Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group is going to have its annual Halloween week tour of the Mountain View Cemetery on next Wednesday, October 29th, but this past Wednesday was not too early to start getting into the spirits of Halloween. There were some spectacular, maybe even “spooktacular”, house decorations around the central part of town and we thought it would be fun to go see them. There was a strong turnout of 46 walkers but only one K-9 bes

Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group got lucky again with the weather last Wednesday. It had rained heavily on Monday and Tuesday, but it had cleared by Wednesday morning.   In July we had seen some of the sidewalk work that was being done on Grand Avenue, but construction of the City’s first bioswale project had not started. It is at the intersection of Fairview and Grand Avenues and is now complete. The recent rain provided an additional reason t

Dick was traveling and Jim Kellogg led Wednesday’s walk and provided the summary below with the attached group photo.   Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group had a special walk last week that was led by Jim Kellogg. It was a tour of "Piedmont Heritage Trees" and a brief tour of the "Piedmont Architectural Heritage" that set the foundation for Piedmont’s architectural style that began in 1890.   A great turnout of 40 walkers and three K-9 best friend

Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group had a special walk and guest this past Wednesday. Kevin Jackson, the City’s Planning & Building Director, had generously agreed to meet us at Coaches Field and tell us about the City’s Moraga Canyon Specific Plan for residential real estate development and give us an update.   However, before the walk got started, we had three, additional, special, surprise guests waiting for us at the Exedra. Piedmont Police Ch

Last Wednesday was the first Wednesday of fall and a milder day than earlier in the week, and our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group was up for a long walk to streets further from the center of town. We hadn’t been to the Marlborough Court this year and climbing up Hampton Road to see it was the plan. But plans but sometimes change.   There was a good turnout of 44 walkers and four K-9 best friends at the Exedra for the hike.   We headed off, going u

This Wednesday was a “Piedmont hot” day with the temperature in the 80s. Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group...

There was a good turnout of about 36 walkers and four K-9 best friends at the Exedra last Wednesday for our Piedmont Recreation...

Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group gathered last Wednesday at our regular time at the Exedra. It was a...

Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group had a good turnout of about 40 walkers and four K-9 best friends at the...

There was a strong turnout of 45 walkers and three K-9 best friends at the Exedra last Wednesday for our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays’ weekly walk. Additionally, there were two special walkers  in attendance for the first time . New Piedmont Police Chief   Frederick W. Shavies II and his assistant, April F, were with us.   Before we got started walking, Chief Shavies was introduced. He grew up in Oakland and went to Fremont High School, where he was

There was a strong turnout of 48 walkers and four K-9 best friends at the Exedra last week for our Piedmont Recreation Department’s...

Last Wednesday was a warm day and our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group decided to stay in the central part of...

It was a mild, overcast, end-of-July morning for our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group’s last week, and a good...

There was another good summer turnout of 44 walkers and two K-9 best friends at the Exedra on an overcast, cool morning last Wednesday...

There was good summer turnout of 40 walkers and four K-9 best friends at the Exedra on an overcast, mild morning last Wednesday for our...

Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group marched in Piedmont’s July 4 th Parade with about 20 walkers with four...

Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesday group met at the Exedra this past Wednesday to enjoy an early summer walk...

Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesday group is not surprised when unexpected, happy things happen on our walks of...

The weather last Wednesday was beautiful for our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesday group’s last spring walk of...

School was out and students were on summer vacation, so last Wednesday our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesday group...