Not as cool as the other Sasa door of the day, this one is at the front entrance to Sasa Restaurant in downtown Walnut Creek. The “S”-shaped door handle is a nice touch.
Not as cool as the other Sasa door of the day, this one is at the front entrance to Sasa Restaurant in downtown Walnut Creek. The “S”-shaped door handle is a nice touch.
The green fencing has finally come out at the future Anthropologie store at the corner of Locust St. and Mt. Diablo Blvd. in Walnut Creek. As you can see all the windows have been removed. I look forward to seeing what it will look like when it’s finished. As noted previously, it’s scheduled for completion sometime in 2012.
Down Family Lane, located at the backside of Broadway Plaza across from U Threads has closed its doors around Christmas time Beyond the Creek has learned. For any fans out there not to worry as they will still be available online.
Quick note, a Coming Soon directory of stores and restaurants opening soon in Walnut Creek and nearby areas is now available on the right side of this blog. If anyone knows of anything new opening up please leave a comment or shoot me an email to tips@beyondthecreek.com thanks.
Nestled between Extreme Pizza and the Cheese Steak Shop, towards the back, at 1628 Cypress St. in downtown Walnut Creek will soon be a new CrossFit gym, Walnut Creek CrossFit. It should be open sometime in February. There is already one other Walnut Creek CrossFit gym, CrossFit Sweat Shop, and one on the Pleasant HIll/Walnut Creek border, Diablo CrossFit, but this one is in a prime downtown location.
From their website:
In a sentence, our mission is to provide coaches with the skills, experience, expertise, equipment, knowledge and dedication to our clients so that they may achieve their physical fitness goals no matter how big or small.
But to elaborate, here at CrossFit Walnut Creek, our passion is fitness. We don’t find this to be a chore or a mandatory regimen that takes time out of our day – this is our playground and we have more than 3,500 square feet in which to play! We love to be here. We love to swing, climb, jump, row and lift heavy things for their own sake…because it makes us feel good. We also enjoy the benefit of added strength, speed, agility, coordination, flexibility, endurance, power, stamina, accuracy and balance. We have no greater desire than to ignite that fire under the feet of every person that walks in the door with the idea that they might want to energize themselves and take their youth back. This is a place where energy runs high, support runs deep and fun is our main objective. We want you to come back because youwant to not because you are a slave to some resolution or feel that you have to. For our trainers and members, this is a way of life, not just a goal or a 6 week plan. Care to join us?
Disclosure: I am a happy CrossFit member at a nearby gym.
The Ballet School, located at 1357 N. Main Street in downtown Walnut Creek, has been in business for over 30 years, “one of the longest running businesses in existence on North Main Street”. From their website:
Our approach to the teaching of dance recognizes both the demands of the art at the professional level and the pure enjoyment dance offers to those students who may not aspire to a dance career. In a school dedicated to the highest standards of dance training, the atmospheres of our classes are friendly, and our faculty is supportive to the varied goals of our students.
Whatever those goals are; career, personal growth, or perhaps just fun and exercise, The Ballet School offers training and guidance to help every student develop his or her potential, one-step at a time.
Our students have opportunities to display their training and talent in performances. All students in the academic level may participate in our annual School Demonstration. More advanced students are given the opportunity to dance with the school’s affiliated company, The Ballet Joyeux, both in yearly concerts as well as in a full length ballet.
The Ballet School also offers private coaching, as well as special classes for adults and children in the Theatre Arts.
I imagine this is geared for kids, if anyone has been there please let us know how it was.
Restoration Hardware restroom
Pottery Barn restroom
Quick, you’re shopping at Williams-Sonoma in downtown Walnut Creek and suddenly realize you need to use the restroom. What are you going to do? There is no bathroom at Williams-Sonoma! Do you go left and try Restoration Hardware, or do you go right and go to Pottery Barn? Well, now you no longer need to wonder because you can judge for yourself. Both are on the second floor, and although I prefer the wainscoting of Restoration Hardware they are both reasonable options.
Spotted right next to Urban Outfitters and Barnes and Noble. Does anybody know the history behind it?
Last week I wrote about a LOST DOG sign on the window at LIFT Lounge and Grill. A reader wrote in:
Re your recent posting about the lost dog, the gray/blue Sharpei. We live on Mayo Lane and have seen this dog many times, it often used to come down our lane to leave his mark. We knew he was not a stray because he had a collar on we tried to catch him but we could never get anywhere close to him as he would always run off.As a dog owner I am very sorry that he finally went missing but the owner should have kept him more secure, as I said he used to roam around the neighborhood often and I guess that somebody must have finally taken him.
I often hear about the Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce, so imagine my surprise looking down a side walkway when I saw a sign for the Contra Costa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Turns out they are headquartered right in downtown Walnut Creek at 1515 Locust St., across the street from Inge’s Footwear and they have been there for over two years now. From their website:
MISSION
The mission of the Hispanic Chamber is to develop, enhance and promote valuable business opportunities for our members while providing a special emphasis on education, cultural awareness and available resources within the Hispanic Community and Contra Costa County overall.
The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Contra Costa County is working to promote the economic prosperity of its members within the Hispanic community and the Contra Costa community.
While there they mentioned that it’s used both by Hispanic businesses as well as local companies that wish to do business with the Hispanic community.