This is the week for helium and hype, for floats and flair, for bands making music and singers pretending to. It's time for a Thanksgiving Day parade.

“Local history buffs and anyone with a connection to the DLI [Defense Language Institute] will enjoy this pictorial retrospective of one of the Monterey Peninsula’s most well known institutions. With Christmas just around the corner, this ‘stocking stuffer’ is not only easy on the pocketbook but will bring a smile to the recipient’s face.”