Carmel-by-the-Sea

A local poet once described Carmel-by-the-Sea, with its haunting pines, fog, and white sand, as �our inevitable place.� The area had been inhabited for more than 3,000 years when Fr. Junipero Serra chose the site for his mission headquarters in 1771. The romantic name, Carmel-by-the-Sea, was the gift of a group of women real estate developers, later used in advertising lots for �brain workers at in-door employment.� Many Stanford and UC Berkeley professors, artists, writers, and musicians left a