Four course Chefs Dinner for 12 featuring a mutually planned menu prepared by Stewart Beatty, Executive Chef at Postino Restaurant in Lafayette.

Housed in a charming Carr Jones designed historic building, Postino welcomes guests with the celebration of food, family, friends and life around the dinner table featuring our Italian influenced, California cuisine.

Executive Chef, Stewart Beatty, creates his seasonal dishes sourcing ingredients from top purveyors and local farmers, using the freshest local produce and artisanal products available.

At Postino, the focus is on serving foods only from sustainable populations and healthy ecosystems. Because most of their ingredients are organic, local and thoughtfully procured, food provenance is rarely listed. Known for their delicious meals and inviting ambience, Postino has garnered several “Best Restaurant” awards from Diablo Magazine and East Bay Express.

Unique reclaimed wood and welded metal garden art by Save Mount Diablo Board Member John Gallagher. The design represents the good life in the shadow of Mount Diablo, showcasing pasta and wine in the foreground, with the moon, the beacon, and Mount Diablo behind. The wooden frame is fabricated with pieces of the split rail fencing from Save Mount Diablo's Wright property.

Dimensions: 48" wide x 58" high

John Gallagher has been cycling, hiking, and backpacking since childhood; his first exposure to Mount Diablo was a Boy Scout trip to the long-defunct Camp Force. When John was just 14 he rode his bike from his native Berkeley to the summit of Mount Diablo and he continues this feat in our annual Mount Diablo Challenge. He can frequently be found somewhere on Mount Diablo, on foot or bike. He is one of the Beacon Boyz who coordinated the restoration of the beacon atop the summit building. A retired veterinarian, John lives in Danville with his wife, Tena. Tena and their two grown children also enjoy hiking.

Watch award-winning artist Paul Kratter bring a landscape to life before your eyes! During the event, Paul will create an original plein air painting, capturing the beauty and spirit of the moment. A celebrated landscape and wildlife painter, Paul draws on a long career in illustration, combining masterful storytelling with extraordinary skill in shape, color, and light. He is a signature member of the California Art Club and the Laguna Plein Air Painters, has won numerous awards, and is renowned for his evocative depictions of mountain light and wildlife around the world.

This one-of-a-kind painting, created live at the event, will be yours to treasure.

Hike the High Peaks with wildlife biologist, author, and condor crew volunteer Joseph Belli. You'll spend a full day looking for condors, radio-tracking them, and discussing all things condor. You'll also receive a copy of Joseph's book, Beneath a Black and White Sky: A Year Among Condors at Pinnacles National Park.

Joseph Belli has hiked and explored the Diablo Range extensively since the 1970s. He holds a master of science in conservation biology and has worked as a wildlife biologist for the National Park Service. He has conducted surveys for the Bureau of Land Management and California State Parks, and has worked with California condors, California red-legged frogs, and other sensitive or endangered species. Belli’s writing has appeared in High Country News, the Ponderosa, and The Wonder of It All, a collection of stories from National Park Service employees and volunteers. He lives on a rural property in the Diablo Range.

He has written two books, The Diablo Diary and Beneath a Black and White Sky: A Year Among Condors at Pinnacles National Park.

Complete your backyard paradise with a wood fence crafted by Reuben Borg. Their team of professional fence builders take pride in their work and offer quality craftsmanship on every job. Reuben Borg, the owner of Reuben Borg Fence, is on-site every day ensuring that each fence meets his professional standards of excellence.

You will get up to 20 feet of wood fencing with an up to 4 foot wide gate!