Welcome to Lighthouse District in the News, an occasional post featuring recent news articles on Monterey's Lighthouse District. Please click the links below to read the full articles.
Songwriter's Showcase Features All-Local Lineup
by Herald Staff
Monterey Herald, 04/24/13
Quickbites (Amir's Grill & Bar)
by Mark C. Anderson
Monterey County Weekly, 04/25/13
The New Monterey Business Association wants YOU to pick the movies for Movies in the Park 2013. It's easy as one, two, see.
ONE: Nominate. Pick three movies you'd like to see and send us the list via e-mail, through our Facebook page, or by clicking on "Add Comment" at the bottom of this post. Nominations must be received by 12pm on Monday, May 20. Please note: all nominations should be PG-13 or below (no R-rated movies) and run less than 2 hours.
TWO: Vote. The ten most nominated movies will be voted on by the public at LighthouseDistrict.net. (Voting begins Thursday, May 23 and ends Wednesday, June 5.)
SEE: The three movies that get the most votes will be shown this year at Movies in the Park in Scholze Park. Show dates this year are July 13, August 10, and September 14, and October 12. Movies start a half-hour after sunset.
Sal's Alley Side Cafe is now open in New Monterey's Lighthouse District! Owned and operated by Sal, the owner of Carbone's, the cafe is located at 204 Lighthouse Avenue (next door to Carbone's) and open 3pm-2am.
Welcoming hungry folks of all ages, Sal's Alley Side Cafe offers simple, easy dining including bar food, daily specials, burgers, meatloaf, stuffed peppers, and pasta. Come on down and check us out!
Welcome to Lighthouse District in the News, an occasional post featuring recent news articles on Monterey's Lighthouse District. Please click the links below to read the full articles.
Cindy's Waterfront Looks to Make a Big Splash Next Week at Monterey Bay Aquarium
by Mark C. Anderson
Monterey County Weekly, 04/18/13
Two More Days Left in an Incredible Week for Music in Monterey County (American Burger)
by Mac McDonald
Monterey Herald, 04/17/13
Tidbits: Sal's Alley Side Cafe
by Mike Hale
Monterey Herald, 04/10/13
This May Be the Biggest Week of Music in Monterey County History (Carbone's)
by Mac McDonald
Monterey Herald, 04/10/13
Miryam Mejia, LMFT of Crossroads Counseling is now an approved provider for Blue Shield medical insurance.
Miryam Mejia of Crossroads Counseling seeks to help those in transition. Because the world is constantly changing, we're all in transition! Miryam, fluent in Spanish and English, works with adults of all ages, particularly caregivers, the disabled, the elderly, and chronically ill.
Welcome to Lighthouse District in the News, an occasional post featuring recent news articles on Monterey's Lighthouse District. Please click the link below to read the full article.
Paper Wing Theatre Stages 9-to-5 The Musical
by Lathryn Petruccelli
Monterey Herald, 04/10/13
Oya Salon is proud to introduce the newest member of our team, Liliana, an extremely talented and very artistic manicurist. Liliana will be taking appointments between the hours of 10am-5pm, Tuesday-Saturday. We are so excited to have Liliana as a member of the Oya team! To book an appointment, please call the salon at 831-656-0570.
Price List as of March 28, 2013:
Manicure - $35
Polish Change - $15
Acrylic Nail Removal - $25
Pedicure - $45
Shellac Manicure - $45
Shellac Pedicure - $55
(Liliana uses OPI nail polish and CND Shellac gel.)
On the Beach Surf Shop is proud to sponsor the 2013 Monterey Bay Skate Jam Series! The one and only monthly skateboarding event on the Monterey Peninsula, our skate jams are designed to be a fun and interactive competitive event for riders, friends, and family alike. With a live DJ, product tosses, food, and drinks (and, on occasion, demos, games of skate, and other fun events), we invite skaters, friends, and family to come out and enjoy the day with us.
There are 4 age divisions: 8 and under, 9-12, 13-15, and 16 and up. Riders will be judged based on (in order of importance): creativity, style, consistency, variety (in tricks and use of obstacles), and difficulty.
