I met a top-secret source for lunch at Le Cheval last week. … Oh my goodness! The things this source told me … With this source’s access to… Read more “Have you used the cute little parking tokens in the city’s new automated garages? How do you like them?”
Author: Crazy in Suburbia
How can teens manage Facebook, homework and everything else?
A Walnut Creek friend recently told me about her very high-achieving daughter. This girl is a senior at one of our local high schools, and she’s busting… Read more “How can teens manage Facebook, homework and everything else?”
Walnut Creek considering upgrade of Iron Horse Trail crossing at Mt. Diablo Boulevard
It’s going to cost $125,000 but city staff say they have the money in the Capital Improvement Program and that helping trail users to be more visible to… Read more “Walnut Creek considering upgrade of Iron Horse Trail crossing at Mt. Diablo Boulevard”
Warning to gals who use public places, like Safeway’s check-out lines, for their personal confessionals: Others will be listening in
It’s true. I have no shame. If people are talking loudly in public about their personal problems–whether to a another human being who is present or to… Read more “Warning to gals who use public places, like Safeway’s check-out lines, for their personal confessionals: Others will be listening in”
Piedmont Lumber was on "brink of financial ruin"
Thanks to some enterprising court-records-digging reporters at the Contra Costa Times we know Monday some more details about the financial struggles at the Piedmont Lumber and Millwork… Read more “Piedmont Lumber was on "brink of financial ruin"”
Literacy in Lafayette? Or not quite?
Anna, the Lemon Lady, was cruising around our fair ‘burbs–as she is known to do, looking for ways to help feed the hungry and to do her… Read more “Literacy in Lafayette? Or not quite?”
Do your kids feel safe at Walnut Creek Intermediate?
Apparently, the vast majority do, which is a good thing, despite the fact that the school has had to deal with five “student issues” in the 2009-10… Read more “Do your kids feel safe at Walnut Creek Intermediate?”
Surprisingly quick visit to John Muir’s ER after my thumb got in the way of a potato peeler
At about 8 p.m. Sunday my husband said I would probably need to go to the emergency room. The bleeding had not stopped from the gash on my… Read more “Surprisingly quick visit to John Muir’s ER after my thumb got in the way of a potato peeler”
What are Babe Ruth and bears doing on Broadway in Walnut Creek?
I was walking south along North Broadway the other day—on my way to blond up my hair a little at Changes Salon, if you must know. As… Read more “What are Babe Ruth and bears doing on Broadway in Walnut Creek?”
Fire damage at Piedmont Lumber estimated at $5million; cause still under investigation
Here are some updates coming in Sunday on the four-alarm blaze that destroyed Piedmont Lumber on North Main Street Saturday: –The fire caused an estimated $5 million in… Read more “Fire damage at Piedmont Lumber estimated at $5million; cause still under investigation”
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