Earlier this week a gigantic tree fell in the Peacock Alley parking lot next to La Finestra Ristorante in Lafayette Circle, crushing numerous unoccupied cars. Check out the photos below and this NBC Bay Area article for more details.
Earlier this week a gigantic tree fell in the Peacock Alley parking lot next to La Finestra Ristorante in Lafayette Circle, crushing numerous unoccupied cars. Check out the photos below and this NBC Bay Area article for more details.
3591 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Earlier this month we learned that Powell’s Sweete Shoppe closed in Lafayette which caused quite a bit of concern to Facebook readers who only read the headlines when in actuality everyone who read the article here knew that there was no problem as it was going to be replaced by a new candy store called Zoonie’s with the same owners. Zoonie’s has now opened and I’m happy to say it’s almost identical to Powell’s with the exception of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang playing instead of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, a new color scheme and missing vintage Candy Land game boxes. An employee noted that new candies will be appearing soon in addition the usual sweet fare.
Ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes:
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Friday, February 10th, 2017
5:30pm | $15New York Times bestselling author Dean Karnazes discusses his new book, The Road to Sparta: Reliving the Ancient Battle and Epic Run that Inspired the World’s Greatest Footrace Karnazes weaves together three stories – his own Greek ancestry, the history of the world’s first marathon, and his personal experience running this monumental route.
Optional 4 mile Run with Dean Karnazes: Ticket holders are invited to join Dean and A Runner’s Mind on a 4 mile run prior to the program. Runners must purchase a ticket to participate. Details will be emailed to participants on February 8, start time is 5:30pm.
Mighty Fine Guitars
85 Lafayette Cir, Lafayette
Friday, January 13th, 2017
8:00 PM | $15 – $20 suggestedCheck out this [VIDEO].
No RSVP required. No babes in arms, please. BYOB. Spread the word.
Photo by Flickr user danmoyle
Thanks to local broker Brendan Moran with the The Simply Bay Area Team for the monthly real estate updates for Beyond the Creek.
Click the links below for a complete list of home and condo sales in Lamorinda for last month, December, 2016:
Lamorinda December sales (Acrobat Reader .pdf)
Emotional Currency: A Woman’s Guide to Building a Healthy Relationship with Money with Kate Levinson:
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Thursday, January 19th, 2017
7:00 – 9:00pm | FreePlease join us as we welcome Kate Levinson, author of Emotional Currency: A Woman’s Guide to Building a Healthy Relationship with Money. Kate holds a PhD in Psychology and has spent 20 years studying how people interface with money. We’ll discuss the emotional complications behind finances and how to break the taboo of talking about money. Books will be available for sale at the event.
3591 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Powell’s Sweet Shoppe has closed in Lafayette however not to worry; according to a sign in the window, they are remodeling and will reopen as Zoonie’s on January 18th, “the same great store with all the sweets, gelato, chocolates and delights you love, under a different name”. According to their Facebook page, “the name change is because we will no longer be part of the Powell’s franchise. We will be an independent store.”
Note that they will be “serving free gelato Wednesday January 18 and all day Saturday January 21“.
A New Color, The Art of Being Edythe Boone:
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Thursday, January 12th, 2016
7:00 – 8:30pm | $15A New Color is the first of two documentary films presented at the Lafayette Library as part of a conversation on “the power of storytelling.” The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion that includes the director, Mo Morris, Edythe Boone, and Jorge Mario Abundis, a student featured in the film.
Celebrated San Francisco Women’s Building muralist and educator Edythe Boone is the subject of the award-winning documentary A New Color, a film by Mo Morris. Edythe Boone paints walls to build bridges toward unity when the chokehold death of her nephew and his final words ignite a national outcry for racial justice.
A New Color was the Audience Favorite Special Mention at Mill Valley Film Festival and won Best Documentary in Chicago.
3555 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
I walked by the Chinese restaurant The Tasteful Noodle the other day in Lafayette and noticed a “Placard Pending” sign in the window from the county health division calling the restaurant “Poke Go”. That combined with the curtains in the window may point to a new poke restaurant coming to Lafayette? With Hawaiian-style poke restaurants popping up left and right around here I wouldn’t be surprised.
