Category Archives: Community Events

Clint Eastwood getting ready to be in Carmel's Centennial parade. — Clint Eastwood getting ready to be in Carmel’s Centennial parade.

Clint Eastwood is everyone’s favorite mayor of Carmel – no offense to our current mayor, but hey, he’s Clint! When Clint was elected mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea in 1986, he put Carmel on the national map – for those who already didn’t know about our charming village that just turned 100 years old yesterday!

So who else would Carmel invite to be the Grand Marshal of the Carmel Centennial parade. Well, Clint of course!

The whole town turned out to take part in this fabulous community event. There were amazing floats, marching bands, school groups, the girl scouts, theater groups, musicians, dancers, and dignitaries.

clint-stage — Clint Eastwood getting ready to lead the parade on the Wells Fargo stagecoach.

Here’s Clint in the staging area ready to lead the parade! The Sunset Center, our center of performing arts, offered this lovely float.

sunset-center-float — The Sunset Center’s fabulous float

Carmel Plaza is Carmel-by-the-Sea’s only shopping center featuring many restaurants and boutiques. You can also find the Carmel Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center there with answers to all your Carmel questions. They proudly entered this lovely float below.

carmel-plaza-float — Carmel Plaza with its amazing entry

The most fun was to see all of the community organizations turned out in their 1916 best! Since I was in the parade, these photos are of everyone getting organized in the parade staging area.

chamber — The Ambassadors of the Carmel Chamber of Commerce representing the business women and men of 1916! What fun we had dressing up!

suffragettes — The Carmel Women’s Club as Suffragettes

The Red Cross of 1916 as depicted by a community organization

I loved watching these very well organized and adorable kids from the Carmel River Elementary School.

North Monterey County High School sent a fabulous marching band.

It is quite an amazing thing to be in a parade and quite a thrill. Usually I am watching on the sidelines like these folks.

I’m not sure who had more fun those marching . . .

The Carmel Chamber of Commerce ambassadors rounding the turn-around at Monte Verde and Ocean

or those watching. In any case, it was a fun-filled day.

Let’s not forget that Carmel was settled by artists, poets, actors, and bohemians so they were also well represented.

The Wizard of Oz cast with a young understudy of Dorothy — The Wizard of Oz cast with a young understudy for Dorothy

Shakespeare in the park played by Phyllis Davis and her husband.

Those of us in the parade got a kick out of comparing our costumes.

L-Susan Clark, Cammie Jones, Whiz Lindsey

The parade ended with a lovely lunch at the Sunset Center and then cake (in the shape of our office) at our Alain Pinel Realtors office on Junipero between 5th & 6th.

I hope everyone enjoyed this fun day! If you weren’t able to be there, I hope these photos will give you a little taste.

susan-office — Susan Clark ~ Carmel Realtor from 1916 in front of Alain Pinel Realtors

After being in real estate for many years, I find every client has their own story,. So whether you’re living in 1916 . . . or 2016, let’s find YOUR happy ending!

Susan Clark, Realtor 831-320-6801 — Susan Clark, Realtor Call me. 831-320-6801

Communities, Community Events

Carmel’s Rockin’ Farmer’s Market Today ~ Carmel-by-the-Sea

October 20, 2016 Susan Clark

Today Carmel’s Farmers Market rocked out to the tunes of Nik Borotolussi & Friends from 11:00am on!

What could be better than buying strawberries to the sounds of “Sweet Georgia Brown“!

The crowd enjoyed the music while they shopped.

Look at these gorgeous, mouth-watering organic strawberries.

Or how about some luscious apples or grapes?

Flowers were there in abundance as well.

Exotic orchids and other flowers begging to be brought home to create a lovely bouquet for the dinner table.

The Carmel Farmer’s Market takes place every Thursday morning on Sixth Street between Junipero and Mission Street a block away from our office.

Thinking of buying a house along with your broccoli? Stop by and say hello. Would love to help you find your dream home.

