A couple of months I posted this funny sign in Lafayette with a 0% OFF sign and it’s now been fixed with a typical 30% OFF SALE sign.
A couple of months I posted this funny sign in Lafayette with a 0% OFF sign and it’s now been fixed with a typical 30% OFF SALE sign.
Park Plaza Shops, Lafayette
Joe & the Juice opened recently at the Park Plaza Shops in Lafayette where Squirrel’s Coffee Shop used to be. In addition to drinks they also offer sandwiches and yogurt. Check out their menu here. I heard they tried to be edgy so wasn’t surprised that all three employees bore plenty of tattoos. I asked one employee whether tattoos were required to work there and he was speechless for a moment before replying that they weren’t. Out of curiosity I’ll have to drop by another time to see if there are tattoo-less employees.
More photos of the inside after the jump…
3483 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Thanks to everyone who sent word that Boswell’s Discount Party Supplies has closed in Lafayette after 35 years due losing their lease according to a sign in the window. Their Danville location remains open. One reader wrote in hoping that the Lafayette police department takes over this space due to, “police equipment parked in the median and one further down the street toward Jack-in-the-Box.” Check out the photo below and you can see this is no exaggeration.
Author of “The Disaster Artist” – Greg Sestero:
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Wednesday, July 17th, 2019
6:30 – 8:30pm | Free (registration required)Join us for a lively evening with New York Times Bestselling author, actor, producer and screenwriter Greg Sestero.
Greg’s 2013 memoir “The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made” was published
by Simon & Schuster and adapted into a Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award nominated film featuring an all-star cast including James Franco, Seth Rogen, Dave Franco, Sharon Stone, Bryan Cranston, and Alison Brie.The real life story centers on Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, who meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class. Together they travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true by making Tommy’s personally-funded film “The Room” which surprisingly has become one of the most popular underground cult phenomenon films ever. Fifteen years after the initial limited release of “The Room,” it’s still playing to late night moviegoers in theaters internationally.
Julia Flynn Siler, Author of The White Devil’s Daughters:
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Thursday, June 20th, 2019
7:00 – 8:30pm | FreeVeteran journalist and New York Times best-selling author Julia Flynn Siler’s revelatory history, The White Devil’s Daughters, chronicles the trafficking of young Asian girls that flourished in San Francisco during the first hundred years of Chinese immigration (1848-1943), as well as the “safe house” that became a refuge for those seeking their freedom.
3576 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Lavash Mediterranean Restaurant & Catering opened recently in Lafayette where Rustic Tavern used to be.
3561 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Thanks to a reader for sending word about 9 Round 30 Min Kickbox Fitness coming to Lafayette where a carpet store used to be on Mt. Diablo Blvd. Look for them to open this July.
From their website:
Round is a specialized fitness center for people who want a unique, fun, and proven workout that guarantees results. 9Round offers a kickboxing themed fitness program that incorporates a functional, interval, cardiovascular, and circuit training regimens. The programs consist of a proprietary system of nine challenging workout stations developed by a World Champion Kickboxer.
I’ve written about these Save Up To X% sales before which sometimes comes across as misleading to say the least. Which is why it’s refreshing to see a SALE sign for 0% OFF at the “fine bedding & gifts” shop Sugi in Lafayette. Everybody loves a sale, right?
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown:
Town Hall Theatre
3535 School St, Lafayette
Thursday, May 30th – Saturday, June 22nd, 2019A sizzling, exhilarating musical farce! Newly revised for the London West End, the musical whisks us off to sexy 1980s Madrid, and to the unravelling world of Pepa, Pepa’s wandering lover, the lover’s nutty ex-wife, their son and his fiancée, Pepa’s ditzy friend and that friend’s suspicious boyfriend, plus a lawyer, and a talkative taxi driver. All this comedic chaos is served up with a very specially laced gazpacho, and an irresistible Spanish beat.
Lafayette Clocktower
Luck, a “high-end clothing and lifestyle” boutique, has relocated from their tucked away Lafayette Forge location to a prime spot at Lafayette Clocktower on Mt. Diablo Blvd. This new spot is a lot more spacious and feels bright and airy with its tall ceilings and light interior. Check out their online selection here.
