Tacoma Musical Playhouse followed up their Full Monty performance in May with an encore presentation of The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber in early June. It was well received and would have been worth a trip in the snow if we could have just made it to a main road for the original date in […]
Pita Pit Restaurant Review
When our grandchildren were younger we would take them with us on our adventures, staying at hotels and enjoying local theatrical productions. As they’ve gotten older and busier this has become more difficult. We stepped back in time for an enjoyable gathering in Lakewood. We booked a room at the Best Western for us and […]
A Room with a Review – Relaxing in a Lakewood Hotel
When you leave home for a destination vacation, the destination doesn’t really matter that much. Once you’re out the door, you’re having an adventure. We’ve left our north end Tacoma home before and gone to north end B&Bs and had a great time. Earlier in June we left our home and traveled to Lakewood. We […]
Looking Back at Lakewood
I recently had an opportunity to take a nostalgic trip to Lakewood. My wife and I booked a room at the Best Western in lovely downtown Lakewood. I traced some of my footsteps and visited places of my youth. My earliest memories are from Tacoma. My parents would come home shortly after five in the […]
Saint Vincent de Paul Vintage Auction Success
What you want to see at a fundraising event is happy people having fun. At the St Vinnies auction that is exactly what we saw. Executive Director Tracy Peacock was everywhere welcoming friends and other guests and making them all feel welcome. My wife, Peg recalls as a child hearing her mother Rita on the […]
Bye Bye Birdie Hello Laughter – CenterStage Review
The storyline of Bye Bye Birdie is a parody of real-life gyrating super star Elvis Presley being drafted into the army at a time when rock and roll was fast changing the world of music. Angela Bayler (Managing Director) and Trista Duval (Artistic Director) welcomed the Sunday afternoon crowd to Bye Bye Birdie. They were […]
Retractable Awnings in Seattle, Bellevue, and Beyond
Are you blinded by the light of the afternoon sun? Are you being chased inside by the beautiful hot days of Puget Sound summers, when you could be enjoying fantastic scenic views? It’s a problem in the Seattle area. Friends of our’s have a very nice home that faces the water, the Olympics, and sometimes […]
Quilting, Sewing, Sharing, and Loving
I like the way quilts feel and the way they look. They just emit comfort. Our quilts even extend to our guest room. I think I’ve always had bedcovers of quilts. Handmade quilts have a personal touch. There’s just something about creating with sewing. Our daughter-in-law, Wendy, grew up with a mother who sews, as […]
Is the Ketogenic Diet on your “Try” List?
In my younger days, the only way I could lose weight was with the Dr. Atkins Diet. I would eat whatever meats I wanted. Eventually, I would answer the call of French fries from PICK-QUICK Drive In in Fife, a pizza from Cloverleaf on Sixth Avenue, or nachos from El Toro in Ponders Corner. As […]