Electric BMW i8 spotted outside Nordstrom in Broadway Plaza.
Main Street Plaza, Walnut Creek
The baby and toddler clothing store Carter’s may be coming (pending lease) to Main Street Plaza in downtown Walnut Creek a couple of stores down from Ross where Beauty Source used to be. Note that yesterday we learned that the fashion boutique Scout & Molly’s is also opening in the same plaza next to jinny.
Open House at Camera West:
Camera West
1255 S. Main St, Walnut Creek
Friday, March 17th, 2017
10:00am – 4:00pm | FreePlease join us on Friday, March 17 from 10:30a.m-4:00 p.m for an Open House event at Camera West Walnut Creek. Various reps and products will be on hand for you to try out. Bring your own memory card and shoot with the latest products from Leica, Fuji, Peak Design, Hasselblad, and PhaseOne. This is a free event, please let us know if you’d like to attend.
2nd Ave. & N. Main St, Walnut Creek
Plans are in the works for In-N-Out Burger to come to the corner of 2nd Ave. and Main St. in Walnut Creek where Devil Mountain Cyclery used to be. According to this East Bay Times article, the development will include a “new Starbucks, and upgrades to an existing building currently housing Masses Sports Bar & Grill and several offices.” In the above photo you can see the Masses Sports Bar building in the background. The article points out that the Starbucks “would have no indoor seating and be accessible through a separate drive-through and walk-up window”.
I look forward to a closer In-N-Out but worry about the additional traffic.
1571 Botelho Dr, Walnut Creek
The fashion boutique Scout & Molly’s is coming to downtown Walnut Creek where Atlas & Athena used to be (and recently relocated a few blocks away), right next to another boutique, jinny. Look for a late May opening. Check out the designers they feature here.
Driving on I-680 in Walnut Creek, Alamo, Danville down to San Ramon one can see the coming FasTrak toll Express Lane signs sprouting up. According to the 511.org website, these lanes are free for carpools and motorcycles but will charge a dynamic fee for solo drivers based on the amount of traffic.
Do you support the expansion of these toll lanes?
All Things Tomatoes and More!: Seduction of your Vegetable Spring Garden:
Walnut Creek Library
1644 N. Broadway, Walnut Creek
Saturday, March 11th, 2017
1:30 – 3:30pm | FreePresented by Master Gardeners of Contra Costa County, Marian Woodard will prepare one and all on our spring vegetable garden: how to be most successful in all things tomato, peppers and eggplants and more, what to look for when obtaining the best plant varietals, and what to look for with some of the upcoming events and farmers markets.
Now that’s a menu I can appreciate. Look at that crust! Spotted outside Slice House in downtown Walnut Creek.
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Friday, March 31st – Saturday, April 29th, 2017Three sisters discover secrets, lost opportunities, and new beginnings in this charming story of a bittersweet homecoming.
Stockton, California. 1945. The war is over and American optimism is returning. Also returning are the three Matsumoto sisters – Rose, Grace and Chiz – to their family home, a farm outside of Stockton, to begin their lives again after internment in Arkansas. Successful, prosperous and part of the community before the war, taking up life where they left off proves more complicated than they thought. Balancing comedy, romance and suspense, this tender and truly heartwarming play tells an important story of what it means to be American.
1550 Olympic Blvd, Walnut Creek
It’s been only a few weeks since we learned that the Korean-Japanese restaurant Koja Kitchen would be coming to downtown Walnut Creek but already the signage is up. Check out their menu here.