109 Town and Country Dr, Danville
A few months ago CarlaPie Consignment in Village Shopping Center in Danville switched to selling new clothing and is now called Bliss. Check out their new Facebook page here.
109 Town and Country Dr, Danville
A few months ago CarlaPie Consignment in Village Shopping Center in Danville switched to selling new clothing and is now called Bliss. Check out their new Facebook page here.
A reader asks:
Do you know what’s going on with the massive chain link gates recently installed at the Walnut Creek BART station? Why are they there?
Anyone know?
Photo by Flickr user peterm7
Last week we learned that the Valley Vista tennis club is closing in a few months in Walnut Creek and as someone who played a lot of tennis when I was younger I can imagine how inconvenient this must be for people who played there. Later on I took up running but due to a nagging foot injury I’ve stopped that as well. I guess my only options now are swimming or cycling. Soccer would be fun, too.
What sport or physical activity do you enjoy playing? Do you compete?
Walnut Festival Kids Fish-In Adventure:
Heather Farm Park
301 N San Carlos Dr, Walnut Creek
Saturday, September 26th, 2015 – Sunday, September 27th, 2015
7:00am – 11:00am | FreeReservations are recommended
This fishing event is free and Admission to The Walnut Festival is not included
Fishing Rods & Reels, bait and hooks provided (OK to bring your own as well)
Fishing 101 Instructions will be offered as well!
Danville Hotel, Danville
Sonoma-based Basque Boulangerie Cafe is “coming soon” to the historic Danville Hotel on Hartz Ave. Find out more from Diablo Dish here. Check out the Sonoma cafe menu here and muffin and cookie menu here.
From the Basque Boulangerie Cafe website:
Basque Boulangerie Café opened on the historic square of Sonoma in 1994 with an old-world feeling of an original French bakery. It is a second generation bakery, originally started in Sonoma in 1956 as the Sonoma French Bakery in the Sebastiani Theatre building. Our founders’ family arrived in the United States from the southwest region of France, specifically the Pyrenees Mountains that separate France from Spain. They settled in the heart of the Valley of the Moon because of opportunity and since it reminded them of the villages in the Basque and Bearn regions of France that they were from. They had a family history of bakers, butchers and restauranteurs. The family learned the baking trade in their French small towns of Saint Etienne de Baigorry, and Oloron Sainte Marie and offers two generations of baking excellence. Our team of talented bakers start late at night, every night, using the old world European tradition of hand crafted baking artisanship in order to create these crusty, hand made loaves of peasant bread, inspired by our founders’ Basque ancestors. We have brought traditional stone hearth ovens to Sonoma to assure the same consistent, traditional bread with no preservatives. Our pastries, baked goods and desserts are hand crafted in small batches using European-style techniques with quality ingredients.
Photo by Michael Clemens
Last week while I was checking out Farmyard Darlings new shop in downtown Lafayette I met a Lafayette photographer, Michael Clemens, who creates Day in the Life photo essays for families where he captures candid family moments throughout the day, from the moment the kids wake up until they go to sleep. Check out his incredible photographs being featured at Farmyard Darlings new shop as well as on his website, appropriately named Sees the Day, here. I’ve included some of his photographs here as well as an essay he wrote describing what inspired him.
Photo by Michael Clemens
Michael Clemens writes:
I am a local Lafayette dad with two girls. The idea of the “Day in the Life” shoot came from something my wife said. You see, we have this little table in our living room that the girls “live” at.
They eat, do crafts, play games. . you name it. It is always a crusty mess. My wife was complaining about it one day as it always tended to make our house look messier than it actually was.
I said “Well, they’re getting so big now, why don’t we just get rid of it”? With welled up eyes, she looked at me and said “But that’s their table! If we get rid of it, then that chapter of their lives is over. I want to remember what today was like”!
Photo by Flickr user nationalgardenclubs
Adding Succulents to an Existing Garden:
The Gardens at Heather Farm
1540 Marchbanks Dr, Walnut Creek
Saturday, September 26th, 2015
10:00am – 12:00pm | $25 ($20 members)Adding succulents to an existing garden can be challenging. Things to consider are: location, culture requirements, water schedules and elements of style. Diane Goldsmith will explore these challenges and show examples of local gardens where they have been met with success. You will gain an understanding of practical ways you can add succulents to your gardens and how to blend succulents with Mediterranean plants, perennials and grasses. Diane Goldsmith is a member of APLD, the Association of Professional Landscape Designers and is QWEL certified (Qualified Water Efficiency Landscaper). She has been gardening in Orinda for more than 30 years.
65 Moraga Way, Orinda
There has been much anticipation about the Italian restaurant from the owner of Piazza Pellegrini in the North Beach section of San Francisco and Taverna Pelligrini is now open in Orinda on Moraga Way. Check out their menu here. This place has plenty of space as well as a seating area across from the bar to catch the game on one of their flat screen TVs. I can’t wait to try a margherita pizza made on their wood burning oven. Check out the bar, wood burning oven and more inside photos after the jump.
Plenty more photos of the inside after the jump…
Crow Canyon Commons, San Ramon
A pop-up Quiksilver factory store is open in Crow Canyon Commons right near Sprouts supermarket in San Ramon for about six more months.
Pear & Wine Festival:
Moraga Commons Park
Saturday, September 26th, 2015
10:00am | FreeThe Moraga Pear & Wine Festival is a family friendly event with activities for all ages celebrating the Town’s pear history! Featuring live performances, DJ RyanO, wine tasting with the Lamorinda Wine Growers Association, grape stomping, pear pies, jumpies, food, local artist booths, community booths, & more!
