Suzanne Cox, one of the seminar organizers for the Empty Spools seminar, offers a wonderful tour on 17 mile drive to some of the newbies in the group, of which I was one. So, I took advantage of Suzanne’s generous offer. It’s much better to view it as a passenger and Suzanne had the scoop on the good stuff like ……where Brad Pitt’s house is located in Carmel, (bummer that he was not home) and where Clint Eastwood lived, etc. We were lucky to have a sunny afternoon for our drive along the coast. In the photo below, I know they are hard to see, but there are seals all over the lower portion of the rocks. I could hear them talking as I took the photo.
The next two shots are on the Pebble Beach golf course. Nice place to golf if you can afford it. I was told it costs about $500 to stay at the hotel per night and maybe $1,000 for a round of golf. I don’t know that for a fact…just rumor.
I understand this Frank Lloyd Wright design house is for sale. I’m pretty sure I could not afford it. I think I’d be short many millions of dollars.
As is clear from the photos, the drive was one fabulous view after another. I am so thankful Suzanne offered to drive and that we had such great weather.
We completed classes on Friday at lunch time. Since I had all afternoon to play it seemed like a good time to visit the local quilt shop in Pacific Grove, Back Porch Fabrics. I know different people judge a quilt shop on many things but my main things are service and appearance. From the moment I walked into the shop I was welcomed and the shop had a glow and energy about it that was captivating. And on top of that the owner, Gail Abeloe, was just an absolutely wonderful and bubbly person. You can find out more about the shop at www.backporchfabrics.com. Below are photos from the shop. I loved the high ceilings and the displays were very eye-catching.
Next week I have some photos to share from the Monterey Aquarium. Now that place is just full of inspiration.