Nightlife It List
A friendly neighborhood bar with good food and the all-important seven-day-a-week happy hour. Sure, it's uncomfortable to really tie one on here, but it's a good place to get started. The scene during Friday's early happy hour - 3-6 p.m. is packed with 30- and 40-somethings in the front bar and
Downrange Journal
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The Washington National Guard broke ground on a new facility in a Dec. 11 ceremony at McChord. The new building will be home to the Washington Air National Guard's 262nd Network Warfare Squadron. Construction of the new $5.6 million, 23,500 square foot facility is scheduled to finish in October 2010. "The 262nd
Focus
(446th AW PA) - Extreme cold meant nothing Dec. 8 to people lining the streets along the route of an emergency services vehicle procession honoring the four Lakewood police officers murdered Nov. 29. And it meant even less to Tech. Sgt. Chad Gloor, an Air Force reservist with the 446th
Archives
With the current state of the music business, where it’s anyone’s guess whether things we’ve all grown up with — like music labels — will even exist in 15 years, there are more and more ways for a band to succeed. The Internet and indie/DIY distribution are just a few
Deals
There are some things about Christmas that you will see no matter where you are in the United States. Twinkling lights adorn everything from private homes to public buildings; shopping malls are spruced up and ready for the crowds they hope show up with money to spend; and children are
Food Matters
If you appreciate everything you've got, doesn't it stand to reason that with a couple choice enhancements (e.g., breast implants, or breast implants), you'll love it even more? Of course you will - case in point, Hell's Kitchen. We snuck inside this morning for a feel of its new downtown
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Want to really wow your favorite foodie this holiday season? Indulge his inner gourmand with one well-chosen ingredient. Gimmicky gadgets only end up cluttering kitchens and collecting dust, but raw ingredients are gifts that keep on giving. Think olive oil pressed at the peak of freshness, vinegar that's aged like fine
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From clothes made of bamboo and jewelry recycled from antique tea tins to an acre of primal forest and down-on-the-farm goats and chickens, green gifting is getting easier and more creative with every holiday. The Sunnan solar-powered lamp sold in 300 Ikea stores worldwide is a case in point. "At $19.99, the
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The creamy filling of the ongoing, three-part Broadway Center for the Performing Arts "Film Focus" series on Audrey Hepburn, which opened with a screening of Roman Holiday on Oct. 23 and will conclude with My Fair Lady on Jan. 22, Sunday brings one of Hepburn's most well-known films, Breakfast at
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It just wouldn't be the holiday season for most people without a trip to an overcrowded mall to buy gifts. Luckily for most airmen and soldiers living in the South Sound, there are plenty of malls within 30 miles driving distance that offer a chance to have a nice sit-down meal,
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Chanukah may not technically be the most important holiday on the Jewish calendar, but the Festival of Lights is still cause for celebration. Though there is a Jewish chapel on Fort Lewis it has a limited schedule, which often forces military families to seek off-post services, especially at the holidays. Temple
News Articles
Chamber's 33rd annual John H. Anderson Military Citizen of the Year Award, sponsored by TriWest Healthcare Alliance. SFC Jimenez is currently the NCOIC of the 593rd Sustainment Brigade's Supply and Services Section, JBLM.SFC Jimenez has consistently been active in the communities where he has been stationed, including Taegu, Korea and Fort
Operation Family Support
When soldier mom Spc. Alexis Hutchinson, 21, refused deployment orders last month bloggers left some sympathy crumbed between chunks of "it was her duty." And so a quest is born to unearth the resources available to single parents before reaching desperation and desertion, a compromise between complete commiseration and staunch
Focus
Sgt. Gregory Ruske speaks softly, preferring to let his actions speak for him. While assigned to Combined Joint Task Force 101 operating in Afghanistan in April 2008, Ruske's actions in a remote area against Taliban forces earned him a Silver Star. During an intense firefight in which he was wounded, Ruske laid
Focus
Even before Col. Jerome Penner III took command of Madigan Army Medical Center, a seed was planted in him to honor deployed medical and nursing soldiers and staff. Upon arriving at MAMC, Penner announced his plan to create a wall to honor deployed medical personnel. Shortly thereafter, a committee was formed
Focus
Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan - The 402nd Brigade Support Battalion is in the middle of change. "You've come at the right time," Lt. Col. Steve Allen, the battalion's commander, recently said to me. "There are a lot of things moving right now." The 402nd is part of 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.
