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Celebrating 20 years of 31 flavors
by Samie Hartley
Feb 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Baskin-Robbins is known for making birthdays special, offering an array of ice creams to be savored in a cone or dish. Its ice cream cakes are the best of both worlds, combining fluffy cake with a ...
Westmont seniors live life on their own terms
by Amy Claire
Feb 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Retirement. It’s about more than just finishing a career and taking it easy – it’s a new era, an opportunity to learn, grow and experience life at your own pace, in your own time, in your own way. ...
Menchie’s swirls into Brentwood
by Ruth Roberts
Feb 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Taylor Swift has been photographed with a cup in her hand, and lovebirds Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have also been spotted with a scoop of their favorite fro-yo. But for Susan Rowe-Gralnick, wh...
Fresh and Easy brings simplicity to healthy eating
by Amy Claire
Feb 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
“I don’t know how to cook. I can’t afford to buy health food. It takes too long to make nutritious meals.” If these are among the reasons you’re unable to maintain healthy eating habits, take heart...
Investing in your financial future
by Samie Hartley
Feb 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
“It’s never too early to start saving for the future.” It’s the hallmark phrase of financial planning and a mantra revived by a slow-recovering economy. Pundits decree what’s hot and what’s not, ur...
Networking girls
Feb 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Delta Valley Chapter of Girls Night Out Networking (GNON) hosts a mixer on Thursday, Feb. 23 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at New York Life Insurance, 191 Sand Creek Road, Suite 200 in Brentwood. GNON is...
Brentwood honors its elite
by Ruth Roberts
Feb 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
The Brentwood Chamber of Commerce rolled out the red carpet last weekend to celebrate the city’s 2011 Citizen of the Year and Business of the Year. The annual event, held this year at Trilogy at Th...
Takin’ it to The Streets
Feb 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Share the Love contest offers up sweet prizes from Streets of Brentwood
QR codes changing information delivery
by Justin Lafferty
Jan 31, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
What looks like a square maze at the bottom of an advertisement is actually the newest way to deliver information – the Quick Response code. If you own a smart phone such as an Android or iPhone, y...
Brentwood big-boxes to see tighter controls
by Rick Lemyre
Jan 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Large scale retailers will be required to pass another round of scrutiny if they want to build in Brentwood, the City Council decided this week. By unanimous vote, the council Tuesday approved a ch...
Leisure time means Island Time
by Amy Claire
Jan 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Our East County Delta boasts its share of islands, but when you breeze through the doors of Island Time Apparel and Accessories Boutique in Discovery Bay, it’s clear that the “Island” in question h...
Wedding photography made personal
Jan 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
To preserve vivid memories of their special day, wedding couples naturally want stunning photos to be a sure thing. Ironically, one of the best ways to ensure that is to take a Chance. In fact, tak...
Business training for entrepreneurs
Jan 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
For the fourth year in a row, the City of Brentwood is offering a special business-training program exclusively for new and existing business owners in the city. The intensive 10-week (March 5 to M...
Made to help you look your best
by Samie Hartley
Jan 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Whether you want a complete makeover or an update to your favorite style, Made is the place for you. The new makeup boutique in Brentwood is the ideal place to play and experiment with new looks in...
Taquiza Limon – their home is your home
by Amy Claire
Jan 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Breeze through the doors of Taquiza Limon Mexican Grill in Oakley and you’re struck by the dining room’s attention to detail. The floor tiles bear animal footprints to give the taqueria a rural fla...
A place where wellness is Intuitive
by Amy Claire
Jan 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Quiet music, soothing scents and friendly staff welcome guests at Intuitive Healing Center Antioch. Offering services including massage, acupuncture and aromatherapy, the Center strives to heal cli...
Get Fit with Pilates
by Jennifer Wadsworth
Jan 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Skye Wetherbee spent the better part of her 20s pursuing the corporate American dream. It paid off. She earned a business degree, led the personnel department for a major retailer, gained financial...
Winter Walkabout draws hundreds
Dec 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Winter might be a time for hibernation, but downtown Brentwood came alive and was wide awake at the first Winter Walkabout. About 400 attended the Downtown Business Coalition event, almost 300 of w...
Community mourns former chamber icon
by Ruth Roberts
Dec 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
For years she ran the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce like the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, bringing to the job her consummate leadership skills, pervading sense of humor and abiding passion for the...
The ABCs of last-minute gift giving
Dec 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
You’ve puzzled and puzzled till your puzzler was sore, and still can’t come up with a gift idea for that awesome Aunt Alice or cute Cousin Cory. Fortunately, The Press Holiday Gift Guide’s ABCs of ...