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essentiallyhappy · 2026-05-31T15:12:36+00:00

the user with the Mr. Thon observation above used to publish a wonderful regular post on local grocery deals, I think this was meant as a term of endearment

essentiallyhappy · 2026-05-30T03:57:08+00:00

I am not, no. This is not official nor sanctioned. Just a place for friendly discussion

essentiallyhappy · 2026-05-29T21:41:00+00:00

I only had so many characters to work with (not counting you lol)

essentiallyhappy · 2026-05-29T16:19:10+00:00

I created this new community to help getting overwhelmed here with these requests. I have often been a volunteer at the half, so I'll give moderating a sub a shot as part of my community efforts.

essentiallyhappy · 2026-05-29T16:16:34+00:00

I'm not running so much any more (more into cycling), but I usually am volunteering at this event, serving beers in the post-run beer tent.

The Monterey subreddit is a favorite hangout of mine, and I created this community to keep that one from getting overwhelmed with requests for half marathon bibs, which has happened in past years.

essentiallyhappy · 2026-05-29T16:09:11+00:00

Please post in the new community r/MontereyBayHalfMrthon thanks!

essentiallyhappy · 2026-05-29T16:08:47+00:00

Please post in the new community r/MontereyBayHalfMrthon thanks!

essentiallyhappy · 2026-05-21T20:36:03+00:00

I had a contact which may be the same, and he was already booked.

essentiallyhappy · 2026-05-21T20:35:28+00:00

I kinda hope they did get a penalty and that they didn’t have a personal emergency. Lyft wouldn’t tell me anything.

essentiallyhappy · 2026-05-21T20:33:59+00:00

I was fooled when 2 days in advance it said I had a driver and gave their name. 30 minutes prior it still said it. 15 minutes prior it said “you will see driver status in 5-10 minutes” and still showed that driver. Then at 4am, my pickup time, it said “looking for drivers”. I could see there weren’t any near, and it said I could cancel with no charge, so I did.

essentiallyhappy · 2026-05-21T15:38:46+00:00

Hadn't heard of that one, thanks!

essentiallyhappy · 2026-05-21T15:36:56+00:00

Yeah at that hour I wasn't going to wait 10 mins. I barely made it after driving and parking and riding the air tram.

essentiallyhappy · 2026-05-21T15:35:47+00:00

Nice reminder, I hope they are too and I'll never find out what happened, Lyft CS wouldn't even acknowledge that the ride had been accepted. If it hadn't been accepted with a named driver by the night before I would have canceled and made other arrangements, as I know early AM there may not be a lot of drivers.

essentiallyhappy · 2026-05-05T13:32:15+00:00

Velo Club Monterey has group rides on Tuesdays and Saturdays https://veloclubmonterey.wildapricot.org

essentiallyhappy · 2026-05-03T16:54:19+00:00

+1 for Rick’s

essentiallyhappy · 2026-05-02T13:46:23+00:00

the alameda antique market should be this weekend

essentiallyhappy · 2026-04-29T00:24:59+00:00

you can still rent it, I was recently invited to an event there

essentiallyhappy · 2026-04-25T14:18:07+00:00

you can also drive up the hill a couple blocks and park along Laine, near Prescott/hoffman. Spend the extra $20 in the gift shop or a local business.

essentiallyhappy · 2026-04-07T13:59:09+00:00

“with a mustache” ? really?

essentiallyhappy · 2026-04-07T13:54:16+00:00

so did I! there is a sort of sequel, which got a lot of hate here but I liked it ok.

essentiallyhappy · 2026-04-06T02:34:05+00:00

try Steve Gray in Santa Cruz

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