A couple of weeks ago I posted about progress being made on a giant mural called Better Days, located on the side wall of rororiri in downtown Walnut Creek, and it’s now finished! If you’re in the area definitely check it out and look for new artwork from artist Ally McKay on her Insta here.
200 Hartz Ave, Danville
A new fitness gym called SPENGA is coming to Hartz Avenue in Danville. Each 60 minute class features equal parts cardiovascular spin, circuit-style HIIT strength training, finishing up with yoga. More information here and here. Check out founder’s rate pricing on the Danville page here.
Park Plaza Shops, Lafayette
Thanks to those who sent word that Danville-based gift shop Lemon recently closed their Lafayette location at the Park Plaza Shops. Their Danville store remains open and you can also shop online here.
If someone asked me before last week to pick any decade to live in San Francisco I would have probably chosen the 1960s for obvious reasons. Janis Joplin being one of them. Then I started reading Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love by David Talbot. I had no idea that the Manson Family, Jim Jones and the Symbionese Liberation Army were based in San Francisco. Not to mention the Zebra murders and the Zodiac killer. Those took place in the ’70s but the downward turn started in the late 60’s. I don’t think I could hack it. I’d probably last through 1967.
If you could choose any decade to live in San Francisco, which decade would you choose?
Spotted outside Love + Chocolate in downtown Walnut Creek. “Write a wish on a tag with your own pen.” Check out the chocolate offerings at their online shop here. Featuring Leonidas Belgian chocolate.
1902 Mt Diablo Blvd, Walnut Creek
Spirit Halloween is coming to Walnut Creek where Pier 1 Imports used to be. According to their website they are open with a 20% off coupon here. What I wonder is, are people really going to go trick or treating next month without an available vaccine? Maybe they feel a scary mask will protect themselves?
Photo by Unsplash user CDC
This week we learned that a COVID-19 vaccine may be available as early November. Some have said the timeline has been politicized for obvious reasons, and it will only be available to essential workers initially. That being said, if you have the opportunity to get vaccinated this year, will you? Or will you wait until next year to see if there is an increased risk for developing a disorder such as Guillain-Barré syndrome like what happened with the 1976 swine flu vaccine?
1373 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
GritCycle, which opened earlier this year in downtown Walnut Creek, has closed.
