Photo by Flickr user edbierman
Golden Gate Park
County Fair Building
9th Ave and Lincoln
Saturday, January 6th – Sunday, January 7th, 2018
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The Veranda, Concord
Plenty of pizza choices coming to Concord with Mod Pizza opening recently in the new Veranda shopping center in Concord. Check out their menu here. Yesterday we learned that the Neapolitan pizzeria MidiCi will be opening next door at the Willows shopping center.
Photo by Flickr user shog9
When I read this New York Times article about the burgeoning popularity of raw water in the Bay Area and elsewhere I have to admit I smiled. Considering these people consider fluoride a “mind-control drug that has no benefit to our dental health”, as well as a “deathly toxic chemical”, is it any surprise they think raw water is the greatest?
Here is one more quote from a raw water proponent about filtering water:
“You’re going to get 99 percent of the bad stuff out,” he said. “But now you have dead water.”
He said “real water” should expire after a few months. His does. “It stays most fresh within one lunar cycle of delivery,” he said. “If it sits around too long, it’ll turn green. People don’t even realize that because all their water’s dead, so they never see it turn green.”
What do you think of drinking raw water? Is there any validity to it or is this playing with fire?
Photo by Flickr user ontask
Bounty From Your Garden: Fruit Trees 101:
Rodgers Ranch Heritage Center
315 Cortsen Rd, Pleasant Hill
Thursday, January 18th, 2018
10:00am – 12:00pm | $25Fresh fruit off your tree is so much better than what you find in stores! The best time to plant fruit trees and berries is in January and February, when nurseries have the best selection of bare root plants. Learn how to choose, prep, plant, prune, and maintain your fruit trees. Special attention will be given to keeping them small through first and subsequent pruning (dwarfing rootstock doesn’t keep them small). We will also touch on berries and go over differences in planting blackberries, raspberries and blueberries.
Willows Shopping Center, Concord
In addition to burgers and Mexican food you’ll soon be able to get your pizza fix as the franchise Neapolitan pizzeria MidiCi is coming to the Willows shopping center where Road Runner Sports used to be. Check out their pizza menu here.
From their website:
Our certified pizzaiolos (pizza makers) invite you to select fresh, natural, high quality, mostly non-GMO high quality ingredients to create your ideal Neapolitan Pizza in the open, center-staged bustling kitchen, also known as “the heart”. We meet rigorous gastronomic rules to serve authentic Neapolitan Pizza, famous for its a chewy and crisp dough topped with all-natural ingredients, all baked to perfection in 90 seconds. Staying true to Neapolitan heritage, our dough is made with only four fine ingredients – non-GMO double zero flour imported from Naples, pure water, sea salt and live yeast. The authentic and pure garnishes include – crushed non-GMO Italian peeled tomatoes, fresh whole mozzarella and non-GMO, Italian extra virgin cold-pressed olive oil.
Agora at South Main, Walnut Creek
In October we learned about plans for a fight club to come to Agora at South Main complex in downtown Walnut Creek and the window signs are now up as Omni Fight Club prepares to open offering 60 minute, high intensity cardio-kickboxing sessions. Learn more about the experience here.
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Saturday, January 13th, 2018
7:30pm | $30Patterned after Broadway’s Tony awards, the Shellies honor over 120 individuals and their work in musical and non-musical theatrical productions that took place between September 1 and August 31.
Running Time: approx. 3 hours, with one intermission
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
In July we learned that Teavana would be closing in Broadway Plaza (and all other retails locations) in Walnut Creek and they have now closed.
Willows Shopping Center, Concord
The Concord Planning Commission is holding a public hearing this evening which will consider an application for Massage Envy to open where Rick’s Rather Rich Ice Cream (and the spot next door) used to be in the Willows Shopping Center in Concord. I believe this is the first salon-type service to open at the Willows. Has there been anything like this previously?
Walnut Creek Library
1644 N. Broadway, Walnut Creek
Friday, January 5th, Saturday, January 6th, 2017
$12Still playing the festival circuit (Berlin, Seattle, Mill Valley & more …), Mountain Shadow has snagged this touching film from New Zealand about what it means to be family and ‘at home.’ After surviving a nasty car accident, Tia has nowhere to go. Estranged from her mother and rejected by her father, she attempts to befriend the strangers involved in the accident. Caught between the innocence of youth and the immaturity of young adulthood, this is a coming-of-age story that is both authentic and poignant.
