I attended the Walnut Creek Art & Wine Festival over the first weekend of June. For the second year…read morein a row, it was held at Civic Park downtown. The weather was perfect. Both days were in the 70s. The layout was similar to that of last year. On the west side, there was a beer garden, rides for kids, and numerous vendors. On the east side, there were even more vendors, a petting zoo, large stage for musical acts, and an excellent lineup of food vendors. It seemed to me that there were more new vendors this year than last year. I interacted with some of them and they were all friendly. It's nice that there were several city-owned garages within walking distance. The organizers also operated shuttles to and from BART. I'm not a drinker so the prices of alcohol was of no concern to me. Someone in my group did mention drinks ran north of $10 per glass. On the food front, premium prices were charged. Four pieces of chicken strips cost $24. The musical acts were good. A lot of 80s and 90s tunes were played. Overall, it was a nice event. Will check it out again next year.

Wow! My first time here taking BaRt to Walnut Creek in 2025 and it was easy to find the shuttle…read morebus which was a school bus to take the riders to the park where the Art and Wine Festival was. Very easy. If all festivals are like this, I might as well venture out and explore! This was a new temporary location for this festival as the original was further away but it was being fixed or upgraded. I loved the set up as it was easy to walk around to see the vendors, rides and food! Yummy! You know I came for some good BBQ and it was great. Nice warm weather and good opening act Michelle Lambert the singer sounds great. She sounds like a Lee Ann Rimes and she plays a violin which was amazing to see and hear. As I was walking around there was food booths and vendors all around. My friend and i walked around the entire area. It's worth to trip to get a change of scenery and explore new vendors we don't normally see where we live. I bought some fresh nuts and bought my bbq lunch. My friend had to buy the cute succulents that came in a box of three. Would I come back here? Sure got good food, entertainment and vendors that were all well balanced.

Very cool vibe on Downtown Main Street!!…read more This street is historic, and you can tell they push to keep it that way. It's walker and driver friendly. It seems to be a place, at least when I was there on a Saturday late afternoon, evening, for people to take out there classic cars and cruise the strip. And if you want to walk, there are plenty of places to eat with indoor and outdoor seating, all different types of small shops and stores, just a lively, popular area. Seems like the place to be in Pleasanton on the weekends!!

Downtown Pleasanton, basically, Main Street. 4-6 small blocks filled with restaurants and cute…read moreshops with a small town feel. Most all of the restaurants are built into the street, at least on weekends. According to the website, https://www.pleasantondowntown.net, from April 30, 2021 to September 6, 2021, Friday 5pm to Sunday 8pm. The dates will likely be extended due to the variant. Things to do: 3/5 Safety: 4/5 Cleanliness: 4/5 GEOGRAPHY/FACTS *: ==================== Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, Adjacent to Hayward, Livermore, and Dublin. The city has a total area of 24.3 square miles. Located in the Amador Valley, it is a suburb in the East Bay region of the Bay Area. The population was 70,285 at the 2010 census. In 2005 and 2007, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized city in the United States by the Census Bureau. Pleasanton was ranked number 4 in USA Today's list of "America's 50 best cities to live in" in 2014, number 63 in Money's list of "The Best Places to Live" in 2010, and was named one of "Americans' Top Hometown Spots" in the United States in 2009 by Forbes. Pleasanton was named the third wealthiest city in terms of earnings in the United States by NerdWallet in 2013 and 2016. * Source: Wiki TOP 5 EMPLOYERS **: ================== 1 Workday 5,017 2 Kaiser Permanente 3,730 3 Oracle Corporation 1,493 4 Stanford Healthcare - ValleyCare 1,020 5 Roche Molecular Diagnostics* 1,004 ** according to the city, as of June 2021

I always enjoy coming to Piedmont Avenue!!…read more One would think that Piedmont Avenue is, you know, actually in Piedmont? But no, it's in Oakland. Plenty of restaurants and local businesses here to choose from, and walking around here is the best way to not miss anything. I especially like RNR Sushi, Shimizu Sushi , Dr Comics & Mr Games, Spectator Books, Piedmont Grocery, and GNC!! Fenton's Creamery is very popular here, especially on sunny warm weekends. That line snakes out the door regularly during the summer!! Parking is usually an issue here, but there is a public parking lot with meters behind CVS Pharmacy, I usually find a space there.

This area has a great variety of restaurants and shops…read more Local business and some chain businesses. Nice area to have brunch or dinner or get some ice cream or boba. Take a walk and enjoy the day Only draw back is the PARKING.... Parking can be difficult to come by.

Dude. Farmer Joe's is in the Dimond. That alone rocks. Just a short walk away you can pop into a…read morecute little cafe, or hit up La Farine, grab a bahn mi, do some banking, stop at the post-office, and all sorts of stuff. People are hella chill and some of the dogs are too. My only minor complaint would be the weird job they did when they resurfaced the left turn lane on MacArthur to get onto Fruitvale. I hope that gets sorted out soon.

Dimond District is coming up in the world! Their Ocktoberfest Street Fair last october was pretty…read morefly for the Dimond. Hope they do it again this year. new stores, new faces, yep Dimond is up and coming..holla

Sept 16, 2025 I haven't spent a nickle on goods or services…read morein Walnut Creek now for four years. I occasionally see a restaurant on YELP that makes Walmut Creek look attractive but I have proudly shaken the cheating Walnut Creek dust off of my sandals. There was an exception where I was taken to that God forsaken place due to me being in a coma. Also I am taking my daughter there for a Dr. appointment today. Restaurants and shopping and parking in that trap? Not going to happen until Hell freezes over.

Downtown Walnut Creek is always very lively!!!…read more The Broadway Plaza is a good sized outdoor shopping mall with lots of high end stores and plenty of restaurants. As a matter of fact, a lot of the downtown area has plenty of restaurants, bars, bookstores, coffee shops, and other businesses. Sometimes, parking may be a challenge, and just driving through here might take some time with all the people walking around, it's a very walkable area. This is definitely the place to be in Walnut Creek, and I would say this place has way more action than the other surrounding cities have in their downtown areas!!

The mural is on the 109th. Ave. side. A seemingly simplistic drawing of Oakland, Ca. with a few of…read moreit attractions shown: -BART (Bay Area rapid transit) tracks & trains take up most of the space crisscrossing across the mural. -Oakland Tribune tower building shown though the newspaper hasn't been around for decades.. -BEAST OAKLAND, a well known fashion brand gets a shoutout. -Oracle Arena where the Golden Gate Warriors won their lst NBA championship in '15. Their motto "Strength in Numbers" shown. -Monster fork lifts/cranes represent the Port of Oakland. *presently Oakland is in the "news" for "the crime wave" & malfunctioning City Hall. naturally, S. F. has mostly "crime" news.

Past, Present, & Future is a series of murals on the on the outside of P. G. & E's substation L…read more Most images allude to Indigenous images, cultural themes & daily routines. Creator: Max Kauffman with assistance from NICE ONE & others.

the utility boxes @Tennyson Rd & Mission Blvd. in front of a 76 gas station is another scene from…read morethe car culture days of the '50's. a front end and rear view of a 1954 Chrysler sedan and the assemblage of license plates of U.S. states deja vu an adventurous travel across the lower 48 states.