Spotted in La Boulange Bakery’s Lafayette bathroom.
Sprouts supermarket is open, Habit Burger is open as of yesterday, and Supercuts will soon be open in the Sprouts Shopping Plaza at Geary and N. Main St. in Walnut Creek. Personally, I’m really waiting for The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and Freebirds World Burrito to open up. I have never been to either before so I can’t wait to try them out!
Looks like House of Bagels on Locust St. in downtown Walnut Creek is on the cutting edge of technology, offering up its menu as a QR code displayed prominently on its front door. What I would like to know is whether anyone has ever scanned a QR code? Is this really useful?
On a side note, how are the bagels at this House of Bagels? Is this the same owner as in San Francisco? What’s the best type? I tend to prefer everything bagels myself.
The lawsuits against the Moraga School District over sex abuse cover-ups in the 90s keep piling up. Just yesterday the Contra Costa Times reported that two “Jane Does” are suing the district for $30 million. This comes on the heel of the initial lawsuit against the school district by Kristen Cunnane who was also sexually abused in the 90s as well.
The article notes that when school officials were informed of the abuse:
Instead of passing the allegations on to law enforcement, as required by law, Walters sat on the complaint for two months before showing Witters the letter — revealing the girl’s identity to her alleged abuser. Witters denied the abuse allegations.
A district memo says Walters shared the girl’s letter with vice principal Simonin, and the two administrators decided “not to pursue the issue,” according to district records.
I wonder how this will affect Moraga school finances in these times of financial difficulties. Will money raised by the PTA and local community be used to offset district money used to settle the case? Maybe they can use that in their donation plea as they attempt to persuade people to donate. “We need your help to offset money from the Moraga school district as they settle all these sex scandals from the 90s. Think of the children. Thank you.”
The reflection takes away from this image unfortunately, but this life sized image of Hannibal Lechter has probably scared countless people strolling down Locust St. in downtown Walnut Creek as they passed by the Redux Lounge during the day. Anyone surprised the first time they saw this? I have to admit I was.
Last Friday downtown Walnut Creek had their annual trick or treat event and tomorrow Broadway Plaza will offer Trick or Treating from 5:30 – 7pm:
Join us for some safe and spooky fun this Halloween! Fill your favorite treat bag with goodies from all participating stores. While supplies last.
So who has better offerings, downtown Walnut Creek stores or Broadway Plaza shops?
Back in September Diablo Dish had the scoop on Ike’s sandwich shop coming to downtown Walnut Creek however the lease sign had been up and no work was being done, until now that is. Check out the unmistakable likeness of Ike himself plastered on the windows of the former Red Mango frozen yogurt store a couple of doors down from the Cheesecake Factory. Check out their menu here. I can’t wait to try this place out! Has anyone been to Ike’s before? How are the sandwiches?
From Ike’s website:
Ike’s Place first opened its door on Halloween of 2007. The man behind the sandwich, Ike Shehadeh, always puts his customers happiness first. That is what sets Ike’s Place aside from the rest. When you come to Ike’s Place it is our goal to make you feel like the unique individual that you are. If that isn’t enough to set us aside, did I mention that the bread is baked fresh to order? And our soon to be patented “Ike’s Dirty Secret Sauce” is spread on every sandwich and baked right in the bread, and another layer is spread on afterwards to give it that extra flavor. Mmmmm… are you hungry yet?
I wonder if they’re going to do extensive remodeling inside or whether they can reuse Red Mango’s interior. I think it looks pretty nice in its current state:
It’s interesting how this section of downtown Walnut Creek has morphed into a giant outdoor food court, with Cheesecake Factory, Chipotle, Panera, Buckhorn Grill and of course a Starbucks.
Who knew that downtown Walnut Creek is home to a pole dancing studio? I must have walked by here a million times and the thought never even crossed my mind. Sedusa Studios is located at 1255 S. Main St. next to Children’s Place and offers a variety of classes from Stiletto Basics to Olympic Pole Training. Class are listed here.
From the Sedusa Studios website:
We have twelve twenty foot tall dance poles, beautiful lighting, a large Go-Go Dance cage, and Brazilian Cherry hardwood floors throughout the studio. Pole Dance class sizes are kept to twelve women so that each dancer gets her own pole for the entire class. The huge space, sound system and lighting make the studio a perfect place to hold your bachelorette, birthday or holiday parties. Get your sexy on and come dance with us, soon!
Sorry guys, this is for women only.
Now that SusieCakes in Lafayette is open has anyone had a chance to try them out yet? Any recommended bakery items? As you can see in the photo the signage is now up and when I peaked inside I could see sign mentioning Thanksgiving Pies:
Yum, they all sound really tasty! I can’t wait to drop by and try something.
Photo from Lafayette Chamber of Commerce
The 2012 Lafayette Reservoir Run was held yesterday under sunny skies with plenty of volunteers, a band and cheering friends and family. Thanks to the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce and volunteers for taking the time to put on this event to help support the local community.
This year the sponsors moved to the plaza which was nicer than the parking lot across the street. For some reason it felt smaller than last year, or maybe I’m just imagining things.
Looking at the photo above, the guy in the blue shirt looks pretty speedy doesn’t he? Unfortunately he didn’t even place in the top half of his age group in the 10k race but he’s happy nonetheless. 🙂