Monthly Archives: February 2008

Clarify This Or I’ll . . .

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Marie Favaloro writes to the Coast Weakly:
Favaloros Closing Reason

Rocky Coast stays in business with no restroom.
Ice Cream Shoppe No Public Restroom

And Marie closed the the first Favaloro’s saying she wanted to spend more time with the children. For the children. GOD WHAT DID SHE DO WITH HER CHILDREN?

“We have sold the Restaurant to spend more time with our two beautiful children” (PG Hometown Bulletin, November 2nd and 16th 2005).

One of the strangest business owners in P.G.

Assault At Favaloro’s
Favaloro’s Closes
Another Assault At Favaloro’s
Ambulance Seen Loading Up At Favaloro’s

EMERGENCY! Out Of Business Re-Opening Sale

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Does the furniture business get any weirder?

842 Lighthouse Black Sea

This store often had pieces out on the sidewalk – free retail space at the cost of blocking pedestrian traffic. The list prices were insane – $400 for a painted wooden bench.

A typical retail furniture store must maintain warehouse inventory and a showroom, commission sales people etc. and incur a fairly high overhead. For this reason it is normal for a furniture retailer to maintain a high markup. A typical piece of furniture that has a “suggested retail” of $500 will usually cost the retailer $175 or so and actually sell for about $350. Ever notice how furniture is always on sale? That’s how it works. It is safe to say that notwithstanding sales and discounts, retail furniture prices are usually about double the wholesale cost.

And that other perpetual in/out of business furniture store down the block is open again.

EMERGENCY! Out Of Business Re-Opening Sale

New World Order – Monterey Taking Over PG Police?

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I’ve been wondering why all the police departments on the Peninsula (and the Monterey County Sheriffs) police cruisers have shed their unique color schemes and gone to LAPD style sinister black & white. Now the truth is out..

PG Hpol Police

 

At the Jan. 16 Pacific Grove City Council meeting, council members approved studying whether the police department and all other city services could be run by the City of Monterey in an effort to make up a $2.9 million shortfall.

Police Chief Darius Engles said Monterey police are paid more than P.G. officers, leaving doubt whether the takeover would save money. And he also thinks the people of Pacific Grove will notice the difference.

“I personally don’t believe that they will be able to provide better service than we provide now,” Engles said.

New World Order – Monterey Taking Over PG Police?