Living in Monterey one finds oneself at the very nexus of the peninsula, at once sweepingly idyllic and ceaselessly active. Whether it’s strolling the Tuesday night Farmer’s Market on Alvarado Street, clam chowder sampling on Fisherman’s Wharf, watching the spotted seals and sea otters at play in the harbor, or walking to dinner in the pearlescent twilight—a light described so eloquently by writers such as John Steinbeck and rendered so beautifully in countless paintings and sketches, such as you might find in the Monterey Museum of Art, or the Museum of Monterey—there is truly a little bit of something for everyone in this small, busy, picturesque city by the sea.