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As a member of various boards and the Vice President of Tacoma’s Downtown Merchants Group, one might wonder where Judi Hyman gets her superpowers. You know the superpowers I’m talking about — the ones that give her the energy and will to participate in Go Local Tacoma, Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber
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You could take a huge crap and have the Beatles playing in the background and I’d totally watch. I love the Beatles. And yes, comedian Chris Bliss juggles to Beatles songs and will be at the Pantages on Saturday, but that’s not who I’m here to talk about. This Saturday, Nov.
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Veggie quiches, homemade cupcakes, fresh scones and delicious coffee make for perfect all-day accompaniments to Corina Bakery’s free Wi-Fi connection. I often find myself hiding inside this established Tacoma bakery, trying to escape the madness at Weekly Volcano World Headquarters — only to find my damn editors blowing up my
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Sushi has only entered my life within the last five years. This whole “raw fish” concept has rented out a space in my brain, and will most likely forever replace small memories of my family’s delicious southern cooking. Although I could never forget the grease-laden goodness of a deep fried
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LINK: Halloween happenings LINK: Tacoma Catalogue of Terror I’ve come to the conclusion that at least 87 percent of life is mind over matter. Of the other 13 percent, 10 percent is fate, 2 percent is free will, and the last 1 percent is pure bacon. Think about it, and you’ll see
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Currently a dorm resident assistant (RA) and in his junior year as a PLU student, Kyle Sinclair tells me he is working towards a religion degree with a minor in psychology. Screw haunted houses, those two combined fields of study sound like some scary shit. Who the hell knows, maybe
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Whew. That was hard. It took me an extremely stressful three minutes to decide on what Emily Bikini’s title should be underneath her name. I was thinking it would be either: bikini model, actress, energy drink entrepreneur, reality show star, tortoise lover, or world record holder for wearing the pinkest
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In my mind an old Saturday Night Live skit done by Gilda Radner plays. She’s doing her brilliant “smoking” routine as Roseanne Roseannadanna. Some of you might remember the classic skit where Radner reads a letter from a man complaining of his symptoms, goes on about meeting Dr. Joyce Brothers
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Our story begins a long, long time ago in a land far, far away. It was November 2008 when Puyallup citizens approved an “annexation” of the City of Puyallup’s fire department into Central Pierce Fire & Rescue. So what was to become of all the old used Puyallup Fire Department
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Our story begins a long, long time ago in a land far, far away. It was November 2008 when Puyallup citizens approved an “annexation” of the City of Puyallup’s fire department into Central Pierce Fire & Rescue. So what was to become of all the old used Puyallup Fire Department
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As a Texas transplant and a product of the southern education system, the fact that there were two separate (and very different) entities called “UPS” in one town confused me for a while. Did you need a college to learn how to deliver packages? Was the brown uniform
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Although Alan Gorsuch and his better half, Cheryl, do a fine job running Tacoma’s Sanford and Son Antiques, it’s the borderline trouble Alan stirs up in this community that makes him an interesting Trouble with DeRosa victim. I think we’ve all seen the confident, shirtless, beer-wielding Alan at community events.
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Although Alan Gorsuch and his better half, Cheryl, do a fine job running Tacoma’s Sanford and Son Antiques, it’s the borderline trouble Alan stirs up in this community that makes him an interesting Trouble with DeRosa victim. I think we’ve all seen the confident, shirtless, beer-wielding Alan at community events.
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Oh hell, it is almost impossible to read my notes from this week’s Trouble with DeRosa interview. As I rocked back and forth on Pacific Parasail’s floating dock, it was all I could do to keep my balance AND write in my notebook. My feeble attempt to somehow support myself
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For 12 years, ever since Click!’s conception in 1997, Diane Lachel has kept an office seat warm, and a congenial disposition in Click!’s home base in the Tacoma Public Utilities building. For the last five of those years, Diane has witnessed Tacoma area cable subscribers save over (gasp!) $107 million
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Along with Tobin Ropes, Maureen McHugh turns the local tea scene upside down. Ropes and McHugh are the great minds behind Mad Hat Tea Company and its comfy living room style abode and warm, welcoming attitude. Anyone from any demographic is welcome to stroll on in, grab a mug of
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Widely known as one of Washington’s best restaurants, Pacific Grill ranks high on my list of all-time favorite places to meet friends for lunch. Nothing sets the last leg of my day off to a better start than a Pacific Grill grilled cheese and a glass of perfectly poured wine.
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For those of you who have been living under the rocks located outside of Kentucky Fried Chicken’s front landscaping, there is such a thing as locally grown organic produce. And for those of you who have not clued in to the uber-hip culture that surrounds everything locally grown and organic
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Something in the sun last week begged me to hit up multiple dives and conquer a daytime pub crawl. I rallied my liver and headed down Portland Avenue into the underrated, friendly neighborhood of Midland. With the sunroof open and the radio blaring, my shriveled liver and I began our
