Reviews
Announcer: New restaurants tend to receive a lot of buzz when they first open in the South Sound, and sometimes those early lines and hard to get reservations are worthy - and other times they are not. WildFin's recent opening on Ruston Way kept the seats booked this past weekend,
Arts
The University of Puget Sound, the small undergraduate liberal arts college in Tacoma, will continue its "Susan Resneck Pierce Lectures in Public Affairs and the Arts" series when it welcomes award-winning Jamaican-born author Marlon James at 8 p.m., Tuesday, March 29, in Schneebeck Concert Hall. James is most prominently known for
Music
There's a scene in the film version of High Fidelity where John Cusack's character gets dragged out to a show. Upon approaching the door, he hears "Baby I Love Your Way," and turns to the doorman to say, "Is that Peter f@#&*!$ Frampton?" After going inside and seeing that it's
Education
Pierce County libraries are doing more than just pointing students to the right books for homework help. The library system's Online Homework Help provides academic assistance for learners from kindergarten to adults from 1 to 10 p.m. daily through the internet, and is available to anyone with a Pierce County
We Recommend
When I lived in Olympia, my next door neighbor was a delightful woman named Diana, who like clockwork every morning (read: afternoon - I was in college) would gently strum a massive and beautiful harp in her living room. The calming and angelic sounds wafting into my bedroom and helping
Military Life
We tend to take simple things for granted. Like getting the baby of the family a two-wheeled bike, with training wheels. Then, eventually taking the training wheels off and gingerly letting go as our child wobbles and eventually rights, tasting speed and freedom. Then later, enjoying family bike rides, feeling
Military Life
What would you do with an extra $3,000? Pay a few bills? Take a family vacation? When Dawn Shultz, a military spouse formerly of Bremerton, discovered she was the grand prize winner in the Purina Pro Plan Military 9 of 9 Best in Show Sweepstakes, that answer couldn't have been
News Articles
(62nd AW PA) - For most Americans, the Academy Award winning movie The Hurt Locker was just that - a movie. But for Staff Sgt. Mark Walker, it's his life. Sergeant Walker, an explosive ordnance disposal craftsman with the 627th Civil Engineer Squadron EOD Flight, spent part of 2010 diffusing bombs and
Focus
(446th AW PA) - The Boy Scouts of America help youth by providing educational and fun activities while building values to last a lifetime. One of those successful activities included three Boy Scout troops from Seattle and Redmond, who spent the morning smiling, laughing and getting an education March 5 from
Focus
Staff Sgt. Timothy Davis, an Air Force combat controller, was killed in combat in Afghanistan in February 2009. Although he's been gone for more than two years, his sister, 2nd Lt. Noel Carroll, feels perhaps as close to her older brother than she ever has. Master Sgt. Michael Maltz, an Air Force
News Articles
After acknowledging how proud he was to be joining such an amazing group of Air National Guardsman as the newest commander of the Western Air Defense Sector at McChord Field, Col. Peter Stavros broke down his leadership motto to terms even a kindergartner could understand. "There are three basic rules I
Health
In August of 2009, TRICARE began a pilot program in the United States to evaluate the use of web-based technologies to deliver counseling services to beneficiaries, as well as to determine if such access could increase effectiveness and indentify behavioral health earlier. Due to the positive response and high number of
Military Life
When William Striegel looks back on his life, he knows that he has much to be thankful for - whether or not he knows it. He has a Nation grateful for his unwavering love, appreciation and loyalty to the military. Striegel joined ROTC from the University of Idaho in 1966
Focus
Like a choreographed dance, Soldiers from the 3rd Stryker Brigade's 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment move in perfect unison with each command shouted out. Some Soldiers scurry to grab the next 90-pound, 155mm high-explosive round to load in the M-777 Howitzer while others make the necessary adjustments to set the
Military Life
A military spouse is not exempt from entrepreneurship - just ask Chandra Hedgepeth. A mother of three children, whose husband, Jay Hedgepeth, is a first sergeant in civil affairs - opened a shop in the Joint Base Lewis-McChord PX, Feb. 1, at the encouragement of the manager there who noticed
News
When Miles Joseph Barretta wakes up and gets ready for work, he doesn't put on the standard active-duty Army uniform of BDUs and combat boots; his boots are utilitarian and steel-toed, but take him to a classroom at the south campus of Bates Technical College. And while his battle buddies
Travel
The Northwest has a number of grand lodges tucked into even grander scenery, from the mountains to the Columbia River Gorge. However, while these lodges offer scenery, outdoorsy adventures and views, what they might lack is proximity to cities. While that's often the point, there is one unique lodge that
