This Westside Story features several photos from my 12,000+ eclectic photo collection. By themselves, when arranged in a particular order, the selected photos tell a story. Some of the images may be familiar to you, and some are being shown for the first time. I structured this story by laying out the photos first, followed by creatively wrapping each photo with factual or imaginative text. … [Read more...]
Bacon’s Double Take – Piano in the Park
Do you have specific memories of moments of a stunned double take? The kind when your jaw drops, and you blink and pinch yourself and look again? You bet I have, and one of the most curious kinds happened not too long ago. … [Read more...]
Boyle's Double Take – Piano in the Park
During a recent coffee shop gathering at Topside Coffee Cabin, two elements were present making the meeting somewhat Ernest Hemingway-like. Present at the table were two writers and two drinks. … [Read more...]
Bacon’s Double Take – Double Take
You might have already made a double take at the Suburban Times headlines today. Is it a typo? There are two headlines with almost the same wording. The only difference is the very first word. Apart from that, what’s a double take on a double take? Does it multiply it by two, and should it just be Bacon’s quadruple take? Add it or multiply it with my dear friend Joe Boyle’s article – would it turn … [Read more...]
Boyle’s Double Take – Double Take
I can’t believe it. Nor will you. In fact what I have to say may break a Guinness record for people doing more double takes than ever recorded in the history of mankind. … [Read more...]
Service with a Smile
The last time my cousin Chuck Whitworth was in town, Peg and I treated him and my sister Deedee to dinner at Joeseppi's. They had driven from Detroit hauling furniture for Chuck's sister Lindy and her husband in their move to Lakewood. I think we also treated Chuck and his friend, Peggy to dinner at Joeseppi's on an earlier visit to Tacoma from Arizona. Chuck and Peggy are back in town and wanted … [Read more...]
Across the Fence: A Winter Walk
Sometimes we don’t even know what little jewels are right in our neighborhood until we stumble across them. One of these past sunny, icy-cold winter days, my husband and I decided to take a walk on a trail we hadn’t explored before. And it would be an utterly exhilarating experience. … [Read more...]
Westside Story – New Year's Resolutions
Today, January 1, 2020, I endeavor to avoid procrastinating on my duty to our publisher, Ben Sclair. I am sitting at my keyboard, creating my first column for our new year. … [Read more...]
Katie Downs for New Year's Day Lunch and the Rose Bowl – Restaurant Review
My wife Peg and I had missed a New Year's Eve game night with friends, but a New Year's Day celebration of lunch at Katie Downs almost made up for it . . . almost, but we did miss our friends. The large screen TV broadcasting the Rose Bowl with me only three feet away didn't hurt the situation, any. Our friends joining us would have helped. The Huskies playing for the roses instead of the Ducks … [Read more...]
CPSD Responsible Educational Funding
Submitted by KM Hills. I hope to be part of a successful challenge to the CPSD Levy request. The more research I do the more I am displeased with how my tax dollars are spent to achieve inadequate results. … [Read more...]