Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Colleen McCormick Named Business Person of the Year
Lafayette's business community turned out to honor Colleen McCormick, the 2013 Marquis Business Person of the Year and founder of Lamorinda Music, at an honorary dinner held at the Lafayette Park Hotel.
 By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, January 30, 2013
An Inspiring Tale of Food Intolerance and Granola
In her Lafayette office off Mt. Diablo Boulevard, Jennifer Bielawski juggles tons of organic oats, organic corn flakes, agave nectar and seeds of all kinds. She sets up appointments with decision makers in the retail food industry and keeps an eye on her granola ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, January 30, 2013
LYNN'S TOP FIVE Medicare Planning at Retirement - It's Not for Sissies!
Like a good mystery novel, planning for Medicare at retirement is a process full of many twists of plot, some odd characters and often a shocker ending. Unraveling the integration of Medicare into your new retirement lifestyle and budget can send you to the hair salon ...By Lynn Ballou, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(tm)
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| Wednesday, January 16, 2013
The Real Estate Year in Review
2012 was another interesting year for ...By Conrad Bassett
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| Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Bursting With Ideas and Creativity, Here Comes The New Art Room
The talented artist who took over The Art Room at 50 Lafayette Circle (across from Chow), Carrie Klein, has the desire and creative energy to offer an array of art classes and collaborative working opportunities using a wide variety of media for all ages and avenues of ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Local Business: What to Expect in 2013
It's often said that "all politics is local," a phrase coined by former U.S. Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, but so is economics. Here, on the ground in Lamorinda, is where 2013 will hit the mark or flop. We asked local business owners for their thoughts. What we ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, January 02, 2013
The Best of 2012
Time to ring in 2013 and review 2012! It was a great year for the Lamorinda Theatres with increased attendance of over 20 percent. This was the highest attendance at both Lamorinda theatres since 2003, which was before the Century Theater opened in Walnut Creek. To ...By Derek Zemrak
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| Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Life after the Massage Parlors
It was a sad sight along Mt. Diablo Boulevard, where Carlos Gomez' tailoring business, Moises Gomez and Associates, was withering, surrounded by massage parlors of ill repute. Now driving to the corner of Mt. Diablo and Willow Drive, one might not recognize the place. ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, December 07, 2011
business briefs
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| Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Blooms By You Flower Arrangement School Gets Ready for the Holidays
Holiday homes would not be the same without a wreath adorning the front door. Making your own unique creation is easy thanks to Chris Stoneberg and Blooms By You, a flower arrangement school she opened in her Orinda home-studio. Wreaths are not the only decorative ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Work Progresses on the Old Yellow House
"Everybody says that it's never gonna happen," James Wright says of the whole house remodel slowly taking shaping at 209 Moraga Way, the site known locally as the Old Yellow House.
By Cathy Dausman
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| Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Improving Downtown Parking in Orinda
Parking around Orinda's Theatre Square has become more and more congested. Local patrons and employees drive in circles in the downtown area trying to find a place to park that won't end in a ticket, and BART riders who have searched for illusive spaces in the Orinda ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, November 21, 2012
The Home DesignerBathroom Remodeling - Keep It Smart ... And Save
Second only to kitchens, the bathroom is the most used, and the most valuable piece of real estate in your home. Many think of it as a purely utilitarian space - a necessity of life. Others, like myself, consider the bathroom a place to indulge and luxuriate.
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| Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Lynn's Top FiveCreating Family Memories and Charitable Giving: The Perfect Holiday Recipe
At this time of year we are all looking for ways to spend time with friends and families and celebrate the holidays without taking our budgets to the brink. Folks in our community are particularly charitably minded, so I really think this column will resonate well ...By Lynn Ballou, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(tm)
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| Wednesday, November 21, 2012
The Writing Studio
Writing well requires thinking well, and can lead to overall success in school and in life. The essay, for example, is an important aspect of college admissions, yet while Lamorinda communities thrive on excellence and have many private specialized schools for math, ...By Sophie Braccini
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