A visitor's guide written by locals. Insider tips on the best restaurants, hotels, and things to do in Carmel, California.
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Featuring an extensive gallery list, and... 
Your mama loves homemade cards, hand-painted flower pots, and the occasional pancake breakfast in bed, but you’re finally old enough to appreciate and celebrate her unique spirit and interests, so go the extra mile by whisking her off for a weekend of fun in Carmel, California. To help you along, we’ve created six weekend guides for six unique motherly-types.
Is Your Mama a Llama?
Carmel Weekend... 
Pacific Grove’s Asilomar State Beach is clean, peaceful, brimming with wildlife, and lined with fantastic running trails. It seemed like a great spot to start our series of video tours, and we lucked out with a warm, breezy day. Avoiding a chilly plunge into a tide pool was pretty lucky too — watch out for slippery rocks! And after you check out our little video, scroll down for more Asilomar... 
How do Sponge Bob Square Pants and Disney’s Sleeping Beauty fit into Carmel’s fine art scene? Visit Todd White and Eyvind Earle’s elegantly animated galleries to see for yourself, and check out these 7 fun facts and tips for infusing your artistic exploration with even more fun.
Todd White
Galerie Rue Royale
Ocean Avenue
cross street: Lincoln & Dolores
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Pacific Grove, in all its small-town glory, celebrates spring with a decidedly olde-school May Day Faire, complete with seasonal crafts, games, may-pole dancing, puppet shows, live music, artisans, a pancake breakfast, and an espresso bar. But let’s back it up for a moment. Do you even know what we’re celebrating? Have you even heard of “May Day”?
An informal survey of my... 
Ahh Carmel. Discreet. Charming. Classy. Blissfully free from modern distractions like traffic signals, fast-food outlets, high-rise buildings, street numbers and … any sign of a nearby public restroom. The weekend trolley reveals water-closet whereabouts to its passengers, but what about the rest of us?
Never fear, the Carmel-by-the-Sea Loo-Locator is here.
Devendorf Park at Ocean Avenue &... 
Last fall, I ignored a few of these rules (1, 2, and 4, namely), and managed to somehow hobble across the half marathon’s finish line, freshly strained arch and all. But you can do better. Who wants to merely “survive” ? It’s supposed to be fun — exhilarating, life-affirming, waves-crashing-against-the-cliffs-as-you-charge-down-a-coastal-mountainside — fun. Survive?... 
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