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Posted By: Chris Counts

George,

The DLI/Presidio is still here, although there is always talk of closing it, as well as the Naval Postgraduate School. The various branches of the military are always considering moving to a place where the real estate is cheaper. The Dream Theater, unfortunately, was torn down a couple years ago. As for pizza, I've always been partial to Mexican food, so I can't really say ...

Barry, as for the Monterey Pop Festival, I have met many folks over the years who have told me they went. We also had a series of Grateful Dead shows in the late 80s they still talk about as well. It's hard to believe we once had so much great rock 'n' roll around here. Nowadays it's pretty much just slick jazz for tourists ...

And as for Clint, I met him just once. I was standing in line at a local burrito joint, minding my own business and ordering my burrito. Everytime I tried to place my order, some wise guy behind me kept making comments to try and confuse the English-challenged guy behind the counter. So whenever I would say "no cheese," the guy would follow it with "extra cheese." After a couple times, I turned around the confront the guy, and there was Clint, dressed like a golfer and smiling from ear to ear ...

By the way, for all you tobacco card lovers, Harry Wolter comes from Monterey ...

Also, if any of you guys make it down this way, there a new shop in downtown Carmel (just next door to Monterey) called "Carmel Baseball." It's a combination of a card business, baseball museum and batting cage. I've never seen anything quite like it. There isn't much pre-war stuff for sale, but it's still worth a visit. One of the co-owners is Hal Trosky's grandson (he runs a local baseball school for kids) and the place is filled with momentos from Hal's career ...