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This week I was able to sneak something in that I really, really enjoy — I like to call it Afternoon Delight. I’m sorry to let you down by saying that it doesn’t include early evening sex, but sometimes it’s just as much fun. I love to take a sleepy Saturday and
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Are We Done Yet? In this sequel to “Are We There Yet?” (2005), the once mismatched Nick (Ice Cube) and Suzanne (Nia Long) are now married and moving to a fixer-upper in the country with Suzanne’s two children (cruel hellions in the first film) and twins on the way. What could
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Blooms go local A Rhapsody in Bloom and Café Latte, a Sixth Ave fixture for 17 years, is going local. The shop will begin handling local artisans of all kinds, potentially rotating on a 30-day basis. For more info on submitting works, call 800.579.0557 or email arhapsodyinbloom florist@yahoo.com. [A Rhapsody in Bloom Florist and
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Booze and music — is there any greater combination in this world? The link between the two even exceeds the grandeur of the marriage of booze and sport. The more randy-minded readers will admit the frequency with which all three parties join forces to ensure extravagant levels of fun, the
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Danii Blackwell shows off her style at the Nordstrom fashion show at the Museum of Glass, though she is, in point of fact, not wearing anything from Nordstrom. Her wool knickers, old-school type that I can remember wearing in the mid-eighties, though never with that much confident élan, came from Chinatown. The
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Since Oct 27, 2003, Seattle-based body art theatre P.U.R.E., or People Undergoing Real Experiences, has trashed the three rings, and traded them in for nipple rings, grinder suits and flaming numchucks (forgive me, Japanese masters, for Americanizing the name of your glorious weapon). For two years, the group performed only
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“So the cashier at Burger King is about to hand you your food, and you’re expecting her to tell you, ‘Have a nice day,’ and so you’re already thinking, ‘You, too,’ but instead she says, ‘Enjoy Your Meal.’ And you say, ‘You, too.’” Brian Regan has built himself into one
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Jim Campbell’s show at the Museum of Glass has me stumped. I don’t possess the kind of scientific brain it must take to fully understand or appreciate his message or methods. But I do find the work fascinating. Campbell is an engineer, inventor and video artist. He worked on Francis Ford
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Passion is a mainstay in both French film and French cuisine, as are tradition and technique. Can a country that elevates food, wine and film to the highest levels of art attainable be bad? I think not. The five films that the Tournées Festival, coming to The Grand Cinema courtesy of Pierce
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The name Clumsy Lovers has nothing to do with accidental intercourse or sloppy bedroom technique; it came from a song written for bagpipes. You thought it was something else? Chris Jonat, bass player and main songwriter of Clumsy Lovers, explains, “When we first started, we had a piper in the
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The high-pitched squeal of feedback is not a sound you want to hear on stage, but behind the scenes the people at Broadway Center for the Performing Arts are collecting feedback of a different kind. The Broadway Center board has some younger hipper members now who would like to bring
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I do believe hell has frozen over. Several signs seem to suggest it. Consider this. All of these things have recently happened: Al Gore won an Oscar. There’s a guy from the Smiths playing guitar with Modest Mouse, and the band debuted at
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Now that the nightlife circuit in Tacoma is really starting to fill in as more and more bars and lounges take their seat here, a new lease on life is coming to establishments that have deserved our attention all along. Meconi’s Pub and Eatery, and Vin Grotto Café and Wine Bar
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ANNOUNCER: The boys have made the Brotherhood Tavern their satellite office ever since they were old enough to pay their own tab (though they seldom do). The shuffleboard, the funky lights, the velvet U.S. presidents, the hipsters — heaven. But when they have had their fill of cash-only booze, they
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Jonathan Harris is a cowboy. He may not rope calves or hang with horses, but he does ride a big white dream called country music. And he has a cowboy hat. Harris is from Tacoma, not a place known for its herds and ranches, but he spent time in Nashville,
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Thursday Dyslexia 33 Perhaps one of the most prolific lines ever written for the silver screen was when Woody Allen said, “Comedy equals tragedy plus time.” I dig bands that use this as their mantra and don’t take life quite so seriously. With tongues firmly implanted in cheeks, Dyslexia 33 use life’s
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Crescent Moon Gifts thrums with the energy of shoppers milling about, asking questions of “Shoppe Keeper” Angela Wehnert during a time that’s traditionally not busy. Later, Wehnert explains that the energy in the space had been oppressive to her that morning, “heavy.” So she smudged the store to clear the
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The Manium has always been a mystery to me. Though I lived only a stone’s throw from the visually unimpressive building on Olympia’s Fourth Avenue, I never understood exactly how the club ticked. Sometimes I’d hear about the shows at the Manium. Sometimes they just seemed to happen. Sometimes there
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Who’s with me on how nice the weather has been? It’s been hot enough for girls to show off their legs, and the fellas are busting out the muscle shirts. But just because it’s warm does not give anyone an excuse to wear open-toed tan platform sandals, gray leggings, a
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So the dogs have … issues. Foremost: their mommy doesn’t walk them (class-ad note: put in an ad for lawn person and dog walker, preferably with references). Excess energy in two high-energy, young purebred hunting dogs means they stalk kiddie toys with intent to maul. My back yard and living room look
