Outside Giovanni's Fish Market

By filling in for a colleague while she was on leave, I got a chance to strengthen my web skills … but at the expense of letting my beat go virtually uncovered for the past three months. I went to a Morro Bay City Council meeting tonight, the first meeting I’ve been to since October. Chief among the City Council’s agenda items was how much the city should invest in promoting itself to potential tourists.

Morro Bay is a cute beach town off Highway 1. It’s no Newport Beach, but it’s a great stop along the Higway if you’re headed south. I’d probably live in Morro Bay if it weren’t so far away from San Luis (it’s 15 minutes, but if you’ve lived in SLO County for more than a year, any destination more than 10 minutes away is considered far). Anyway, if you ever come up the coast, make sure to stop by for some garlic and parmesan fries at Giovanni’s Fish Market, some saltwater taffy at Morro Bay Candy Co., a stroll along the Embarcadero, and a cappucino from that little bakery next to the sea shell shop.