Wednesday, June 09, 2010 Free Father's Day Car Show in Lafayette It rolls around every year, but deciding how to make dads, honorary dads and husbands feel special is always a challenge. Instead of a tie or cologne - how about checking out a 1937 Phaeton on Father's Day? Look for this mobster car along with 50 other fabulous ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, June 09, 2010 Need a Last Minute Gift for your Favorite Grad? It's graduation time and you don't have a gift. Lucky for you, this is Lamorinda, a gift-givers paradise. If cold cash seems clich‚ and supporting local businesses is on your roster, follow these off-the-beaten-path suggestions for recognizing the academic a ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, June 09, 2010 Talented Musicians Take the Stage at Jazz Cafˇ It's amazing what happens when you combine a dedicated teacher, kids motivated and hungry to learn, supportive parents, and a community committed to the arts. Students from Lafayette could not have found a more nurturing environment to master the art of music. All ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, June 09, 2010 Rheem Theater - The Phoenix Rises The story has all the ingredients of a great movie: hope and despair, surprising developments and heart-wrenching disappointments, resilience and redemption, brave entrepreneurs, industrious politicians, and dedicated friends... the only thing it does not have is a ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Hey Good-lookin', What's Cookin'? When my children were toddlers, life was full of eating, cooking and eating (like it is now, except that there are larger portions to dole out these days). Years ago a friend and I came up with the idea of a "cooking playgroup" because we were busy with children and in ...By Dr. Theresa Tsingis, D.C., M.S.
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| Wednesday, May 26, 2010 The New Nuts and Bolts of Pools Windows open to the warming June air usher in that familiar suspension of summer's stillness. Our thoughts turn to barbecues and backyard fun, as the delightful echoes of giddy children splashing in pools or skipping through sprinklers wave through the neighborhood. ...By Susie Iventosch
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| Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Student Art Show It was standing room only at The Art Room's Teen & Adult Student Art show last Friday evening as patrons, family and friends enjoyed each other, the food and the art. The Art Room (owner Gi Gi Voris far right) has been offering art instruction to children and adults in ...
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| Wednesday, May 26, 2010 MEF Showcase Delights Audience A gentle evening sun cast a warm glow over the Moraga Commons Park on May 20th, as young performers from the Moraga School District and Campolindo High School presented the Moraga Education Foundation (MEF) showcase. Every year, the Foundation showcases performances ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Taste of Lafayette a Sweet and Savory Success Starting off with three brownies that were "to die for" at The French Bakery, Danvillian Bill Darden strolled with pals across the street to queue up at La Finestra for pasta and caprese salad.
By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Chef Chevalier's Choice Not many kids start their careers by the age of 14, but this was the case for Philippe Chevalier, chef/owner of Chevalier Restaurant in Lafayette. Perhaps it was the influence of his grandmother, Marcelle Chevalier, who was a Cordon Bleu award-winning chef, but ...By Susie Iventosch
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| Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Cal Shakes - The Inside Scoop John Steinbeck's The Pastures of Heaven You get a lot of bang for your buck when you ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Chef Chao at 30 An infectious smile dominates Henry Chao's face as he reflects on the past 30 years of business in Moraga. In that period, Chef Chao restaurant became a landmark, an institution.
As ...By Dean Okamura
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| Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Standing Room Only at Senior Symposium Offering valuable information to seniors so they can stay in their homes longer, a stellar collection of experts offered constructive advice on everything from in-home services to elder law to transportation at the recent Senior Symposium held at the Lafayette Library ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Reaching for 100-Walter Bortz, MD Provides the Road Map to Getting There "A hundred years is our birth right," says Walter M. Bortz, M.D., "It all coheres around the idea of living a full life." Bortz, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine and a nationally recognized expert on aging and ...By Andrea A. Firth
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| Wednesday, May 26, 2010 A Murder is Announced to be performed by Orinda Starlight Village Players Imagine reading an announcement in the local paper (not this local paper) that there will be murder committed at 6:30 tonight at your house. That's the basic premise of Agatha Christie's A Murder is Announced-the first play of the Orinda Starlight Village Players' 2010 ...By Andrea A. Firth
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