No stops required along the way, which had me reaching the hotel in Monterey early. I have other tools I bring in when I need to, but most of the photos I post are processed with those tools.Departing San Francisco and traveling the short distance to Monterey was a straight forward mostly highway drive. My go-to process is Sharpen Ai, Color Efex Pro, Lightroom CC. So far, I’ve been happy with the Photographer plan of $10/month for both Photoshop and Lightroom (which also gets you some Android Tools and a few other goodies which, I admit, I seldom use). ![]() I think they still sell the stand-alone version (don’t quote me on that). I’ll also mention that Lightroom has improved a whole lot and might be worth checking out. You might have to purchase one of their packs to get it. Studio 2 has AI Clear which seems to do a combination of sharpening and noise reduction. The tools have a fair amount of tutorials on YouTube, so it’s easy to learn the full power of them.ĭeNoise is good (and the latest release even better) but I will tell you that Sharpen Ai also removes noise. I also bought the DxO version to support the company. Yeah, I recommended everyone download the original Nik Tools when they were free (I did and still have a copy). See here for the latest Covid-19 information regarding Carmel. See here for the latest Covid-19 information regarding Pebble Beach. The rest of the hotels, restaurants and golf courses are scheduled to open on June 15th. ![]() Note: Most of Pebble Beach re-opened on June 1st after the Covid-19 lockdown. Let’s end my account of our Monterey Weekend by listening to Percy’s orchestra. And Percy Faith’s instrumental version topped the charts for nine straight weeks in 1960. The Lettermen and Andy Williams and the Chordettes recorded the song. The movie was overall just so-so and would not have caused much sensation if it weren’t for the music that came out of it. I followed Richard to SI and then also attended USF where Richard’s brother Willis, a Jesuit priest, taught theology. He then went on to Stanford where he received his MA. After the war Richard returned to USF where he received his BA. He then attended the University of San Francisco for three years before joining the Army and serving in World War II for three years. He graduated from Saint Ignatius High School in 1939, the year I was born. Richard was born and raised in San Francisco. And the movie was probably the highlight of Richard Egan’s career. The whole point of Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee in Grease has to do with Sandra’s role in this movie. The movie introduced Troy Donahue to the world. And Richard and Dorothy’s new home toward the end of the movie was supposed to be on Pine Island in Maine but actually is a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright that sits at the southern edge of Carmel Bay! All those sea shore scenes were shot in Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach. The Summer Place in the movie was really a mansion on Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove. The story was supposed to take place in Maine but the entire movie was filmed on the Monterey Peninsula. Does anyone remember A Summer Place? It starred Richard Egan, Dorothy Malone, Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue with Arthur Kennedy and Constance Ford playing key roles. ![]() Yes, our four-day weekend occurred during the winter but somehow the 1959 movie A Summer Place fits with our adventures on our last day on the Monterey Peninsula. Music of the Day (but from 60 years ago) - Theme from A Summer Place by Percy Faith That night we welcomed in the new year without any thought in the world that the world would soon be topsy-turvy and we would be living in lockdown. We checked out of our hotel by 11am and got back to the Bay Area in a couple of hours. We then had dinner at a restaurant in Steinbeck Plaza a block away. We returned to our cars and drove back to our hotel via highways 1 and 68.
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