My grandparents only started living in Pebble Beach around the time I was born, so for me, as opposed to my parents, it was always where grandma and grandpa lived, in a great house in the Del Monte Forest - big but not one of the ridiculous monstrosities being built there these days. It was a wonderful place, and thinking back on it now, as well as the memory of my grandparents, both now long passed, the feelings are tinged with sadness a bit. But Pebble Beach is still a wonderful place to visit - its reputation for beauty is well deserved, and I count myself fortunate to have had a personal connection with it all these years.