Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
A couple of weeks ago we learned that the fashion store Vince Camuto would be opening soon in Broadway Plaza in downtown Walnut Creek and they have now opened. As you can see in the photo below the Broadway Plaza location features designer women’s handbags, clothing, shoes and accesories. Note that full-priced items are 15% off with code WALNUT15 through March 19th.
Peet’s Theatre
2025 Addison Street, Berkeley
Friday, February 5th – Sunday, March 20th, 2016
$35 – $89Running time: 2 hours, plus one 15-minute intermission
An estranged son, a father who’s ill, a visiting uncle carrying their memories in tow, a woman without an appetite, and a refugee from a forgotten country—they all prove potent ingredients in this bittersweet and moving meditation on family, forgiveness, and the things that nourish us. When language fails, when the past fades, the perfect meal transcends time and culture and says more than words ever can. Julia Cho’s plays have garnered critical praise from New York to Los Angeles. Now she pairs with Michael Leibert Artistic Director Tony Taccone on the elegant, poignant, and lyrical Aubergine.
10979 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito
One of the most interesting and eclectic places to visit in the East Bay is Playland Not-at-the-Beach, an amusement center featuring pinball machines from various eras, vintage penny arcades, carnival games, dioramas and more in a 9,000 sf building on San Pablo Ave. in El Cerrito. For $15, ($10 for kids), you can actually play and use all the pinball, carnival and arcade games all-day. Note that they are only open on weekends and if you have small kids, beware of Laughing Sal, an old animatronic character used to “attract carnival and amusement park patrons to funhouses and dark rides throughout the United States.” It may be extremely scary to kids and annoying to adults. Check out the video of Laughing Sal after the jump to get an idea what it sounds like. Opposite Laughing Sal is the carnival games section where you can get tickets for winning games which can be traded in for a used toy item. As someone who played pinball machines as a kid I had a blast playing games I hadn’t played in decades. My kid ended up enjoying playing a baseball pinball machine from the 1930s! Check out the Playland Not-at-the-Beach website here. Get there early to beat the crowd.
From their Facebook page:
Playland-Not-at-the-Beach is a temperature-controlled 9000-square foot building chock-full of amazing things to see and do. There are 30+ pinball machines set on Free Play, arcade games, videogames, carnival games of skills where you can win prizes, penny arcades full of antique amusement devices, live magic shows, an amazing hand-carved miniature circus, side show acts, miniature dioramas, Fascination games, and historic exhibits with artifacts from the Sutro Baths and Whitney’s Playland in San Francisco.
Plenty more photos plus a Laughing Sal video after the jump…
Photo by Flickr user scelera
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Rain Barrels: Installing a Home Rainwater Catchment System:
Walnut Creek
Saturday, February 27th, 2016
10:00am – 1:00pm | $35 – $100 (sliding)Save hundreds of gallons of water by capturing the rain that falls on your own roof! In this hands-on workshop participants will learn while doing, as a rain barrel system is installed in a Walnut Creek backyard. You’ll get all the info about sizing your system, parts, different types of set-ups, and much more.
Refreshments will be served.
Brendan Moran is a real estate broker with Moran Real Estate Group and a partner with Executive Brokers. Neither he nor any company he’s affiliated with represented any of the parties or were directly involved in the transaction reported below. The source of information is Contra Costa Association of Realtors MLS. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Address: 1438 Camino Peral, Moraga
List Price: $649,000
Sold Price: $660,000
Days on Market: 4
Close of escrow: 1/15/16
This three bed, two bath town home in the Casitas de Moraga complex near Moraga Commons lasted four whole days before being snatched up by a cash buyer for $660,000, $11,000 more than the asking price. And yes, that’s still a great deal. Town homes were selling in the $725,000 range on the same street just six months ago. Plus, there are no rental restrictions here, which means a savvy investor can get great rent from young families looking to get into the Moraga School District.
Listing courtesy of Jim Colhoun with BHG Mason McDuffie Real Estate.
Downtown Pleasant Hill Shopping Center, Pleasant Hill
It was only last month we learned that Lizzy’s Pies opened in the Downtown Pleasant Hill Shopping Center where Sinful Bliss Cupcakes used to be, and now it looks like they are already gone from this spot. There is no Open sign nor much left inside.
Spotted in downtown Walnut Creek. One of the bumper sticker says, “Kennedy for President”. Dodge Polara 500.
The inside looks amazingly authentic.
Lamorinda Music (Big Room Theater)
81 Lafayette Cir, Lafayette
Thursday, February 18th, 2016
7:30pm – 10:00pm | $5Come and play with Synergy Theater at our next Third Thursday Improv Jam! Mix it up with awesome improvisers from all over the area, learn new formats, share some of your own, and have a freakin’ blast!
3116 Oak Rd, Walnut Creek
A couple of years ago Mika’s Japanese Cuisine opened next to the Park Regency Apartments in Walnut Creek and they have now closed. Look for a new Japanese restaurant, Kama Sushi, to open in this spot. Stay tuned…
