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Pure Joy Is Reimagining Ice Cream on the Monterey Peninsula

Pure Joy Ice Cream

The emerging Marina-based company brings sugar-free, high-protein indulgence to Carmel. There is a problem with much of the so-called “healthy” ice cream on the market: it rarely tastes like a dessert worth looking forward to. Lower sugar often means less sweetness. Added protein can come at the expense of texture. And while plenty of products promise indulgence without compromise, few manage to capture the richness and creaminess that make a proper scoop of ice cream, or gelato, so satisfying. That…

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Beauty Health & Wellness

The Art of the Reset: The Carmel Signature Day Spa

Inside Signature Day Spa’s New Chapter at Carmel Plaza Luxury, at its best, is rarely about excess. It is about the details that most people do not immediately see: the quality of the ingredients, the expertise behind the service, the atmosphere of a room, and the confidence that comes from knowing nothing has been treated as an afterthought. That is the philosophy that has helped make Signature Day Spa one of Carmel’s most respected wellness destinations. Now, with a new…

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Beauty Fashion

Jardin du Désert × Halore

A Fragrance Trunk Show in Carmel-by-the-Sea There is something inherently intimate about a fragrance. Unlike a watch, a garment, or a piece of jewelry, it cannot be seen from across a room. It arrives quietly, settles against the skin, and becomes part of the person wearing it. That intimacy is at the center of Jardin du Désert, an emerging fragrance house whose approach to perfumery begins with an idea rather than a conventional category. The name translates simply to “The…

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The Peninsula Classics Best of The Best Award

The Peninsula Classics Best of The Best Award

(Above: Last Year’s winner of  The Best of the Best Award) The 1937 Talbot-Lago T150C SS ‘Goutte d’Eau’: Goodwood Cartier Style et Luxe   The Peninsula Hotels announced on June 14, 2017, the eight outstanding automobiles also known as the top eight “Best of Show” winners that have qualified to compete for The Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award: the international motoring world’s finest accolade for most remarkable classic car.  Taking place in Carmel, California for a second year, the…

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