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I stopped in Hallmark the other day, but after a fruitless search, I couldn’t find a card to send my favorite chef for National Noodle Month. I believe the noodle deserves a month of celebration. Where would I be without the noodle (no pun intended, sicko). Most foodies know that noodles
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I stopped in Hallmark the other day, but after a fruitless search, I couldn’t find a card to send my favorite chef for National Noodle Month. I believe the noodle deserves a month of celebration. Where would I be without the noodle (no pun intended, sicko). Most foodies know that noodles
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WORLD BEATS AND EATS The University of Washington’s Student Activities Board hosts a multicultural festival Friday, March 6 from 6-10 p.m. at the William Phillip Hall. Besides world music and dance, expect worldly cuisine from local restaurants. 1900 Commerce St., Tacoma, 253.692.4648. EL GUACHO This swanky joint added pulled pork sliders ($16), diver
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WORLD BEATS AND EATS The University of Washington’s Student Activities Board hosts a multicultural festival Friday, March 6 from 6-10 p.m. at the William Phillip Hall. Besides world music and dance, expect worldly cuisine from local restaurants. 1900 Commerce St., Tacoma, 253.692.4648. EL GUACHO This swanky joint added pulled pork sliders ($16), diver
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Ah, gawd! Another Girl Trouble article? Another Girl Trouble anniversary? The regularity with which I’ve written stories such as this prove two undeniable facts. Number one: Girl Trouble — the iconic, quirky, punk band that’s about as Tacoma as Tacoma gets — has left an indelible and important mark on
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Ah, gawd! Another Girl Trouble article? Another Girl Trouble anniversary? The regularity with which I’ve written stories such as this prove two undeniable facts. Number one: Girl Trouble — the iconic, quirky, punk band that’s about as Tacoma as Tacoma gets — has left an indelible and important mark on
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I saw them standing in front of Puget Sound Pizza as I turned the corner, emerging from a tilted and quiet Tacoma alley into the bustle that is PSP’s late breakfast rush. I was running 10 minutes behind schedule, of course, but they didn’t seem bothered. I lit a cigarette
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I saw them standing in front of Puget Sound Pizza as I turned the corner, emerging from a tilted and quiet Tacoma alley into the bustle that is PSP’s late breakfast rush. I was running 10 minutes behind schedule, of course, but they didn’t seem bothered. I lit a cigarette
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Ethiopian Spicy Beef Infinite Soups’ Ethiopian Spicy Beef ($2.50 for 8 ounces) soup sent me frantically digging in my purse for bottled water. With ingredients such as yams, beef, poblano pepper, garlic, and ginger — it sounds pretty harmless, right? Yeah, the poblano had some kick but it was Wendy’s
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Ethiopian Spicy Beef Infinite Soups’ Ethiopian Spicy Beef ($2.50 for 8 ounces) soup sent me frantically digging in my purse for bottled water. With ingredients such as yams, beef, poblano pepper, garlic, and ginger — it sounds pretty harmless, right? Yeah, the poblano had some kick but it was Wendy’s
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QUESTION: When I married five years ago, I was on the fence about having kids. I thought some parental gene might kick in, but it never did. Now, at 40, I've accepted that a childless marriage is best for us, given my wife's fertility issues and my ambivalence about parenthood.
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So many new awesome faces to our scene, one artist that I'm excited about is MC Coo Beanz. He just dropped a new video for his song "Trying to Make a Dollar" - YouTube it. His video production moniker is AutoGoon, and he's been killing it with the videos this
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The University of Puget Sound’s SCRABBLE Rousers club will host a tournament to raise funds for the Tacoma Community House with triple word scores. I’ve personally always enjoyed hanging onto the “Q,” where it hangs there on your rack like some ultimate weapon of destruction, waiting for that all-enabling “U”
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The University of Puget Sound’s SCRABBLE Rousers club will host a tournament to raise funds for the Tacoma Community House with triple word scores. I’ve personally always enjoyed hanging onto the “Q,” where it hangs there on your rack like some ultimate weapon of destruction, waiting for that all-enabling “U”
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Thing: 3-Alarm Burger Place: Extreme Burgers Of: Firehouse Grill fame In: Olympia Owner: Scott Johnson This is: A food cart Corners: State Avenue and Adams Street Next to: Acme Fuel Coincidentally: Both gave me gas And afterward: Hot hole I'll never forget the day Pappi Swarner introduced me to the term "hot hole." It was years ago as we downed
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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 Candlebox Seattle. March 19 9 pm. $25 (Neumos, TW). Tony DeSare Trio Seattle. March 24-25 7:30 pm. $21.50 (Jazz Alley, 206.441.9729). George Duke Seattle.
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I currently have an event that’s glistening on my calendar like the gloss on my lips, and I hope that you’ll add this gig to your own social agenda: Girl Trouble’s 25th Anniversary “Eluding Fame Since 1984” party at 9 p.m., March 13 at The New Frontier Lounge. Recently when I was
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I currently have an event that’s glistening on my calendar like the gloss on my lips, and I hope that you’ll add this gig to your own social agenda: Girl Trouble’s 25th Anniversary “Eluding Fame Since 1984” party at 9 p.m., March 13 at The New Frontier Lounge. Recently when I was
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With every band out there in the trendy all-ages scene, or in the pop rock genre in general, sounding homogenous and just plain boring, Valencia, a Pennsylvania product scheduled to play the Viaduct Sunday, has a lot to prove. The meaning of the band’s name seems to change on a
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With every band out there in the trendy all-ages scene, or in the pop rock genre in general, sounding homogenous and just plain boring, Valencia, a Pennsylvania product scheduled to play the Viaduct Sunday, has a lot to prove. The meaning of the band’s name seems to change on a
