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Between the snow, my car buried under a mound of ice and a neurotic grandmother I haven’t left the house in a last week. Unless it’s with my dad in his car that’s slathered in chains to go to the supermarket to stock up on more food, just in case
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SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, (253) 627-TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, (800) 325-SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, (866) 468-7623, www.ticketweb.com On sale now Kenny Garrett Quartet Seattle. Jan. 13-14 7:30 pm. $24.50 (Jazz Alley, 206.441.9729). The David Grisman Quintet Seattle. Jan. 15 7:30 pm, Jan. 16-17 7:30 and 9:30 pm, Jan. 18 7:30 pm. $32.50
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Last year, as the end of 2007 approached, I laid out some ground rules for 2008. I vowed not to buy clothes that would fit if I lost weight — to live in the now; not to keep clothes that are too big; no impulse buying — hit the gym
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Last year, as the end of 2007 approached, I laid out some ground rules for 2008. I vowed not to buy clothes that would fit if I lost weight — to live in the now; not to keep clothes that are too big; no impulse buying — hit the gym
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I really, really love the snow. If there’s enough of it, the world is transformed into a sort of liminal, bizarro version of itself. Looking out the window of my office at home, everything is blessedly quiet and barren. Everything that appears takes on a sort of exaggerated significance. Seeing
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I really, really love the snow. If there’s enough of it, the world is transformed into a sort of liminal, bizarro version of itself. Looking out the window of my office at home, everything is blessedly quiet and barren. Everything that appears takes on a sort of exaggerated significance. Seeing
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Five years ago I worked for Tacoma’s Convention & Visitor Bureau marketing the region to tourists. The biggest part of my job was organizing a five-day convention of travel writers who came to discover what Tacoma had to offer tourists. After the trip, each writer left me with his or her
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Five years ago I worked for Tacoma’s Convention & Visitor Bureau marketing the region to tourists. The biggest part of my job was organizing a five-day convention of travel writers who came to discover what Tacoma had to offer tourists. After the trip, each writer left me with his or her
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Ta-da! Another year is ending. We are another year older. Living in the Northwest can mean a few things to our faces. One group of people yearns for warm weather while bundled up indoors with the heat on, which zaps moisture from the skin, deleting elasticity and leaving them as
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Ta-da! Another year is ending. We are another year older. Living in the Northwest can mean a few things to our faces. One group of people yearns for warm weather while bundled up indoors with the heat on, which zaps moisture from the skin, deleting elasticity and leaving them as
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It’s been decided that I’m a curse — at least on Gold Teeth. Last week, in the pages of the Weekly Volcano, I wrote a beer-smelling, man-crush style preview of the band’s show at the Top of Tacoma Bar and Café — a show that was scheduled for last Thursday. What
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It’s been decided that I’m a curse — at least on Gold Teeth. Last week, in the pages of the Weekly Volcano, I wrote a beer-smelling, man-crush style preview of the band’s show at the Top of Tacoma Bar and Café — a show that was scheduled for last Thursday. What
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As is typically the case this time of year, Bobble Tiki is gearing up. No, not for the annual boxed wine intervention that Bobble Tiki’s family unleashes like clockwork shortly after the holidays come to an end, or the trip to the mall for pants a waist size bigger — Bobble
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As is typically the case this time of year, Bobble Tiki is gearing up. No, not for the annual boxed wine intervention that Bobble Tiki’s family unleashes like clockwork shortly after the holidays come to an end, or the trip to the mall for pants a waist size bigger
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So, who better to help ring in a year that is sure to be one of the most memorable and tumultuous we’ve seen in decades? How about Lynn Di Nino, backed by Doug Mackey and Laura and Matt Ecklund? Yeah, cosmic shit’s going down on New Year’s, and it’s called
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So, who better to help ring in a year that is sure to be one of the most memorable and tumultuous we’ve seen in decades? How about Lynn Di Nino, backed by Doug Mackey and Laura and Matt Ecklund? Yeah, cosmic shit’s going down on New Year’s, and it’s called
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As I gaze out my dining room window, I admire the fresh blanket of snow that engulfs our region. While the dog has yet to destroy the pristine nature of my front yard, there is a distinct odor wafting through the air. It smells like a fresh beginning. For those
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As I gaze out my dining room window, I admire the fresh blanket of snow that engulfs our region. While the dog has yet to destroy the pristine nature of my front yard, there is a distinct odor wafting through the air. It smells like a fresh beginning. For those
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The Weekly Volcano's Tournament of Breakfast Champion, Moon Rise Cafe has a target open date of July 1st for their new juice bar. Taking over the former Emerald City Smoothie next door in the Lakewood Towne Center, Moon Rise knocked down the wall expanding their shop to know
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I’d be willing to bet that many of you readers have been tuning into the local and national news stations to find out the latest about what’s going on with this wicked crazy blizzard. In addition, I’m sure you’re hearing about how Mother Nature’s latest vengeance has hit retailers twice as
