From a reader:
I’ve seen this flag outside this establishment (across from the [Walnut Creek] library) — but I can’t figure out the significance of the colors. It’s blue and black. Any ideas?
I wonder what the significance is, anyone know?
From a reader:
I’ve seen this flag outside this establishment (across from the [Walnut Creek] library) — but I can’t figure out the significance of the colors. It’s blue and black. Any ideas?
I wonder what the significance is, anyone know?
Ygnacio Plaza, Walnut Creek
The frozen yogurt shop Yoppi Yogurt closed recently in Ygnacio Plaza in Walnut Creek, next door to Yalla Mediterranean.
Cypress Street, Walnut Creek
Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
5:00pm – 8:00pm | FreeIt’s time for bell bottoms, groovy tunes and anything tie-dyed as Walnut Creek Downtown celebrates the ’70’s with a funky festival of live music, food and fun. Disco on the dance floor to 70’s tribute band The Billy Martini Show, spin the lucky Wheel of Walnut Creek Fortune for a chance to win great prizes and enjoy tasty treats from two different Food Truck Mafia food trucks along with a selection of local craft beer and wine.
Check out the mind-blowing Astro Botanical Giant Inflatable Art Exhibit and Civic Arts’ interactive art booth featuring a mobile screen printing art cart. Spring shopping at local retailers and arts and crafts booths. Families will enjoy KettleTopia Hot Kettle Corn and lots of interactive games.
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT BY:
The Billy Martini Show- A 70’s Tribute
Moraga Shopping Center, Moraga
The UPS Store in the Moraga Shopping Center is relocating a few spots down where St. Mary’s Flowers & Gifts used to be. This is a larger location with entrances in the front and back.
Downtown Lafayette
Saturday, April 9th, 2016
10:00am – 12:00pm | FreeLove dogs? Bring your best four-legged buddy to our annual dog-fest: Dogtown Downtown. We’ll start at Lafayette Plaza for a dog parade, and we’ll head to the Lafayette Library Amphitheater for fun activities and contests. Don’t miss the fun!
Long considered a pet friendly town, Lafayette is giving top billing to its canine community for its third annual Dogtown Downtown event, scheduled for Saturday, April 9, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. This is an event about – and for – dogs and dog lovers.
Designed to be a fun and festive canine-focused event, Lafayette Dogtown Downtown includes outdoor demonstrations, fun dog competitions, and other activities for dog lovers of all ages. Pet adoptions will be available and animal rescue group representatives will be on hand, as well as other dog-related vendors.
Enter your dog in any/all contests – FREE registration starts at 9:30am at the Lafayette Library.
Photo by Flickr user danmoyle
Thanks to local broker Brendan Moran with the Moran Real Estate Group for the monthly real estate updates for Beyond the Creek.
Click the links below for a complete list of home and condo sales in Walnut Creek for last month, March, 2016:
Walnut Creek March sales (Acrobat Reader .pdf)
Walnut Creek March sales (Excel)
1524 Locust St, Walnut Creek
Last month we learned that Limon Rotisserie would be coming to downtown Walnut Creek and now another restaurant, Pleasanton-based Lokanta Mediterranean Grill & Bar, looks set to open in downtown Walnut Creek as well. Check out their dinner menu here and lunch menu here.
An employee at Lokanta did indicate they would be opening however according to city permit information both restaurants are using the same 1524 Locust St. address. If you look closely at the above photo you may notice that it’s split with an internal wall, however the address at left is 1524 and the address at right is 1520 so we’ll see if this space will be occupied by both restaurants or not. Stay tuned…
From their website:
Lokanta restaurant offers sophisticated menu of Turkish,Greek and Mediterranean Fusion Cuisine.
At Lokanta Grill we stand behind the culinary dishes we create.We take our responsibility of ensuring the origins of our ingredients seriously and pride ourselves on using local, seasonal and organic fare whenever possible
The Vineyard Shopping Center, Concord
Thanks to a reader for pointing out that another Orangetheory Fitness gym is opening in The Vineyard Shopping Center (Kmart and Lucky) in Concord. They are aiming for a May opening and although the Walnut Creek/Lafayette franchise owners are different from the Concord franchise owner, members may visit any Orangethoery Fitness gym free of charge. Learn more about their heart rate-based workout routine here.
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Friday, April 1st – Sunday, May 1st, 2016Based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee
Gypsy has been acclaimed by writers, critics and audiences as the Greatest American Musical. Loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of the famous striptease artist, the show follows the dreams and efforts of her “ultimate stage mother” Rose to raise two daughters on the vaudeville circuit, casting an affectionate eye on the hardships of show business life. This classic backstage story is peppred with popular standards like “Everything’s Coming Up Roses”, “Together (Wherever We Go)”, “Small World” and “Let Me Entertain You”.
Running Time: approx. 2 hours 40 minutes, including one intermission
