Arts & Craft Beer – Skull Crafting:
Bedford Gallery
1601 Civic Dr. Walnut Creek
Thursday, July 31st, 2014
6:00pm – 8:00pm | $5Admission: $5, includes complementary beer tasting
Make a badass skull craft and sip on some local craft beer. Bay Area Skull Show artists Ben Venom and Lucien Shapiro will be leading a hands-on skull themed art project and Calicraft Brewing Co. will be pouring a selection of their craft brews throughout the night.
606 Sycamore Valley Rd, Danville
The gourmet chocolate shop Pieces of Chocolate which opened late last year, located in the Danville Livery in Danville will be offering wine pairings to accompany their chocolate tasting events next month. Check out their schedule here.
From their website:
We offer chocolate tasting events for public and private parties at our cioccolato tasting room in Danville, as well as corporate functions in and around the greater Bay area. Most people have eaten chocolate but few have truly tasted the masterpieces of Chef Michael Barnes. These chocolates are poured and salted by hand honoring the tradition of old world chocolatiers. Our unique approach to tasting chocolate is deliciously fun and educational. Fine chocolate tasting is very similiar to wine tasting in that you use different steps and senses to evaluate the quality and taste of the product.
More photos of the inside after the jump…
3643 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
A new children’s and baby boutique called Whimsy featuring “fashion, accessories and gifts for babies, children and tweens” is coming to Lafayette next month in mid-August with a possible soft opening a week earlier. They are located in the Lafayette Shopping Center, a few stores down from Trader Joe’s.
The owner of the boutique also owns Fairies and Feathers, featuring, “fairy tutu dresses, flower girl dresses, and fairy accessories”, all original designs and hand-made.
From the Fairies and Feathers website:
Whimsy carries a wide range of beautiful clothing lines for babies, children, and tweens, and features a large selection of Fairies and Feathers dresses and accessories.
Moraga Commons Park
1425 St. Mary’s Road, Moraga
Thursday, July 31st, 2014
6:30pm – 8:30pm | FreeThe music of the 60s holds a special memory for those who grew up with it. It was music you could sing along with, music you could dance to, music you fell in love with. Now, one group brings all the memorable music from the 60s together for you in one great show!
The amazing vocals of the early California Beach Boys made us all dream of warm sand, fast cars and hitting the surf. Then there was the British invasion beginning with the Beatles who had us all growing our hair and rushing out to by miniskirts and go-go boots. The Motown sound rocked Detroit and music was indeed the king that united a nation. There has never been any question that music was at it’s best from 1963 to 1969.
1833 Willow Pass Rd, Concord
The Vietnamese restaurant Kevin’s Noodle House, AKA Pho Huynh Hiep, has temporarily closed for remodeling in the Park ‘N’ Shop strip mall in Concord. They are planning on reopening in October.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Back in May I noted that Juicy Couture closed in Broadway Plaza with the possibility of a travel agency opening up in its place and it turned out to be mostly true as Inspirato, a luxury destination club is opening a retail shop at this spot.
From their website:
Imagine privileged access to a growing collection of luxury vacation residences, custom experiences, VIP events, and more, hand-selected to fit almost every interest and occasion. Imagine a trusted advisor committed to personalizing each trip you take, to make it better than the last. Imagine the benefits of being known and recognized every time you travel. Now imagine it all in a private club that inspires you to live life’s best moments more easily and often than you ever thought possible. We are Inspirato with American Express – welcome to a whole new world.
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Tuesday, July 29th, 2014
5:00pm – 6:00pm | $5Olympian Heather Petri – one of the most decorated female water polo players in the world – comes to the Lafayette Library as part of the LLLCF’s Authors and Athletes Family Series! Petri is one of only two US female water polo players to have competed in four Olympic Games, and the only to have medaled in all four. She will share her “unpublished” Cinderella story about chasing both her personal and Olympic dreams. Petri inspires her audience members to be their “best self.” $5 per person. Pay at door.
2151 Salvio St, Concord
A couple of weeks ago we learned that The Hop Grenade Taproom & Bottleshop would be opening very soon in Concord across from Todos Santos Plaza in Concord and they are now open. The recording studio is in back with a large window you can peer into while they’re recording. Check out their bar menu here and their current beer menu here.
1376 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
Thanks to a reader for sending word that the stationery store Papyrus is closing today in downtown Walnut Creek. When I dropped by this weekend their remaining greeting cards were $1 with 90% off everything else. According to a store employee they will be eventually relocating to Broadway Plaza after the redevelopment is finished.
A few days ago I noted that the Park Plaza redevelopment was almost finished in downtown Lafayette and the building at left in the photo below is the location of the Pioneer store as explained in the plaque.
