Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Clever Container for New Office Building Drivers cruising through the west end of Lafayette may have wondered what's with all the heavy equipment on what may arguably be the skinniest parcel in Lafayette near the Veteran's Hall. It will be the future home of The Fresh Connection, headquartered in Lafayette, ...
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Wednesday, August 01, 2012 A Young Woman's Endeavor: Creating a New Dental Office Julia Hoang set an objective for herself as she finished dental school: buy someone's practice within four years. But life sometimes takes a different path. After working for a few years in someone else's practice in Orinda, she could not find anyone ready to retire ...By Sophie Braccini
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Wednesday, August 01, 2012 Lynn's Top Five: Time for a Mid-year Financial Planning Tune Up! Too hot to go outside? Have that nagging feeling that there's something you should be doing that you've forgotten? As we are lulled into that peaceful part of the summer, it's easy to see why at tax time we shake our heads and wonder "what was I thinking?!" about a ...By Lynn Ballou, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(tm)
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Back to the Table It's a sweet deal, two local sisters going back to the kitchen together and inviting the community along. Leslie Pease and Lisa Evaristo have just started "Back to the Table" in Lafayette. A new business that offers culinary classes of all types and for all ages on ...By Sophie Braccini
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 Barbacoa: Lively Energy, Good Food The latest addition to Theatre Square in Orinda has what it takes to titillate the most discriminating palate in Lamorinda. Called a Mexican Grill, a pretty ubiquitous label, Barbacoa serves food that's unique in the area: creative, seasonal, flavorful and healthy. ...By Sophie Braccini
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Neat Idea Turned into Local Global Business You would never guess that Marylee Guinon needs help finding her lipstick or her keys at the bottom of her purse. The sporty Lafayette resident is an engineer, organized and in charge. But like many women, she carries a feminine purse that's almost a portable office. ...By Sophie Braccini
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Local Resident Creates Fashion out of Plastic Bags Moraga resident Malak Shoukry is likely to set a new trend in fashion with her line of accessories made from recycled plastic bags. Using a crochet hook and a lot of imagination Shoukry turns those pesky unwanted shopping bags, newspaper bags, and produce bags into ...By Moya Stone
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012 Think Inside the (Theatre) Square Someone new to Lamorinda strolling through Theatre Square might not believe that just five years ago the occupancy rate on the first floor was desperately low, restaurants located where Table 24 is now had been failing one after the other, and, in spite of half a dozen ...By Sophie Braccini
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Security Systems for the Home To alarm or not to alarm; that is the question. Homes in affluent communities, Lamorinda included, can be magnets for thieves. An alarm system may be one way to prevent your house from becoming the next burglary statistic.
Cathy Dausman
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 A Stroll Along Golden Gate Way - Something Old and Something New There is a lot of history left in a certain ...By Sophie Braccini
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012 New Businesses 'Springing Up' in Lamorinda New businesses are coming to Orinda, the gateway east of the Caldecott Tunnel. "We chose Orinda because we want to offer our services to Orindans, and because it's a great place to access the three Lamorinda communities and beyond," says Dee Busos, CEO of Care Indeed. ...By Sophie Braccini
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012 First Place for Lamorinda Weekly Photographer Doug Kohen Congratulations to Lamorinda Weekly photographer Doug Kohen, who was honored last weekend by the California Newspaper Publishers Association at the conclusion of the 2012 Press Summit in San Jose. Kohen took first place in the 2011 Better Newspapers Contest, in the ...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Two Independent Lafayette Retailers Plan to Close Doors When Handlebar Toys finally closes its doors at the end of April, more than 40 years of Lafayette history will come to an end. Not too far away along Mt. Diablo Boulevard, another independent business in Lafayette will soon disappear: Sandy's Unique Boutique. By Sophie Braccini
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012 The Real Estate Quarter in Review The first quarter of 2012 showed a huge ...By Conrad Bassett, CRP, GMS
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Pimp My Ride! How often do you hear of a random act of kindness in this tough world? When it happens, it seems almost too good to be true.
Lafayette's Professional Automotive owner David Watson has ...By Sophie Braccini
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