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Brad Allen on December 31st, 2008
This species is one of the best kept secrets on Ruston Way. Great views, stiff drinks, fine dining in massive portions, and the lounge is home to the Purse Fumbler. She’ll slide next to you as your drink is winding down its brilliant and oh-too-brief appearance. After striking up a
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Brad Allen on April 17th, 2008
Is it possible for a bar to save your life? I think 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, or to
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Brad Allen on February 21st, 2008
Before Brent Amaker and the Rodeo spread their old-style country music in Europe for three weeks they will drop by The Royal Saturday to show Olympia what five black-clad cowboys can do musically. I caught up with Amaker before the show. WEEKLY VOLCANO: What’s the most unusual thing you’ve done for
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Brad Allen on January 24th, 2008
While it’s great to have brothers to give me wedgies, teach me about heavy metal and take slapshots at my face when they play street hockey, I’m especially thankful that I have sisters. Everything I know about girls I learned from them (and from watching “The Facts of Life”). My
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Brad Allen on January 17th, 2008
Ah, the mystique of a well-made martini. To hear connoisseurs tell it, you’d think it contained the clear-liquid keys to immortality, sexual prowess, and immeasurable wealth — in order of individual preference, no less. But don’t you believe it. You want to know a martini’s big secret? It’s made entirely
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Brad Allen on January 10th, 2008
After a year-and-a-half of commanding a corner of downtown DuPont as the Harbor Rock Bar & Grill, the owners decided to scrap the semi-successful venture, remodel it with mining items bought off eBay, and reopened two weeks ago as Dynamite Jacks. I dashed in from the rain last Friday night and
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Brad Allen on January 10th, 2008
When someone yells, “Birthday!” the League of Liberal Libations members answer that primal call to go out and get over served — no matter who it is, what else may be going on, and if it’s a Sunday. Tacoma karaoke legend Colin celebrated his birthday Sunday at Jazzbones. The League
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Brad Allen on January 3rd, 2008
Jake’s Bar and Bistro in Steilacoom hosts jazz every Saturday night beginning Jan. 5. Award winning saxophonist Jim Pribbenow, also known as King Greasy, will be the first to hit Jake’s stage. Joining Pribbenow will be pianist Craig Hoyer. Jake’s, formerly Jake Hathcock’s tiny Steilacoom Wine and Brew that shut down, renamed
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Brad Allen on January 3rd, 2008
What I observed New Year’s Eve at the packed El Toro in downtown Tacoma was that drinking in a group can be a highly dangerous undertaking. First, as each member of the League of Liberal Libations arrived, there was an evaluation process of his or her appearance. People typically want
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Brad Allen on December 27th, 2007
Tator Tot complains that with every mirror I pass by, I must stop and gaze at myself. Well, no s***. If you avert your eyes when looking in a mirror, you probably shouldn’t leave the house. And I think it’s this narcissistic tendency that draws me back to The Hob
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