weird question but what is the steepest street in the monterey or pacific grove area?

Hey y'all, I recently moved to the area, and I was wondering if anyone knows any good dog walkers or is interested in work as a dog walker? I just moved to the East side of Salinas near Fort Ord, and I have a very sweet Husky that I need help with walking in the evening when I'm at work. I've been having a tough time finding dog walkers due to my work schedule and when I need help with dog walking. If anyone knows anyone who is willing to do dog walks for around 15-30 minutes in the evenings (think around 7 or 8pmish), suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for your consideration!

Worth a shot right, I hope you find this😭 the LOML

Sunday August 16th 2026, between the hours of 3:10pm-3:45pm. I was visiting Monterey on a Sunday like I usually do. Not every week but make it a habit of at least every 2-3 weeks I’ll head out to Monterey, only on Sundays though. I’ve never once stopped at that taco truck right in front of el Estero boating, on the main street, but that day I decided I wanted to try it. I got off and there was a larger group waiting and I couldn’t figure out if they took Tap as payment, so I go back to my car and I was gonna take off. I had some cash but kinda just said ehh and was gonna leave. But I just decided screw it, lemme just grab something since I had about a 3hr drive home. I get off and order and pay normally and I’m just waiting for my food. Not on my phone or anything just chillin enjoying the view. I didn’t noticed at first but once I heard a voice directed towards me asking “have you tried the tacos here?” And when I turned I saw the most gorgeous woman I’ve ever laid eyes on. Told her this was my first time trying it but I was getting burrito instead. We didn’t talk much at all, literally got 0 info on this woman🤦‍♂️ I know I fumbled😭 eventually my order is ready, and as I get my order and get ready to leave, I turn around and said “I might not even see you again, but you are so fuckin beautiful” in response, in the most blissful and innocent voice she says “thank you, I hope you have a great day” and the way she said it you just know she meant every word of it.
I miss her already and I know I’ll never find her. Literally the only info I got of her is she maybe 5’ 3” - 5’ 4”, light complected but definitely Hispanic, has such a beautiful voice when she speaks in Spanish. I believe she was in a black Nissan Sentra. Maybe 2013 era. And I remember she was going to do Apple Pay and she had a blue chase card as her card, crazy I know but that’s all about I got.
Is there any hope I find this woman again? I know I shouldn’t have said that dumb shit and walking off all cool 😭🤣 I even did my lil run back to my car

Morning y'all! My mom is visiting for the first time since I moved here. I want to show her as much of our beautiful outdoors as I can. Does anyone have a recommendation for a good hike + tide pool combo. Low tide on Saturday is at 12:55. Doesn't have to be a hike to the pool necessarily. We could drive in between spots too.

does anyone have any recommendations for adult swimming lessons in the area? i'm not a very strong swimmer and i would like to learn the typical stroke styles so i can meet scuba diving qualifications

Hey, all. My aunt has wanted to go to jazz fest forever – it’s one of her “bucket list” items. I bought us tickets for Friday (she wasn’t sure she’d be up to the whole weekend), as well as first class plane tickets from New York City, and paid for some other things to make it a nice weekend since we have family out there to see too. She’s a survivor of a cancer that has killed several other women in our family, and she’s been doing so well in remission… Up until last week when she went to the hospital for some lower back pain and found out the cancer is back and stage four. She just had a clear PET scan, so there are a lot of big feels all around.

I haven’t brought up our trip to her yet, because it’s obviously not the first thing on her mind while trying to do chemo, but I’m pretty positive it’s off. I’m also positive she’s going to feel so guilty about the amount of money we spent to make this happen. Honestly, I don’t care about the money, I just wish she could have the experience. She has been one of the most important women in my life, and even bought me my very first jazz cd (Ken Burns Best Of) when I was a kid. We have loved jazz together ever since.

I’m going to buy her a T-shirt on the website, but I was thinking about making a weekend of spending time with her that isn’t quite live jazz the way she’d hoped, but something almost as lovely. Does anybody have any ideas? There’s no official stream or radio anything of the actual festival, correct? She has a turntable and I have a Bluetooth speaker, so I’m down to buy or stream music from wherever. For context, we’re in Central NY (outside Binghamton).

Sorry if this seems silly. I’m so heartbroken for her and myself too - was looking forward to this special trip with her. 💜

Hi all! Curious what local nurseries or landscaping suppliers you guys go to for compost and potting soil? I know it’s end of summer but I have some plants I need to transplant and wanted something that wasn’t just bagged miracle grow from Home Depot or Lowe’s. TIA!