Monterey Cicerone
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2019
onterey Car Week is fast upon us and it’s time to start making plans of where to go and what to see. Each year we prepare the Monterey Cicerone to help guide your travel plans, and we hope it’s an effective tool. Part of the fun of Monterey Car Week has to do not only with the events, but the camaraderie shared during the week. It’s one of those rare moments when many of the world’s most enthusiastic car fanatics gather in one place and share their excitement for The Automobile and all that surrounds it. If you haven’t been, you owe it to yourself to go and enjoy. Interestingly, while so many events take place each year, what can be more fun is finding out about the private events and parties going on all around the Monterey Peninsula. One way to find out about these, of course, is just to start meeting people. Strike up conversations with the people you meet admiring certain cars and see where it leads you. Otherwise, there are a host of events to enjoy, both free and paid. And, when you’re not enjoying the car scene, Monterey offers a number of adventuresome and fun activities, great restaurants, and sightseeing. We hope to see you up there!
9th Annual GSM Monterey Garage Tour
The Garage Tour has long been described as “Magic,” “The best event during Car Week,” “Like a good family reunion,” and “Absolutely awesome.” Every year offers something different, but familiar, an annual moment to enjoy camaraderie in the private spaces of like-minded enthusiasts. This year, the 9th Annual Garage Tour will offer the same magic with some improvements and expansions, including a new meeting venue and a private auction preview with the Mecum Auction Company Thursday morning before their event commences. Monday’s Garage Tour Kick Off Venue will provide a wonderful meal, and the city has agreed to block off parking for special interest vehicles in front of the restaurant in downtown Pacific Grove. Special thanks for this goes to our friends Mark Ryan at Carmel Realty Company, Ferris Nemri, the owner of the restaurant, and Pete Tweedt, who worked with the city to ensure preferred parking. Thursday’s auction preview is a great way to see first hand, and just before the arrival of the main crowd, what will be coming for sale at the auction - Mecum has long brought exceptional automobilia and petroliana to their events, what they call Road Art, along with a scrumptious variety of cars ranging from hyper exotics to classics to muscle to the obscure, making it a wonderful place to find just the right piece of automotive art or vehicle you’re looking for, even if you didn’t know you were looking for it. With progress and expansions come costs, and this year, for the first time in nearly a decade, a cover charge will be applied. Sales are limited to 80 tickets. 52
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Website: www.GarageStyleMagazine.com When: The Tour Mon Aug 12 8am to ? Mecum Auction Preview Thu Aug 15 9am Where: Mon 8am International Cuisine; Thu 9am Mecum Auction Admission: $65 per person Tip: Fill your gas tank, wear comfortable shoes, and layer your clothes