Valentine, played by Zack Segel, travels to Germany to learn more about his past and his future. He stays in his grandfather’s summer house. He finds Adam living in the attic. Adam is a refugee from Africa. You could say that Val and Adam are Huck Finn and Jim floating down the river of life […]
Meet Vince Santiago – Transportation Club
Meet Vince Santiago of the Transportation Club of Tacoma. He’s a great representation of family, business, and our community. Vince loves fishing and grandchildren and that is a great combination for him. Since 1926, the Transportation Club of Tacoma centers on building bridges within the transportation industry while at the same time serving Tacoma and […]
Missing the Complete Package Could Spell COVID Problems – Do Not Delay or Ignore the Second Injection!
Don’t run away from the second anti-COVID shot! Evidently there are large numbers of people who are pooh-poohing getting their second Pfizer or Moderna anti-Covid vaccine shots. They get their first shot and feel immune. Or just don’t want to bother with the second. With all the variants growing around the world this is just […]
The Trickster – A Short Story
Small towns never mean small minds, but grudges do linger and grow. I grew up with Jeremy. His mind was always working and making big plans. They usually got us into big trouble. My parents would take me to task. Jeremy’s parents just shrugged their shoulders and it was back to business as usual for […]
Protecting Your Valuables and Your Orders from Porch and Parks
If you’re like many of us, we order goods delivered to our door. The pandemic made shopping from our homes even easier for us to make that decision. But this has also resulted in upticks in theft directly from our own front steps or porch. “According to the 2020 Package Theft Statistics Report from C&R […]
Three Way Breakfast Tie – Shari's Restaurant Review
I dropped Peg off for an early morning meeting. Instead of just waiting, I decided to go to breakfast instead. Shari’s Restaurant on South Union was calling to me. Peg and I were devastated when Shari’s closed their restaurant on North Pearl. It was a late night haven for us. Our friends John and Karen […]
Dancing at the Bedrock Lounge – A Short Story
The Bedrock Lounge was “the” place to go in the mid-to-late-1980s for music and dancing. It was located on Sixth Avenue, just off Proctor. On the weekends people were lined up to go in. They had live music on Friday and Saturday evenings . . . groups mostly from Seattle, although there was a rumor […]
Frontera – Film Review About Illegal Immigration
Crossing the frontier border from Mexico to America is not for the faint of heart. Illegal immigrants face kidnapping, rape, robbery, extortion, and more . . . and still they come to America for a better life for their families . . . Wouldn’t you do the same? “Tens of thousands of migrant families, including […]
A Friendly Morning at Jack Hyde Park
Jack Hyde Park is easy to miss as you drive from downtown Tacoma along Schuster Parkway and then Ruston Way on the way to Point Ruston or Point Defiance Park. The park brings back memories of nearly thirty years ago. I joined the Rotary Club of Tacoma in 1993. At the time we had between […]