A visitor's guide written by locals. Insider tips on the best restaurants, hotels, and things to do in Carmel, California.
Art-House and Avatar fans happily co-exist on the Monterey Peninsula, and you will, too, once you’ve found the right theater. Check out these four unique venues, and splurge on the jumbo popcorn. Your friends resist its salty-buttery-siren song at first, but you know they’ll cave once the lights dim down. Also, cinema etiquette dictates that re-fill duties belong to whoever snarfs the most,... 
Ask a local who’s lived on The Peninsula all their life about our year-round weather, and you may get a response somewhat like this, “It’s pretty nice…. kind of foggy and rainy all winter, but nice…”. An important thing to remember while asking said local, is that they haven’t lived in Minnesota, land of ice and snow, Texas, where summer temperatures routinely... 
Carmel-By-The-Sea is especially well-suited to walking adventures. Shops, restaurants, cafes and galleries line both sides of the thoroughfare, the city provides ample pedestrian cross walks, the appropriate street signage, and good visibility for drivers, but something about that straight, beautiful, scenic drive down Ocean Avenue can lull drivers into a dreamy-cruising groove, and places pedestrians in... 
The title suggests that something in Carmel could be boring, and you know that just isn’t so. Unless, of course, you’re a seven year old who hasn’t quite gained an appreciation for the historical value of a Louis XIV armoire, can’t join mom and dad for mid-afternoon wine samples, and gave everyone mini-heart attacks by getting too hands-on with some mesmerizing crystal... 
Don’t be fooled by the sassy signage and colorful piles of rough-hewn soaps — Lush is seriously committed to high-quality, environmentally friendly products, and have the devoted legion of fans to prove it.
Back in Lush’s birthplace, The U.K, their package-free Soaps, Solid Shampoos, and uniquely fragranced Bath Bombs are constantly improved upon and innovated, but not without first... 
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