Looking Good in Lamorinda - Holiday Style
It was beginning to look a lot like Christmas back in October but now the festivities are really here and to get us in the mood, Julie Rubio from J. Colleen Boutique in Lafayette is hosting an open house. Stop by between 2 and 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5 for wine tasting ...By Moya Stone
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Candy Kattenburg Retires
An icon of the Orinda business community is bowing out of her position as executive director of the Orinda Chamber of Commerce. Candy Kattenburg was the anchor of the organization for 10 years, managing it, organizing events, taking care of the members, and serving as ...By Sophie Braccini
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The Fourth Bore Tap Room & Grill Opens in Theatre Square
It can be a bit puzzling when a business owner closes a seemingly successful restaurant to replace it with another one. Michael Karp, who owns Barbacoa and Table 24 in Orinda's Theatre Square, did just that. He closed Barbacoa at the beginning of November and ...By Sophie Braccini
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Lynn's Top Five
With the busy holiday season awaiting us, I thought it would be a good idea to share a few year-end tax strategies with you while you still have time to implement them. This was a very quiet year for new tax laws, but that should not lull you into a sense of ...By Lynn Ballou, CFP(r)
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Dover Saddlery Offers Everything Equine at New Moraga Store - and Horses are Welcome
More local businesses are becoming dog friendly, but Dover Saddlery, which opened its 30th retail store in Moraga Friday, Nov. 13, has gone a step farther - with horses. Patrons can bring their horse to the store at 444 Center Street, so equipment can be selected and ...By Sophie Braccini
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Contra Costa Green Award for Lafayette Development
Ward-Young is proud to announce that the firm has been presented with the 2015 Contra Costa Green Building Award for Woodbury, a luxury condominium in Lafayette. The 7th Annual Contra Costa Leadership in Sustainability & Green Building Awards Gala on September 23rd ...
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Specialties of the House: The Hunt for Happy Hour
This week's Hunt for Happy Hour, which brings you the freshest and finest when it comes to discounted beverages and premium small bites in the Lamorinda area, focuses on La Finestra, a Sicilian dining spot with old-world charm and classic cocktails.
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Good Karma for Klein's New Art Room
When Carrie Klein took over the Art Room in Lafayette three years ago, across from Chow and The Cooperage in a charming cottage, many warmed her that the building was set for the same fate as the old Petar's building: destruction. But Klein trusted in her lucky star. ...By Sophie Braccini
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The Real Estate Quarter in Review
The third quarter of 2015 again showed very good activity on the residential side of Lamorinda real estate and inventory continues to remain low when looking at available homes: In Lafayette there were 32 on the market as of Oct. 6 and there were 39 at this time one ...By Conrad Bassett, CRP, GMS
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Orinda's Taverna Pellegrini: A Place to Come Back To
Dario Hadjian, owner of Orinda's Taverna Pellegrini that opened for business in mid-September, says he likes to eat and he loves to cook. The statement won't surprise anyone who has smelled the gorgonzola cream sauce that coddles his homemade gnocchi or tasted a ...By A.K. Carroll
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PG&E High Wire Act Wraps Up
If you looked skyward in Lamorinda lately, you probably noticed helicopters hovering near local transmission towers. The linemen, air crew and their ground counterparts are working to upgrade Pacific Gas and Electric Company's 230-kilovolt transmission lines in the ...By Cathy Dausman
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Lynn's Top Five
Each fall the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, in association with the Financial Planning Association, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Foundation for Financial Planning, holds an extraordinary event called Financial Planning Days. What started out ...By Lynn Ballou, CFP(r)
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Family Roots Run Deep
When Dawn Eames walks into the Farmyard Darlings boutique in the back of Mt. Diablo Nursery and Garden, through the displays of farm- and cowboy-inspired objects and repurposed furniture, she sees shadows of what was her first home - the wood frame and beams designed ...By Sophie Braccini
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Hofssi Chocolates - ChocolatiŠres of Lamorinda
When most people hear the word gianduja, the first thing that comes to mind probably is not chocolate. The delicious blend of roasted nuts and chocolate was born in Italy in 1806. Napoleon's Continental Blockade of British imports created a cocoa shortage that led ...By Sophie Braccini
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Local Therapist Cracks the Speech and Language Code
Meeting each client and understanding their unique interests to help them progress is what Alexandra (Alex) Coleman really loves to do at her new speech and language therapy practice, Affinity Speech and Language Services, in Moraga. For example, one of her 3-year-old ...By Sophie Braccini
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