I spotted this lone vending machine at Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek between See’s Candies and Lucky Brand jeans. Not as ornate as this one but I bet it’ll be quite popular this summer.
I spotted this lone vending machine at Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek between See’s Candies and Lucky Brand jeans. Not as ornate as this one but I bet it’ll be quite popular this summer.
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek
A fun, new exhibit, BlowUP- Inflatable Contemporary Art is being featured at Beford Gallery in downtown Walnut Creek through June 21st.
From the Exhibit website:
BLOW UP explores the imaginative ways that artists use air as a tool for creating large-scale sculpture. Inflatable structures connote fun and whimsy, and challenge our everyday, feet-on-the-ground perspective. The show creates a spectacular, immersive environment and taps into our fascination with inflatables with artworks that are surreal, humorous and poetic.
artists
Claire Ashley • Chicago, IL
Lee Boroson • Brooklyn, NY
Lewis deSoto • Napa, CA
Patrick Flibotte • Brooklyn, NYBillie Grace Lynn • Miami, FL
Guy Overfelt • San Francisco, CA
Momoyo Torimitsu • New York, NY
Andy Warhol • 1928-1987BLOW UP will include a video component featuring documentation of inflatable works by Christo and Jeanne-Claude and Joshua Allen Harris.
More photos of the inflatables after the jump…
1686 Locust St, Walnut Creek
The bakery and pizzeria 54 Mint Il Forno, which opened last May in downtown Walnut Creek, is expanding their pizza offerings to accompany their new dinner service times and is having a grand opening celebration this Wednesday, May 20th from 5-8pm. Check out this month’s menu here.
“Please join us and bring a friend or two, if you like to RSVP please send an email to Daniele @ 54mint.com”
1537 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
Last November we learned that Radio Shack closed in downtown Walnut Creek, and now thanks to a reader for sending word that a new girl’s clothing store is opening soon called Un Deux Trois, “a unique shopping experience for girls & tweens”. Despite the French name, it’s based in Los Angeles.
From their website:
Un Deux Trois is a leading manufacturer and retailer of distinctive girls contemporary fashion clothing and is head quartered in Los Angeles, California. Un Deux Trois distributes to department and specialty stores throughout the United States, Canada and the UK. All products are proudly manufactured in the USA. Sizing covers all girls 7 through preteen which is a popular size for the young girl who has a sophisticated and fun fashion look. The company maintains the highest of quality standards making it the leader in the kids fashion world. The assortment includes dresses as well as co-ordinated separates for special occasion as well as casual dressing.
Un Deux Trois also currently operates five retail stores with 3 in Los Angeles area. Studio City, Tarzana and Brentwood, and two stores in Texas-Dallas and Houston.
Lindsay Wildlife “Experience”
1931 First Avenue, Walnut Creek
Saturday, May 16th, 2015
10:00am – 5:00pm | $8.50Explore wildlife through watercolors and oil on canvas board at Lindsay Wildlife Experience’s new exhibit: Wild Life, Here There Everywhere. The exhibit features watercolors by award-winning fine artist Linda darsow Sutton. Sutton’s beautiful work will be on display until May 31.
The 31 paintings exhibited on two floors at Lindsay Wildlife feature wildlife from, California to Africa, living in protected open spaces surrounded by the complementing light of their environments. A native Californian, Sutton is an acclaimed ‘plein aire,’ painter, working ‘on location’ to capture her subjects in nature.
“To be outside enveloped by nature is humbling and healing, even just imagining so,” Sutton said. “In all places there is Wild Life. Doing the small landscapes outside is to invite experience, not the least of which is wondering, imagining who’s watching me and allowing me to paint their home. Sometimes they show up.”
Her works have been exhibited and published worldwide. In addition to painting, she is an instructor in Transparent Color Theory in Watercolor, the elegant atmospheric effects enhanced by light bouncing through color from the white surface.
