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At last Saturday’s two-year anniversary party at the Tempest Lounge, all eyes softened when they saw Roxanne Murphy, the PR bitty from the city, in this sweet Chinese dress. She calls this look “Asian up the Indian” (her mother’s side of the family is from the Nooksack Tribe just outside of
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Inspired by vintage fashions, loud colors, fun prints, and the chance to have one-of-a-kinds, Brooke McLaughlin created Dang. She describes the Dang. line as “a casual fun look inspired by rockabilly culture.” She creates hats, purses, dresses, skirts, hoodies, and shirts — all from scratch. McLaughlin, a Tacoma resident, sizes
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Watermark Gifts Watermark Gifts is the be-all end-all of gift shops. Your mother-in-law is coming to visit? Grab her a lovely frame for grandkids pictures. Your best friend just got a promotion? Score him a slick new day planner. Have a friend that’s an art hound? Buy art cards by local
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I wasn’t quite ready for the holiday season this year. It seems impossible that it could be time for Christmas shopping and Thanksgiving celebrations already. No matter how many commercials for diamond pendants and sport utility crossovers I saw on television; I just couldn’t seem to get into the holiday
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Christmas is in 40 days. I’m not sounding the alarm or anything; I’m just putting it out there. Forty days. Where am I coming from? I have a large family. I want to get them each something fantastic, something they will cherish. I want to continue to cover rent and
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Just like the rest of the peeps in the United States, I have some things to be thankful for: My family, friends, a cozy home, and the fact that it’s snowing in the mountains. But one of the things that I appreciate the most out of life is something that’s not quite
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When the Weekly Volcano World Headquarters received a hot tip about hotties in a coffee shack called the Hot Hut, I was skeptical. Sure, the girls on the Web site (www.thehothut.com) look pretty good in their studio shots, but they couldn’t possibly be that scantily clad in person, could they? On
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I really like Ric Hall and Ron Schmitt’s collaborative pastels. It is absolutely astonishing that two artists can work simultaneously on a painting — and apparently, judging from their written statements, with little or no preplanning — and come up with anything as coherent and well designed as the pictures
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Tempest Lounge Anniversary What is grace? Is it the toes of a ballerina or the sunglasses of a Jackie O? Nope, it’s the Tempest Lounge. Anniversaries are a big deal, and since it comes around only once a year, no amount of planning is too much to ensure a smooth and festive
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There’s an old joke that proprietors of jazz clubs secretly share with each other but only reluctantly enjoy with the public. During an interview with a veteran tenor sax player, the question was asked, “What made you go into jazz?” His reply: “Well, man, I hate big crowds.” Whether that tenorist
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Wednesday, Nov. 21 PUNK neutralboy Over a 15-year career, Neutralboy has gained a devoted local following and made a name for themselves within the local punk scene. With one record to their name and another allegedly on the way, Neutralboy seems to have focused more on the basic elements of punk than
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The Museum of Glass is kind of a big deal. But you already knew that, right? Just like you already knew about the worldwide reputation our own little inverted ice-cream cone is gaining with renowned artists in the medium of glass. You probably knew all about how visiting artists will come to
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THE PARTY Bad Xmas Sweater You knew there was a reason to hold on to the Christmas-light-laden and obscenely geometric printed green-and-red sweater. You once thought even the one with reindeer had potential. Now it’s time to explore your closets because, ladies and gentlemen, the ugliest holiday sweater contest will be held
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“whistle down the wind” A show of note around the Puget Sound is 5th Avenue Theatre’s staging of the U.S. premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Whistle Down the Wind.” The show is an uplifting musical about a young Louisiana girl who finds a mysterious stranger and hides him from the townspeople, who
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One of the most awaited holiday traditions is taking to the stage of Harlequin Productions. The Olympia theater is staging its holiday offering, the latest in its original serial about a troupe of New York nightclubbers doing their part for the war effort by singing their way to the hearts
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Something about this time of year — it makes plaid cool. It makes fiddles cool, too. The Celtic Music’s Voyage to Appalachia: Highland Health and Holler, featuring Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, and Bruce Molsky, arrives at the Pantages Theater Thursday. Cool. Having been recognized
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Is it possible for a bar to save your life? The Weekly Volcano thinks so. Whether you’re looking for cocktails and conversation or a place to brood, your favorite bar, tavern or lounge can be a home away from home. These are the places you go to commiserate, to communicate,
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Turkey Day (the time honored tradition of stuffing bread up a turkey’s ass and eating it) is by far my favorite holiday. I like it even more than Christmas. Thanksgiving has all that Christmas has to offer: great food and drink, family and friends, and crisp weather that lures us
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Claiming to be the largest conveyor belt or Kaiten sushi restaurant in the Northwest, Sushi Revolution is an inexpensive way to sample your way through sashimi (raw slices of fish laid on top of rice), sushi rolls, and tempura (panko battered and deep fried veggies and various seafood). Upon entering
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Saturdays: Wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., Wine Bank, 7017 27th St. W., University Place, 253.564.1101. Saturdays and Sundays: Rockridge Orchards wine and cider tasting, 1-4 p.m., 41127 212th Ave. S.E., Enumclaw, 360.825.1962. Sunday, Nov. 25: Fall Wine Tasting Gala, 2-5 p.m., $50, Al Lago Ristorante Italiano, 3110 Sumner Tapps Hwy. E., Lake Tapps,
