We all have our favorite business places to visit. They know their stuff, they provide great service, and they have really nice people working for them. Top tier places for me are H & L Produce/Tacoma Boys, Pacific Grill, and the Shell Service Station on North Stevens in Tacoma. For keeping me on the road, […]
The Holiday Vortex – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
The December holidays are a magnet for old thoughts and feelings. Our memories lie in wait for just the right moment to spring a heart-felt trap and propel us to events and moments of both pleasure and pain. Regardless, a journey to the past usually comes with our own commentary and shaded truths, but sometimes […]
Giorgio's Greek Café Restaurant Review Puyallup
We always like visiting Giorgio’s Greek Café for lunch or dinner. When our grandchildren were younger we visited Puyallup more regularly, but we still have our favorite places to dine . . . and one of them is Giorgio’s Greek Café. I had just reviewed GyroBites in Tacoma, so Greek food was still on my […]
GyroBites – Tacoma Restaurant Review
GyroBites is located at 6409 6th Avenue #9, Tacoma. The Google image of the address shows the back entrance behind Tower Lanes. GyroBites is kitty-corner from Ben Dews in the same shopping center and perhaps a hundred yards east of Grocery Outlet. In their “Your North Tacoma/University Place Local Shopper” ad they advise “Call Ahead […]
Bursting With Joy
When was the last time you had information you just couldn’t wait to share? A recipe? A new book? A gift? Family news? Don’t you just love the feeling of sharing good news? Good news is all around us. Of course, so is bad news, but bad news has a way of pushing ahead and […]
Best Christmas Pageant Ever Lakewood Playhouse Review
In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids–probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won’t believe the mayhem – and the fun – when the Herdmans collide head on with the traditional Christmas story! This delightful comedy is adapted […]
A Christmas Carol Tacoma Arts Live
Published on December 19, 1843, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens has been a holiday classic for 146 years. All editions were sold out by Christmas Eve; it has never been out of print. It has appeared in hardbound and paperback editions, and numerous plays everywhere from grade school productions to professional and many grand […]
Holmes for the Holidays Tacoma Little Theatre Play Review
Question: When is a foot, not a foot?Answer: When the game’s afoot! Holmes for the Holidays is a play-within-a-play. When the curtain opens we see the final minutes of a production featuring the character Sherlock Holmes as he solves a crime. The actors take their bows and the Holmes actor sees someone in the audience […]
Elf – The Musical – Tacoma Musical Playhouse Review
My wife Peg and I attended the opening night performance of “Elf – The Musical.” Before the orchestra’s downbeat for the Overture, Jon Douglas Rake stepped forward with great news: Elf – The Musical is completely sold out. As I studied the program I noticed that the book for the musical was written by Bob […]