Every year car enthusiasts gather on the Monterey Peninsula from all corners of our nation and beyond to attend a week of events, road rallies, parades, parties, fashion shows, racing, and car auctions. The week culminates on Sunday with the prestigious 57th Annual Concours d’Elegance in Pebble Beach. “Car people” look forward to this week with its events and parties all year. For the locals it is just great fun to partake of some of the events and enjoy the “Car Eye Candy” on the streets of Carmel and Pebble Beach! Antique cars polished to perfection, Ferraris, Corvettes, Porsches, Bentleys – you name it and its here!

My favorite event is “Concours on the Avenue” (Tuesday August 11th 10:00am-5:00pm) which takes place on Carmel-by-the-Sea’s world famous Ocean Avenue. This is the newest event founded by Doug and Genie Freedman. Sixteen blocks of downtown will be filled with collector cars including Luxury Cars, Muscle Cars, Hot Rods, and Sporting Cars. The spit and polish needed to prepare these automobiles for showing and judging is incredible! Tiffany’s will be on hand with impressive trophies for the winners and, of course, those famous “blue boxes.” The exciting presentation is free to spectators and benefits the Carmel Foundation that provides a wide variety of services to local seniors. To add to the fun the merchants up and down Ocean Avenue have decorated their show windows with displays that depict the car industry. Be sure to check out our Alain Pinel Realtors window display at the NW corner of Ocean and Dolores. It’s awesome! Grab your mate and your camera and come enjoy the day! For a complete listing of all events go to StreetsofCarmel.com and click on “Car Week.”

Posted By: Susan Clark