1571 Botelho Dr, Walnut Creek
The fashion boutique Scout & Molly’s is coming to downtown Walnut Creek where Atlas & Athena used to be (and recently relocated a few blocks away), right next to another boutique, jinny. Look for a late May opening. Check out the designers they feature here.
Driving on I-680 in Walnut Creek, Alamo, Danville down to San Ramon one can see the coming FasTrak toll Express Lane signs sprouting up. According to the 511.org website, these lanes are free for carpools and motorcycles but will charge a dynamic fee for solo drivers based on the amount of traffic.
Do you support the expansion of these toll lanes?
All Things Tomatoes and More!: Seduction of your Vegetable Spring Garden:
Walnut Creek Library
1644 N. Broadway, Walnut Creek
Saturday, March 11th, 2017
1:30 – 3:30pm | FreePresented by Master Gardeners of Contra Costa County, Marian Woodard will prepare one and all on our spring vegetable garden: how to be most successful in all things tomato, peppers and eggplants and more, what to look for when obtaining the best plant varietals, and what to look for with some of the upcoming events and farmers markets.
Now that’s a menu I can appreciate. Look at that crust! Spotted outside Slice House in downtown Walnut Creek.
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Friday, March 31st – Saturday, April 29th, 2017Three sisters discover secrets, lost opportunities, and new beginnings in this charming story of a bittersweet homecoming.
Stockton, California. 1945. The war is over and American optimism is returning. Also returning are the three Matsumoto sisters – Rose, Grace and Chiz – to their family home, a farm outside of Stockton, to begin their lives again after internment in Arkansas. Successful, prosperous and part of the community before the war, taking up life where they left off proves more complicated than they thought. Balancing comedy, romance and suspense, this tender and truly heartwarming play tells an important story of what it means to be American.
1550 Olympic Blvd, Walnut Creek
It’s been only a few weeks since we learned that the Korean-Japanese restaurant Koja Kitchen would be coming to downtown Walnut Creek but already the signage is up. Check out their menu here.
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
The fashion boutique XCVI is relocating once again a couple of doors down in Broadway Plaza where Amour Vert used to be.
Walnut Creek Library
1644 N. Broadway, Walnut Creek
Friday, March 10th, Saturday, March 11th, 2017
$12Iranian film “The Salesman,” by Asghar Farhadi is this month’s selection by Mountain Shadow Film Society. It won the 2017 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Farhadi, who won a previous Academy Award in 2012, is known as “Master of the Ordinary” because he presents one of the few glances at middle class life that is available in Iran.
“The Salesman” refers to the Arthur Miller play and the two leading actors are a married couple facing their own dilemmas. A.O. Scott of The New York Times says “The Salesman” is a story “about trust and honor, about violence against women in a patriarchal society, about the woe that is in marriage but it is also about death, a salesman and the hidden brutality of class.”
1677 N. Main St, Walnut Creek
Late last year we learned that the LA style street food restaurant 310 Eatery temporarily opened within Library on Main in downtown Walnut Creek and now a new popup has opened as initially reported by Diablo Dish, Pho 84 East, “Oakland’s oldest Vietnamese restaurant”. Check out their menu here.
How does this compare to Kevin’s Noodle House a few blocks away?
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Last month we learned that the clothing store Ministry of Supply would be opening where Vince Camuto used to be in Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek and they have now opened. Although predominantly a men’s clothing store they also have a small women’s section as well. Check out their website here. They are having a launch party on March 15th with, “beer, wine, cocktails and made-on-the-spot ice cream from Smitten Ice Cream” as well as a “chance to win free Ministry of Supply products”. If interested, register for the party here.
More photos of the inside after the jump…
