Spotted at the back of the Roundup Saloon in downtown Lafayette.
One of the kiosks at the Liberty Bell Plaza in downtown Walnut Creek sells Folkmanis puppets (from Emeryville), and now there is a DIY puppet show stage and the Folkmanis kiosk will lend puppets so children can put on their own puppet show.
From the Liberty Bell Popup Plaza website:
Did you know that EVERY weekend in March, Popup Plaza is hosting DIY puppet shows? There’s a custom built stage available for kids (and adults) of all ages. Just stop by the Folkmanis Puppets popup and ask them about it. Folkmanis has puppets that they’ll lend you to put on your own show. What a great way to keep the kids entertained and take a break in the plaza!
Some things in life are taken for granted. Summertime. Hot weather. Children smiling. Picking blackberries before school lets out for summer. That is until one day when the Los Perales school administration decides that the blackberry bushes enjoyed by kids and parents for years are considered a “hazard” and *poof* all of sudden they are gone. Apparently, despite the fact that they were behind a fence as you can see in the photo above, they had reached a size which necessitated their removal. I wonder how many injuries or complaints Los Perales received that caused them to take action. Or maybe the occasional trimming was too bothersome or expensive so they razed them instead. (Even non-thorny bushes were cut down).
Sorry children of Los Perales, as you walk home from school in a couple of months there will be no blackberry pickings for you. I know you learned a bit about nature and where food comes from and such, but you’re going to have to look elsewhere from now on. Some things in life are taken for granted.
Last week a Walnut Creek resident won a $33 million lotto jackpot after spending $5 on lottery tickets at the Heather Farm Shell Station in Walnut Creek. The Contra Costa Times reports that a man who was recently laid off and his wife who is a hair-dresser held the winning ticket and the woman is planning on going back to work while the man plans to start his own business.
Before taxes the lump-sum amount ends up being about $23 million, so after taxes let’s say $12 million. What would you do with that kind of money? Is it better to just not play the lottery and save the money one would spend on tickets? Considering the problems many people have after big winnings the safest thing to do is to pretend like nothing happened although that has to be hard to do.
The Civic Park playground is a great place to bring your kids to play and right next to it is the parking lot. As you can see it’s labeled “small vehicle only” but has anyone actually not parked there due to the size of their car? I doubt it, and that’s kind of silly to have that label anyway. I have a small car and even I can barely fit in. Don’t you think it should be repainted and made larger so all cars can fit comfortably with the loss of one or two spaces?
That’s a cool looking grill if I do say so myself. Maserati spotted, where else but in front of Nordstrom.
One of the unique parts of the Walnut Creek Neiman Marcus store was the wind fins in front which would swing back and forth with the wind. Some loved them, others hated them, but now they are gone. However, according to an employee I spoke with they were falling off so they were taken down to fix.They should be back in four months.
Spotted on Locust St. in downtown Walnut Creek near the movie theater, I bet this Audi R8 is a sweet ride.
Spotted at an unnamed East Bay entertainment establishment…
Thanks to a reader for the photo.
When I saw this sign at a parking lot I thought it was rather odd that they offer parking for an entire day until I realized that it was for 24 Hour Fitness customers only. 🙂