What a gloriously wonderful day! Concous d'Elegance at Pebble Beach, the foremost car show in the entire world. And it is, indeed, amazing. We got there at around 10 o'clock and planted our chairs close to the winners ramp. It was pretty cloudy all day but there were glimpses of blue sky in the distance.
We took off and walked the cars. There were some fabulous cars as usual but I tend to let Jay take photos of the cars while I take photos of other interesting things such as people in their outlandish outfits. These boats were moored off Pebble Beach and usually belong to high-dollar attendees.
I, of course, am always on the lookout for the odd outfit or two, but most times I can't take a photo as it would be too obvious. I was able to catch this purple panted, plaid jacketed fellow but when I looked at the shot I was able to snag, it looked as if he's relieving himself on the car, which he definitely was not.
Here's an Italia made by Hudson very much unlike Jay's Intermeccanica Italia. However, that's Wayne Carini's head popping out of the trunk on the left.
And here's Sir Sterling Moss who was given a special trophy later on in the day. What a genuinely nice man.
I caught this woman and just thought her sunglasses were, well - you decide!
After a couple hours of walking the cars, it was time to return to our chairs. We were lucky enough to sit next to Rick Lynch and his wife, Deb, from Phoenix.
Jay was having a very good time, finally relaxing.
Rick's sister, Pat, is from Philadelphia and was truly quite the entertainer! What a lovely person.
Rick and Pat were desperately looking for their cousin, Dr. Bob, from Palo Alto. He finally showed up just as we were leaving.
We never stay until Best of Show is announced and this year was no different. We shuttled and bused back to our car and were happy to be there. The folks at Pebble Beach who put on this event are amazing in their efficiency. There were, however, a glitch or two this year, but not horrible.
Jay and I hadn't had lunch so we stopped at Rio Grill on the way back to The Tickle Pink. Adult beverages were definitely in order. I just wish I'd brought in my little camera as my Crispy Pork Shank was not just exquisitely delicious, but was beautiful. It was surrounded by an amazing sauce verde and yam puree. So beautiful and yummy.
We got back to The Tickle Pink just as Wine Hour was winding down, but the usual suspects were there.
Bob and Jan from Austin:
Dee and Neil from Southern California:
Beth and Bob from San Diego:
And two newcomers from Atlanta, Kathy and her husband.
Kathy was sweet enough to take this photo of the two Texas gals and the two SoCal gals:
Another wonderful time at The Tickle Pink! Another wonderful time on the Monterey Peninsula.
We're leaving early tomorrow [Monday] and are truly going to be happy to get home in our own beds with our own stuff, but the trip is going to be different as we're going south this year. We've not done that in over 20 years and we're going to stop in Pioneertown so Jay can relive some memories from his childhood. I hope we have decent internet access along the way, but if not . . .
So, until another day. Adieu.
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