This was our second try for lunch with the Goofy Goose. Jim and I had found the place locked up the first time we went. I think there had been a small fire and they were cleaning up. A year later we were successful. We arrived at the Sixth Avenue eatery just before noon. There […]
A Chorus Line at Tacoma Little Theatre – Play Review Tacoma
Waiting for the doors to open to the theatre Peg and I ate a cookie and looked at the art and posters around the lobby of Tacoma Little Theatre. I glanced at the poster for A Chorus Line and stopped at the name James Kirkland, Jr. The image of a paperback book popped into my […]
The Highest Tide – Harlequin Play Review Olympia
I was unfamiliar with local author Jim Lynch and his novel The Highest Tide. I read the information in the Harlequin brochure announcing their new season and was doubly interested in seeing the play from its description and the link to Jane Jones and Book-It Theatre. My wife Peg used to review plays at Seattle […]
Sake Sushi Grill – Restaurant Review Tacoma
Peg and I were on our way to the Tacoma Little Theatre to see the final dress rehearsal of A Chorus Line. On the road we started discussing where to have dinner. We had already decided on Joeseppi’s, but we were running a little late. I reminded Peg that this was Thursday night, Prime Rib […]
A Return to the Lobster Shop – Restaurant Review
Although it was still quite chilly, I was surprised to see clover blossoms instead of frost covering the lawn just around a tiny inlet next to The Lobster Shop along Ruston Way. Who couldn’t fall in love with the site of our port area beneath the blue cascade foothills and possible storm clouds floating their […]
Auction for Emergency Assistance – St. Vinnie's Beyond Vintage 2020
Are you afraid to answer the door or the phone? Afraid you might be turned out? Feeling all alone? Is the struggle to meet basic needs tearing you apart? Or do you know someone who is being pushed to the brink? If so, then please pass along the information in this article. You are not […]
Foley's On the Green – Restaurant Review – Lakewood
I drove to Jan and Mike’s home on Sunday morning. As I rounded the corner to their place, I caught a glimpse of the Narrows Bridge shrouded in clouds. I parked by Jan’s driveway and walked along the side of the house until I could frame the shot I wanted. Blue is a cool color […]
Gourmet Burger Shop Gig Harbor – Restaurant Review
My buddy Rob and his brother Paige helped me move a truck load of office dividers from Port Orchard to my home office in Tacoma. We did men’s work and deserved a break after loading, hauling, and carrying cubical panels. Well . . . okay, so it was only three dividers, but we were hungry. […]
The Wolves – Lakewood Playhouse Play Review
The Wolves is a play about fear and anxiety by playwright Sarah DeLappe. What better target is there for angst than teenagers in general and teenage girls in particular? The play premiered Off-Broadway in 2016. Wolves was a 2017 Pulitzer Prize Drama finalist. The play opens with a girls soccer team, The Wolves, stretching and […]