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They say that beer is the breakfast of champions. If that’s the case, then give me a gold medal and slap my picture on a box of Wheaties, because I rocked both breakfast AND beer at The Chieftain on South Tacoma Way. A reader board that I’m sure hasn’t been
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You’re not going to believe this, but I met James Wellings in a bar. Shocking, right? It’s hard to avoid the downtown Olympia crowd as I stroll down Fourth Avenue, the best street located in this state’s capitol city. Eventually I run into the same faces at each venue I
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Apparently word has gotten out about how much talent is all up in the South Puget Sound. Rumor has it we have great live music, talented performers, and one helluva attitude to back it up. As I walk down the street, I see talent gushing out of every open crack
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Still owned by its original founding family, the Eastside Club Tavern has been an Olympia staple since 1942. I instantly felt the warmth of wooden bar comfort as I planted my bum close to the tavern’s cute, friendly bartenders. This place reminds me of what a true tavern should be,
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With a husky voice that told a story within itself of heavy smoking, all-night fishing, and hardcore crabbing survival — Captain Johnathan Hillstrand of the Discovery Channel’s show Deadliest Catch made my dream come true. With the show’s fifth season beginning this past Tuesday, he called my cell phone and
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Still owned by its original founding family, the Eastside Club Tavern has been an Olympia staple since 1942. I instantly felt the warmth of wooden bar comfort as I planted my bum close to the tavern’s cute, friendly bartenders. This place reminds me of what a true tavern should be,
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With a husky voice that told a story within itself of heavy smoking, all-night fishing, and hardcore crabbing survival — Captain Johnathan Hillstrand of the Discovery Channel’s show Deadliest Catch made my dream come true. With the show’s fifth season beginning this past Tuesday, he called my cell phone and
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If you happened to meander into Le Voyeur off Olympia’s Fourth Avenue, you might assume you were in just another eclectic restaurant serving handmade food. You’d see moms with their kids, couples having lunch, and friendly staff behind the line getting their hands dirty as they cooked up some grub.
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My new friend Sam — the doorman at McCoy’s Tavern in Olympia — is definitely no one’s doormat, ifyaknowwhatImean. His entertaining abrasiveness, witty sarcasm, and gargantuous stature made Bandito Betty and I immediately welcome him into our warped world of sideshow humor. It all started as we made eyes with
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Much like the critically acclaimed show Mystery Science Theater 3000, which openly ridiculed mediocre science-fantasy movies from 1988 to 1999, the newly formed Tacoma Cult Film Club will honor only the best B-movies one beat-up VCR can handle. Only this time you’re not alone on your Dorito-stained futon laughing at
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Much like the critically acclaimed show Mystery Science Theater 3000, which openly ridiculed mediocre science-fantasy movies from 1988 to 1999, the newly formed Tacoma Cult Film Club will honor only the best B-movies one beat-up VCR can handle. Only this time you’re not alone on your Dorito-stained futon laughing at
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If you happened to meander into Le Voyeur off Olympia’s Fourth Avenue, you might assume you were in just another eclectic restaurant serving handmade food. You’d see moms with their kids, couples having lunch, and friendly staff behind the line getting their hands dirty as they cooked up some grub. Take
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My new friend Sam — the doorman at McCoy’s Tavern in Olympia — is definitely no one’s doormat, ifyaknowwhatImean. His entertaining abrasiveness, witty sarcasm, and gargantuous stature made Bandito Betty and I immediately welcome him into our warped world of sideshow humor. It all started as we made eyes with
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Much like the critically acclaimed show Mystery Science Theater 3000, which openly ridiculed mediocre science-fantasy movies from 1988 to 1999, the newly formed Tacoma Cult Film Club will honor only the best B-movies one beat-up VCR can handle. Only this time you’re not alone on your Dorito-stained futon laughing at
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Much like the critically acclaimed show Mystery Science Theater 3000, which openly ridiculed mediocre science-fantasy movies from 1988 to 1999, the newly formed Tacoma Cult Film Club will honor only the best B-movies one beat-up VCR can handle. Only this time you’re not alone on your Dorito-stained futon laughing at
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Much like the critically acclaimed show Mystery Science Theater 3000, which openly ridiculed mediocre science-fantasy movies from 1988 to 1999, the newly formed Tacoma Cult Film Club will honor only the best B-movies one beat-up VCR can handle. Only this time you’re not alone on your Dorito-stained futon laughing at
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Where, oh where do I start with this one? I want so badly to tell you about my new friend Sam, McCoy’s doorman. I want to tell you all about his past alcoholism, how he looks just like Seth Rogan, and mimic for you his incredibly funny one-liners. But I
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Archibald Sisters is most definitely a necessary shopping stop when in Olympia — especially when you tend to be on the twisted, liberal and openly expressive end of the personality spectrum. Take everything good, clean, nice and pure you ever thought a fluffy Hallmark-type gift store could be and bring it
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Much like the critically acclaimed show Mystery Science Theater 3000, which openly ridiculed mediocre science-fantasy movies from 1988 to 1999, the newly formed Tacoma Cult Film Club will honor only the best B-movies one beat-up VCR can handle. Only this time you’re not alone on your Dorito-stained futon laughing at
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Where, oh where do I start with this one? I want so badly to tell you about my new friend Sam, McCoy’s doorman. I want to tell you all about his past alcoholism, how he looks just like Seth Rogan, and mimic for you his incredibly funny one-liners. But I
