Looks like the former Stereo Unlimited store on Locust St. in downtown Walnut Creek is getting a new cafe. According to my source it will be called Healing Foods Café which will offer customized food and diet programs for healthy eating as well as medical issues by using specific food types. Stay tuned…
Recently I checked out an art exhibit at the Bedford Gallery in the Lesher Center called, “Larger than Life: Exploring Scale in Contemporary Art”. It’s on display through August 18th and is really cool. I think everyone including kids will enjoy this exhibit. Although it’s hard to tell from the photos, most of these art pieces are massively huge.
From the Bedford Gallery exhibit page:
Since the Egyptians, art has played with the limits of its medium, stretching its size and scope to unfamiliar and unbelievable proportions. From the Great Sphinx of Giza, to Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, artists have realized large-scale projects that have pushed the dimensions of their work to new and spectacular heights (and lengths!)
Larger than Life will explore how contemporary artists have begun to use new materials and technologies to reshape the traditional scale of sculpture. Recently, artists have focused of unfamiliar materials and methods of construction, using these elements to investigate the oversized, overstuffed, and uncanny elements in art. This exhibition will encourage viewers to reconsider what they have come to know about the role of art, and the way in which subjects and themes can be represented.
Viola Frey, Fallen Man:
See more art after the jump…
This is the final kitchen to be featured from the Lafayette Juniors Kitchen Tour that took place last month in Lafayette. One cool feature I noticed was a shallow space in the kitchen island being used for grilling tools as you can see in the photo below. Great use of space!
This house, in particular the backyard, is an entertainer’s dream and in fact this is where the luncheon took place. There are so many great, shady spots in the back to hang out and enjoy the scenery.
Check out photos of the backyard after the jump…
1400 Moraga Rd, Moraga
Thursday, July 4th, 2013
8:30am | $30Participants can still register online at ChronoTrackLive.com. Just click HERE to register now for the Moraga July 4th Fun Run!
For race day morning registration, please click HERE for the race day PDF registration form. Just print it out, fill it out, and bring it with the $30 registration fee, on race morning. Race day registration begins at 7:00am.
For those that have sent in their early registration or have registered online, bib number and t-shirt pick up will be available at the Rheem Shopping Center Starbuck’s from 5:00pm to 6:30pm on July 3rd, the evening before the race.
We look forward to your participation in this year’s event, and your support of Campolindo High School’s premier athletic programs!
Just noticed that Lottie’s Creamery has a new sidewalk sign display up in downtown Walnut Creek. I had a scoop of apricot crumble, amazing as always.
Drop into the boutique ReChic 101 in Orinda Village and you’d think you’re in Berkeley. Fun to browse around. The store design is quite eclectic. In business for a year and a half this boutique caters to a younger crowd including teenagers. They offer both consignment and new clothes and also have plenty of unique gift and room decor items for sale. From their Facebook page:
ReChic 101 – is a unique spot to find something that’s useful and fun for ages ~13 and up… way up! Repurpose unused clothes, find something unique for your space, hang out in the social lounge or join a group to learn almost anything from hobbyists & experts. Got a skill? Show it off or teach it here. ReChic 101 welcomes the tried, the true and the ever changing you!
ReChic 101 is located at 101 Orinda Way in North Orinda.
Lounge area in front:
Check out more photos of inside after the jump…
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek
Friday, June 28th & Sunday, June 30th, 2013
8:00pm (Fri) 2:00pm (Sun) | Buy ticketsPassion, bitterness, jealousy and innocence all converge on a tragic collision course in one of Giuseppe Verdi’s most stirring operas, his masterful adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Othello.
Otello captures Verdi at the height of his powers, filling the music with equal measures of poetry and passion. Festival Opera is proud to celebrate Verdi’s 200th anniversary with this exceptional musical achievement, presented in co-production with Palo Alto’s West Bay Opera.
Thanks to a reader for noting there is some activity going on at the old Sakana Sushi restaurant which closed in December in Walnut Creek at Newell Square. Anyone know what’s going in here? Maybe a sushi place called Kana Sushi? 🙂
Back in January I noted that Arden B. was closing in Broadway Plaza in downtown Walnut Creek and now J.Jill will be moving from around the corner next to Crate & Barrel to this new location. The planned open date is July 18th. The new location is right on the main drag across from Banana Republic and next to J. Crew so this is a better location but what happens when Broadway Plaza closes to remodel?
J.Jill old location in Broadway Plaza:
