Spotted at the California Closets store on Mt. Diablo Blvd. in downtown Walnut Creek.
Photo by Flickr user Klearchos Kapoutsis
With summer officially started and this hot weather we’ve been having lately, I thought a summer related question is in order. Some things I’d like to do this summer:
Hanging out in a local park reading a book.
Outdoor dining and drinking.
Hitting the pools with my family.
What are you most looking forward to this summer?
photo by Flickr user cwwycoff1
From the City of Walnut Creek webpage:
The Special Olympics Torch will begin its trip across Contra Costa Countysoon. The Danville PD will pass the Torch at Broadway Plaza to the Walnut Creek PD at approximately 9:30 a.m. Tues. June 19. The WCPD team will then run with the Torch to Kohl’s in Pleasant Hill, where it will then be passed on to Pleasant Hill and Concord. We invite you to help cheer on the WCPD team.
Since summer is right around the corner, and nothing is better to help handle the hot summer days than ice cream. I recently noted the opening of Guanatos ice cream in Walnut Creek, and in downtown Walnut Creek there is also the San Francisco Creamery, Haagen Daz, and Gelateria Naia (where you may see me eating my favorite TCHO chocolate flavor) while in Lafayette there is Cold Stone Creamery and in Moraga there is Loard’s.
Now that summer is coming, and with so many options to choose from, what is your favorite ice cream or frozen yogurt shop?
From an email:
Dance on Film celebrates some of the finest examples of dance captured in popular Academy Award winning movies. From the classical ballet of The Red Shoes, to the smooth contemporary jazz & tap of An American in Paris, to the vibrant athleticism of West Side Story, you’ll see how the movies captured the power of dance.
Before each screening, Lauren Jonas, Diablo Ballet Artistic Director, will share fascinating facts about the making of each film and the stars who made the films dance. You’ll also be able to enter a free drawing to win tickets to a future Diablo Ballet performance.
The Dance on Film series takes place in the Arts & Science Discovery Center at the Lafayette Library – 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Admission is $5 for all. Featured movies will be:
Wednesday July 18th 6:30 PM The Red Shoes (1948) (Not rated – PG 13 suggested)
Legendary film about a young ballet dancer who is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina. Nominated for Best Picture Academy Award.
Wednesday August 15th 6:30 PM An American In Paris (1951) (Rated G)
Thrilling MGM musical with a Gershwin score starring Gene Kelly as an American caught up in a love triangle with Parisian Leslie Caron. Winner Best Picture Academy Award.
Wednesday September 12th 6:30 PM West Side Story (1961) (Rated PG 13)
Classic musical retelling of “Romeo & Juliet” as rival gang members fall in love and face the consequences. Featuring Jerome Robbins choreography. Winner Best Picture Academy Award.
All screenings are at the Lafayette Library – 3491 Mt Diablo Blvd. in Lafayette. For more information on the Diablo Ballet & Lafayette Library Foundation’s Dance on Film series, visit www.LLLCF.org or call 925-283-6513.
LUNAFEST, “short films by, for, about women”, will be held at Sports Basement in Walnut Creek on June 10th at 5pm. Prices range from $10 for seniors and students to $25 for VIP tickets. Proceeds to benefit The Wig Source and the Breast Cancer Fund. Sports Basement is located at 1881 Ygnacio Valley Rd. in Walnut Creek.
The new Lafayette parking meters that accept credit cards on Mt. Diablo Blvd. near the Mercantile Building are really high. So high that as I was walking there one recent afternoon a woman asked me how much time she had on her meter. At first I didn’t understand, surely she could just look at the screen and see for herself. Then I realized that for people under about 5′ 3″, it’s very hard, if not impossible to view the parking meter screen. That because the meters there are 60 inches tall (5 feet), and angled up. In comparison, the same parking meters in Walnut Creek are a full 4 inches shorter at 56 inches. I hope these are part of a test, because they need to be significantly lowered to be usable by shorter people. Has anyone had problems with these meters?
Note: I couldn’t resist taking the headline from the Rent is Too Damn High Party.
The health center itrim in Lafayette is having it’s inaugural community walk (2 & 4 mile loop) this evening beginning at 6:15pm (every Tues) meeting in front of Clock Etc. next to the future itrim location at 973 Moraga Rd. First time walkers get a t-shirt and pedometer and water will be available.
