Steve has an opening for an art show today and I just discovered that he didn't invite any of my blog friends.
So, I decided to simply bring you along with me - while he deals with last minute details, let's walk along Main Street.
We'll start on the corner of Main and California Street - looking up California Street, you will see City Hall
and a statue of Father Serra who founded the first 9 of California's 21 Spanish missions.
This is one of my favorite buildings in town -
This is one of my favorite buildings in town -
named the Erle Stanley Gardner building and home to the law office of the creator of Perry Mason.
The Bank of Italy building now houses a boutique, restaurants and apartments on the second floor.
I love the tile work on The Hamilton Building - I have no idea what it was originally, but today it is a clothing store.
When we moved to town, Peirano's was an old fashioned grocery store and the murals were faded to almost nothing.
I love the refurbished murals and the fountain - Steve and I like to sit on the fountain and "people watch".
The water from the fountain runs down to a smaller fountain and by zooming in, you get a peek of the ocean.
Across the street from the fountain and Peirano's is number 9 in the series of California Missions - I did no editing of the colors on the photo, the sky was that incredible color of blue on the Thursday when I took the photo.
We don't have time to stop in at the Mission office to gain entry to the garden,
but we can peek over the fence and I must say I am glad you are with me, because although I have been to a wedding and a funeral at the mission, I have never been in the garden.
What is not to love on this building - brick, tile, etched windows, grill work - beautiful!
A few big name stores have sprouted up in town.
I wish we had time to stroll through the shops in this courtyard, but we are almost back to Fox Jewelers and Steve is waiting for us.
Maybe we should have dinner on the roof of Watermark and watch the sunset after the show.
And now we arrive at the back door to Fox Jewelers.
Debbie and George Fox recently purchased this old building and created a lovely patio in the back.
In this new location, George has a much larger workshop to create beautiful jewelry.
The Bank of Italy building now houses a boutique, restaurants and apartments on the second floor.
I love the tile work on The Hamilton Building - I have no idea what it was originally, but today it is a clothing store.
When we moved to town, Peirano's was an old fashioned grocery store and the murals were faded to almost nothing.
I love the refurbished murals and the fountain - Steve and I like to sit on the fountain and "people watch".
The water from the fountain runs down to a smaller fountain and by zooming in, you get a peek of the ocean.
Across the street from the fountain and Peirano's is number 9 in the series of California Missions - I did no editing of the colors on the photo, the sky was that incredible color of blue on the Thursday when I took the photo.
We don't have time to stop in at the Mission office to gain entry to the garden,
but we can peek over the fence and I must say I am glad you are with me, because although I have been to a wedding and a funeral at the mission, I have never been in the garden.
What is not to love on this building - brick, tile, etched windows, grill work - beautiful!
A few big name stores have sprouted up in town.
I wish we had time to stroll through the shops in this courtyard, but we are almost back to Fox Jewelers and Steve is waiting for us.
Maybe we should have dinner on the roof of Watermark and watch the sunset after the show.
And now we arrive at the back door to Fox Jewelers.
Debbie and George Fox recently purchased this old building and created a lovely patio in the back.
In this new location, George has a much larger workshop to create beautiful jewelry.
Yesterday the local newspaper had a nice write up of the opening.
Debbie's knack for display and the brick walls of the building are a perfect background for Steve's colorful art.
I hope you enjoyed your walk through town.
I would love to go on a walk through your town with you.
I hope you enjoyed your walk through town.
I would love to go on a walk through your town with you.