Sign-ups start at 10am, contests start at 11am. Normally, the event runs until 3pm. Dates and locations are as follows:
April 27 - Marina Skate Park
Marina City Teen Center, 304 Hillcrest Ave
May 18 - Monterey Skate Park
El Estero Park, Pearl St. & Camino Aguajito
June 22 - Marina Skate Park
Marina City Teen Center, 304 Hillcrest Ave
July 27 - Monterey Skate Park
El Estero Park, Pearl St. & Camino Aguajito
August 24 - Marina Skate Park
Marina City Teen Center, 304 Hillcrest Ave
September 21 - Monterey Skate Park
El Estero Park, Pearl St. & Camino Aguajito
October 26 Championship - Marina Skate Park
Marina City Teen Center, 304 Hillcrest Ave
Beginning April 14, 2013, San Jose Water Company will be conducting road work in Downtown Campbell, 10pm-6am, Sunday nights to Friday mornings. On some days, the work hours may be extended to 10am. Expect road closures during those hours. Water services will not be interrupted.
Why the hassle? San Jose Water Company will be retiring its 79 year old water main in Downtown Campbell and will replace the main with new pipeline along East Campbell Avenue from 3rd Street to the railroad tracks. The work will also include a water main replacement on Central Avenue from East Campbell Avenue to City Hall.
Beginning the week of April 21, 2013 there will be Mainline trenching on E. Campbell Avenue. This work will progress from east to west, block by block. It is anticipated that it will take approximately one week to trench per city block.
For more information, please read the SJ Water Company's notice; download the work map; or contact San Jose Water Company's Contractor, Lewis & Tibbitts, at 408-925-0220 or San Jose Water Company at 408-279-7900.
Photos from the 15th Annual Bunnies & Bonnets Parade in Downtown Campbell on Saturday, March 30, 2013 are now online! To view the album, please click here.
Thanks to Sally Howe, owner of The Campbell Express, for organizing this amazing family event and all the great volunteers who helped out that day, particularly the big contingent from The Home Church.
Prime is offering several small group classes at our studio in New Monterey's Lighthouse District. Please call us for more information and to sign up, 831-324-4993.
Prana Yoga with Mia
Tues, 12:30pm
$15 per class, introductory offer
Mia Hurst is an experienced yoga and pilates practitioner and has been teaching for over 12 years. Prana Yoga is designed to create a whole-body transformation of strength and fluidity, circulation and centering.
Primefit with Jen & Jolie
Mon, Wed, Fri at 12pm; Tues, Thurs at 6am; Sat at 9am
$20 drop-in; $200 for one month of unlimited classes
Primefit is Prime's bootcamp: a fitness class for all levels using clubs, kettlebells, parallettes, rings, and your own body weight. In April, recruit a friend...if your friend pays for a full month of unlimited classes, you get half off yours!
April Challenge with Jen
Mon, Wed, Fri at 6am
$25 drop-in; $250 per month
This class is fitness, nutrition and lifestyle coaching all rolled into one. The challenge is for you to commit to your plan with our guidance for a more vital, happier, and fit you.
Trying to reduce your waste? Ma's Green Living in New Monterey's Lighthouse District has signed up with Terracycle to become a collection point for the Tom's of Maine Natural Care Brigade! That means we're now accepting certain personal care and oral hygiene items for recycling.
Ma's Green Living is now collecting: mouthwash bottles and caps, deodorant containers and caps (non-aerosol only), toothpaste tubes and caps, soap packaging, floss containers, and toothbrushes. Just stop by and drop them off!
The more items we recycle, the more money Tom's of Maine will donate to our selected charity, Save Our Shores, a non-profit marine conservation organization based in Santa Cruz.
Welcome to Lighthouse District in the News, an occasional post featuring recent news articles on Monterey's Lighthouse District. Please click the link below to read the full article.
Greens Grazing, Bite This: Big Sur Veggie Burger at Hula's
by David Schmalz
Monterey County Weekly, 04/04/13
Great news, fans of the Lighthouse District! Rick Johnson, the Executive Director of the New Monterey Business Association, will be the featured guest on Around Town with Don Bowen on KYMB (Comcast Channel 19) at 1pm-2pm on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Rick is a delightfully warm and entertaining speaker - you won't want to miss hearing from this member of our community!
