Carmel Magazine

Summer/Fall 2020

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Photo: XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX 40 words XXXXXXX Photo: XXXXXXXXXXXX 92 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • S U M M E R / F A L L 2 0 2 0 Home Away from Hollywood Celebr ities Flock to the Monterey Peninsula B Y M I C H A E L C H AT F I E L D F ROM ITS EARLIEST DAYS, CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA HAS LURED THE FAMOUS TO ITS BORDERS. MOST ARE LOOKING FOR A BREAK FROM THE PRESSURE-COOKER LIFE THAT COMES WITH HAVING AN INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE FACE. IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY, WHEN A VIBRANT AND THRIVING ARTIST COMMUNITY SPRANG UP HERE, LITERARY LUMINARIES SUCH AS ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON FOUND RESPITE HERE, FOLLOWED BY ROBINSON JEFFERS (WHO BUILT THE QUIRKY TOR HOUSE OUT OF STONE AT CARMEL POINT WITH HIS OWN HANDS) AND JACK LONDON. JOHN STEINBECK WAS BORN IN NEARBY SALINAS AND SPENT A GOOD PORTION OF HIS ADULT LIFE HERE, IMMORTALIZING AND ROMANTICIZING A PORTION OF INDUSTRIAL MONTEREY—AND HIS GOOD FRIEND, MARINE BIOLOGIST ED RICKETTS—IN HIS NOVEL "CANNERY ROW." RENOWNED ARTISTS SUCH AS PHOTOGRAPHERS ANSEL ADAMS AND EDWARD WESTON DREW INSPIRATION FROM CARMEL AND BIG SUR, AS DID LEGIONS OF WORLD-KNOWN PAINTERS. AND, OF COURSE, THERE ARE THE TELEVISION AND MOVIE STARS. HE COULD LIVE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE, BUT CBS SPORTS ANNOUNCER JIM NANTZ HAS CHOSEN TO RAISE HIS FAMILY JUST A 2-IRON SHOT FROM PEBBLE BEACH. THE GUY WHO STARTED THAT TOURNAMENT, BING CROSBY, ALSO MAINTAINED A HOME HERE FOR MANY YEARS. ACTRESSES SUCH AS ROSANNA ARQUETTE AND HOLLYWOOD'S GOLDEN AGE STAR JOAN FONTAINE BOTH RESIDED HERE. THERE ARE MUSICIANS AND ROCK STARS TOO: RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS BASSIST FLEA HAS A HOME IN BIG SUR, OSCAR-WINNING FILM COMPOSER ALAN SILVESTRI CALLS CARMEL HIGHLANDS HOME AND DEF LEPPARD DRUMMER RICK ALLEN RECENTLY RELOCATED TO CARMEL VALLEY. FOLLOWING ARE A FAMOUS FEW WHO HAVE GRACED THE MONTEREY PENINSULA WITH THEIR PRESENCE AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES. SOME MOST WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH, SOME MIGHT COME AS A SURPRISE, BUT ALL MADE A MARK ON THIS LITTLE CORNER OF PARADISE— AND THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT IT MADE A HUGE IMPRESSION ON THEIR LIVES.

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