To support cancer patients Lazarex Cancer Foundation is having a charity chowdown at 1515 Restaurant for $50 this Sunday January 6th from 4 – 7pm. Price is $50.
To support cancer patients Lazarex Cancer Foundation is having a charity chowdown at 1515 Restaurant for $50 this Sunday January 6th from 4 – 7pm. Price is $50.
Vice Ultra Lounge, the Walnut Creek night club on Arroyo Way, scene of several fights throughout the years leading to the city increasing enforcement by cutting hours and beefing up weekend patrols has closed. More on the closing at Crazy in Suburbia.
In the video above you can see the owner Matt DeLima talk sarcastically about how much the city “helped” him over the past four years Vice had been open.
This week Vice Ultra Lounge closed with the owner sarcastically ‘thanking’ the city for all the help throughout the years. That’s not surprising but a headline to an article in this week’s Lamorinda Weekly got me thinking. It’s titled, “I Do Not Like Going to Walnut Creek!” Lamorindans Share Their Concerns and Interests for 2013″. In the article, which you can read here, one Lafayette mom mentions how she doesn’t like going to Walnut Creek. Fine, not everyone likes everything, but why did the editors choose that the headline? I wonder.
For the question of the day I’d like to know what you really think of Walnut Creek as a suburban city. Is there something about it that bothers you? Or do you enjoy it with caveats? As for me I think Walnut Creek is a fun place to walk around with plenty of parks, trails, shopping and restaurants. Not to mention the best secret koi pond in the East Bay.
Back last February I noted that the wax salon Stript Wax Bar opened with Lashfully in downtown Walnut Creek but now Lashuflly has the place to themselves as Stript moved to Lafayette across from Artisan Bistro at 1040 Brown Street in a comfy homelike building.
Despite the “We’re Moving” sign in the window, Wags & Whiskers Pet Boutique will be closing by end of January. Located on Locust St. in downtown Walnut Creek this is disappointing news for cat and dog fans.
Take a good look at the above photo taken at the Walnut Creek Target. Look carefully and you won’t see pink Orbit bubblegum (not counting that “white” version). One of my weaknesses just happens to be Orbit bubblegum and I have always bought a pack or two at the Walnut Creek Target regularly. But over the past several months, the Walnut Creek Target has been completely sold out of Orbit bubblegum. Now I realize that stores can’t always be stocked with every single product, but this has been going on for MONTHS. A while back I thought that maybe the bubblegum flavor was being permanently dropped, but then I went to the Dublin Target and they had plenty of bubblegum Orbit. I couldn’t believe it!
Is this some kind of odd mix-up or is there something more to this that I’m not understanding?
Back in November I noted that Footcandy would be closing in downtown Walnut Creek by the end of the year and sure enough, yesterday was their last day in business. Did anyone get a great deal over the weekend or was everything gone?
Back in September I noted the opening of the pop-up “design house” store Toss Designs in Broadway Plaza next to Nordstrom that was to remain open through January but apparently business has been doing well so they will remain in the same location for at least one more year. As you can see they now have signage up as well.
From the Lesher Center for the Arts:
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Stand up for animals at Comedy Night, an evening of laughter benefiting ARF’s lifesaving programs. Last year’s surprise guests were Dana Carvey and George Lopez. Who will they be this year? Check back for updated information!
Prices are $20, $40 and $60. This year’s comedian’s are Mark Pitta, Kevin Pollack and John Wing.
The popular Italian restaurant Tomatina is sporting failry new signage below the tomato sign:
Pasta • Piadine • Pizza
When I saw it I had no idea what piadine was, but now I know it’s Italian flatbread:
Piadina or Piada is a thin Italian flatbread, typically prepared in the Romagna region (Forlì–Cesena,Ravenna and Rimini). It is usually made with white flour, lard or olive oil, salt and water. The dough was traditionally cooked on a terracotta dish (called teggia in the Romagnolo dialect), although nowadays flat pans or electric griddles are commonly used.