A couple of weeks ago I noted that the fashion jewelry shop Bracchiale was coming to Broadway Plaza, previously occupied by Betsey Johnson which left in June. Now Bracchiale is open for business and when I dropped by it was quite crowded with women checking out what kind of jewelry is available.
Check out the front part of the shop below:
This is some of the jewelry available:
According to the owner there will be a wide variety of jewelry available with all price ranges in mind up to $300. By the way, Bracchiale is pronounced Brashale not the Italian way, Brackiale. Bracchiale is located at Broadway Plaza in downtown Walnut Creek right across from Nordstrom and next to Swarovski.
DIABLO BALLET & SHERMAN CLAY PRESENT
GREAT MUSIC FROM GREAT BALLETS OCTOBER 12th IN WALNUT CREEK
(Walnut Creek, CA) Music from such legendary ballets as Swan Lake , Romeo & Juliet, and others come alive in the piano concert Great Music from Great Ballets, Friday October 12th 8 PM at the Sherman Clay store in Walnut Creek (1605 Bonanza Street). Admission is free. Seating is first come and doors open at 7:15 PM.
Presented by Diablo Ballet and Sherman Clay, world class concert pianist Gregory Taboloff will perform works by such legendary composers as Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and others masters. Lauren Jonas, Diablo Ballet Artistic Director, will introduce and talk about each ballet.
Enjoy a glass of complimentary wine while enjoying some of the greatest classical music every written. You may also enter a free drawing to win tickets to a future Diablo Ballet performance.
Great Music from Great Ballets is presented Friday November October 12th 8 PM at Sherman Clay, 1505 Bonanza Street in Walnut Creek. Admission is free for all ages. Doors open at 7:15 PM for first come seating. For more information, call Diablo Ballet at 925-943-1775 or visit www.DiabloBallet.org. PHOTO INFO
Photo Credit: Ashraf
Diablo Ballet dancers Mayo Sugano and Derek Sakakura
Corners Tavern’s new weeknight Happy Hour offers hand-crafted cocktails, select artisan beers and an eclectic list of wines, plus some of the best bites in town – all at special mid-day pricing. Beginning October 10, Happy Hour will be available Monday – Friday from 3 – 6pm in the bar and lounge areas. Some of the great finds that we’ll be featuring include $6 wines-by-the-glass. Look for La Grange Tiphaine Chenin Blanc, Brancott Estate Sauvignon Blanc, Cadet D’OC Pinot Noir and Potel-Aviron Gamay. We’ll also be featuring some of our most popular cocktails – at just $5 each: Hemmingway Daiquiri, Boulevardier and Moscow Mule. A rotating list of draught beers will also be available for $4 with favorites like Trumer Pils, Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale, Linden St Burning Oak Black Lager and Calicraft Cali Colsch.
Executive Chef Esteban Escobar will also make some of his favorite bar snacks available such as his house made pretzel with Belgian ale mustard for $2, housemade potato chips with Aleppo pepper for $3, smoked chicken wings with achiote and lime for $6 and more. View the full Happy Hour menu.
By now you’ve probably heard the controversy surrounding a boy scout from Moraga who was denied his Eagle Scout award for being gay. The scout’s mother posted a petition on Change.org that currently has over 390,000 signatures.
Ryan is now a senior in high school, and just completed the final requirements to earn his Eagle Award. He’s an honor student with great SAT scores, who’s hoping to attend the University of San Francisco. But because he recently came out to his friends and family as gay, leaders from our local Boy Scout troop say they won’t approve his Eagle award.
Troop 212 released a statement explaining why they rejected him:
“Recently, a Scout proactively notified his unit leadership and Eagle Scout Counselor that he does not agree to Scouting’s principle of ‘Duty to God’ and does not meet Scouting’s membership standard on sexual orientation,” the statement reads. “While the BSA did not proactively ask for this information, based on his statements and after discussion with his family he is being informed that he is no longer eligible for membership in Scouting.”
Note that in addition to sexual orientation it mentions not agreeing to “Duty to God” although the boy scout’s mother denies that:
“The Boy Scouts of America’s statement that Ryan does not agree to Scouting’s principle of “Duty to God” is inaccurate,” she said in a statement released Friday. “Ryan has never said that he does not believe in a higher power, and the only reason he’s being denied the rank of Eagle is because the Boy Scouts of America has a problem with Ryan being gay.”
On the one hand the Boy Scouts are a private organization so they can pretty much make their own rules regarding who gets awarded, on the other hand not awarding a kid just for being gay is not very nice. The girl scouts don’t have such a rule by the way which I think is interesting. Do you think the boy scout, Ryan Andersen, should have been made an Eagle Scout?
Thanks to realtor Brian Sparr for compiling this list of home and condo sales for Beyond the Creek. Sales for Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda and Moraga are included. Both PDF and Excel reports are included below:
Yesterday I was at Starbucks on Duncan St. and N. Main St. in downtown Walnut Creek so my 4 year old could get a drink. I told him to pick something out and he chose this. Perfect I thought, a juice drink. I order a small iced tea for myself and the cashier rang up about $8. I thought I was hallucinating or something. “$8?” I asked the cashier. Maybe they raised the prices of plain iced teas I thought to myself. When the cashier told me the juice drink is $6 I guided my kid to a $1.50 apple juice.
I’m sure this Evolution Fresh drink tastes great. I’m sure it’s beyond healthy. But as Jerry Seinfeld likes to say, Really!?!
For those wondering what’s going on at the Fuz site, a Kelly-Moore paint store will be opening up at 3707 Mt. Diablo Blvd. in Lafayette at the old Japanese fusion restaurant Fuz (formerly Lafayette Joe’s). As you can see from the photo below it’s getting extensively remodeled.
From the City of Walnut Creek Saturday Walks webpage:
October 20, 2012 Along the canals of Walnut Creek Click for walking guide.
An easy canal-side 4-mile walk on two regional trails, one statewide trail, and one nationwide trail, all in Walnut Creek! Meet at Heather Farm Community Center, 301 N. San Carlos Drive, for an 8:30 a.m. departure. Note date change to 3rd Saturday of the month for October only!
Recently I was at my favorite downtown Walnut Creek parking garage at N. Main & Duncan St. next to Starbucks when I noticed a guy there marking cars with chalk. For some reason he was marking very clearly so I now understand how they determine which cars to give tickets to.
Every hour they walk around the garage and make a mark on the tire of each car. If you parked within the first hour you will have one mark on your tire, as seen in the photo above. If you have been there between 2 and 3 hours you will have 2 marks, as seen in the photo below. And if you have 3 marks that means you have been there between 3 to 4 hours. The next time they come around in an hour you will get a ticket. Since it’s a private garage they can come around after 6pm and on Sundays and you are still responsible for moving your car within 3 hours.
I was driving around Moraga recently and noticed that every sign for Karen Mendonca, who is running for reelection for the Moraga Town Council is accompanied by a “Dump Mendonica” sign. Someone must really have it out for her given the amount of time and money they spent. Does anyone find this uncalled for or is negative campaigning expected these days?
In case you were wondering, this is from Karen Mendonca’s Council page:
Karen Mendonca was elected to the Moraga Town Council in November 2008. She served as Vice Mayor in 2010 and the Mayor of the Town of Moraga for 2011. Karen represents the Town of Moraga as its delegate to the League of California Cities (LOCC) and to the Contra Costa County Mayors’ Conference. She is Moraga’s liaison to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG).
