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It’s official. Bobble Tiki will never, ever, ever listen to Matt Driscoll again. You’d think Bobble Tiki would have learned this valuable lesson already, seeing as he’s worked with Driscoll for years and the guy has yet to offer anything even remotely helpful to Bobble Tiki, but sometimes lessons like
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This good ol’ girl from Texas grew up around dead, man-killed animals. Every boy I ever dated had to be at least 6 feet tall, play football, and have a six-point buck mounted above his fireplace. It was a trip down my testosterone-adoring younger days when I ran into gun-toting-hottie
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You kant get it all in one place The guy I'm dating is a high school graduate with a manual labor job. I have a master's and a corporate career, and I'll eventually make several times his salary. He's a great guy, and does stuff like spontaneously buying me flowers at
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If there’s a perfect stereotype to scare away unwanted predators, it’s going to be a biker. “Breaking the chain, Healing the wounds” is the motto sung loud and true for our local Biker’s Against Child Abuse (BACA) chapter. Leather clad riders from the Puget Sound area and all over Washington
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I’ve always been a fan of Tacoma’s very own Pat Dawson and Justin Peterson, and when I visited them recently while they were slinging drinks at Hell’s Kitchen, they let me know that I’ll have yet another reason to cheer for them. These two fine, distinguished men are in the process
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Food Matters Taste downtown Tacoma — The Harmon Brewery, Paddy Coyne’s, Ravenous, Indochine and others — during the 3rd annual Pantry Express tour Tuesday, Sept. 9 from 4:30-98 p.m., Tickets are $25 with proceeds going to My Sister’s Pantry Food & Clothing Bank. For details, call 253.627.1186.
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Rarely are made-for-TV-movies memorable. In fact, made-for-TV-movies should probably be thankful they’re not, because if they were memorable people would likely recall how much they suck and stop watching them. However, there are a few made-for-TV-movies that stick in my consciousness — movies I’ll never forget for a variety of reasons. One
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On the first day of September I sat with a dozen eggs to, once and for all, confirm or dispel the nagging question of whether or not eggs will stand unaided after Labor Day. What I had was scrambled eggs for breakfast. What is guaranteed is that fall is upon
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SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, (253) 627-TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, (800) 325-SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, (866) 468-7623, www.ticketweb.com On sale now Ed Reed & the Peck Allmond Quartet Seattle. Sept. 23-24 7:30 pm. $23.50 (Jazz Alley, TM). Todd Rundgren Seattle. Oct. 1 8 pm. $45 (Triple Door, 206.838.4309). Natalie MacMaster Olympia. Oct. 4 7:30
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If I have anything in common with Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden, it’s certainly not knowledge of foreign policy or an appreciation for blue ties. No, Joe Biden and I probably don’t see eye to eye on either topic. I loathe blue ties, for the record. I think ties of
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Friday, Sept. 5 Western Rodeo Parade Despite my well-deserved reputation as a globetrotter and travel cognoscente, I have yet to attend the running of the bulls in Spain. The closest I’ve come was the time I ordered a Quarter Pounder with cheese (in my defense, it was before reading Fast Food Nation),
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Matt Driscoll and I split the emcee duties on the Weekly Volcano Rock Stage last Saturday at the Point Defiance Music Festival. I had to take the morning shift seeing as how Matt had his sperm donation appointment that morning. I know what you’re thinking, “Oh, great, just what Tacoma
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Tacoma Public School District kids went back to school yesterday and discovered that their grades will now be posted online. Grades Online, a pilot program, will allow parents to see their students’ grades at high schools and some middle schools — if parents can somehow trick their wussy, lazy, fat
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Every month or two the walls of the much celebrated Black Water Cafe sport a new collection of work from a local artist. The latest set is the work of a newcomer to the Tacoma art world, Maria Jost. Loosely titled This is a Storytale the artist statement reads, “This
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Spiritualists tell us that the emotions and words we attach to food determine in many ways the effects they reap on our bodies. It’s not “you are what you eat,” but rather, “you are the names you call your food.” Case in point. On your drive home tonight you hit a
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Natasha and I most certainly believe that this last weekend was by far the best Ellensburg Rodeo EVER. We trotted into town last Wednesday for some honky tonkin’ and quality time with everyone that Natasha knows there. And we were lucky enough to land in complete comfort while staying with Best
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Tacoma’s Grand Impromptu Gallery continues its inaugural exhibition season tomorrow with the opening of its September show titled Circle of Friends, an invitational featuring works by artists invited by the gallery’s members. Grand Impromptu is a downtown co-op gallery — an art space owned by a cadre of member artists. There
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Blue Monkey Art Jennifer Kuhn, founder of Blue Monkey Art, has been creating eye-catching art since before the decade. Kuhn moved to Washington from Michigan to attend The Evergreen State College at the young age of 18 and has since laid down roots in the Olympia area. With her main focus
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City Lights across the street from The Grand Cinema officially became Malarkey’s Pool & Brew in October 2007. I remember the place well as I lived one block away, back in the days before marriage. It was a perfect stumbling distance, and the men who frequented the joint were not
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Calvin Goings is a master of politics. While I tend to think he’s a pretty decent dude (all things considered), I’ve also learned to be a little skeptical when Goings sends a press release my way. He has a way of manipulating any situation to his advantage. So, when my inbox
