My Genealogy Services: Know Where You Come From
Karla Henderlong and Madeline Yanov met at the Contra Costa County Genealogy Society and became friends. When they brainstormed ideas for a new career that would combine flexibility and passion, genealogy quickly emerged. Together they founded My Genealogy Services, ...By Sophie Braccini
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Champagne Design Named Moraga's 2015 Small Business of the Year
Champagne Design is Moraga "mompreneur" Lynn McAuliffe's company, creating everything graphic for other businesses, from marketing materials to print media and websites. The mother of two Campolindo High School students created the business 17 years ago after her ...By Sophie Braccini
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Lafayette's Rancho Cantina Brings Diners Back to Culinary Roots
Before Moraga became home to Saint Mary's College or Orinda built Theatre Square, before the completion of the Caldecott Tunnel or the creation of Lafayette Community Park, the wild west of Lamorinda was divided into ranchos - tracts of land used to raise cattle, sheep ...By A.K. Carroll
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The Real Estate Quarter in Review
The first quarter of 2015 showed a continued fast pace in activity on the residential side of Lamorinda real estate. Supply has again decreased and most of those homes that have recently come on the market have gone quickly pending. Closed sales remain relatively low ...By Conrad Bassett, CRP, GMS-T
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Lafayette Fashionista: Being in the Right Place at the Right Time
On a warm summer day in 2013, San Francisco native Graciela Guerrero-Reynoso was shopping in Lafayette, enjoying all the cute stores in the area. Walking up Brown Avenue, she saw a consignment store and decided to go in, thinking maybe she'd find a bracelet or a ...By Diane Claytor
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From Online to Brick and Mortar
Irene Chen-Glenby says she feels a sense of pride when she looks around her boutique, Parker Thatch. She and her husband, Matthew Glenby, recently opened the store at 19-D Orinda Way in the Hilton House Shopping Center. The Lafayette couple created the high-end ...By Sophie Braccini
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Two Businessmen Start a New Chapter of Their Lives in Lafayette
Abdullah "Zee" Azizi and Farshid Ramani recently opened new businesses on opposite sides of Mt. Diablo Boulevard. To the east, Azizi purchased Ace Auto Care at the end of 2014. While Ramani, to the west, opened Red Carpet Flooring in March. Azizi is fresh out of the ...By Sophie Braccini
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Orinda Farmers' Market Now Open
The Bee Man. The Egg People. The Jam Lady. The names may sound like a list of Hollywood super powered movie villains, but to Orindans, they are old friends who magically appear with truckloads of tasty treats at the Village Square on Orinda Way every Saturday morning ...By Laurie Snyder
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Lynn's Top Five
This month the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards has posted a lot of really helpful free information revolving around the theme of where to retire. This is a very timely topic in our community, and in my offices we spend quite a bit of time with clients ...By Lynn Ballou, CFP(r)
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Lamorinda's Specialties of the House
Nothing says Easter like a beautiful plate of eggs - scrambled, fried, or however you take them. Spring has officially sprung, and we're celebrating with one of Lamorinda's favorite weekend pastimes: brunch. Whether it's an early-morning omelette, a midday frittata or ...By A.K. Carroll
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Cooking With Kids Foundation, an Enterprise and a Mission
Standing by the prep table in the Lafayette Community Center's kitchen, Chef Lynda Rexroat held a big knife, getting ready to slice a carrot. The tiny fingers and palm of a 4-year-old child pressed on Rexroat's steady hand, as she learned the slicing technique. ...By Sophie Braccini
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Orinda's Old Yellow House
A walk through James Wright's now fully restored Old Yellow House is like taking a walk through history. In the past three years, the architect has transformed his 1890 two-story house into 2,050 feet of what he calls "the most comfortable building" that he has ever ...By Cathy Dausman
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Happy Valley Restaurant Opens in Lafayette
When it comes to the day-to-day duties of owning and running a restaurant, for sisters Nancy Kwan and Amy Yee, it's all in the family. Their family immigrated to San Francisco from Hong Kong and have lived in the Bay Area ever since. Yee has always been drawn to the ...By A.K. Carroll
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Business
As Edna Russell enjoyed a cup of coffee with ...By Sophie Braccini
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Lynn's Top Five
Most parents hope to avoid becoming a financial burden to their children. But increasingly, adult children are being called upon to help not just organize their parents' affairs and hire care managers, but also to step up with real financial support as well. There ...By Lynn Ballou, CFP(r)
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