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Pebble Beach Food & Wine
Photo By Patrick Tregenza © Not since the days of Bacchus, has a feast so sumptuous, splendid and stupendous been laid out as will be gracing the grounds of Pebble Beach for the 6th Annual Pebble...
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Earth Day is Every Day at the Portola Hotel & Spa
With Earth Day right around the corner, many businesses and organizations start talking about being green. It’s a positive step in the right direction and every little bit helps. The green movement...
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Pub Talk with the Beer Geek & Friends at Peter B’s Brewpub
One of the great American pastimes is to pop open a cold brew and have a good talk. Whether the talk is serious or lighthearted, about sports or life, people really like to unwind with a good beer. So...
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How to Pack For A Monterey Vacation
Visiting the Monterey Peninsula is one of the country’s great vacations. Whether you are on a weekender from the Bay Area, a mid-week business trip from the East Coast or are traveling internationally...
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Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Season Preview
At the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, nothing gets the heart pumping faster than witnessing auto racing’s elite hurtle around the track at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour. Once again, Spring brings...
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American Craft Beer Week 2013
In the United States, beer has long been synonymous with sports. Whether it is enjoying a couple of cold ones at the ballpark, tailgating with friends and thousands of others at a college or NFL...
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Summer Festivals in Monterey
As many know, the Monterey Peninsula is one of the most beautiful places on earth. From the rugged coastline of Big Sur and the serene inlets of Moss Landing’s Elkhorn Slough to the winding trails of...
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Alvarado Street Raspberry Wheat Release
Imagine if Michelangelo got to take another crack at the Sistine Chapel or Leonardo Da Vinci repainted the Mona Lisa? It’s not often that an artist gets to recreate a masterpiece, but that is exactly...
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Memories Are Made of This
With its breathtaking shores and beautiful foothills, the Monterey Peninsula has long been known as one of the country’s foremost places for a destination wedding. Thousands of couples, their families...
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The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, “The Serengeti of the Sea”
For locals and visitors alike, the Monterey Bay offers something for everyone. Whether a source of income for local fishermen, recreation for kayakers and scuba divers, a muse for artists or an...
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An Awe-Inspiring Salt Creation at the Monterey Museum of Art
Image: Motoi Yamamoto, Forest of Beyond, salt, The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Kanagawa, Japan 2011. Photo: Makoto Morisawa. Courtesy of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston...
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Celebrate Father’s Day with Brews & Views
Peter B’s Brewer, Kevin Clark and his son L.J. Mark those calendars! Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 16th and there is no shortage of activities to fill a day with Dad on the Monterey Peninsula! Get...
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Become a VIP at Monterey’s Only Craft Brewery with Peter B’s Mug Club
Are you a fan of home brews? Would you consider yourself a beer connoisseur, or do you just simply love a nice cold one? Peter B’s Brewpub invites beer enthusiast of all kinds to join a great...
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Green Meetings at the Portola Hotel & Spa
Many organizations have taken the first step toward a greener workplace – switching out the traditional cases of break room plastic water bottles for a reusable one, offering rewards for those who...
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Stroll the Row, Steinbeck Style
Most remember John Steinbeck’s classic work of fiction, Cannery Row from required school reading lists. Others, have lost themselves in the pages of the famous novel time and time again as adults. But...
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Hiking Carmel Valley’s Garland Ranch
With Spring just around the corner and the wild flowers beginning to bloom, there is no better time to get outdoors and enjoy all the beauty the Monterey Peninsula has to offer. One of my favorite...
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Sour Ales at Peter B’s Brewpub
We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Kevin Clark, Brewmaster at Monterey’s original craft brewery, Peter B’s Brewpub here at the Portola Hotel & Spa and ask him a few questions about...
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Preserving an Artistic & Cultural Monterey Landmark
Many are fond of the tile mosaic that graces the side of the Monterey Conference Center adjacent to the Portola Hotel & Spa. The “Monterey Mural” features 663 individual tiles, depicting 150...
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Renovation Update: Spa on the Plaza Upgrades
Guest Post by Camille Malcolm, Spa on the Plaza In our continued effort to operate as a green business, we are constantly looking at ways to become more environmentally friendly and more energy...
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Wine Tasting in Carmel Valley
Tucked away just 12 short miles from Highway One in Carmel, California, is Carmel Valley. Home to some of the region’s finest boutique wineries, Carmel Valley is a hidden gem. One of the eight smaller...
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