Nostalgia Tour 2009

We haven’t been to Monterey in a really long time. I think it was August 1993 for me, Y left later. It’s where we met, dated, got engaged; by the time we got married, he was in his last few months here. So 16 years later and one high school reunion invitation later here we are. He went to high school nearby. Many favorite things have change, some ironically, a few have not (Yay!).

So the reunion committee arranged a group rate for the out of town guests at the Portola Hotel and Spa. It was a good deal for summer in Monterey, seemed nice enough, well located in general and definitely for stumbling home drunk from the luau that was planned (planned luau, not planned drunk walk, but keeping my options open). We arrive and lo and behold we are staying at the Doubletree, although it is no longer the Doubletree. This was the scene of some of Y’s pre-dating stalking (and I mean that humorously). There was a bit of a campaign by Y and his friends to get me to date him to include rearrange name cards at banquet tables at a Ball! So of all the nice places to stay, we’re back at the Doubletree. It is kind of funny and sweet, but also a bit noisy we’re over the plaza. I suspect we might need to poke into The Clement, Spindrift Inn, Hotel Pacific and there might be one other for next time. And if this goes well I hear we’ll be back for the next one in two years (23rd year reunion, bah).