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While there are differing perspectives about what got us here, be it human over-consumption and inaction, or maybe even an act of God signaling the end of days — just ask Sarah Palin — nearly everyone seems to agree at this point. Climate change, sustainable living and the environment are
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While there are differing perspectives about what got us here, be it human over-consumption and inaction, or maybe even an act of God signaling the end of days — just ask Sarah Palin — nearly everyone seems to agree at this point. Climate change, sustainable living and the environment are
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The last time I was at The Beach Tavern on Titlow Beach, let’s be brutally honest, I was in a drunken stupor and wasted as all hell. It was one of three dates I had with a cute guy named Mitch who had a cat named Steve. Needless to say,
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The last time I was at The Beach Tavern on Titlow Beach, let’s be brutally honest, I was in a drunken stupor and wasted as all hell. It was one of three dates I had with a cute guy named Mitch who had a cat named Steve. Needless to say,
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A semi-truck full of the Weekly Volcano’s food pyramid — chocolate, ice cream, deli meats and hot dogs — fell onto a car early Monday morning just before the Highway 16 ramp to northbound Interstate 5 in Tacoma. Thankfully, no one was hurt. As Department of Transportation crews lifted the
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A semi-truck full of the Weekly Volcano’s food pyramid — chocolate, ice cream, deli meats and hot dogs — fell onto a car early Monday morning just before the Highway 16 ramp to northbound Interstate 5 in Tacoma. Thankfully, no one was hurt. As Department of Transportation crews lifted the
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Tacoma is a weird town theatrically speaking. I often wonder how is it that theatergoers can be cultured enough to spend their hard-earned money on theater and then walk out because they are offended by what they see. There weren’t a lot of intermission walkouts at the production of Even Cowgirls
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Tacoma is a weird town theatrically speaking. I often wonder how is it that theatergoers can be cultured enough to spend their hard-earned money on theater and then walk out because they are offended by what they see. There weren’t a lot of intermission walkouts at the production of Even Cowgirls
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Collaboration is the name of the game for two local entrepreneurs and jewelry designers. Sydney England and Charmaine Norton have taken friendship and the need for quality time together to a whole new level. Each has a separate business entity — Sydney England Jewelry and ShinyPretty, respectively. For festivals and
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Collaboration is the name of the game for two local entrepreneurs and jewelry designers. Sydney England and Charmaine Norton have taken friendship and the need for quality time together to a whole new level. Each has a separate business entity — Sydney England Jewelry and ShinyPretty, respectively. For festivals and
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ANNOUNCER: Note to those from the South: we aren’t saying barbecue in the Northwest compares to what you cut your teeth on in the southern states; we know what barbecue snobs you can be. However, compared to say barbecue you pick up at the grocery store, there are some decent
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ANNOUNCER: Note to those from the South: we aren’t saying barbecue in the Northwest compares to what you cut your teeth on in the southern states; we know what barbecue snobs you can be. However, compared to say barbecue you pick up at the grocery store, there are some decent
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Beijing’s Wangfujing Night Market, just a stone lion’s throw from the Forbidden City, bustles with city dwellers after the last bicycles are put away for the day and “the peoples’” thoughts turn to food. Tucked behind the Raffles hotel, five lanes of stalls open under the glow of naked light
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Beijing’s Wangfujing Night Market, just a stone lion’s throw from the Forbidden City, bustles with city dwellers after the last bicycles are put away for the day and “the peoples’” thoughts turn to food. Tucked behind the Raffles hotel, five lanes of stalls open under the glow of naked light
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Regular reader of my column,which I am sure you are (wink,wink), know weekends at the lake house are frequently used for material. How could I not? I have free use of a lovely cabin on a beautiful lake, less than an hour’s drive from Tacoma and nature’s bounty is everywhere. Terry,
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Regular reader of my column,which I am sure you are (wink,wink), know weekends at the lake house are frequently used for material. How could I not? I have free use of a lovely cabin on a beautiful lake, less than an hour’s drive from Tacoma and nature’s bounty is everywhere. Terry,
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Among the many exhibitions now showing at Tacoma Art Museum is one that may sound weird but that is filled with knockout images. It’s called What Is a Trade? Donald Fels and Signboard Painters of South India. In 2005 Fels traveled to India to work with commercial signboard painters on a
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Among the many exhibitions now showing at Tacoma Art Museum is one that may sound weird but that is filled with knockout images. It’s called What Is a Trade? Donald Fels and Signboard Painters of South India. In 2005 Fels traveled to India to work with commercial signboard painters on a
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Pour at Four wine bar in Tacoma Proctor District has introduced its fall menu. Owners Susan and Mark Merrill added 20 new menu items and 50 new wines. Wow. To lazy and poor to try all the new additions, I asked Mark what his favorites are on his new menu. “We excited with
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Pour at Four wine bar in Tacoma Proctor District has introduced its fall menu. Owners Susan and Mark Merrill added 20 new menu items and 50 new wines. Wow. To lazy and poor to try all the new additions, I asked Mark what his favorites are on his new menu. “We excited with
