(Where Dirty Harry buys croissants.)
The Pacific Coast Highway is more than just a good driving road. There are an infinite number of interesting places to stop and look besides the common ocean-side pullouts. The PCH periphery offers a multitude of interesting towns which have their own character and attractions.
Carmel-by-the-sea buildings have no street numbers, nor are there streetlights. There is, however, an unusual abundance of exclusive and expensive automobiles not limited to GT-R's, Astons, Porsches, Mercedes-Benzes (S and G classes, and classic SL's), Ferraris, Bentleys...
The place is also home to Dirty Harry. He does exist, and he does live here. He was even the mayor at one point. Of course, I don't need to tell you that crime is not a factor here. Nobody feels that lucky.
There is a multitude of those stores that you see in American movies taking place in small towns. You know, along the lines of the idyllic "old-timey" Christmas-gift toy store, which happens to be one of Carmel-by-the-sea's shops... I wouldn't be surprised if those movies were filmed here.
Unfortunately, my cake fell on the floor while I was cutting it.
Seriously. A nicely sculpted chunk liberated itself from the confines of my knife and went into the abyss that was the mall floor. Luckily, a gang of small birds took care of the problem, shyly snatching their individual shares of my fortune in misfortune.
The dog reconsidered in the end, just as his owner came back...
One "Greek and Italian" restaurant shouted at us that they will probably open in ten minutes. We said that we wouldn't like to find out.
Another restaurant down the street was more receptive, so they received our business. La Dolce Vita is an authentic Italian restaurant run by Mexicans. And no, that's not a contradiction, since they do it better than some Italians.
At one point, some people came to the restaurants with their dogs, and the staff completely obliged. Actually, all of Carmel-by-the-sea's restaurants are pet-friendly. Go figure...
Not what you were expecting to read, is it?
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