Spotted near the Walnut Creek-Pleasant Hill border.
Spotted near the Walnut Creek-Pleasant Hill border.
Now that the weather has cleared up and is getting warmer out brunch has been on my mind lately. My usual routine is to fire up the waffle maker on Sunday mornings with some freshly squeezed orange juice and a big pot of loose tea but it would be nice to go out for a yummy brunch somewhere nearby. Pizza Antica has started offering brunch recently and there are plenty of other eateries as well. So for today’s question, what is your favorite place for brunch?
Golden Gate Way, Lafayette
It may not be Buckingham Palace, but this fence sure does bear a resemblance to the one surrounding Buckingham Palace in London, England. Spotted in all places on Golden Gate Way in downtown Lafayette. I wonder what the story behind this is.
Buckingham Palace is the official residence of the British monarch. More information can be found here. Official website is here.
Check out the actual Buckingham Pace fence:
Photo by Flick user lorentey
Last month I made a Friday Question of the Day post asking whether you supported a ban on plastic bags in Walnut Creek (pretty evenly split) due to an impending vote in the Walnut Creek City Council and they have now voted for “banning single-use carryout plastic bags at all restaurants and retail stores, including supermarkets and pharmacies.” according to the Contra Costa Times. The ban will take effect this fall, September for retail stores and December for restaurants and there will be some exemptions such as bags for, “meat, produce, dry-cleaned clothes, prepared foods and prescription medications”.
As someone who has relied on Walnut Creek Target plastic bags to use for trash bags at home I guess I’ll just have to buy plastic bags in bulk at where else, Target, and remember to always bring my own bags for shopping as well. Just remember when grocery shopping to use cloth bags and wash them in a washing machine to remove germs as recycled bags can harbor some dangerous germs.
Spotted in downtown Walnut Creek across from Macy’s, the warning says, “DANGER, STAY OUT – STAY ALIVE” which always reminds me of the warning messages at Yosemite at the top of the waterfalls that state, “if you go over the fall, you will die”. Presumably the warning here is not referring to the little man-made waterfall at right, but rather the steep drop at left.
I’ve driven by here many times and finally decided to stop for a photo.
From Wikipedia:
The Lafayette Hillside Memorial is a collection of crosses, accompanied by a large sign, in Lafayette, California. The crosses are intended to serve as a memorial for United States soldiers killed in the Iraq War, with the sign containing a running total of the death count. The monument began to raise controversy in November 2006.
I wonder if the focus will ever change to those killed in all wars as opposed to just the Iraq war?
Photo by Flickr user meddygarnet
Over the weekend I pulled into the new Arco gas station in Moraga to fill up. As I popped the gas tank cover I looked over directly across from me and see two guys standing next to their car smoking cigarettes right near the pump. Based on their demeanor I felt uncomfortable even looking at them so I did a long loop around them to get to the machine to pay. Then I walked back the same way and peeked at them again before selecting the grade and saw they were still smoking. Finally, I started pumping and waited far back from the pump. While pumping I envisioned one of the guys flicking his still smoldering cigarette butt in my direction engulfing me and the gas station in flames.
In my mind smoking and gas stations don’t mix but is it really a big deal? Should I have taken off immediately after seeing this or is the danger overblown? I don’t think it would have been a good idea to go up to them to inform them that smoking is not permitted near gas pumps unless I wanted to get hurt so that’s out of the question.
I think Moraga Commons Park may be the future birthplace of water volleyball. Summer Olympics 2052? Only time will tell…
