No, fevertree, I'm in the rustbelt- It's miserable and cold- I've never set foot in California! Only Washington and Oregon, which I thought were beautiful especially in Spring-
Are you actually in Carmel? I've been there. We have distant family who live in Sacramento and we went to the US on holiday and they took us all along that beautiful stretch of coast. My all time favourite place was Monterey. We had a magical time there.