Photo by Flickr user danmoyle
Thanks to local broker Brendan Moran with the Moran Real Estate Group for the monthly real estate updates for Beyond the Creek.
Click the links below for a complete list of home and condo sales in Walnut Creek for last month, January, 2016:
Walnut Creek January sales (Acrobat Reader .pdf)
Walnut Creek January sales (Excel)
1539 Locust St, Walnut Creek
Downtown Walnut Creek is getting a boba tea shop as Piedmont-based Mr. Green Bubble is coming to downtown Walnut Creek next to Orangetheory Fitness and Buon Vino, where Second to None Consignment store used to be. They also have a Union City location and according to their Facebook page, they offer, “Bubble Milk Tea, Fresh Tea, Flavor Smoothie, Snack, Fresh Juice, Coffee”. Stay tuned…
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Although I haven’t seen this announced yet, thanks to a reader for pointing out that according to the Broadway Plaza Redevelopment web page, the island-lifestyle clothing store “Tommy Bohama” is coming to Broadway Plaza in downtown Walnut Creek so it looks like they may be relocating from their nearby store on Mt. Diablo Blvd. next to Va de Vi.
From the Walnut Creek PD:
On Friday, January 29th at approximately 5:33 pm, the Walnut Creek Police Department received a call of a robbery that had just occurred at the NorCal Swim Shop located at 2054 Treat Blvd. The suspect (described above) entered the business, displayed a knife and demanded money from the employee. The suspect then fled from the business in an unknown direction with an undisclosed amount of cash. The employee who was robbed was not injured.
Anyone with any information in this regard is asked to call the Walnut Creek Police Department at (925) 943-5844.
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Photo by Michael Sawi
Thompsonia! Eric, Suzy & Allegra Thompson, Blue Diamond Strings:
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
2020 Addison St, Berkeley
Sunday, January 31, 2016
7:00pm | $24Bridging the past and the future of the Bay Area’s roots music scene, this show features Thompsonia – Eric & Suzy Thompson (Any Old Time, Black Mountain Boys, Blue Flame String Band, Texas Sheiks, California Cajun Orchestra, etc. etc.) have joined forces with their daughter, Allegra (Midnite Ramblers, Wendy Burch Steele Band, Drifter Sisters) and are releasing a CD that’s different from Eric & Suzy’s other recordings – Thompsonia is an entertaining mix of originals, rockabilly, and hokum blues, featuring the genetically matched voices of the mother-daughter team of Suzy and Allegra.
If you’re going to the East Bay Comic Con this Sunday in Concord then you won’t want to miss this fun, new exhibit at the Bedford Gallery in downtown Walnut Creek. Called, My Hero! Contemporary Art & Superhero Action, there are wall-to-wall art displays of superheroes as imagined by contemporary artists from around the country.
From the exhibit website:
Every generation needs a hero, an idol who destroys the bad guy, protects the innocent, saves the day – and even occasionally the world. Through the eyes of contemporary artists, My Hero! explores the enigmatic and iconic world of superheroes, and the staying power of the extraordinary characters that inhabit this astonishing dream. We are thrilled to announce that after its debut at the Bedford Gallery, My Hero! will travel nationally for three years.
More photos of the exhibit after the jump…
Yesterday it felt good to get a parking pet peeve off my chest. Now take a look at the photo above for another one. This photo was taken at Civic Park in downtown Walnut Creek and involves two more parking pet peeves. The signage notes “small vehicles only” and as you can see the larger car takes up two spaces. However, why doesn’t the city just repaint the lines for normal-sized cars? This lot is a stone’s throw away from City Hall so I’m sure they must be aware of this. The photo was taken almost three years ago.
What’s your pet peeve? You can also send an email to questions[at]beyondthecreek.com if you’d like to see your pet peeve or issue added in a future post.
Big Room Theater at Mighty Fine Guitars
81 Lafayette Cir, Lafayette
Saturday, January 30, 2016
8:00 PM – 11:00 PM | $15 – $20World-touring acoustic blues pioneer CATFISH KEITH will be appearing live in concert at Stevie Coyle’s destination music shop, MIGHTY FINE GUITARS.
Catfish will play his unique style of foot-stomping, deep downhome delta blues and roots music, sliding on his National steel and acoustic guitars.
2642 Pleasant Hill Rd, Pleasant Hill
Thanks to a reader for sending word (and photo) that Zen Restaurant has closed and will be reopening (with a new name) in March by the same owners as Dragon’s Pond in downtown Walnut Creek. Check out Dragon’s Pond menu here.
Having parked in downtown Walnut Creek for many years without getting a ticket or citation, it was finally my turn to get burned last year. At the Broadway Pointe parking garage, a free, private garage in downtown Walnut Creek managed by Park Smart / Regional Parking, there are two types of signs indicating how long one may park. One is the typical 3-Hour Limit sign. The other is a “3 hour Parking Maximum” sign. Whenever I looked at this sign I wondered what the point was. After all, if the standard 3-hour limit sign is there, then obviously the maximum is three hours, right?
One day last year, I parked in the morning to work out at Orangetheory on Locust St. and get a bowl of miso ramen at Ramen Hiroshi. In the evening, I headed back to downtown Walnut Creek for a rare night out with my wife and ended up having a great meal at Va de Vi. Unfortunately for me, I decided to park at the Broadway Pointe parking garage. As we returned to the car that evening, I saw the dreaded parking citation. I wrote back to Park Smart / Regional Parking pointing out that these were completely separate trips with several hours in-between when I was not there. The parking spots were also different. A few weeks later I heard back about the denial:
The License Plate Recognition Vehicle scanned your vehicle on two separate visits; the daily maximum of 3 hours was exceeded: no receipts from Braodwav Pointe merchants were provided for “consideration.”