I woke up at 2:30 AM. Peg was sound asleep. I turned on the TV and turned off the audio. Closed Captioning is always on. Earlier in the evening I had seen a film title that looked interesting: The Landline Detective. As it turned out, it is. Father and grandfather Jimmy has been taxed with […]
Across the Fence: National Days
Have you ever pondered what a national day is? By definition, it is a day that marks the nationhood of a nation or a state. The other day I looked it up on Wikipedia. Including a map that shows two nations that, to my utter surprise, don’t have any – the United Kingdom and Denmark. […]
Check out Kvlt’s new home in one of Tacoma’s best eating neighborhoods
In an expansive building the size of a warehouse, there are a lot of cool things to see in the space that holds Tacoma meadery taproom, Kvlt Mead. The wood-beam ceiling is one thing you shouldn’t miss. Always look up on your first visit to Kvlt Mead in South Tacoma. “This building was built in […]
Culuchi Town opening in Tacoma. Mexican sushi on the menu
In the Pacific Northwest, it is not unusual to see restaurants plucking ingredients and flavors from multiple cuisines, mixing them up, then chucking them into a restaurant concept. See: Korean tacos, Samoan bao and pizzacoa. And now ….. enter Mexican sushi. I found out about this new Mexican sushi/seafood/Sinaloense restaurant, Culichi Town, from readers who […]
Letter: Clover Park School District Board Rolls Out “Give Six” Initiative
Give Six. On a daily basis, six connections with each student will be made by school district staff which affirm, encourage, compliment, and otherwise single out individual students for special attention constitute this initiative. Introduced at the meeting of the Clover Park School District Board on the evening of February 22, Superintendent Ron Banner said […]
Fusion Bistro Asian Restaurant will open where Grassi’s operated in University Place
Fusion Bistro Asian Restaurant plans a spring opening in University Place in the former home of Grassi’s, the Italian restaurant at 2811 Bridgeport Way W. Diners will find an expansive dining room seating just under 100 at the Asian bistro, which also will have tableside service and a full cocktail menu and separate bar area. […]
Letter: Not Going Down
Like the nearby pictured green leaf stubbornly standing in a swirl of dirty water, a man of courage and conviction changed the course of history at 4 am on February 24, 1807. On that early morning, the English House of Commons abolished the slave trade by an overwhelming majority of 283 to 16. This occurred […]
A Search for Office Chairs
Office chairs don’t last forever. Years ago, I don’t remember how many . . . but years ago Peg, and I bought matching office/desk chairs at Office Depot. Eventually, my chair let me down . . . literally. I would be sitting at my desk and I would find myself sinking. I moved my chair […]
COVID in Lakewood
America takes pride in being #1 in a wide array of accomplishments. But a distressing milestone has been reached of half-a-million COVID-19 deaths, more than any other country in the world. The US has almost 28 million active COVID cases, the most in the world, and two-and-a-half times more than the next leading country, India, […]