SLO HomeStore: The Buyers' Resource

Every August, on the weekend one week prior to the 3-day Labor Day holiday, the community of Grover Beach puts on quite a party called the Stone Soup Music Faire. And it is truly affordable because there is no cost of admission, as in “Free”. Two days of diverse music, a community health fair, children’s activities at the Exploration Station, along with food and merchandise from a broad selection of vendors has now been part of this community for over 17 years.

When summer comes to the central coast three things most assuredly come with it: morning fog along the coast, tourists congesting our roads and highways, and lots of free music. The various summer concert series are the events where locals tend to outnumber the tourists. Among them are: Tuesday : Tuesdays in the Park at [...]

  Submitted by Pat and Pete Broderson Note: The Brodersons divide their time between homes in Pismo Beach and Vermont, giving them the unique perspective of seeking out local activities that some of us fulltime residents might take for granted. MONTANA DE ORO IN LOS OSOS This State Park has to be the best coastal [...]

They are officially designated a number of different things, the Oceano Dunes and the Guadalupe Dunes being the most common. Locally, we just call them The Dunes. They are breathtakingly beautiful, rich in unusual history and, in some respects, so controversial as to pit locals against tourists and even locals against locals. The Oceano Dunes [...]

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder then beautiful music must be in the ear. We all have our personal likes and dislikes and if your likes include really fine acoustical music performed by very talented singer/songwriters from throughout the nation, then here’s an unusual venue that remains a secret even from most [...]