Alain Pinel Realtors on Junipero between 5th & 6th.

Give Susan a call at 831-320-6801

Community Events, Monterey Peninsula Cities

“The Rooster Crowed”~ MPCC Leadership Luncheon ~ Seaside CA

October 3, 2016 Susan Clark

Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Leadership Luncheon

at Embassy Suites in Seaside, CA, September 30, 2016

The Rooster Crowed! What kind of title is that for a Leadership Luncheon? Well, just hang on and you’ll know soon enough. As far as the luncheon goes, you might say, anyone who was anyone was there. The room was filled with elected officials and those hoping to get elected.

During the networking time before the luncheon I was able to speak with Casey Lucius, who is running for Congress against Jimmy Panetta. I love seeing more and more women getting involved in politics and we certainly need more women in Washington. I’m sure Jimmy Panetta will give her a run for her money, however.

The luncheon began with Jody Hansen, MPCC President and CEO, introducing the Master of Ceremonies, Doug Yount, MPCC Chair-Elect. After a few remarks, he introduced Senator Bill Monning, Senate Majority Leader, California Senate District 178, who was the keynote speaker.

He spoke of our 3 top industries that employ the most employees, Agriculture, Hospitality, and Higher Education and caught us up on the important issues we are facing – water being one of the major ones.

Assembly member, Mark Stone, from the state assembly then followed with his remarks and then Supervisors John Philips, Jane Parker, and Dave Potter. Sheriff Steve Bernal had a lot to say about law enforcement, but like the others, had only 4 minutes to say it in.

There was a great showing by most of the mayors of our area – 8 in all. Mayor Bill Kampe discussed what was going on in Pacific Grove and invited everyone to the Butterfly Parade coming up.

Mayor Pro Tem, Carrie Theis, of Carmel invited everyone to the Centennial Parade on October 29th. The Master of Ceremonies had earlier announced that Mayor Steve Dallas of Carmel couldn’t be there, because he was busy finding the horses to pull Grand Marshall Clint Eastwood’s stagecoach in the parade.

Clint Eastwood, Grand Marshall of the Carmel Centennial parade

We’re all looking forward to this parade and even I will be dressed up in period costume following behind the stagecoach as an Ambassador of the Carmel Chamber of Commerce.

I’ve been to many Mayors panels in recent years and Jerry Edelen, the mayor of Del Rey Oaks, always has a well written humorous set of remarks prepared. This luncheon was no different. This time his “state of Del Rey Oaks” speech was all about the bull frogs and an annoying rooster who was cock-a-doodling every morning and annoying all the neighbors. It was rumored the rooster had escaped from Seaside.

The police were called who set some traps, but this was one smart rooster who took the bait and escaped the trap. Finally one day he just disappeared solving the major problem of the city of Del Rey Oaks. It’s not clear if the bull frogs got him or if he decided to go traveling again.

Mayors Bruce Delgado (Marina), Clyde Roberson (Monterey), Joe Gunter (Salinas), David Pendergrass (Sand City), and Ralph Rubio (Seaside) also presented their 4 minute messages. District Director, Alec Arago, from Sam Farr’s office completed the presentation and both Alec and Sam Farr, US Representative, who was in Washington DC, were thanked for their many years of service in the 20th Congressional District.

It’s always rewarding to see and hear our elected officials and I was very glad I was able to attend this year’s Annual Leadership Luncheon.

Carmel Lifestyle, Community Events, Pebble Beach Lifestyle

Astronauts, Astronomers, and Academics ~ Pebble Beach Authors & Ideas Festival

September 26, 2016 Susan Clark

Pebble Beach Authors & Ideas Festival 2016 at Stevenson School, Pebble Beach

James Newman, astronaut. Currently a professor of space systems at the Naval Post Graduate School. Logged 43 days in space including 6 space walks totaling 43 hours.

