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Boom Boom Room in Tacoma opening on 6th Ave. Here’s a look inside
It’s been five years in the making, but Tacoma’s Boom Boom Room finally will open. If all goes as planned, the new cocktail lounge and restaurant on Sixth Avenue debuts sometime this weekend(ish). Watch the lounge’s social media for updates. Enter the long, narrow, exquisitely decorated lounge and look up at the ceiling. The sparkly […]
Apple Seed – Some Kind of Movie Review
Kingston, Washington on the shores of Appletree Cove and Puget Sound, has absolutely very little to do with this film. We don’t see it. The film doesn’t take us there, but it is the essence of the production Apple Seed. Apple Seed has nothing to do with Johnny Appleseed, but then again it is about […]
Narrows Gyro in Tacoma is now open, have you been?
Ziad Abusamha and Wafa Ahmad opened their Narrows Gyro in Tacoma in November after a few rough years trying to operate a combination Mediterranean grocery store and gyro take-out restaurant at the same location. “We weren’t making any money, we were hanging on,” said Abusamha. Around 2008, they first opened Daniah’s International Market, the combination […]
1917 Multiple Movie Reviews
I’ve been waiting nearly two years to see the film 1917. In 2001, I watched the mini-series “Band of Brothers” by myself, in bed, on Sunday nights at a motel in Centralia. Since then I cannot tell you how many times I have watched each of the ten episodes. My top three are “Currahee,” “Day […]
Across the Fence: What’s in a Handshake
The other day, a friend of mine shared on her Facebook page how there were so-called obligatory Life Skills classes at a New York school’s ninth grade. While thinking that it is sad that a lot of parents these days seem not to be able to teach those skills to their kids anymore or lack […]
Central Texas style BK’s Barbecue coming to Tacoma’s 6th Ave
Longtime local chef Kyle Campisi is opening BK’s Barbecue, a Central Texas barbecue takeout spot, this spring in Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue neighborhood. On the menu will be Campisi’s homage to Central Texas style barbecue. The plan at BK’s Barbecue is to specialize in prime brisket rubbed with salt and pepper and smoked over mesquite and/or […]
Keeping Warm Memories – A Short Story
Jacob Farley sat in his freezing living room about forty miles outside of Sweetwater, Texas. He was cold. The wind turbines weren’t doing their job and the power grid left him with no electricity. From the last newscast he had heard it was the same for everyone else in the area . . . perhaps […]
Puyallup’s My Lil’ Cube is back with its excellent soup dumplings and ramen
Puyallup has its ramen spot back. My Lil’ Cube reopened Feb. 18 after an 11-month closure that the restaurant’s owners thought would last just a few weeks. The downtown Puyallup eatery is the county’s only destination for long xiao bao – juicy soup dumplings that burst open with a cascade of porky broth. My Lil’ […]