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Located in an alley between downtown Tacoma and the Dome District is a quiet little salon hideaway, Steven Christian. Once a coffee warehouse, the building’s ultra tall walls, ceiling-to-floor windows and airy floor plan are inviting. Almost everywhere you look, potted plants grow; the greenery softening what might otherwise be
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Personal style, perseverance and vision. These three concepts are what has allowed owner Lisa Murphy to take a typical North End home in the Proctor District and transform it into Megs and Mo, the new comfortable, brand name women’s resale clothing store. Murphy incorporates the entire house, too. Each room
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Personal style, perseverance and vision. These three concepts are what has allowed owner Lisa Murphy to take a typical North End home in the Proctor District and transform it into Megs and Mo, the new comfortable, brand name women’s resale clothing store. Murphy incorporates the entire house, too. Each room
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Year 15 has arrived for RAGS, an annual charity fashion and art fund-raiser that benefits Pierce County’s YWCA Domestic Violence Programs, which is scheduled for March 13-15 at Larson’s Mercedes-Benz of Tacoma. More pointedly, the wearable art sale and gallery competition is a favorite among those who like to shop,
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Year 15 has arrived for RAGS, an annual charity fashion and art fund-raiser that benefits Pierce County’s YWCA Domestic Violence Programs, which is scheduled for March 13-15 at Larson’s Mercedes-Benz of Tacoma. More pointedly, the wearable art sale and gallery competition is a favorite among those who like to shop,
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Considering the economy’s crappy turn in 2008, Jada-Moon Gridley, the pixie behind Moon On Hilltop and Jada-Moon Creations, is one of the lucky ones. “I have managed to make it through the last six months without a job-job,” she says. Say what?! Gridley crafts and fashions a plethora of different things
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Considering the economy’s crappy turn in 2008, Jada-Moon Gridley, the pixie behind Moon On Hilltop and Jada-Moon Creations, is one of the lucky ones. “I have managed to make it through the last six months without a job-job,” she says. Say what?! Gridley crafts and fashions a plethora of different things
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A woman who turns a phrase in many a language, Roberta Armstrong began her love affair with the Japanese washi craft/art in 2001 while visiting her son in Japan. With washi, a handcrafted paper, Roberta creates delightful jewelry — necklaces, brooches that double as pendants, earrings (both clip-on and pierced),
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A woman who turns a phrase in many a language, Roberta Armstrong began her love affair with the Japanese washi craft/art in 2001 while visiting her son in Japan. With washi, a handcrafted paper, Roberta creates delightful jewelry — necklaces, brooches that double as pendants, earrings (both clip-on and pierced),
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Britney Spears blared on the sound system as I walked in. Scanning the packed store, I was easily 10 years older than all the other customers. Every third female sported a trucker hat and an oh-so-not-from-the-sun tan. Ah, the youth of America. Plato's Closet in Olympia is a buy-sell secondhand
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Britney Spears blared on the sound system as I walked in. Scanning the packed store, I was easily 10 years older than all the other customers. Every third female sported a trucker hat and an oh-so-not-from-the-sun tan. Ah, the youth of America. Plato's Closet in Olympia is a buy-sell secondhand
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How to tell if you are one of those couples: You hold hands all the time. You no longer refer to yourself as “I,” and you answer any question about your upcoming weekend plans with “I’m not sure what we’re doing.” You grin like an idiot. A lot. You’re the
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How to tell if you are one of those couples: You hold hands all the time. You no longer refer to yourself as “I,” and you answer any question about your upcoming weekend plans with “I’m not sure what we’re doing.” You grin like an idiot. A lot. You’re the
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A good haircut brings out the real you Another wickedly smart idea Tacoma can benefit from has, not surprisingly, sprung from two women who possess the much sought after Midas touch. Patricia Lecy-Davis and Julie Bennett own Embellish Multi-space Salon and urbanXchange respectively and have added the exciting element of Embellish
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A good haircut brings out the real you Another wickedly smart idea Tacoma can benefit from has, not surprisingly, sprung from two women who possess the much sought after Midas touch. Patricia Lecy-Davis and Julie Bennett own Embellish Multi-space Salon and urbanXchange respectively and have added the exciting element of Embellish
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Taking advantage of a day without rain last Sunday I opted for hiking at Little Si in North Bend. Halfway through the 5.5 mile jaunt and while pausing for a water break, I realized something spectacular. My belly doesn’t stick out anymore. My efforts with exercise and diet have truly
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Taking advantage of a day without rain last Sunday I opted for hiking at Little Si in North Bend. Halfway through the 5.5 mile jaunt and while pausing for a water break, I realized something spectacular. My belly doesn’t stick out anymore. My efforts with exercise and diet have truly
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Jewelry designs from to the life boats are the sole effort of Tacoma’s Lincoln District resident Laura Towse who began creating her own designs in 1974 then went public with them in 2004. “I have been interested in art and craft since I glued my first piece of macaroni in
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Jewelry designs from to the life boats are the sole effort of Tacoma’s Lincoln District resident Laura Towse who began creating her own designs in 1974 then went public with them in 2004. “I have been interested in art and craft since I glued my first piece of macaroni in
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Riddle: What’s harder to get rid of as you get older, no one wants it and it goes on easier than it comes off? Answer: Extra Body Weight. As a teenager, I had one of the worst diets imaginable: Score bars, Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew, McDonald’s double cheeseburgers (extra cheese), french
