Wolf Camera & Video is bankrupt and the remaining stores will close including the one located in the Lafayette shopping center where Diablo Foods and Trader Joe’s is on Mt. Diablo Blvd. It’s expected to close by next week. However, an imaging company from San Diego is apparently taking over the Lafayette and Dublin locations to handle print processing only. So drop by if you want to pick up a camera or accessory at up to 60% off.
From the Lafayette Library and Learning Center webpage:
Have you heard about minimally invasive robotic surgery? Do you wonder what all the fuss is about? You have a chance to actually see the daVinci® robot for yourself! The robot offers unique surgical solutions to specific health concerns and a panel of experts including Surgeon Steven Stanten, MD, will give an overview of the applications that may be relevant to you. Come early to get some “hands on” time before the presentation.
3:00 – 6:30 Interactive Exhibit
6:30 – 8:00 Lecture
From the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce website:
The Chamber of Commerce and the City of Lafayette are co-sponsors of the Run which is traditionally held on the last Sunday in October. Beneficiaries of the event are the local schools and the services and programs of the Chamber.
The Lafayette Reservoir Run is the city’s most popular “family affair”, involving kids, parents, grandparents, and hundreds of serious runners from throughout the Bay Area. 2200-2500 participants compete in a 10k or 5k Certified Runs and a 2 mile run/walk for fun through the heart of the downtown, around the reservoir and back. Sprinters, walkers, the “stroller brigade” and many of Lafayette’s top four legged residents share the streets on that festive Sunday morning.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Presented By: Lafayette Chamber of Commerce & City of Lafayette
Event Date: Sunday, October 28, 2012
Start Location: Mt. Diablo Blvd. between First St. & Moraga Rd.
Registration Opens: 6:30am
Staggered Start Times: 2mi run/walk 8:00am, 5k Certified Run 8:30am , 10k Certified Run 8:45 am
Race Descriptions:
- 5k Certified Race – flat, “chip” timed course, runners only (NO Dogs or Baby Strollers).
- 10k Certified Race – hilly, “chip” timed course around the reservoir, Dogs on Leash & Baby Strollers OK.
- 2 Miles Run/Walk for Fun – No Timing – Fun Run ONLY, Dogs on Leash & Baby Strollers OK
Race Course: 10k Moraga Road west to El Nido Ranch Road, around the Lafayette Reservoir and back to Moraga Road. 5k or 2 mile DO NOT go around the Lafayette Reservoir.
Race Certified By: The Athletic Council/Road Runners of America (TAC/RRCA)
Registration:
- Adult registration fee – $30; Day of Race fee – $35
- Elementary school fee – $22; Day of Race fee – $27
Spotted outside Floral Arts Florist in downtown Lafayette during the Art and Wine Festival.
From the Town Hall Theatre Company website:
written by: Larry Gelbart
directed by: Søren Oliver
September 27 – October 20, 2012
Ah! Gold! “God” with an “L”!
Søren Oliver (Art, Twelfth Night) starts us off with the hilarious Sly Fox by Larry Gelbart (M*A*S*H,Tootsie). Fiendishly clever Foxwell J. Sly sets out to fleece the richest men in San Francisco’s Barbary Coast by using their own greed against them.
Rated PG13 for adult situations
Back in May I noted that Lamorinda Music in Lafayette was expanding and that a high-end guitar shop was going to open up within as well. The shop, owned by The Waybacks former guitarist and singer Stevie Coyle is called Might Fine Guitars. From their Facebook page:
An acoustic guitar boutique featuring absolutely top-shelf luthiers. A limited number of lessons is available, as well. Concerts and workshops by local and touring pros.
The shop is accessible both directly from outside as well as within Lamorinda Music, and performances will be held in “The Big Room” right outside (also within Lamorinda Music). Last Saturday, the Irish musician legend Andy Irvine performed.
Check out the inside of the store with owner Stevie Coyle:
Notice that one of the instruments in the photo above being sold is a mandolin, although the focus are high-end acoustic guitars.
Check out some of acoustic guitars for sale below:
The one at bottom right is particularly interesting as the sound hole is offset to the left. Although I’m not a guitar expert by any means, the quality of these instruments is readily apparent. And the owner has a great sense of humor! For example, they note that their phone number is YAK.ANT.TACO 🙂
Mighty Fine Guitars plans on having a “coffee Klatch” the first Sunday of every month, and owner Stevie Coyle offers private lessons with fingerstyle being a specialty, and beginners are welcome. They are located at 85 Lafayette Circle in Lafayette.
Spotted at the Lafayette Art & Wine Festival last weekend, this sculpture really turned heads.
Back in July I noted the opening of cooking school and production kitchen Back to the Table, and last weekend during the Lafayette Art & Wine Festival some of the food artisans who rent space at the production kitchen on the second floor were selling their goods. Introducing, from left to right:
Support your local food artisans and Back to the Table by checking them out and consider buying something. I can vouch for the brownies and jam, they were delicious!
Back in August I noted that Teacake Bake Shop closed in downtown Lafayette and now a new bakery has opened, appropriately called Cake. Note the period is part of their name. I think I’m seeing a trend here. Anyway, the owner Andrea Quinn used to be the pastry chef at the Oakland restaurant Bay Wolf, and owned a bakery in Hawaii for many years. Cake. offers handcrafted bakery items that are 90% organic, with locally sourced ingredients such as honey and eggs.
The interior is beautifully decorated with rotating artwork from the Berkeley vintage European poster showroom Vepca.
Note the iPad being used in place of a cash register. Amazing.
Sightglass coffee is for sale on one wall:
The coconut macaroon I tried was amazing, yum! Cake. is located at 35 Lafayette Circle in La Fiesta Square in Lafayette.
I always smile when I pass a kid’s lemonade stand, especially one with a toy cash register and handmade sign. At $1 it was a bargain compared to a few blocks away. This one was located a few blocks from the Lafayette Art & Wine Festival and apparently made around $40 that day.