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Comfort Food CafeWHERE: 210 West Pioneer, Puyallup, 253.770.6147 HOURS: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday-Saturday, Closed SundayCUISINE: Homemade, old-school American food with organic and natural focus - soups, salads, sandwiches, casseroles and desserts.SCENE: Casual eatery with kid-friendly, easily accessible menu items. Order at the counter, grab your own beverages from the
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Libraries are quiet places where books - those special strings of words between covers - can be checked out, read and contemplated. The first library at Camp Lewis opened Nov. 28, 1917. Named the Liberty Library, it was the first military library constructed by the American Library Association. Popular with the
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I guess you could say I was ignorant. See, I lived in a bubble. I grew up with parents that explained sexual orientation as more than a two-way street. I grew up in Olympia, where a man kissing another man is - for the most part - celebrated and treated just
Arts
If you haven't heard of Andrea Trenbeath and James Tucker, you will. Whether you walk by a werewolf growling at you from a wall, or run into some of their planned digital media collaborations, the artistic duo has set out to shake up their own artistic endeavors as well as
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes, the old Heidelberg-Columbia Brewery caught fire mere minutes after we posted this story late Thursday night. Mere coincidence. We promise. The Columbia Heidelberg Brewery complex on the corner of 21st and South C Street in downtown Tacoma is currently being demolished. Some see the change as a progressive
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South Sound craft breweries are becoming a destination and gaining recognition throughout the world. In Olympia, The Fish Brewing Company is home to Beyond the Pale Ale, named the 2015 World's Best Beer by the World's Best Beer Awards. If you want to learn more about these great local brews,
Music
If I may, here is a slightly ridiculous comparison: Girl Trouble and their surrounding entities are the Coppolas of Tacoma awesomeness. In addition to the fantastic rock 'n' roll that has come shooting from Girl Trouble's general direction for well over 20 years now, the extremely talented local filmmaker Isaac
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STRIKE ONE Cowboys wide receiver Roy Williams, it is my belief, exists solely for entertainment purposes. Like, dude was put on this earth for just one reason: so humanity and all of football fandom would have something to point and laugh at. It starts with his short-sleeved mock turtlenecks and goes
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I've been keeping up with Susan Christian's career for more than 20 years, and during that time I have watched her art change so gradually that it's like watching a mountain grow. I think she has finally reached her maturity as a painter. Her latest works - simple, bare-bones, abstract
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This weekend chalk artists, vendors, skaters and even dogs in high fashion will stream onto Sixth Avenue. It's anarchy! Actually, it's the annual Art on the Ave - one of Tacoma's coolest arts festivals."Art on the Ave is in its 13th year, so it's one of Tacoma's biggest and best
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YOU ARE PLURAL >>> Friday, July 8 The music of You Are Plural is so immediately, vibrantly engaging that it can be almost jarring. The first song on Hand it Over, the band's debut LP, is a spryly shuddering meeting of strings and bubbling electronic instrumentation that sweeps along the lovely vocals
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What’s the new look? Capri shorts. I have seen them come in all different styles and colors, from a dressup look like slacks that youcan wear to work for an everyday comfortable beach look. My favorite styles are the pink, baby green and blue plaid Capri shorts. They go to your knees,
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The personal finance website, WalletHub, recently released its report on 2017's Most Patriotic States in America. Washington came in at number six. Virginia took top honors, while New Jersey has the dubious honor of least patriotic state in the union. WalletHub used 13 key indicators to determine the level of patriotism. Max
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The Lovely Bad Things play blissed-out, fuzzed-up garage-pop that bursts with jangly exuberance. The band's sound is unmistakably Californian in its laid-back pop-mindedness. It's a barrage of good feeling and summery fun. Their live videos reveal a playfully engaging group of high-energy performers who yearn for nothing more than to
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DB & THE STRUGGLE July 9-10 DB & the Struggle has nothing to do with the months of sketching that no doubt led up to the release of Daniel Blue's 253 sticker. Rather, it's a funky blues jam outfit up from California and dead-set on rousing Tacoma's grooving masses into the boogey-state.
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Besides the obvious rock, which jives nicely with the KISW set, Tacoma's VIII Days Clean sells itself on its members' troubled past - vocalist guitarist Ron Walvatne, drummer Jeff Welch, bassist Cody Johnson and guitarist Gary Cooper have all battled drug addiction in their lives, and have built this band
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The music of You Are Plural is so immediately, vibrantly engaging that it can be almost jarring. The first song on Hand it Over, the band's debut LP, is a spryly shuddering meeting of strings and bubbling electronic instrumentation that sweeps along the lovely vocals of the female lead. The
Ragnet
In every issue of this fine rag my hack team of wannabe journalists and I tackle some of the most laughable criminal acts that have recently happened in our area. Then - if we're doing our job - we write about those crimes in a way that makes you chuckle,
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Serving in the United States Air Force and the sport of volleyball have been symbiotic for Felicia Clement since graduating high school in 2011. She’s enjoyed a life where the two go hand-in-hand. A second lieutenant for the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord,
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Thing: Fruit-flavored rolling papers available at The Hippie House Made by: Zig Zag and Juicy For sale at: The Hippie House Located: 3109 Sixth Ave., Tacoma Co-owners: Justin Stieglitz and John Anderson Opened: May 21, 2011 Not your: Normal, dirty head shop Considered: The Nordstrom of head shops If only: I could visit Santa at a head shop Christmas
