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Oh Pacific Northwest, why do you make me love you so? Everyone always talks about how our summers are the best kept secret, and don’t tell anyone how fantastic they are because more of those dang Californians will move up here (hint: they don’t usually last through the winter), but
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You know that friend? The one who comes over for a party but doesn't have a clue it's long past time to leave? Having had too much to drink, they rant about some mean ex and keep raiding the fridge. No. End. In. Sight. Well this week I'm on pins
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I'm not a birder. In theory I should be. I mean, I love nature, animals, seeing animals in their world, any reason to get outside and any excuse to travel. Being a birder would facilitate all of these things, but nothing seems more boring to me. Looking through binoculars at
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Recently, my oldest and dearest friend came home for a visit. She's a fancy city slicker now, hailing from New York City. Not Brooklyn or another borough. NYC proper. Naturally, I usually trek up to Seattle and go to some hip, new restaurant for our annual catch up. But this
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Currently, Grandview, the road in front of the U.S. Open is closed until after the tournament, more than a week later. Your opportunity to has come to an end. But, once the hoopla is over, you may return, and the best way to check out the enhancements and changes is on
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Rock climbing is a sport everyone I know wants to try but very few actually do. Every time I post a photo on Instagram or complain about my latest set of bruises I inevitably get a follow up from some one of "(sigh) I've always wanted to try that." My
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It's coming. What you ask? The Open. The 2015 US Open. One of the largest golf events in the country (the world?) will be held in June at our very own Chambers Bay. And it is rapidly approaching like a ginormous, bloated Jabba the Hutt, taking everything over in its path. I'm very fond
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Sometimes you just want to get away. Not in an epic, across the world adventure way. Just in a run off to Southern California for the weekend so I can run on the beach way. Ya feel me? And then the credit card bill from Christmas comes. Womp womp. Let just
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One of the fabulous things about the Pacific Northwest is that no matter how long you've been here, I can probably come up with a place you've never been. I don't mean some obscure little town, although those are fun. I mean a legit place most people have heard of,
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Recently, my oldest and dearest friend came home for a visit. She's a fancy city slicker now, hailing from New York City. Not Brooklyn or another borough. NYC proper. Naturally, I usually trek up to Seattle and go to some hip, new restaurant for our annual catch up. But this
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I have wanted to go whitewater rafting for years. So when my oldest adventure buddy called up and asked if I wanted to join a group of his friends for a trip, I didn't hesitate. I didn't even ask where we were going. The only words out of my mouth
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Oh the holidays. The time of year when I spend my weekends wandering aimlessly around the hated mall trying to figure out what to buy my mom, only to be faced with a gladiator showdown in line for the register. Anyone else so over dealing with absurdly stressed out people?
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Calvin Goings is a regional administrator for the Small Business Administration (SBA). Prior to being appointed by President Obama, he spent most of his adult life serving the public as an elected official, first in Olympia and later on the Pierce County Council. Along the way he worked in banking,
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Steve O'Ban is an interesting guy. After a long career as an attorney, he finally indulged his passion for politics by running, and getting elected to the State House of Representatives in 2012, representing the 28th Legislative District, which encompasses Joint Base Lewis-Mcchord. He recently received an appointment to the
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Jason Alexander is the co-owner of Tacoma Cabana in downtown Tacoma. He previously served in the U.S. Marine Corps, turned wrenches fixing cars, and worked as a contractor. Today you'll find him slinging the best craft tiki drinks in town. With an emphasis on made-from-scratch everything - juices, mixers, and
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Dr. Stan Flemming currently serves as the Pierce County councilmember for the 7th District and as the Pierce County executive pro-tem. With close to 20 years in public service, he has served as a member of the Washington State House of Representatives representing the 28th Legislative District and as the
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Some days I feel like the Black Night from Monty Python. "Your leg's come off!" "'Tis but a flesh wound!" Not to be dramatic or anything but this whole tripod thing gets real old. However I managed to persevere and take a friend through a spring rite of passage for
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The Great Ankle Fiasco of 2013 is the gift that keeps on giving. At this rate it's going to be a saga worthy of a Monty Python film. I keep waiting for the Knights Who Say Ni to tell me my ransom is a shrubbery. When I pitched this column to
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Terry Leonard has been the editor of Stars and Stripes for the past 5 1/2 years. Prior, he spent 28 years with the Associated Press - 20 of that overseas in places as diverse as Rome, Rwanda, Romania, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. We caught Leonard for a few minutes and
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Oh dear reader. I swear that last weekend you all turned Ruston Way into material for the next Macklemore hit. You were poppin' tags and on the prowl. I enjoy watching y'all strut your stuff as much as anybody but if hoards and traffic aren't your thing there is a
