Spotted on Mt. Diablo Blvd. in downtown Lafayette.
The Bloom Space, a vintage collective and DIY workshop has been open since June 8th in Lafayette on Mt. Diablo Blvd. In addition to handcrafted goods from various vendors they also offer DIY workshops including classes featuring Chalk Paint (from England). Check out the classes here. The Bloom Space is located at 3391 Mt. Diablo Blvd. in Lafayette.
From their website:
The Bloom Space is a vintage collective and DIY workshop. Our collective hosts 12 vendors of beautiful vintage and antique design: home and garden decor, furniture, art work, vintage clothing and accessories, collectables, toys & funky, one-of-a-kind curiosities! If you love mixing vintage with an artistic flair, this is the place to find unique treasures.
Our DIY workshop offers a variety of classes on crafts, decorating, repurposing, refinishing, light culinary and more. At our DIY classes you can “Make It & Take It”, learn new techniques and have fun being creative!
Check out the work of one of the vendors:
Check out this year’s participating restaurants for Walnut Creek restaurant week which begins April 15th and runs through the 21st. I wonder what Ottavio will offer. The Va de Vi menu looks enticing.
From their FAQ:
What is Walnut Creek Restaurant Week?
Walnut Creek Restaurant Week gives local food aficionados and visitors an opportunity to enjoy a prix fixe lunch for $10/$20 and dinner for $20/$30/$40 at participating Walnut Creek restaurants.How Does a Guest Take Part in Walnut Creek Restaurant Week?
There are no passes, tickets or coupons. Instead, diners simply visit their favorite participating restaurants throughout the week to enjoy the special prix fixe menus. However, it is strongly recommended that diners make reservations in advance by contacting the participating restaurants directly.
Photo from DayOne
Thanks to a reader for sending word that the baby store DayOne is closing on April 12th in downtown Walnut Creek. This means within the past four months every single children’s store has closed in downtown Walnut Creek and Lafayette. The Right Start closed in December, Giggle closed in February, and Tulip also closed in February in Lafayette. Is Buy Buy Baby to blame which opened in Pleasant Hill or are there other factors causing baby stores to close? Are people having less babies recently? What’s going on?!
From their site:
We want to thank the Walnut Creek/East Bay community for supporting DayOne for the past five years. It has been an honor and pleasure to work with you and your babies and we hope you will come visit us at our San Francisco & Palo Alto Centers.Important Things To Note:-DayOne Walnut Creek Members Will Be Offered Store Credit for Their Memberships On a Pro-rated Basis With an Additional 15% Off All Walnut Creek DayOne Merchandise if Purchased Using That Credit.**-Class Registrations for Classes After April 14th Will be Refunded With Store Credit With an Additional 15% Off All Merchandise Purchased Using Store Credit.**-Childbirth Preparation Class will be held on Sunday, April 14th, as scheduled.-Store Credits Must Be Claimed by April 12th But Do Not Expire Until October 31, 2013.**Can not be combined with other discounts or offers.
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek
Through Saturday, April 27thThe 39 Steps is a melodrama adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 film byAlfred Hitchcock. Patrick Barlow wrote the adaptation, based on the original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon of a two-actor version of the play. Barlow had originally intended to portray the character of Richard Hannay, but focused solely on rewriting the original version.[1]
The play’s concept calls for the entirety of the 1935 adventure film The 39 Steps to be performed with a cast of only four. One actor plays the hero, Richard Hannay, an actress (or sometimes actor) plays the three women with whom he has romantic entanglements, and two other actors play every other character in the show: heroes, villains, men, women, children and even the occasional inanimate object. This often requires lightning fast quick-changes and occasionally for them to play multiple characters at once. Thus the film’s serious spy story is played mainly for laughs, and the script is full of allusions to (and puns on the titles of) other Alfred Hitchcock films, including Rear Window, Psycho, Vertigo and North by Northwest.
What is an instrument doing on the side of this Lafayette building? Even the siding is artistic. Does anyone know the story behind this wall?
Back in August I noted the temporary closing of the Shell gas station on Mt. Diablo Blvd. near the entrance to Highway 24 and now it has reopened after being completely reconstructed. This is the most convenient gas station for me and probably many others so I’m glad it’s finally back.
Fernandez Ranch Hiking Trails, Martinez
Saturday, April 13th, 2013
10:00am – 1:00pm | FreeThe hike is Saturday, Apr 13, and will give residents a chance to explore the wildflower laden hills of Fernandez Ranch, learn about local flora & fauna, and how students from New Leaf learn from the land (including a wildlife monitoring project they conduct at Fernandez Ranch.