The Scholze Park Community Center is pleased to announce that the Golden 55 Travelers Program Newsletter, listing information on all our trips now through June 2013, is now available for download here as an Adobe PDF file. Just click this link to download the document.
The Travelers Program isn't just for seniors: many trips are available for adults of all ages. For more information on The Golden 55 Travelers Program, please phone 831-646-3878.
Recycled Records invites everyone to enter our raffle for two tickets to the Dead Can Dance concert at Golden State Theatre on Thursday, April 18, 2013. No purchase is necessary - just like Recycled Records on Facebook and come on down to the shop at 604 Lighthouse Avenue to enter the raffle! The drawing will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2013.
Snap Fitness in New Monterey's Lighthouse District is excited to announce that we're now offering Flow Yoga! Taught by our new yoga instructor, Cindy Singh, Flow Yoga is free to Snap Fitness members on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 7-8pm. We also offer a free 7-day trial pass so you can try the club and the classes before joining! Please contact Snap Fitness for more details, 831-373-3990.
What is Flow Yoga? Also called Prana Flow, it's an energetic, creative, full-spectrum approach to the flow of yoga cultivated by Shiva Rea and the Global Vinyasa Collective of Teachers. Students of all levels are empowered to experience prana - the universal source of breath, life-energy, and conscious intelligence - as the navigating source of yoga practice and vital living. All fitness levels welcome and encouraged!
Ma's Green Living, located in the Lighthouse District, is proud to announce that we have added Heliotrope San Francisco to our bulk product line! We now carry Heliotrope's Organic Aloe, Olive, & Avocado Oil Lotion; Aloe & Comfrey Shave Gel; and Mineral & Botanical Face Cleanser.
Heliotrope is a company that focuses on all-natural organic ingredients and uses local suppliers to make their products. Come and check it out!
The International Design Guild's Designer Program spokesperson Mark Brunetz has paired up with the Lighthouse District's own Carpets & Floors, Inc. to launch Design for a Difference, the first-ever cause-related interior design competition. The contest is open to any interior design professional or design student and provides the opportunity to win $20,000 in goods and services to makeover a space for his or her favorite local charity.
The contest will award one grand prize winner $20,000 in retail goods and services for a local charity space redesign, and the winning designer will co-host a professionally produced video of the makeover with Mark Brunetz. Four regional winners will each be awarded $2,500 in flooring for his/her nominated charity and will be flown to the grand prize winning city to participate in the design team on the winning project.
Designers can register for free and contest entries will be accepted until June 30, 2013. For complete information, please click here. Charities that would like to be nominated for the redesign can contact Amanda Baker at 831-372-2300 for more information.
New Monterey's Lighthouse District is proud to announce that many of our local businesses have been included in Monterey County Weekly's Best of 2013! And the winners (in alphabetical order) are....
Amir's Grill & Bar
Best Middle Eastern
794 Lighthouse Ave
831-642-0231
BookBuyers Monterey
Best Bookstore - Used
600 Lighthouse Ave
831-375-4208
Bulldog British Pub
Best Neighborhood Bar
Best Bar for Darts
611 Lighthouse Ave
831-658-0686
Crystal Fish Sushi
Best Japanese/Sushi
514 Lighthouse Ave
831-649-3474
Gianni's Pizza
Best Pizza
725 Lighthouse Ave
831-649-1500
Gold Coast Tattoo
Best Tattoo Parlor
639 Lighthouse Ave
831-642-9404
Goodwill Industries
Best Thrift Store
571 Lighthouse Ave
831-649-6056
Henry's BBQ
Best Barbecue
401 Lighthouse Ave
831-646-6999
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Best Place to Take Visitors
886 Cannery Row
831-648-4800
Nor Cal Smoke Shop
Best Head Shop
765 Lighthouse Ave
831-645-9021
On the Beach Surf Shop
Best Surf Shop
693 Lighthouse Ave
831-646-9283
Oya Salon
Best Salon
201 Lighthouse Ave
831-656-0570
Plato's Closet
Best Second-hand Clothing Store
402 Lighthouse Ave
831-641-9919
Recycled Records
Best Simple, Functional Facebooking by a Business
604 Lighthouse Ave
831-375-5454
