Photo by Flickr user doyland
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Did anyone make a Leprechaun trap?
1756 Cole Ave, Walnut Creek
1756 Cole, which will be home to 12 condominiums in downtown Walnut Creek right next to the Mercer Apartments is progressing but no word on the completion date yet.
From their website:
Set amongst a sweeping view of Walnut Creek, the condominiums at 1756 Cole are both beautiful and well-designed for residents who seek the attraction of an easy, comfortable environment. Featuring details such as soaring 12-foot ceilings and decorator hardware, these spaces were created for those who love classic styling and first-class amenities. Inside your home, you’ll enjoy gourmet kitchens, sumptuous baths, spacious quarters, and breathtaking scenic views of the city and the mountains: everything you love about a large, suburban home set within a single-level, private condominium. Come see this luxury property for yourself by scheduling an appointment today.
Living area:
- Raised panel entry door with designer selected hardware
- Hand-set 12×12 inch tile entry floor
- Expansive interior glass
- Designer coordinated light fixtures
- Abundant use of LED down lighting throughout residence
- Raised and coffered ceiling areas per plan
- Smooth drywall finish with radius corners
- Engineered hardwood and designer carpet in selected areas
- Eight foot raised panel interior doors with brushed nickel lever hardware
- Sleek easy touch rocker switches
- Custom trim baseboard and door casing
- Soaring 9-12 foot floor ceilings per plan
Check out the rest of the features here.
Historical Society Fundraiser – The Old Yellow House:
Orinda Theatre
4 Orinda Theatre Square, Orinda
Thursday, March 19th, 2015
7:00pm | $12Join us for an evening to learn more about Orinda’s history, the making of Net Zero Homes, and our passion for sustainability by harnessing natural energy from the sun, earth, and rain.
$12 admission at the door
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek
The latest Bedford Gallery exhibit, The Object & the Void – West Coast Metal Sculpture, has been showing for abot a month now and it’s still exhibiting through April 12th.
From their website:
The Object & the Void features four West Coast sculptors whose work reveals how both a sculpture and the void that surrounds it need one another to communicate ideas and concepts. The exhibition assembles sculpture and installations by renowned artists Bella Feldman, Linda Fleming, Clay Jensen,and Yoshitomo Saito. The artists work with metal media ranging from cast bronze to cut steel, to explore weight, balance, and how it can be used to portray a broad reach of visual imagery and ideas – including narrative, poetic, and abstract concepts.
Each of the exhibiting artists is well known for their masterful command of their media and inventive style. Clay Jensen forges austere structures in bronze inspired by his home state of Utah and the Bay Area’s dwindling urban environments. Linda Fleming and her “diagrams of thought” are colorful, patterned structures that suggest the presence of two realities existing at once. Yoshitomo Saito’s installation, 1000 Prayers, is a poignant installation of one thousand pine cones that comment on the series of natural disasters that have battered Japan in recent years. And Bella Feldman’s poetic work brings together metal, glass and found objects.
artists
Bella Feldman • Oakland, CA
Linda Fleming • Benicia, CA
Clay Jensen • Oakland, CA
Yoshitomo Saito • Denver, CO
Bella Feldman:
More photos of the exhibit after the jump…
11 Fiesta Ln, Lafayette
Last November we heard some scuttlebutt about Patrizia Marrone boutique opening in downtown Lafayette and it’s true, when I dropped by on Friday they mentioned that they will be opening by today. They are located between Amphora and 18|8 Fine Men’s Salon. Previously they were located in Blackhawk Plaza in Danville.
Town Hall Theatre Company
3535 School St, Lafayette
Saturday, March 14th, 2015
8:00pm | $25 ($30 @ door)Brace yourself, Alice Radio’s Scott Capurro returns to Town Hall.
Koran bashing, barebacking – award winning gasper Scott Capurro inches closer toward autoerotic asphyxiation. Scott played Aunt Jack in Mrs. Doubtfire and a rubber head in Star Wars; Phantom Menace. He was left to self-destruct on Rove, which got him banned in Australia. Boo hoo.
Total Edinburgh Fringe sell-out since 1994.
‘Sheer Audacity’ ***** Chortle
‘Vaingloriously poisonous’ ***** Scotsman
‘Comic equation: Larry Grayson x (Lenny Bruce + Chris Rock)’ ***** Guardian
Photo by Flickr user shawnhoke
This week we learned that yet another pizza restaurant, Boca Pizzeria, would be opening in downtown Walnut Creek and a commenter suggested a reader poll about what restaurant/bar/cafe etc. you would like to see in downtown Walnut Creek.
I am so hoping someone realizes that what WC needs is not another version of something that already exists once (or twice or three times) already, but something else. Something that won’t disappear when trends change in a year or two. I would love to see a proper Irish pub, where folks can hang out, eat, drink, maybe listen to some live music, and generally stop stressin’ about the world.
If you had your pick what you most like to see? An Irish pub? Burmese restaurant? Tea house?
Explore Tibet through Photographs and Paintings:
Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery
3620 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Saturday, March 14th, 2015
2:00pm – 7:00pm | FreeOne-day-only Fundraiser for the Tibet Oral History Project, a noble effort of documenting the stories of Tibet.
My dear friend, Dr. Marcy Adamski is creating the only oral history of Tibet. She is traveling the world, with the encouragement of the Dalai Lama to compile interviews with Tibetan elders before they all pass and this history disappears. The volumes of transcription are destined for the Library of Congress. Thousands of interviews have already been completed. The trip to Nepal is very important for this effort. The elders will not be with us much longer so time is of the essence. Please join us and hear about this project. Make a purchase to help fund the trip. 100% of all purchase of artwork shown for this exclusive engagement on March 14th will be used to travel to Tibet with a film crew and assistants. Thank you very much for your support. Bring friends!!
2151 Salvio St, Concord
The pizza restaurant openings keep coming with the Chicago style pizza restaurant Mi Pi Pizza opening sometime this month in Concord across from Todos Santos Park. Check their Facebook page to see the signage which has gone up.
From their Facebook page:
Mi Pi Pizza is an authentic Chicago Restaurant capturing the flavors & atmosphere of Chicago. 4 Crusts including Deep Dish Pizza
