On The Beach Surf Shop now has the new Aloha Collection dopp kit bag in stock. You can fit all of your travel necessities in this bag and since it's splash proof, anything that spills inside it (i.e. sunscreen, makeup) can easily be rinsed away. Visit us at 693 Lighthouse Avenue.

Venture Gallery presents Evelyn Klein , our featured local artist for October. Her new exhibit is entitled Breaking Boundaries: Explorations in Mixed Media. Klein has made a lifelong commitment to integrating printmaking techniques and painting.

Venture Gallery is open daily, 10am-6pm, at 260 Alvarado Street.

Fashion Trade now has more than 100 beautiful dresses for Homecoming available in a variety of colors and styles. Whether you're in Monterey, Seaside, PG, or Carmel, come check them out at our boutique. Let our staff help you look fabulous!

We're open 6 days a week, 12pm-6:30pm (closed Tuesday), at 554 Lighthouse Avenue.

Winter is coming, and Fashion Trade has new coats arriving weekly. Stop by and see our collection of stylish vintage outerwear at 554 Lighthouse Avenue. We have warm jackets for all occasions.

2026 calendars have arrived at Lighthouse Books! We think this year's selection looks even better than last year (pictured here).

There are a wide variety of titles to choose from - 200 different calendars - but quantities are limited to 1 or 2 of each, so be sure to visit us soon at 600 Lighthouse Ave. We're open daily, 11am-6pm.

Current Comics at 400 Lighthouse Avenue now has in stock the first Marvel / DC crossover comic in over 20 years, Deadpool / Batman #1, r eleased on September 17. This is an incredible, 64-page one-shot comic with 7 different stories inside for just $6.99.

Current Comics has recently been buying collections of vintage comics and making them available for sale. We now have a bunch of good titles from DC and Marvel from the 1980s and a couple hundred DC Silver Age books from the 1960s-1970s, including military stories set in WWII (including Our Fighting Forces , Our Army at War , and more).

Our selection is ever-changing as we slowly work through the collections we've acquired and price them. All are at the store at 400 Lighthouse Ave; some are also available on our website .

Alma del Mar makes our own, all-natural soap in-house, and sometimes...it doesn't turn out as well as we'd hoped. So we're having a big sale!

Come by the shop at 269 Bonifacio Place and you'll find bars of soap for $1-$2, flats of soap for $40, or you can fill a bag of end pieces for $5. There are some delicious scents. Hurry before it's all gone.

Are you a sewing enthusiast who wants to touch fabric before you buy it, seeing the colors and the drape? Head to Slowfiber at 517A Hartnell Street, a little shop full of high-quality fabrics and sewing notions!

Now in stock: a generous selection of new and vintage Japanese fabrics including scraps for patchwork, 44-inch cloth bolts, and 14-inch (Kimono-width) rolls in brilliant designs and textures.