3569-C Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Last I month I noted that the women’s boutique Lanvie would be relocating to the Clock Tower in downtown Lafayette and they are now open. They are right next to Francesca’s Fashion.
3569-C Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Last I month I noted that the women’s boutique Lanvie would be relocating to the Clock Tower in downtown Lafayette and they are now open. They are right next to Francesca’s Fashion.
Spring Break Art Camp for Kids:
Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery
3620 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Monday, March 31st – Friday, April 4th, 2014
9:00am – 2:00pm | $375A spring break art camp for kids you wish you could take yourself.
Want to give your kids a fun, hands-on, art-making camp that goes beyond scrapbooking, sketching, and laniard? Give the visual explorers in your family five days of exciting creative experiences using a wide variety of methods and styles. This camp will be led by me and lifetime art educator, Eden Solomon.
About the co-instructor, Eden Solomon
Eden brings a lifetime of art making and instruction, most recently in Oakland’s MOCHA. She’s taught in many venues, including London’s Tate Modern Museum and East Bay public schools. Eden has a gift for combining true art skills with science and play. She is known for challenging experienced students and inspiring a sense of play in new students.
What to expect
Art making will take place in the gallery, studio and patio area. Slideshows will give reference to modern artists and relate the activity of the day to techniques and perspectives the kids can experience first-hand. Arrival between 8:30 and 9 with lessons beginning by 9:15. Snack break at 10:30 and lunch at 12:30. Healthy snack provided. Please pack your child’s lunch.
Lessons include:
- drawing
- painting
- printing
- clay
- puppet and mask making
- weaving
- paper sculpture
- color theory and mixing.
- modern art history
Please call or stop by to ask questions and see the gallery and studio space.
Details
Monday through Friday, March 31-April 4
9:00AM-2:00PMSnack and supplies are included. Each child is required to bring lunch and may choose to bring their own snack.
Address: Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, 3620 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Lafayette. (Across from Diablo Foods. See map.)
Price $375. Registration necessary prior to camp.This art camp is limited to 12 children between ages 9-12.
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
A new personalized grocery delivery service started by local Walnut Creek woman Brooke Dodson is open for delivery orders beginning today for anywhere in Walnut Creek, Lamorinda, Danville and a few other locations. For details on how it works click here and for their pricing page click here.
From their website:
Go-Getters was founded by Brooke Dodson, a girl who loves grocery shopping. As a kid, she loved trips to the store with Mom, eventually taking over the household shopping in high school. While studying Economics at UCLA, she worked as a personal assistant to a Beverly Hills family, and that’s when her idea for a personalized grocery delivery service first began to take shape. Since then, Brooke has worked in marketing in several different industries and received her MBA in Marketing and Strategy from UC Davis in 2013. Throughout her career and her education, she continued to assist friends, family, and colleagues with their grocery purchases. In 2014, Brooke decided it was time she took this passion, along with her education, creative energy, and entrepreneurial spirit to create Go-Getters. Based on the concept of putting the “person” back into personal shopping, Go-Getters offers busy parents, professionals, seniors, and small businesses personalized delivery of groceries and more. Go-Getters currently serves the East San Francisco Bay Area, with hopes for future expansion.
71 Lafayette Cir, Lafayette
Last month I noted that The French Bakery was closing in Lafayette and a new restaurant featuring local & sustainable comfort foods called American Kitchen will be opening in this spot in May. Check out their draft sandwich menu here. Which one of these would you most like to try? I love how they may offer PB&J as well as lobster rolls and cod sliders. Of course I’ll have to try the AK Burger.
From their Facebook page:
Rustic, approachable, casual – an anytime eatery with a walk-up window for quick bites to-go or stay and gather in this renovated old “mill-house” space. Farmhouse style with picnic tables out front, community seating, a fun neighborhood joint for lunch, happy hour, and dinner. ‘Kitchy’ yet clean & comfortable; ‘Americana’ in spirit, yet contemporary in style. A gathering place, a shack, a watering hole, a country house where we welcome you to our ‘chef driven’ American Kitchen…a new restaurant & gathering place where it’s an ‘all in the family’ food & bevy experience; fun for folks from all walks of life…serving only the finest all natural, sustainable foods & bevies!
Along with Roam Artisan Burgers, Cooperage and Rustic Tavern, the dining scene in downtown Lafayette has suddenly become a lot more diverse. Sweet!
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?
de Young Museum Docent Lecture:
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Wednesday, March 5th, 2014
6:30pm – 7:30pm | $5From 1918 until the early 1930s, Georgia O’Keeffe lived for part of the year at Alfred Stieglitz’s 36-acre family property situated just north of Lake George Village. The Lake George years were among the most prolific and transformative of her seven-decade career. A docent will join us to describe this first major exhibition devoted to this period in O’Keeffe’s career which highlights 55 of her works.
$5/person
To reserve call: 925-283-6513 x103 or email: reserve@LLLCF.org
32 Lafayette Circle, Lafayette
I recently stopped by for a peek inside the long awaited family restaurant The Cooperage American Grill which is scheduled to open this Sunday, March 2nd in downtown Lafayette. As expected, the remodel looks amazing with reclaimed wood from Petar’s being used throughout the restaurant.
Check out their dinner menu here. Brunch will be offered on March 15th (see menu here), with lunch available on March 24th (see menu here). Of interest is the Cooperage Burger, “8 oz. Angus burger, lettuce, tomato, pickle, red onion jam, toasted bun, Kennebec French fries” for $13. I can’t wait to try this! Reservations can be made on their website here.
From their website:
The Cooperage American Grille, locally owned by Lafayette Residents, Andrew and Merilee McCormick, is a rotisserie-inspired american grill. Chef Erik Hopfinger’s extensive menu features American favorites like slow roasted chicken prepared in a glass-encased rotisserie oven, New York steak, beef tenderloin, and our signature burger (made with our own meat grinder at the grill). The Cooperage also offers healthier options, including a selection of salad entreés made with local and organically grown ingredients.
The Cooperage is comfortable for families dining with children and features a large bar area with flat screen TV’s, 12 beers on tap, eight wine selections on tap, and vintage cocktail list.
The inside is huge, check out the bar area below:
Plenty of photos of the inside after the jump…
71 Lafayette Cir, Lafayette
Thanks to a reader for sending word that a new restaurant will be opening where The French Bakery is currently located on Lafayette Circle. The French Bakery’s last day will be March 2nd. I made a Judging Cafes post about The French Bakery a couple of years ago.
Stay tuned for news on the new restaurant…
