Planet Steinbeck Revisited By Mike Marino (Writer/Journalist) The Golden Goddess of Northern California stands by the side of the road, thumbing a ride to the bucolic Monterey Peninsula. The Peninsula is the orbital center of Planet Steinbeck, the writer who took us on travels from the Mother Road to the Cannery Row, not to mention his travels with a dog named Charley and … [Read more...] about Monterey is Planet Steinbeck!