The Steinbeck Museum was a wonderful literary stop in Salinas. We also visited the Steinbeck House…read moredown the street, which made the experience feel more complete. As a tribute to Steinbeck and his connection to the area, the museum was thoughtful, engaging, and well worth the visit. I especially enjoyed the quirky gift shop, always a bonus when a museum shop has personality. The drive into Salinas was also unexpectedly lovely, with so many fields and vegetables growing. It gave the whole visit a strong sense of place and helped connect the landscape to Steinbeck's writing. A great stop for literature lovers, history fans, or anyone looking for something meaningful to do in the area.

While I can't remember the last time that I've read a book by John Steinbeck, I thoroughly enjoyed…read morevisiting the National Steinbeck Center. Unfortunately, reading his books wasn't part of my high school English curriculum; however, my interest in his works was rekindled by visiting this amazing facility! I spent at least a couple hours meandering through the exhibit, beginning with a short film telling the story of his life. It was fascinating to learn how John Steinbeck was both shaped by his hometown, and how much influence he had on the literary landscape during his lifetime. There is so much to look at and discover here! If you're a book nerd, whether a Steinbeck fan or novice like me, check this place out. Ticket prices are reasonable, and they offer discount for locals, veterans, and youth, or if you become a member. I can't wait to visit his childhood home next!

To be honest, the view from the observatory out towards the valley, with the fog layer sitting…read morebelow you like the biggest bowl of whipped cream known to man was just about as cool as the observatory. That alone was well worth it. The observatory too was neat. We happened to be campng there the night of the month they open it up. There was a nice video presenation (nothing you would not see on the discorvery channel but cool never the less), a QA with the on site volunteer and then they let the guests look through the various telescopes which were focused on the moons of Jupiter. They have one big honkin (about the size of a VW Bug) telescope but the volunteers also had about 1/2 dozen (6 if you must) other telescopes set up as well, so the kids were able to take a little more time on those. For anyone into astronomy it would be a must. Probably pretty entertaining for almost any 7 to 11 year old kid. Side note, the drive up has some sharp turns. My mothe rmade it up with a trailer on her truck but it was a bit hairy. The camp ground there is usable, but nothing too special. It was dry when we were there so we were not allowed to have a camp fire :(

It took me having to take astronomy at Hartnell to knlw about the observatory. I didnt know we had…read moreanything like this around. My professor required us to go up last week. The view is just so amazing. Its a little walk up to observatory so make sure you layer yourself. Its free bug there is a donation box. There are other people with other telescopes out that let you see things. I saw the milky way which is a haze. Its cool. The observatory itself is cool. The roof gets pushed off or rolls off. This is 100% a place everyone needs to check out at least once in their life.

I would leave negative stars if I could. Two years after the last review and it appears she has the…read moresame methods. Please please please save yourself time, money and heartache and do not go to her for a child custody evaluation. I have no idea how she is an MFT. She is a disgrace of a therapist. She has no skills or ethics. I was the primary parent and never tried to take our child from his father. He attacked me from the start and deflected and she sided with him. It is clear she is paid off by certain parties. Her reports are biased and lazy. She is inconsistent and contradicts herself. I had concerns after researching her but this was the only way I could afford the evaluation. If you use her beware whoever has more money will be presented much better. All jokes aside. Don't do it. I'm also a working professional with a decent career. She didn't care. If you care about your children. Go elsewhere. Work it out with the child's other parent. Take out a loan. Hire a homeless person! Anything is better than her. Our kids are our lives. Don't place that in her hands.

I cannot caution you enough against using the services of Wendy McCraney-Matz. Unlike others here,…read moreI don't think she's taking money or being bribed. That would require a level of sophistication she just doesn't have. (And unlike others here, I was not on the receiving end of a bad evaluation. We came to her for help and we got the opposite.) What I can tell you is that her level of selfish indifference, clumsy care, and overall obliviousness to the downstream effect of her incompetence would be alarming if she was a plumber. Unfortunately she has the entire fate of families in her hands, which makes her total negligence catastrophic for the parents and children that unwittingly walk through her door. She will leave your family 100 times worse than when she found you, acknowledge it, and then stare at you blankly. Imagine handing the blueprints for your house to a contractor, who proceeds to put the upstairs downstairs and the downstairs upstairs, then shrugs his shoulders when confronted and says, "I suppose I could be more transparent." Now imagine it's not your house, but your kids. Imagine it is their whole lives at stake. I've learned that therapists are no different than any other profession. Some are great, most are average, and some are bad. Wendy is emphatically at the deep end of this "bad" range. Unfortunately the family court system is a closed system in Monterey County and she is fed business regardless of her incompetence. My children will suffer scars from her for the rest of their lives. Wendy McCraney-Matz is the epitome of the "unconscious incompetent" and I beg you to avoid her and seek out literally anyone else. There are bad reviews for her all across the internet and I can't fathom why a single patient continues to walk through her door.

