One of our granddaughters participated in an Instrumental Solo/Ensemble Contest at Ferrucci Junior High in Puyallup on a recent Saturday. I’m not sure how much of a contest it was, but Peg and I enjoyed the performances of ten young students. We sat in a classroom. There was a piano for the accompanist if required […]
Snopes – Tell-all Testimony and Giant Snakes
The Rotary Club of Tacoma got more than they had bargained for by booking David Mikkelson, Founder/Executive Editor of Snopes.com as the program for the 28th of February meeting at the Tacoma Yacht Club. When it looked like Mikkelson would not make the meeting, Doreen Marchionni the Managing Editor at Snopes.com stepped in as the […]
Floating Counter Tops and Hidden Support
I came across this headline on the net about counter tops: NEW TRENDS IN KITCHEN COUNTER TOPS | OVERHANG, THICKNESS, COLORS, WATERFALL & MORE from Dura Supreme in Howard Lake, Minnesota. Mostly it was the term overhang and waterfall that confused me. Overhang refers to a the length of a counter top that seems to […]
Greek Pizza, Spaghetti, and Lamb Kabobs – Restaurant Review
One of our favorite pizzas at It’s Greek to Me in Tacoma, just around the corner from Southern Kitchen, is their large vegetarian pizza . . . with real bacon and extra mushrooms. When we are going to a family party or dinner, we often order two large pizzas to take with us to share. […]
The Harmon on Pacific – Restaurant Review
It was a couple of days before Valentine’s Day. I had my present ready for Peggy, but had done no planning for dinner. We decided, since we hadn’t dined at The Harmon (multiply locations in Tacoma and Gig Harbor) for some time, perhaps we should give them a try. I checked online for both The […]
Fighting Fake News and Outright Lies – David Mikkelson – Snopes.com
CLAIMS sent to Snopes.com for verification: Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has experienced two “sheriff evictions,” two closed checking accounts, and a credit score of 430. Some 18 million illegal immigrants received benefit checks during a government shutdown in January 2019. The FBI raided a retirement home to break up an elderly fight club. Nathan Phillips falsely […]
Good Food and Low Noise
Why do you go out to a restaurant? To eat? I don’t think so. Not me, anyway. I go to a restaurant not to eat, but to enjoy eating. This means eating with someone . . . and generally having a conversation. You can’t have a decent conversation if you can’t hear. It’s tough to […]
Feeding Deer in the Winter and Beyond
My wife usually has a bag of apples on the kitchen counter. For me I like the larger apples, but for deer I like the smaller apples, although I sometimes worry they will choke on them. I don’t give deer CPR. I don’t know what kind they really enjoy, but if they have visited our […]
Minor Disaster Preparation
I had a Friday morning meeting with the Communications Committee of the Transportation Club of Tacoma. Afterwards I drove to Westgate to make a deposit. I was shocked when I saw fifteen cars parked at Key Bank. It looked like people were going crazy preparing for a complete disaster. There was a snow storm coming, […]