Hope Walk – Cancer Support Community:
Heather Farms Park, Walnut Creek
Saturday, May 16th, 2015
9:00am | $25Hope Walk is a new, exciting fundraising event raising community awareness about our presence and supporting the life changing programs and services that we offer at the Cancer Support Community. We provide comprehensive care – including counseling, support groups, nutrition, exercise and education – for cancer patients and their loved ones. By fundraising and joining us at the Cancer Support Community’s Hope Walk you are making lives better by helping provide vital services right here in the Bay Area.
This 5K (3.1miles) walk around scenic Heather Farms Park is for friends and families to celebrate and honor the lives of those living or passed, who have been touched by cancer. All proceeds from the event will directly benefit Cancer Support Community to provide support, education and hope free of charge to anyone facing any type of cancer.
Hope walk is for everyone. Gather your friends, family, co-workers, and loved ones to form a team, join an already existing team, or walk as an individual. However you decide to participate, your passion and dedication to raise funds will create a successful event. Visit www.hopewalkbayarea.net to register!
7001 Sunne Ln, Walnut Creek
Last year we learned that a new Peruvian restaurant, Parada would be opening near the Pleasant Hill BART station in Walnut Creek. Check out the rendering from the press release followed by more info below:
Chef Carlos Altamirano, owner of Mochica, Piqueos, Sanguchon food trucks, and two-time Michelin Star winner La Costanera, will open Parada, a casual, welcoming restaurant and rotisseria showcasing vibrant and creative Peruvian flavors, in the heart of downtown Walnut Creek in late June 2015.
Parada is the first East Bay venture for veteran
Chef Carlos Altamirano, who currently owns and operates San Francisco restaurants Mochica in Potrero Hill and Piqueos in Bernal Heights, the Michelin-starred La Costanera just north of Half Moon Bay in Montara, Calif., and Sanguchon food trucks that serve the Bay Area. Known for flavorful and contemporary interpretations of traditional Peruvian fare, Chef Altamirano brings the vibrant flavors of the traditional market in Lima, Peru to downtown Walnut Creek. Taking its name and inspiration from the Peruvian outdoor produce market, Parada will serve dishes such as fresh fish cebiches, organic salads, grilled anticuchos and flavorful tapas and entrees such as Pollo a la Brasa, traditional Peruvian rotisserie chicken. With both a la carte and family style meals available for dine-in or take out, the restaurant is a welcome addition to downtown Walnut Creek, and is the only full service restaurant within two blocks of the Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre BART station.
2073 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Walnut Creek
Back in March we learned that a salon would be opening a few stores down from the soon-to-open organic fabric shop Monaluna and indeed, Infinity Salon is moving from their Lafayette location to this downtown Walnut Creek spot. According to the owner, this may possibly the first, “solar panel powered hair salon” in all of California. Look for an early June opening.
1590 Botelho Dr, Walnut Creek
The build-your-own-pizza fast casual restaurant Project Pie opens today in downtown Walnut Creek. I dropped by over the weekend for their soft opening and was able to get plenty of photos (see below) and try their pizza. The inside looks great and feels spacious with tall ceilings and tables liberally spaced throughout.
I wasn’t sure how quick it would be to order and get the pizza but it was surprisingly fast. Once I got to the front of the line, it took a couple of minutes to order and not more than 5 minutes to get the pie. There is actually a machine that takes the dough and smushes into a perfect pie shape in a few seconds! The crust was crunchy and tasted delicious. During the ordering process you can select from several options (see menu here), or order a custom pie. I ordered a #2 and requested extra red sauce, plus red onions and mushrooms. Amazingly there is no charge for extra toppings. All pizzas are $8.50 except for a plain cheese pie at $6. They also offer a banana and Nutella pie for $4.50 which sounds tempting… One other interesting thing I noticed was instead of Coca-Cola etc. they offer fountain drinks from Boylan Bottling, made with real cane sugar in “small batches”.
Look for a full bar with flat screen tvs and adult milkshakes coming within the next few months…
Plenty more photos of the inside, the pizza and patio after the jump…
