Christmas in the Adobes uses these wooden angels as the icons of the event. They were originally created in the 1950s for the City of Monterey.
The Robert Louis Stevenson House was one of twenty-two adobes open during Monterey's annual "Christmas in the Adobes" celebration. It is a historic house-and-building tour in a city with some of the oldest standing structures in California. What a wonderful event. Lights, mulled cider, cookies, music, costumes, and volunteer docents led the celebrations at every adobe. A wonderful way to learn history and begin the holiday season.
At least three bookstores in the area are carrying my new book, Historic Bay Area Visionaries, and I visited all of them and signed the book over that weekend, December 7-8, 2018. If you can, think about attending next December.
Here's the latest schedule of upcoming events for Historic Bay Area Visionaries. Hope to see you at one of them:
Thursday, December 20, 2018: Kepler's Books, 7:00 p.m., 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, Ca 94025. Impromptu book signing on a busy shopping eve. Stop in an get your copy inscribed to someone special on your gift list! Thank you Kepler's for inviting me in for the evening.
Sunday, January 20, 2019: Palo Alto Historical Association, Palo Alto Art Center, 2:00 p.m. Author talk and book signing: 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto, California. Questions? paha@cityofpaloalto.org (This is a change from their usual venue as the Lucie Stern Center is undergoing some renovations.)
Saturday, January 26, 2019: BookSmart, 421 Vineyard Town Center, Morgan Hill, CA, 95037.
2:00 p.m. Book talk and book signing thanks to Marty Cheek, publisher of Morgan Hill Life.
Saturday, February 2, 2019: History San José, Author talk and book signing, 2:00 p.m. Kelly Park Firehouse, History San José, 1650 Senter Road, San Jose, CA, 95112.
Tuesday, March 12, 2019: Los Altos History Museum, 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos, CA 94022.
11:30 a.m. Sponsored by the Los Altos Hills club, please contact Cameron Bilgers if you would like to attend, at: cameron@bilgers.org.
Wednesday, March 20, 2019: American Association of University Woman, San Jose Chapter, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Author talk and book signing, 1165 Minnesota Ave, San Jose 95125.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019: The Milpitas Historical Association sponsors a talk by author Robin Chapman on the life of Ohlone ranch owner Lope Inigo and his friend and fellow rancho owner Marcelo of Rancho Ulistac in Milpitas. Both are featured in her book Historic Bay Area Visionaries. Milpitas Public Library, 7:00 p.m., 160 N. Main Street, Milpitas, CA 95035.
Please note: my first book about California, California Apricots: The Lost Orchards of Silicon Valley, still has strong sales five years after its publication by The History Press. You can buy copies of that one on line, at many of the book store events, or bring along your own copies and I will be happy to sign them. You can buy them on Amazon by checking out my Author's Page here:
The lights at "Christmas in the Adobes" were beautiful in every single place. My photo is a little dim but I wanted you to see the lights behind the Old Whaling Station.
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