Built Into the Cliff: Post Ranch Inn and the Architecture of Disappearing
Twelve hundred feet above the Pacific, Mickey Muennig’s masterwork was designed from its first sketch to vanish into the ridge — sod roofs, treehouses on stilts, and the oldest luxury on this coast: the coast itself.
Before the Picking Begins: A Late-Summer Portrait of the Santa Lucia Highlands
In the weeks before harvest, the Santa Lucia Highlands reach their most beautiful moment — fog off Monterey Bay, wind through the benchlands, fruit hanging heavy. A drive up River Road, written as a standing invitation.
The Sculptor of Cannery Row: Steven Whyte and the Monument to Steinbeck’s People
The fifteen-foot bronze in Steinbeck Plaza — nine figures, thirteen hidden frogs, and the whole cast of a working street — began as clay in a Carmel studio whose door is still open to anyone who cares to watch.
An Adventure in Neighborliness: Seventy-Five Years of The Carmel Foundation
Founded in April 1950 by residents worried about their aging neighbors, The Carmel Foundation has quietly built one of California’s most complete models of aging in community — 2,500 members, dozens of weekly classes, and affordable homes hidden in plain sight in the village.
20 Best Things to Do in Carmel-by-the-Sea: A 2026 Local’s Guide
The 20 best things to do in Carmel-by-the-Sea — beaches, galleries, wine tasting, hikes, and insider tips from a local. Updated for 2026.
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The Voice of the Monterey Peninsula Carmel Life & Times was founded on a simple conviction: that one of the most beautiful places on earth deserves a publication worthy of it. Since our earliest issues, we have chronicled the culture, cuisine, art, architecture, and remarkable people who define life along California’s most celebrated coastline. Carmel-by-the-Sea […]
The Dollmaker’s House: Hugh Comstock and the Cottages That Made Carmel a Fairytale
In 1924, a young man with no architectural training built a tiny cottage so his bride could display her handmade dolls — and accidentally invented the storybook style that still defines Carmel-by-the-Sea a century later.
The Quiet Perfectionist: Justin Cogley’s Fifteen Years at Aubergine
Fifteen years after arriving at Aubergine, Justin Cogley has built a two-Michelin-star restaurant of nine tables by doing the rarest thing in American cooking: staying put, paying attention, and letting the Monterey coastline speak.
The Nature of Sound: Grete Pedersen and the Bach Festival’s 89th Summer
For its 89th season, the Carmel Bach Festival’s remarkable Norwegian artistic director has built two weeks of music around a single idea: in Carmel, the fog, the surf, and the cypress are part of the acoustics.