The home decor store Filthy Gorgeous is vacating their cozy Broadway Plaza location next to Boudin Bakery and is having a 50% off sale. Not sure where they’re moving but I hear Danville is a possibility.
The home decor store Filthy Gorgeous is vacating their cozy Broadway Plaza location next to Boudin Bakery and is having a 50% off sale. Not sure where they’re moving but I hear Danville is a possibility.
2211 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
A new food truck market called TheBEND is opening in Walnut Creek where the former French restaurant Le Virage used to be on N. Main St. in Walnut Creek. If you drove by before the building burned down back last August, you would have undoubtedly noticed the amazing murals that graced the walls.
The eight food trucks at TheBend will be open for lunch and dinner every day except Sunday from 11am – 2pm and 5pm – 9pm. Check out the food truck schedule here. Follow them on Twitter here. Which food truck do you recommend trying? More information is available at Diablo Dish and a Contra Costa Times article is available here.
Here are some of the food trucks that will be there:
Saturday, March 1st
Lunch:
(1) Me So Hungry
(2) Tutto Bene Gelateria
Dinner:
(1) Blue Saigon
(2) Me So Hungry
(3) Sliders
(4) Tutto Bene Gelateria
(5) Yummi BBQMonday, March 3rd
Lunch
(1) United Bites
(2) Twister Truck
(3) Sliders
(4)Moonstruck Pizza
Dinner:
(1) Sliders
(2)Moonstruck PizzaTuesday, March 4th
(1) Kasa Indian
(2) Blue Saigon
(3) Sliders
Dinner:
(1) Blue Saigon
(2) Moonstruck Pizza
A Modern Herbal Poetry Reading:
Swan’s Fine Books
1381 Locust St, Walnut Creek
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
7:30pm | FreeAmy Glynn, prize-willing poet (see full bio below), will be at Swan’s Fine Books to discuss her inspiration both for her poetry and, more specifically, for her recent book, A Modern Herbal. She will then read selections of her poetry and time will be allowed at the end of the reading for questions.
Seating will be limited, so please RSVP to hold a space. There is no charge to attend and light refreshments will be served.
1663 N. California Blvd, Walnut Creek
Back in November I noted that Starbucks was trying to get city approval for a new cafe in the Mercer apartment complex on N. California Blvd. in downtown Walnut Creek and now the Coming Soon sign is visible in the window so it won’t be long now! This is right next to the lobby of the Mercer apartments so I imagine residents will be quite pleased a coffee shop is opening here.
1414 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
Opening February 1st in downtown Walnut Creek, Consignit Couture signage is now up.
Thanks to a reader for sending word that construction on the long delayed Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in the Sprouts Shopping Center in Walnut Creek has finally begun. I can’t wait to try this out!
A large protest by the anti-circumcision group Bay Area Intactivists turned heads last Saturday as all four corners at Mt. Diablo Blvd. and N. Main St. in downtown Walnut Creek were manned by both male and female protesters with colorful signs and outfits protesting circumcision.
From their website:
Founded in 2001, Bay Area Intactivists is a human rights organization with members working to eradicate all forms of genital mutilation including routine infant circumcision. Members participate in various community events to educate and raise awareness of the right of all individuals—male, female, and intersex—to genital autonomy.
As I was snapping photos a woman from one car driving by yelled, “Yes to circumcision!” to which one of the protesters replied to me that they get that kind of response all too often. I couldn’t help but smile as I never realized women had such strong opinions about this.
The French clothing store Lacoste is closing their Broadway Plaza location this Friday and in its place Tesla will be opening a temporary showroom. I’ve been noticing more and more Teslas on the road lately so it makes sense they would open a location in Walnut Creek. According to the Walnut Creek Tesla web page a new service center is on the way as well:
Our Walnut Creek service center will open soon. In the meantime, Tesla Rangers are available to visit you at your home or office.
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Friday, January 24th – Sunday, January 26th, 2014Johann Strauss’s bubbly tale of temptation and revenge. Spend a riotous evening in the company of Gabriel von Eisenstein, his beautiful wife Rosalinde, her besotted lover Alfred, the pert and saucy parlor-maid Adele, and the wily Doctor Falke, as they confuse and amuse themselves and us in a sophisticated hide-and-seek game of mistaken identity that will spin you from the fabulously licentious ball of the eccentric Russian Prince Orlofsky to a night in jail on charges of disorderly conduct. A night of Viennese love, laughter and levity, where Champagne is King!
Way back in October I noted that Burberry was closing in Broadway Plaza in downtown Walnut Creek and they are now gone as you can see. I wonder if the more accessible Burberry Brit will take its place when the Broadway Plaza redevelopment is completed…