12:00 noon: Lunch at Fandango 223 17th St, Downtown Pacific Grove, (831) 372-3456. Reservation is for 14 people.
• After lunch, we'll go to the Monarch Sanctuary to see if the butterflies have arrived! Drive west to Ocean View Blvd and over to Cannery Row.
• 3:30 pm: For those who are still around, a 1-hour surrey bike ride along the coast to Lover's Point and back.
• 4:30 pm: The C restaurant + bar, Intercontinental The Clement hotel, Cannery Row. Afternoon farewell Happy Hour drink(s) on the outdoor patio if weather permits.

Golfers
Mendobrew (post #72)
centxwx

Aquarium
dinoscool3

centxwx

Interested.

boxo

Got you on the list. Thanks for being the first customer.

mersk862

Hmmm...MRY in fall for my friend boxo's birthday...I'm definitely interested.

mhnadel

I'm interested if the dates work. That tends to be a hectic time of year for me, however. Mid-October is probably best.

boxo

As you know, MRY is very RJ-friendly, but sorrrrry, no Sbarro.

^

JerryFF

Definitely interested. Sorry I missed the last one.

PV_Premier

my september and october are pretty full, but depending on the weekend, i would come down for the weekend.

dates that are not going to work for me are weekends of September 19 and October 10

karung99

We are interested. Hope to be able to join.

boxo

Updated the list. ^

bdnyc

And now you'll have to update it again...please add me as "interested', even "likely" to attend if I have no conflicts once dates are settled. Subscribing and watching. BD

PS Hopefully no NYC hurricane this time so I can stay for the entire DO.

f0zzyNUE

Never been to MRY ... so quite tempting ... please put me on the interested list ...

boxo

Yay, I'll add #8 and #9 to the list!