What a great idea Cindy and Jim McGillen had 10 years ago to create a venue for great minds to come together and share their intriguing ideas. Twenty-seven plus nationally renowned authors and innovators gathered in Pebble Beach this weekend to share their knowledge and great ideas with the participants. The attendees were generous sponsors of the festival, paying guests, and educators who were invited as guests. I was lucky enough to be one of the volunteers helping with the event so I was able to hear many of the speakers when I wasn’t on duty..

Secretary Leon Panetta kicked off the festival with a thought provoking speech on Friday night. Prior to serving as the 23rd Secretary of Defense, Panetta (a local Carmel Valley resident) served as the Director of the CIA, White House Chief of Staff, Director of OMB, and before that a Congressman in the House of Representatives from 1977-1993. The amphitheater was packed with an enthusiastic audience.

Thousands of school children of Monterey County participated in the Student Ideas Festival thanks to the Carmel Ideas Foundation. Some students were also given the honor to be student presenters introducing each speaker as they came onto the stage. What an opportunity for students to have such an amazing experience!

Amphitheater at Stevenson School, Pebble Beach — Amphitheater at Stevenson School~ John Hennessy speaking.

Presentations took place in several different venues. Speaking here in the outdoor amphitheater is John Hennessy. After a 16 year term as president of Stanford University he is being hailed as transformational after remaking the university from the inside out.

He is now the founding director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars program designed to lure the best students in the world for graduate education at Stanford with the goal of “doing good for the world”.

Cara Hale Alter founder of SpeechSkills ~ author of The Credibility Code:How to Project Confidence and Competence When It Matters Most

The other venues included a large auditorium and small break out sessions in classrooms.

Cara Hale Alter was a popular speaker who has provided training to the world’s leading companies and top-100 law firms. She teaches how to project confidence and competence. Don’t miss buying her book on the subject complete with video demonstrations! Just as an aside story about Cara, she and I both recognized each other when she checked in at the registration desk, but couldn’t figure out how we knew each other. We finally figured out she had been my Jazz Dance instructor 25+ years ago in San Francisco!

Dr. Bernie Roth was very interesting and a kick to listen to. He is a Stanford professor who is the Rodney H. Adams Professor of Engineering and is also a co-founder of Stanford’s “d-school” which teaches “design thinking”. Early this year I completed Stanford University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certification program which included a day at Stanford learning all about design thinking so I was very interested in what he had to say.

Dr. Bernard Roth in his break out session.

Dr. Bernard Roth, a Stanford University professor.

His book, The Achievement Habit is a “Don’t Miss” read.

The authors all had book signings in the bookstore and there were long lines of people clutching their books in hand for a personal moment with the authors to get a personalized autograph.

Authors signing their books for eager readers. — Authors L-Hampton Sides and R-Peter Ricchiuti signing their books for eager readers.

The amazing array of authors is just too long to include in a short blog entry. There was Dan Buettner who discovered the Blue Zones where there is the highest concentration of centenarians; Kathlyn Cooney, an archaeologist who has researched ancient Egypt; Professor Andrew Fraknoi, who makes astronomy a joy to learn about, and Mas Matsumoto, an organic peach and grape farmer who had written about the family succession on a family farm.

mas-masumto — Mas Masumoto, an organic peach and grape farmer with a story.

There were so many more stunning presentations with great ideas flowing that there isn’t room to talk about them all. Just make a note in your calendar to come next year last weekend in September to the

2017 Pebble Beach Authors and Ideas Festival.

Susan Clark, Realtor

Category Archives: Community Events

Carmel’s Favorite Ex-Mayor Rides Again! ~ Carmel-by-the-Sea Centennial Parade

Carmel’s Rockin’ Farmer’s Market Today ~ Carmel-by-the-Sea

“The Rooster Crowed”~ MPCC Leadership Luncheon ~ Seaside CA

Astronauts, Astronomers, and Academics ~ Pebble Beach Authors & Ideas Festival

Susan's Musings by the Sea