Chris's Blog

Terrapins Swim Team's Annual Halloween Party and Food Drive for the Contra Costa Food Bank is 10/29/10! Terrapins Swim Team is a non-profit run by a board of directors consisting of parents and trainers.  Their main goal: Our main objective is to offer a comprehensive youth swim team to all Contr...

It's getting cold out again, and this is a perfect time to clean out your coat closet and donate your gently used coats, jackets and sweatshirts to One Warm Coat. One Warm Coat provides free coats, jackets and sweatshirts to children and adults in need within the communty.  Between November 1, 20...

My mother is now with Empire Realty Associates in Walnut Creek. Every year they encourage donations of non-perishable food items for the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano.  Their are donation bins at both local Empire offices: 380 Diablo Road, Danville1261 Locust Street, Walnut CreekOffices ar...

A Ghost Story I Heard Often While Growing Up - a haunted restaurant in Clayton, CA As Halloween is approaching, I started to think about a haunted restaurant in the town next to mine, La Croquett. I remember hearing this ghost story as I was growing up here in the area.  I believe La Croquett is ...

Since Halloween is nearing, I thought it would be interested to do an internet search for haunted places in California.  There is one in Clayton, California, and I am still looking for a good story on that. Three of Shannon McCabe's most haunted places in California are in San Francisco! I found:...

We just had a bit of confusion in the office because the clock on the wall was pointing to 1:30pm, and the computers and iPhones were telling us it was 2:30pm.  We wondered if we had forgotten to "Fall Back", since both of us here are easily confused on occasion.  I figured this was a good time t...

Hello Wisconsin friends.  I wanted to share this story that Kristin posted regarding animals in need in your area.  If you can help by fostering or adopting, please do.  Spread the word as you can, hopefully these animals will receive the help that they need.  It's very sad for the homeowner who ...

Concord, Ca, don't forget we have a  year-round Farmer's Market at Todos Santos Plaza! A lot of our local seasonal farmer's markets are going to be closing soon.  We are lucky in Concord to have a year-round farmer's market at Todos Santos Plaza every Tuesday between 10am and 2pm.  It's a great p...

My friend Elaine Fischer came across a shelter in her area that she didn't know existed.  It occurred to her that if she didn't know about it, many others didn't either.  She and I have been working on bringing people's attention to this shelter and the many animals in need of happy, forever home...

My friend, Elaine Fischer, was walking her dogs this morning.  Apollo kept sniffing around instead of "doing his business."  Pretty soon Elaine heard a cat meow.  She looked in the bushes where Apollo was sniffing and found this pretty cat. She is friendly, but obviously under weight.  She is rel...