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I really, really, really hoped I’d be wrong. But, unfortunately, in a situation some might call rare, it appears I was right on this one. As I predicted a few weeks ago in the Weekly Volcano, Tacomans have chosen to protect their wallets rather than invest in the future of our
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Precious. Not a word you’d normally associate with a 500-foot-tall, 400-foot-wide concrete hulk. But in conversations about Cooling Tower 5, that’s the word that keeps coming up: precious. It is a relic from an era that never really was, the golden age of American nuclear energy. In the 1970s, the Washington
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Precious. Not a word you’d normally associate with a 500-foot-tall, 400-foot-wide concrete hulk. But in conversations about Cooling Tower 5, that’s the word that keeps coming up: precious. It is a relic from an era that never really was, the golden age of American nuclear energy. In the 1970s,
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Traditionally, a wayzgoose was a party thrown by a master printer. Now that we are in the age of Kindles and Nooks, the term just means a party thrown by or for printers and literary sorts. Tacoma's Wayzgoose is headed up by King's Books owner sweet pea Flaherty and letterpress printer
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A very long time ago I was on the radio. I used to rig contests so folks in Tacoma would win - I felt I owed them something. Tacoma was the first place to embrace my early '90s rock outfit Squirt. We didn't make it big or anything, but Tacomans
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It’s all the rage to have a food allergy. Maybe not, but if it were a fad, allergies are big right now. Restaurant servers, flight attendants, even your mom know all about the ingredients in their foods, and they don’t blink an eye anymore when the subject comes up from the
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It’s all the rage to have a food allergy. Maybe not, but if it were a fad, allergies are big right now. Restaurant servers, flight attendants, even your mom know all about the ingredients in their foods, and they don’t blink an eye anymore when the subject comes up from the
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Those who spend any amount of time with me know for a fact that there are only a few holidays that are near and dear to my heart. I don’t participate in capitalistic Christmas. Valentine’s Day makes me want to hurl. New Year’s Eve is rookie overload. Thanksgiving only reminds me
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Those who spend any amount of time with me know for a fact that there are only a few holidays that are near and dear to my heart. I don’t participate in capitalistic Christmas. Valentine’s Day makes me want to hurl. New Year’s Eve is rookie overload. Thanksgiving only reminds me
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Don’t give negative vibes. Just be there for the music, for the songs, for the scene, and for the importance of instilling a positive outlook into the eyes of our youth. Just embrace Temple Vibe — the band playing The Den at urbanXchange on Saturday, March 14. Temple Vibe is
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Don’t give negative vibes. Just be there for the music, for the songs, for the scene, and for the importance of instilling a positive outlook into the eyes of our youth. Just embrace Temple Vibe — the band playing The Den at urbanXchange on Saturday, March 14. Temple Vibe is
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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 Marc Seales, Rochelle House Seattle. March 30 7:30 pm. $21.50 (Jazz Alley, 206.441.9729). Stanley Clark Seattle. April 2-4 7:30 and 9:30 pm, April 5 7:30 pm. $27.50
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A very long time ago I was on the radio. I used to rig contests so folks in Tacoma would win - I felt I owed them something. Tacoma was the first place to embrace my early '90s rock outfit Squirt. We didn't make it big or
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Having been a DJ since I was 6 years old has been a blessing and a challenge. I grew up spinning (actually “scratching”) on my mother’s Technic turntable — yeah, just one! So, recently I have been asked by cats interested in the art and culture of the DJ, “What
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Having been a DJ since I was 6 years old has been a blessing and a challenge. I grew up spinning (actually “scratching”) on my mother’s Technic turntable — yeah, just one! So, recently I have been asked by cats interested in the art and culture of the DJ, “What
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Genghis Khan Mongolian Grill Where: 31448 Pacific Highway S., Federal Way, 253.529.4050 Hours: They didn’t want to give out their hours. Oh well. Cuisine: Fast casual, Asian stir-fry concept. Scene: Build your own bowls by choosing your own meats, spices, vegetables and sauces, then march over to a massive grill where grillmasters, um, grill it. Drinkies:
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Genghis Khan Mongolian Grill Where: 31448 Pacific Highway S., Federal Way, 253.529.4050 Hours: They didn’t want to give out their hours. Oh well. Cuisine: Fast casual, Asian stir-fry concept. Scene: Build your own bowls by choosing your own meats, spices, vegetables and sauces, then march over to a massive grill where
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Kids and adults will be treated to a day of fun for free, right across I-5 from JBLM, Saturday, April 21. Located off exit 119 in Barksdale Station, the Health Fair will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.. and feature prizes, photos with the Tooth Fairy, games, snacks, free
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Vital Fitness gym will hold its spring open house on April 21, from 8:00 a.m. to noon in Lakewood (at 6002 Mt. Tacoma Dr., S.W.). The event will offer specials to help you jump-start your fitness goals, and will include one hour of free personal training, classes in kickboxing, boot camp,
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Thursday, March 12 Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Basel Cellars Winemaker Dinner, 6:30-9 p.m., Dockside Bistro & Wine Bar, 501 Columbia N.W., Olympia, 360.956.1928. Friday, March 13 Fridays Uncorked, 5-7:30 p.m., $12, Bayview School of Cooking, 516 Fourth Ave. W., Olympia, 360.754.1448. Wine
