Prime Monterey welcomes the newest addition to our team, trainer Val Valdez! Contact Val through our website for more information or to make an appointment to work with her. Our studio is located at 191 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

Val's background is in rehabilitation, physical therapy, weight lifting, and a deep understanding of how to get back to the exercises and the daily activities you love like walking, biking, gardening, and daily living. She's passionate about the education part of the workout. She’s delighted when, over time, her clients understand the importance of building muscle, when they feel good, energized, and sleep better...and it happens organically.

Val best serves those who have had pain and are trying to get back to function. possibly even those who are scared of movement. Her goal is to get them back to loving their bodies and feeling great. Whatever age or stage, Val will educate you on proper form and technique and gently push you out of your comfort zone with safe and effective exercises.

Cat's Meow, by popular demand, now has a nice collection of sunglasses. Come and check them out at our shop located at 601 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey. Pictured here is a pair of Prada swirl sunglasses.

The NFL football season has begun! Come and watch all the games on Sundays on our massive TV screens at Britannia Arms of Monterey. We've got cold beer, great food, and we open early for 10am games. We're located at 444 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey.

Below are the showtimes for Osio Theater, September 13-19, 2019. Osio, a nonprofit movie theater dedicated to independent, foreign, and art films, is located at 350 Alvarado Street in Old Monterey. Purchase advance tickets on our website.

BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON
Weekdays at 1:30pm, 4pm, 6:30pm
Sat & Sun at 11am, 1:30pm, 4pm, 6:30pm
Brittany Forgler is a funny, likeable, 27-year-old hot mess of a New Yorker whose trashy nightclub adventures and early-morning walks of shame make her late for work every day. But when she stops by a Yelp-recommended doctor’s office in an attempt to score Adderall, Brittany gets handed a series of diagnoses instead—elevated heart rate, high blood pressure … the list goes on. Suddenly forced to get a grip, Brittany laces up her Converse sneakers and runs one sweaty block. The next day, she runs two. Soon she runs a mile. Brittany finally has direction - but is she on the right path? Watch the trailer.

LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE
Weekdays at 1:45pm, 4:15pm, 6:30pm
Sat & Sun at 11:30am, 1:45pm, 4:15pm, 6:30pm
A musical biography of one of the most successful and versatile female singers of the 20th century and one of the most successful recording artists of all time. At the height of unprecedented success, Ronstadt, a restless and adventurous artist, turned away from pop music to explore an astonishing variety of musical styles, from American standards to country to classical operetta before circling back to her family roots with traditional Mexican canciones. Withstanding constant pressure from a risk-averse industry, Ronstadt insisted on following her musical instincts. Watch the trailer.

OFFICIAL SECRETS
Fri, Mon, Tues, Wed at 1:30pm, 4pm, 6:15pm
Thurs at 1:30pm, 4pm
Sat & Sun at 11am, 1:30pm, 4pm, 6:15pm
She risked everything to stop an unjust war. Her government called her a traitor. Based on true events, Official Secrets tells the gripping story of Katharine Gun, a British intelligence specialist whose job involves routine handling of classified information. One day in 2003, in the lead up to the Iraq War, Gun receives a memo from the NSA with a shocking directive: the US is enlisting Britain’s help in collecting compromising information on UN Security Council members in order to blackmail them into voting in favor of an invasion of Iraq. Unable to stand by and watch the world be rushed into an illegal war, Gun makes the gut-wrenching decision to defy her government and leak the memo to the press. Watch the trailer.

VITA AND VIRGINIA
Weekdays at 4pm
Sat & Sun at 1:30pm, 4pm
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Below are the showtimes for Osio Theater, September 6-12, 2019. Osio, a nonprofit movie theater dedicated to independent, foreign, and art films, is located at 350 Alvarado Street in Old Monterey. Purchase advance tickets on our website.

VITA AND VIRGINIA
Weekdays at 4pm, 6:30pm
Sat & Sun at 1:30pm, 4pm, 6:30pm
Set amidst the bohemian high society of 1920s England, this is the true story of a literary love affair. Vita Sackville-West is the brash, aristocratic wife of a diplomat who refuses to be constrained by her marriage, defiantly courting scandal through her affairs with women. When she meets the brilliant but troubled Virginia Woolf, she is immediately attracted to the famed novelist. So begins an intense, passionate relationship marked by all-consuming desire, intellectual gamesmanship, and destructive jealousy that will leave both women profoundly transformed and inspire the writing of one of Woolf’s greatest works. Watch the trailer.

AFTER THE WEDDING
Weekdays at 1:45pm, 4:15pm, 6:45pm
Sat & Sun at 11:15am, 1:45pm, 4:15pm, 6:45pm
Isabel, a co-founder of an orphanage in Kolkata, travels to New York to meet a potential benefactor, Theresa. Despite her frustration with the need to justify a charitable donation, she agrees to the meeting, which falls a day before the wedding of Theresa's daughter. Isabel is unexpectedly invited to the wedding and the events that ensue force her to confront decisions she made 20 years ago as well as a man from her past, who turns out to be Theresa's husband. Watch the trailer.

THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON
Weekdays at 1:45pm, 4pm, 6:30pm
Sat & Sun at 11:30am, 1:45pm, 4pm, 6:30pm
The Peanut Butter Falcon begins when Zak, a young man with Down syndrome, runs away from a nursing home where he lives in order to chase his dream of becoming a professional wrestler. Through circumstances beyond their control, Tyler, a small time outlaw on the run, becomes Zak’s unlikely coach and ally. Together they wind through deltas, elude capture, drink whisky, find God, catch fish, and convince Eleanor, a kind nursing home employee with a story of her own, to join them on their journey. Watch the trailer.

DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME
Weekdays at 6:30pm
Sat & Sun at 11:45am, 6:30pm
A cultural force for over 50 years, David Crosby faced an uncertain future after the 2015 dissolution of Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Racked with health issues and personal obstacles, he forged a new path at the age of 77. Seeking out younger musicians and recording a pair of critically-praised new albums, Crosby now sets out to make...Read More

Football season is about to begin! Join us at Bulldog British Pub for all the games. We'll be open at 10am on Sundays, showing all the games on our 7 big screen TVs. Come on down to 611 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

Photo courtesy of Susan Blake.

The next featured Landmark home is the J.C. Ainsley House (No. 2) at 112 N. Second Street. This classic Queen Anne Victorian Style house was built before 1900. It once stood at the site of the Ainsley Cannery on N. Harrison Avenue. When the cannery needed to expand in 1919, the house was moved by a capstan arrangement using a horse for power to its current location. It was moved a block at time in this manner. It moved south on Harrison to Campbell Avenue then to Second Street. This was the Ainsley’s second home in Campbell. It became their son Gordon Ainsley’s home in 1924, when J.C. Ainsley’s third and final home was finished on the corner of Bascom and Hamilton Ave.

This house is defined by its projecting second story gables and extensive entrance porch on the first floor that wraps itself around the corner of the house. It is embellished with a few decorative elements such as its horizontal shiplap siding, French doors, brick chimney and symmetrical placing of windows. It is a fine example of the Queen Anne Style, showcasing good design, composition and craftsmanship, and it retains most all of its original materials and design features.

In 1964, Thomas and Audrey Tuttle purchased the house from Mrs. Alice Cowdrey, an active member of the Campbell Methodist Episcopal Church in Downtown Campbell.

At that time, four bedrooms on the second floor of the house had been transformed into a separate apartment with its own bath, kitchen and back stairs entry. The Tuttles were raising ten children and quickly returned the apartment to its original design. All of their children went on to graduate from Campbell High School. Now in her 90’s, Mrs. Tuttle still lives in this wonderful house.

Susan Blake, Campbell Historic Preservation Board.

Check out the archives for This Place Matters for more stories about Campbell's historic homes.

Below are the showtimes for Osio Theater, August 30 - September 5, 2019. Osio, a nonprofit movie theater dedicated to independent, foreign, and art films, is located at 350 Alvarado Street in Old Monterey. Purchase advance tickets on our website.

AFTER THE WEDDING
Weekdays at 1:45pm, 4:15pm, 6:45pm
Sat & Sun at 11:15am, 1:45pm, 4:15pm, 6:45pm
Isabel, a co-founder of an orphanage in Kolkata, travels to New York to meet a potential benefactor, Theresa. Despite her frustration with the need to justify a charitable donation, she agrees to the meeting, which falls a day before the wedding of Theresa's daughter. Isabel is unexpectedly invited to the wedding and the events that ensue force her to confront decisions she made 20 years ago as well as a man from her past, who turns out to be Theresa's husband. Watch the trailer.

THE OTHER STORY
Weekdays at 6pm
Sat & Sun at 1:30pm, 6pm
Two rebellious young women – one fleeing the chaos of secular hedonism for the disciplined comforts of faith, the other desperate to transcend her oppressive religious upbringing for sexual and spiritual freedom – cross paths unexpectedly in Jerusalem, to startling consequences. Watch the trailer.

THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON
Weekdays at 1:45pm, 4pm, 6:30pm
Sat & Sun at 11:30am, 1:45pm, 4pm, 6:30pm
The Peanut Butter Falcon begins when Zak, a young man with Down syndrome, runs away from a nursing home where he lives in order to chase his dream of becoming a professional wrestler. Through circumstances beyond their control, Tyler, a small time outlaw on the run, becomes Zak’s unlikely coach and ally. Together they wind through deltas, elude capture, drink whisky, find God, catch fish, and convince Eleanor, a kind nursing home employee with a story of her own, to join them on their journey. Watch the trailer.

DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME
Weekdays at 6:30pm
Sat & Sun at 11:45am, 6:30pm
A cultural force for over 50 years, David Crosby faced an uncertain future after the 2015 dissolution of Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Racked with health issues and personal obstacles, he forged a new path at the age of 77. Seeking out younger musicians and recording a pair of critically-praised new albums, Crosby now sets out to make a mark in a world different from the generation he came to define in the 60s. With unflinching honesty, self-examination, regret, fear, exuberance, and an unshakable belief in family and the transformative nature of music, Crosby shares his often-challenging journey with humor and bite in this documentary film. ...Read More

Mix business with pleasure! The Jazz Room at Montrio Bistro seats 18 people and is ideal for business or smaller gatherings. This intimate space at our restaurant, featuring boardroom-style seating, is perfect for a company party or family get together. Please call us at 831-648-8881 for more information or to make a reservation. We're located 414 Calle Principal in Downtown Old Monterey.