I wish I could give no stars. Your management style and overall interview process is horrible. I…read morehope you realize the candidates that present themselves to your non profit show enthusiasm and passion. Maybe getting an employment or management coach will be better? Someone needs to run your business in a more professional and respectful way.

If there is a bureaucratic trick they can use to delay paying you money, they will think of it…read more Background check in 4-8 weeks? Try 3 months! Did they finally send you your payroll forms? Boom! You're "inactive", for no logical reason we can explain and will get to have the arthritic woman you care for sign 22 documents all over again, after you make a copy of some form and send it back if/when we look at it. Wanna call us? Maybe we'll get back to you in a week or 2, maybe.. We work for the government. Go ahead give us 1 star and complain, we won't change anything.

UPDATE Nov 20, 2022: It has been over 7 months and we are still waiting for our plans to be…read morecompleted and submitted to the County. After being told many times that the plans would be submitted by a specific date, Belinda Taluban completely stopped responding to any communication from us. I went to her office in person and she lied to me again stating the work would be completed within a week (this was in July). At this point, we are out many thousands of dollars from the delay and wasted time, and we are not sure what to do. The County continues to give us deadlines that can only be met by the submission of the engineering plans. We are changing this review to 1 star and will reassess if the project is ever completed by Taluban Engineering. Notably, when she was communicating, she repeatedly expressed how busy she was. In hindsight, she should not have taken on our project and we would have found another engineer, saving us a lot of stress. We did have a positive initial impression of her and she seemed very capable and motivated at the time. --------------- Belinda is helping us work through a project. We were feeling completely lost until she took us on as clients. She quickly developed a plan to help move our project forward.

Stay away from this company! I paid my full payment to complete there obligation and now they are…read morenot responding. I've called/emailed for the last month and left messages and they are not even calling back at all. I don't understand a business like this can still be open. I got an advised from my bank as they cashed my check to submit a report to BBB and file a report through the local police department for a SCAM. I gave them so many chances to call and respond with no luck. I called today and I will give them until noon to respond.

If I could give them 0 stars I would.. let's just start of by saying I ain't the only one who's…read morehad a bad experience with this shop. Unethical sums it up !! I would blame the issue with my niece 15era dress on the manufacture, but why would that be the customers fault. The shop owner should address that to them and work something out with the customer . Ordered the dress 5 months ago the event is in 10 days and the dress was nothing like what we agreed on . Save your self money and buy it on Amazon these dresses come straight from DHGate with a fowl smell like fish the gems were plastic the stitching was sticking out the color and fabric were off. The employee tried to salvage the situation, but it was to late they went and bought rhinestones at Michelle's, but that wasn't going to fix the disaster of dress. May I also add they added an additional cost to customize it . So here we are less than 10 days away and the dress isn't done . We went to ask for a refund of what we had given towards the dress and the owner had the audacity to have her employee call us back and offer us credit towards a future purchase ( why would I even step foot in this shop again) she is unethical and not so much for the money I lost but because of the time and stress this caused .People will hopefully think twice about buying here . We lost additional money and a deposit from photo shoot because the dress wasn't ready . So for anyone thinking of going here "KEEP AWAY"... I now have to go look for another dress else where .. I will also post this in Spanish .. I have never been so disappointed and unsatisfied with a business like I am with this one.

If I could give no stars I would. These women don't know what they're doing. My sister in law is…read moregetting married, ordered her BM dresses from here. All the BM dresses didn't fit:too big. Except mine:too small. I would normally be able to "squeeze" into any dress. However I'm nursing my son and DO NOT want to be uncomfortable at all. Also I went in a week later to try it on again. (More hooks put on and the zipper was lower.) It didn't fit yet again. And she asks me. " oh. Did you gain weight?" First of all that is rude, and unnecessary. Secondly bad customer service. The wedding is in three days. And I notice that the gems on my dress look shattered. (Manufacturers fault) however instead of telling me if I want my money back just fix it. VERY UNSATISFIED WITH THIS COMPANY!!!

Fresh Express has been sold in my grocery store for years and I've been enjoying it for years. I'm…read morevery careful about the use by date. I've never had a problem with the freshness so the other negative reviews are surprising to me. I just purchased three bags for $10. I'm enjoying it daily for lunch. Four Stars it is! No plastic containers to dispose of!

I recommend not working here they make you work for 6-8 hours straight with no lunch!!! Or brake…read moreand the supervisor don't care

I had the misfortune of speaking with one of the elder sammut brothers. After I tried to explain…read morewho I was and that I didn't appreciate how he spoke to me, he started yelling at me and hung up. So much for good, decent, civil behavior. His online bio did not prepare me for that. Coundn't give less than one star.