Hey there, true believers! Current Comics has just added 300+ back issues to our store website, including lots of X-Men from the 1960s. Visit our website, choose the Monterey store, then click the "Back Issue: Rare" category to see them all and to make your purchase online.

At the website, you'll also be able to order all the current issues, graphic novels, and Funko POP action figures on our store shelves. And we'll ship it to you wherever you are. Because who doesn't need a little fun right now?!

Are you craving the local artisan foods and crafts you used to buy at the Joseph Boston Store before the shelter-in-place order? Good news, fans of local products! Monterey Bay Food Tours is now selling those items online for the Joseph Boston Store!

Thanks to Monterey Bay Food Tours, you can now purchase:
Artichoke & Olive Tapenade from Gil's Gourmet
Olives from Gil's Gourmet
Lemon Dill Marinated Garlic from Gil's Gourmet
Chardonnay Artichoke Mild Salsa from Gil's Gourmet
Roasted Garlic Champagne Mustard from Gil's Gourmet
Bread Dipper from Gil's Gourmet
Jams, Jellies, & Marmalades from Happy Girl Kitchen
Blackberry Sage Shrub from Happy Girl Kitchen
Honey from The Honey Ladies
Sea Salts from Big Sur Salts
Elderberry & Elderflower Syrup from Carmel Berry Co.
Balsamic Vinegar from Monterey's Tasty Olive Bar
Tea from Edison & Melrose
...and more!

Monterey Bay Food Tours' online shop also features gift boxes, home decor, and Monterey Bay Food Tours merchandise.

Merlot! It's Comanche Cellars' new quarantine elixir. Our 2017 Merlot from Santa Clara Valley is priced at only $15 each (reg $34) and there's a 6 bottle minimum purchase. Please phone us at 831-747-2244 for more information.

Our wine room is located at 412 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey. We are currently offering curbside pickup by appointment for purchases by the bottle and by the case.

2017 Comanche Cellars Merlot
Dusty sugar on the nose leads to blackberries, dark cherries, and blueberries on the palate. These beautiful layers of fruit are complemented by notes of leather, cedar, and licorice.

The Monterey County Health Officer has announced that all people over age 12 must wear face masks or face coverings in public beginning at 12:01am on Thursday, April 30, 2020. (Parents and guardians please note: children age 2 and under MUST NOT wear face coverings.)

Reusable cloth face masks are encouraged! The use of medical masks, such as N-95 respirators and surgical masks, are discouraged because there is a shortage of those in the marketplace and health care workers and first responders need them.

Read online all about face coverings in Monterey County! Links are below to documents in English and Spanish.

ENGLISH
Face Coverings: Frequently Asked Questions - English
Face Coverings: The Full Order in English

SPANISH
Cubreboca / Máscara: Preguntas Frecuentes y Respuestas - Español
Cubreboca / Máscara: La Orden en Español

The Monterey County Health Officer announced on April 28, 2020, that all people over age 12 must wear face masks or face coverings in public beginning at 12:01am on Thursday, April 30, 2020. (Parents and guardians please note: children age 2 and under MUST NOT wear face coverings.)

Reusable cloth face masks are encouraged! The use of medical masks, such as N-95 respirators and surgical masks, are discouraged because there is a shortage of those in the marketplace and health care workers and first responders need them.

Read online all about face coverings in Monterey County! Links are below to documents in English and Spanish.

ENGLISH
Face Coverings: Frequently Asked Questions - English
Face Coverings: The Full Order in English

SPANISH
Cubreboca / Máscara: Preguntas Frecuentes y Respuestas - Español
Cubreboca / Máscara: La Orden en Español

San Jose Spotlight recently featured Darling & Fischer Memorial Chapel in Downtown Campbell in a story about how the Covid-19 pandemic has changed funerals and our grieving process. It's worth a read. It's a sobering account of the difficulty of the times we're facing.

Nicholas J Welzenbach, the director of Darling-Fischer is featured briefly in the story. He recently did a podcast on why so many of us feel so funked out even if we're doing pretty well personally despite everything that's going on around us. It's because we're going through grief.

If you'd like to understand our collective societal funk better, Nicholas recently recorded a podcast you may be interested in. It's part of his Guiding Grief podcasts and it's about grief in the time of Covid-19.

We've had many entries into the monthly prize drawing for the Downtown Campbell Survival Project. Thank you to all who entered, and if you haven't entered yet, you still have two weeks to get with the program for a chance to win one of six $50 gift cards of your choice selected from the Downtown Campbell Gift Card Directory.

If you've already entered, you can enter again and again by making a purchase from any business that's in our business directory or by sharing and liking any Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram post made by the official Downtown Campbell account that's been tagged with #VivaDTC.

Each week you have more ways to enter the drawing because each week another one of our retailers comes online with more online shopping options to let you get your usual items while supporting your favorite merchants. We also have an expanding Shelter-In-Place dining guide of restaurants offering curbside pick-up or delivery in the Downtown Campbell area.

The first prize drawing will be held next week on May 10th! Thank you all for continuing to support us as you can. We know many of you are hurting just as bad as our shopkeepers are and we hope that some of the gift cards will go to people who could really use them.

Dear Academy Dancers and Friends,

We want to take a moment to reach out and let you know how much we miss seeing everyone at the studios. We are enjoying our online classes and are grateful we can still teach and connect with our dancers during this time.

We have adult classes running online that would be fun for anyone to try. There is no better time to try something new, or something you haven't done in a long time. Mondays 7:45-9pm and Wednesdays 2:30-3:30pm, send us an email and we'll get you signed up.

One unfortunate outcome of the SIP is the postponement of our Spring performance of Cinderella. The dancers and I were so excited to bring you this wonderful ballet. We are hopeful we will be able to present it later in the Fall 2020 Semester. We will send out updates as soon as we can!

The current Spring Semester is scheduled through June 13. We hope to offer classes in the two weeks after Spring and leading up to our Summer Semester. The studio is typically closed for those two weeks, but we want to be able to offer classes during this time, in whatever format possible.

We are unsure if we will be able to hold the Summer Intensive as we have in the past, but we will offer what we can in any format we are able. If you are interested in any upcoming classes please let us know so we can be sure get you information on scheduling, tuition and other details as soon as we have those details. You can also find us on our social channels to stay up to date.

Interim Classes: TBA June 15-26
Summer Dates: June 29-July 31
Fall Semester Starts: August 17

In the meantime we would love to hear from you and let us know how you are doing, what you are enjoying about our online classes, and how you keep dancing during this time. Stay well everyone.
Sincerely,

Crystal Petzel
Owner/Director
Academy of Classical Ballet -CA

Taqueria del Mar has recently reopened for take-out and pick-up orders! Whether you're a fan of the squid burrito, the chicken enchilada, the fish sope, or the artichoke taco, it's great news. Give them a call at 831-372-7887.

Head cook Nicholas Gasca has worked at Taqueria Del Mar since 1988 and became the owner in 1996. This is truly a small, family-run establishment that's been feeding New Monterey and its guests for decades at 530 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.