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I usually kick myself when I wait until the last minute to visit a bar for Bar Exam, but I’m glad I did so this week. My tardiness paid off this time by hitting Lakewood’s premier Irish bar, Maggie O’Tooles, on the day after St. Patrick’s Day. Why? Imagine how
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When it comes down to saying things simply for shock value, this girl just about has me beat. I’ll be honest, during this particular Trouble with DeRosa interview, the frantic request, “Don’t put that in there” came out of her mouth more than a handful of times. Being a longtime
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When it comes down to saying things simply for shock value, this girl just about has me beat. I’ll be honest, during this particular Trouble with DeRosa interview, the frantic request, “Don’t put that in there” came out of her mouth more than a handful of times. Being a longtime loyal
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I know I don’t look the hottest when I’m sporting my workout clothes and no makeup, but that’s no reason to run away when I arrive. I couldn’t even catch one name of the three adults working the Nisqually Bar & Grill on Martin Road in Nisqually; they were way
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I know I don’t look the hottest when I’m sporting my workout clothes and no makeup, but that’s no reason to run away when I arrive. I couldn’t even catch one name of the three adults working the Nisqually Bar & Grill on Martin Road in Nisqually; they were way
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How do you review a coffee bar? Or rather, why would you? Although the level of coffee connoisseurship in Tacoma is on the rise, even the most exacting bean fiend might find the process futile. A barista either knows what he’s doing or he doesn’t. The beans are either sustainably
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How do you review a coffee bar? Or rather, why would you? Although the level of coffee connoisseurship in Tacoma is on the rise, even the most exacting bean fiend might find the process futile. A barista either knows what he’s doing or he doesn’t. The beans are either sustainably
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“Just Jen” — that’s what I call her. When I met Jen Quaschnik more than a year ago, she had just opened her budding cupcake shop in downtown Puyallup. I meandered in, she greeted me with enthusiasm, and we almost immediately realized we had been separated at birth. I told
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“Just Jen” — that’s what I call her. When I met Jen Quaschnik more than a year ago, she had just opened her budding cupcake shop in downtown Puyallup. I meandered in, she greeted me with enthusiasm, and we almost immediately realized we had been separated at birth. I told
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Who in the hell came up with putting green dye in beer? Like St. Patrick’s day isn’t obnoxious enough with all its green-wearing, shamrock-having, pinch-me-if-I’m-not-into-all-this-shit-as-much-as-you-are attitude. Does America even know what St. Patrick represents and who he was? And most importantly — if I drink enough of that green beer,
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Who in the hell came up with putting green dye in beer? Like St. Patrick’s day isn’t obnoxious enough with all its green-wearing, shamrock-having, pinch-me-if-I’m-not-into-all-this-shit-as-much-as-you-are attitude. Does America even know what St. Patrick represents and who he was? And most importantly — if I drink enough of that green beer,
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What started out in 1912 as the Opal Saloon, hosting a brothel above its landmark South Tacoma Way residence currently represents what is Tacoma’s oldest bar. Well, kinda. Technically it is the oldest bar that started out as a bar, and still currently runs as a bar. Now when I
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What started out in 1912 as the Opal Saloon, hosting a brothel above its landmark South Tacoma Way residence currently represents what is Tacoma’s oldest bar. Well, kinda. Technically it is the oldest bar that started out as a bar, and still currently runs as a bar. Now when I
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Gayle Selden was an easy interview seeing as we’re good friends who met during our first days together in the Junior League of Tacoma back in 2004. In 2006, with the help of a few JLT co-members, I embarked on beginning a little fund-raiser called Bib ‘n’ Bid — a
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Gayle Selden was an easy interview seeing as we’re good friends who met during our first days together in the Junior League of Tacoma back in 2004. In 2006, with the help of a few JLT co-members, I embarked on beginning a little fund-raiser called Bib ‘n’ Bid — a
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There’s not a whole lot I won’t do for a good friend. The return payment for putting up with my bullshit can run quite high, and have its rewards. Take Matt Driscoll, for instance. Driscoll has been asking me since October to join him at the Java Jive for our
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There’s not a whole lot I won’t do for a good friend. The return payment for putting up with my bullshit can run quite high, and have its rewards. Take Matt Driscoll, for instance. Driscoll has been asking me since October to join him at the Java Jive for our
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The history goes way back with Barry Watson, owner of Rosewood Café in Tacoma’s North End. He’s been in cahoots with Chris Trashcan from The Red Hot and some yahoos from the Parkway (and by “yahoos” I mean “kick ass beer peddlers’) for many years. I’d love to name these
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The history goes way back with Barry Watson, owner of Rosewood Café in Tacoma’s North End. He’s been in cahoots with Chris Trashcan from The Red Hot and some yahoos from the Parkway (and by “yahoos” I mean “kick ass beer peddlers’) for many years. I’d love to name these
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I remember it being called Steilacoom Pub and Deli from my days of living in Lego Land — oops, I mean DuPont. Not only is Steilacoom one of the most beautiful and historic cities bordering a waste treatment plant, but it is also THE place to go for beer selection,
