We’ve visited Spanky Burgers eight or nine times. We’ve yet to find an unsmiling face to greet us. When we walked in around 4:30 I remarked, “So, we beat the afternoon rush.” There was no one else there. Spanky Burgers is located on the corner of Sixth and Pine in Tacoma. Sixth Avenue is a […]
Galloping Gerties Restaurant Review Tillicum – Lakewood
Galloping Gerties in the Lakewood neighborhood of Tillicum is a must visit Bar and Grill. It’s at the Madigan Hospital exit on I-5. In a recent post about Family Style, down home restaurants, a reader reminded me of Galloping Gerties Restaurant. A couple of years ago I had breakfast there before shooting video for a […]
Women and Girls Win Big at Local Golf Tournament
I’ve been involved with fundraising golf tournaments since Christmas House of Pierce County back in the 1980s. I’ve helped raise money for Rotary Club of Tacoma #8, Tacoma Executives Association, Transportation Club of Tacoma, the Washington State Fair, and Soroptimist Club of Tacoma, and Chapter AY P.E.O.. For a successful golf tournament you need several […]
Too Smart for Our Own Good? Passing the 8th-Grade Science Test
Students have much more to learn today than we had when we were their age. Could you pass an 8th-Grade Science Test? Four years ago there was a competition between seven hundred computer scientists. Using their own versions of AI (Artificial Intelligence) they all failed to pass the 8th-Grade Science Test. They all scored less […]
Anthony's at Point Defiance Restaurant Review
On Labor Day, Peg and I walked along the seawall at Point Defiance Park. The next day we returned to visit the fantastic Rose Garden. Besides the glorious roses, the dahlias were blooming and beautiful. The first few days of September here in Paradise have been looking like a compilation of our biggest hits of […]
Corn on the Cob from Ear to Ear and Year to Year
The night before the Soroptimist Club of Tacoma has their scholarship fundraising golf tournament at Oakbrook in Lakewood, the members will gather to shuck a hundred ears of corn for the tournament dinner and auction. Corn on the cob will accompany the meal, which usually includes BBQ ribs and chicken, salad, and apple pie with […]
Back Alley Reveals – Curb Appeal or Alley Repel?
If you are selling your home, you definitely want to have curb appeal. Curb appeal is the drive by attraction of a home to potential buyers who might be touring a neighborhood looking to purchase. The initial appeal of a home often results in an appointment to see a home and the purchase. Generally, people […]
Tea with Ron White – Mr. Tater Salad himself
When you visit St. Vincent’s (St. Vinnies) on South 56th Street, you just never know what you’re going to find. It’s a house of treasure and a house of hope. It’s a nice combination. Peg and I visited St. Vinnie’s to get a donation for Soroptimist International of Tacoma. Some of the members live in […]
Smelt, Rainbow Trout, Salmon, Steelhead and Good Eats
I love fried fish. My mother fried smelt to perfection. The little daggers of crunch were fantastic. My wife Peggy grew up on fried smelt from the Pacific Northwest, too. Her dad Ike and the whole family enjoyed smelt. The Toutle is a tributary of the Cowlitz River, which used to be the mainstay of […]