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Since moving to the downtown area about a year and a half ago, Second Closet, a thrift store operated by the Junior League of Tacoma selling new and used clothing and household items, has seen a healthy increase in business mostly due to the shop’s close proximity to offices in
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They say the best things in life are free, (or at least almost free). Especially when it comes to finding sweet deals on accessories and clothes. Bargain hunting has never been my forte; it takes a keen eye to put together an outfit from gently used clothes. So when I
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They say the best things in life are free, (or at least almost free). Especially when it comes to finding sweet deals on accessories and clothes. Bargain hunting has never been my forte; it takes a keen eye to put together an outfit from gently used clothes. So when I
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It’s become an unsurprising and expected part of life in Pierce County — if not every decent sized county in the country with a considerable population of sick, poor, unemployed, often mentally ill transients. Panhandling. While it’s illegal inside Tacoma city limits, Pierce County as a whole has no such
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It’s become an unsurprising and expected part of life in Pierce County — if not every decent sized county in the country with a considerable population of sick, poor, unemployed, often mentally ill transients. Panhandling. While it’s illegal inside Tacoma city limits, Pierce County as a whole has no such
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The man behind much of the revitalization of Tacoma’s SoDo District, Henry Liebman, has officially announced plans to renovate Tacoma’s Foremost Dairy building as commercial office space. The 81-year-old art deco building once housed a milk and ice cream factory, and has sat fallow for years. It definitely could use
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The man behind much of the revitalization of Tacoma’s SoDo District, Henry Liebman, has officially announced plans to renovate Tacoma’s Foremost Dairy building as commercial office space. The 81-year-old art deco building once housed a milk and ice cream factory, and has sat fallow for years. It definitely could use
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Kevin Costner’s new movie is about a presidential election that literally comes down to one man, one vote. The vote belongs to Bud Johnson, an alcoholic egg inspector from New Mexico who finds himself the focus of the eyes of the world. Costner plays him as a hungover loser who
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Kevin Costner’s new movie is about a presidential election that literally comes down to one man, one vote. The vote belongs to Bud Johnson, an alcoholic egg inspector from New Mexico who finds himself the focus of the eyes of the world. Costner plays him as a hungover loser who
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It is difficult for me to talk about Valhalla Coffee Company without looking over my shoulder for some axe wielding Viking lesser-god hunting me down to cleave my spinal chord in two with a deft twist of his frost weathered wrist. Our black-metal winters have me just a little paranoid,
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It is difficult for me to talk about Valhalla Coffee Company without looking over my shoulder for some axe wielding Viking lesser-god hunting me down to cleave my spinal chord in two with a deft twist of his frost weathered wrist. Our black-metal winters have me just a little paranoid,
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ANNOUNCER: When the St. Helens Café folded and Pat Nagle of the Harmon stepped up to open a “pizza, pasta & pints” place, as he calls it, the boys were happy to see another restaurant filling in the spaces around downtown — and quite certain the neighborhood rejoiced in having
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ANNOUNCER: When the St. Helens Café folded and Pat Nagle of the Harmon stepped up to open a “pizza, pasta & pints” place, as he calls it, the boys were happy to see another restaurant filling in the spaces around downtown — and quite certain the neighborhood rejoiced in having
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If all of you hep cats and cool kittens remember only one thing after this year’s jalopy shindig known round the world as Hotrod-A-Rama — Friday and Saturday, Aug. 1 and 2, within and around the Swiss Pub — I hope it’s this: “Hot rods are more than just hobby. They’re
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If all of you hep cats and cool kittens remember only one thing after this year’s jalopy shindig known round the world as Hotrod-A-Rama — Friday and Saturday, Aug. 1 and 2, within and around the Swiss Pub — I hope it’s this: “Hot rods are more than just hobby. They’re
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Ever been to a Mariners Game in Seattle? You’ve probably driven by one of Henry Liebman’s projects. He’s completed dozens of them, and uses some beautiful investment models, and has made attracting foreign investors an implicit part of his game. Liebman follows a number of developers by focusing on so-called
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Ever been to a Mariners Game in Seattle? You’ve probably driven by one of Henry Liebman’s projects. He’s completed dozens of them, and uses some beautiful investment models, and has made attracting foreign investors an implicit part of his game. Liebman follows a number of developers by focusing on so-called
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I’m not very cool — nor have I ever claimed to be. I’m not hip, so by definition I’m not a hipster — and plus I don’t like wearing pants that tight. I’m not extremely popular, either, probably because I don’t really care for large groups of people and the
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I’m not very cool — nor have I ever claimed to be. I’m not hip, so by definition I’m not a hipster — and plus I don’t like wearing pants that tight. I’m not extremely popular, either, probably because I don’t really care for large groups of people and the
