Ice Cream Social is on the move, and it’s expanding. The Tacoma-based 8-year-old ice cream company founded by Layla Isaac operates two scoop shops. Isaac opened her first retail store in Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue neighborhood in 2014, which is steps away from the farmers market where she previously operated her locally grown ice cream empire […]
Racism, Riots, and Recognition of our Problem
Here we go, again. Black man shot . . . by police . . . unarmed . . . in the back. One has to wonder if our police officers across the nation are just down right stupid, badly trained, simply afraid . . . or actually racists. “This certainly is not the first time […]
Letter: A high-speed train through the heart
The Tacoma News Tribune Editorial Board, August 27, suggests Sound Transit representatives – who met with the Lakewood City Council this week – want to “restore public confidence” in Amtrak before 79-mph trains are run (again) “through the heart” of Lakewood. “Restore public confidence.” “If they get their act together, they just might improve public […]
Bomb Shelter, Perverts, & Buried Treasure? – A Short Story
We bought our home from the second owners, who had lived there for fifty years. They had purchased it from the family who originally built it. It was a good home with a nice view of Puget Sound. It sat at the top of the hill and looked 30 feet down on the alley, which […]
Letter: Black Lives Matter?
“A Colorado man was arrested after a stabbing in which the assailant called out ‘black lives matter’ before stabbing the victim, according to news reports.” The assailant was black. The victim was white and was stabbed while walking his dog. “The Marlins and Mets walk off the field in protest and leave a BLM shirt […]
Westside Story – A Sign of the Times
The world is changing and quickly too. As I get closer to my 80s, I can’t keep up. Have you noticed, phone booths are nowhere to be found. They have been replaced with itty bitty phones we can stuff in our pockets. Everyone, wanting to be different, is becoming more the same as they race […]
Here’s what just opened in the old Stonegate Pizza space in Tacoma
The Main Ingredient, a new combo pizzeria and breakfast spot, has opened at 5419 South Tacoma Way. The restaurant is in soft opening mode with a limited menu as they work on building the kitchen staff and get their bearings in their brand new space. The Main Ingredient comes from Arizona transplants Leland and Cristina […]
Reasons to be Cheerful – August – Summertime
One extremely hot day, a few days of rain, but over all . . . aside from the threat of Covid:19 and another virus front moving in, it’s been a glorious summer. Several years ago my wife and I took our grand twins to Half-Price Books by the Tacoma Mall. All four of us bought […]
Letter: Our common humanity
From crossing the border into Tijuana, to threading the active barricades that serve as the checkpoint boundary of a U.S. military installation, what we learned. No sé dónde está el baño. It was the one phrase I knew but an important one. And the young man understood, smiled, and pointed. Thankfully. On the hot, dusty […]