“Bicycle Watchers” bike rack, spotted in downtown Walnut Creek in front of Vineyard Vines.
“Bicycle Watchers” bike rack, spotted in downtown Walnut Creek in front of Vineyard Vines.
Spotted at the Walnut Creek Ike’s Love & Sandwiches shop. I thought this was curious as I have never encountered such an explanation before:
rather than secretly raise our prices, we want to be transparent with this new implementation process…
Wouldn’t raising prices be transparent? If a sandwich used to cost $9.95, and now it costs $10.45, wouldn’t that be transparent to me? After all, it’s on the menu. 🙂 This sign on the other hand…
Check out the newish bike lane on Olympic Blvd. in Walnut Creek heading to Highway 680. The bright paint job is definitely an improvement but would you feel concerned riding between two car lanes so close?
As you drive into Moraga from Lafayette and pass by these buildings you may wonder what barracks are doing in Moraga. That would be an insult to barracks. I’ve driven by plenty of times before, never noticing this. It turns out before this month there were dozens of tall trees hiding this eyesore. This is actually the face of Campolindo High School, one of the best performing high schools in Contra Costa County.
According to this Lamorinda Weekly article, “the trees were tall but frail and drought-affected”. I’ve been to Campolindo; the Soda Aquatic Center is first-rate, as is the gym and performing arts center. I would love to know the history of Campolindo and why they felt putting these buildings up facing Moraga Rd. was a good idea. Maybe they should put up a wall and have the students paint murals every year for art projects. I’d rather look at that driving by than this. What do you think?
Last month we learned that Sports Authority was closing in downtown Walnut Creek so of course the Closing Sale sign appears outside. What I find funny about this sign is not that it states “save up to” 50% off which means the entire store could have no discount at all, but that below it says, “SOME EXCEPTIONS APPLY“.
What possible exceptions could apply to this 0% – 50% off sale!?
Shopper: The sign says up to 50% off but this is 75% off.
Cashier: That is correct, as noted on the sign, it does state: “some exceptions apply”.
Shopper: Oh, I see, thank you for clearing that up.
This doesn’t make any sense! What am I missing?
Spotted at the Mercantile in downtown Lafayette.
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From a reader:
I’ve seen this flag outside this establishment (across from the [Walnut Creek] library) — but I can’t figure out the significance of the colors. It’s blue and black. Any ideas?
I wonder what the significance is, anyone know?
