Submitted by Don Doman Recently, the Seattle Times business staff reported on the upswing on Seattle area rentals touting air conditioning to attract new renters. The Times writes, “As Seattle summers keep getting hotter and hotter, a once-unthinkable perk for renters here had become more commonplace: air conditioning.” Degrees of warmth vary little from the […]
Chinese Reconciliation Dinner Huge Success
Submitted by Don Doman The annual Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation dinner was a huge success in both monies raised and people taking part in the festivities. Initial figures show two hundred attendees and nearly twice the revenue of previous events. The May 6th dinner held at the Ming Palace featured excellent Cantonese courses served family […]
Rising Country Star Jessica Lynne in Tacoma June 2
Submitted by Don Doman Sometimes authentic country music artists don’t grow up in what we would consider hotbeds of country music. Sometimes they grow up in Haslev, Denmark, the native town of current Tacoma resident, Jessica Lynne, a sensational and rising country star. Her latest release won the 2016 Audience Award at the Seattle Shorts […]
Hands Across the Sea – Port to Port
Submitted by Don Doman Living in Tacoma, we have an interesting cultural and economic opportunity. In July, there are fifty Chinese students visiting Tacoma from Fuzhou. Fuzhou is the capital of southeastern China’s Fujian province and is a Sister City of Tacoma. They are coming to Tacoma and America to try out their English and […]
A Chinese Affair – Follow Your Dreams
Submitted by Don Doman In today’s world of clashes between religions and nationalities involving starvation and war across the globe, sometimes it seems that hatred lives next door. That’s not necessarily true. There are good things happening as well. Our neighbors should be our friends as well. It’s time for a celebration of cultures and […]
Beware Of Identity Theft With Online Transactions
By Don Doman The progress in science and technology has resulted in the more frequent use of telephones, computers and satellite guided gadgets. Though technology has been brought down from its complex and highly elevated position to our fingertips where everything is operational with a touch or a click, there are its downsides too. One […]