Summer 2024

XXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXX B Y XXXXXXXXXXX tured seasonal Californian menu highlights at Carmel Valley’s Corkscrew Cafe, along with seafood favorites and shoreline views at Café Fina in Monterey. The show also ran seg- ments spotlighting locally farmed and fished ingredients at Pacific Grove’s Wild Fish, plus favorites at Seaside’s The Butter House and Villa Azteca in Salinas. The Carmel “Check, Please! Bay Area” kick-off event featured wine and appetizers by Walter Georis of Corkscrew Cafe, as well as screenings of the two Monterey Bay episodes. The Monterey Bay episodes are available for streaming on the PBS app and at www.kqed.org/checkplease. T aylor Swift and her boyfriend NFL tight end Travis Kelce visited La Bicyclette on Dolores Street in Carmel-by- the-Sea for a couples night out with super- model Gigi Hadid and boyfriend actor Bradley Cooper …”Full House” Actor John Stamos and his son recently visited Steven Whyte’s Carmel sculpture gallery and studio. Stamos’ son went home with some clay shared by Whyte…James Beard-winner Jennifer Jasinski , “Iron Chef America” competitor Brian Redzikowski , and former Mina Group corporate pastry chef Lincoln Carson headlined March culinary events at 'armel :alley 6anch“2ovelist and nonfiction writer Anne Lamott spoke at the Sunset Center on International Women’s Day, as part of the venue’s celebration of groundbreaking women in visual and performing arts… Miko Marks , a 2022 CMT Next Women of Country honoree, singer-songwriter Kristina Train , Grammy-winning musician Van Morrison and comedi- an Kevin Nealon also took the Sunset Center stage in recent months…Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano , former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro , former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson , and former Texas Governor Rick Perry discussed immigration policy during the April Leon Panetta Lecture Series presentation…James Beard winners Jeremiah Tower , Andrew Zimmern and Jonathan Waxman were among the luminaries at this year’s Pebble Beach Food & Wine…Soul-blues artist Tommy Castro , who won his second consecutive B.B. King Entertainer of the Year award in 2023, played Monterey’s Golden State Theatre in March.The venue also welcomed acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke , comedian and Broad City co-creator Ilana Glazer , and the country-rock group Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real . C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • S U M M E R 2 0 2 4 79 Taylor Swift C-Notes Action from the Sea-and-be-Scene Photo:Tinseltown/Shutterstock 27300 rancho san carlos rd. carmel, ca refuge.com | 831.620.7360 steam rooms sauna hot & cold pools fire pits massage embrace the silence