One of my favorite pastimes – and who wouldn’t have guessed – is reading. Ever since I was able to hold books, I was fascinated by their haptic and their content, starting from my first children’s books to the art books that my parents let me leaf through when I was pre-reading age. Today, I […]
Pilkey Hopping & Ekberg Insurance Brokers acquiring Taylor Thomason Insurance Brokers
Pilkey Hopping & Ekberg Insurance Brokers has announced it will acquire Taylor Thomason Insurance Brokers in a deal set to close August 1st. Both firms have been providing insurance services to Tacoma and the South Sound for multiple generations. Frank Ekberg started what would become Pilkey Hopping & Ekberg out of a Pacific Avenue storefront […]
Need to cheer up a friend? Get cookies delivered from Bite Me
Since 1999, Deborah Tuggle has lived by the motto that “sharing cookies is sharing love.” She started her cookie company Bite Me Cookies, Inc. 21 years ago in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood. She sold her cookies at her retail store off 11th and Martin Luther King Jr. Way. She’s a Tacoma success story. She was born […]
A Picnic at Wright Park in Tacoma
With the latest spike in Covid:19 here in Washington and mostly locked away from our family and friends, Peg was feeling blue and suggested we get away and relax. We talked about options and finally devised a wonderful plan for a beautiful Sunday afternoon. We decided on a picnic. We visited Stadium Thriftway near Wright […]
Cooper’s Food & Drink in Tacoma finally opens. Here’s a first look
Cooper’s Food & Drink is now open in Tacoma’s Westgate neighborhood. It brings with it the feel of a neighborhood restaurant, a family-friendly vibe and an outdoor dining area well equipped for socially distant dining. Today (July 21, 2020) is opening day to the public, but the restaurant has held a week of soft opening […]
Neighbors Park and Community Garden
After dropping Peg off for an allergy shot a few weeks ago, I drove around the area between downtown Tacoma and Hilltop and discovered Neighbors Park. It was a small park on South 8th and I streets. I had never heard of it before and hadn’t known it existed. We recently visited a pea patch […]
Letter: Planted together
We weren’t sure what it was. Had to look it up. Like, way up. Turns out – eventually it’ll turn out – it’s apparently a sunflower. Just a bunch of random seeds for $1.00 all planted together in the garden space and suddenly, reaching for space, it seems like overnight, there it was. Jack and […]
Passing On Cherished Memories and Heirlooms
What do you possess that means so much to you that passing it on to someone you love and admire gives you great joy? According to the latest research, seniors have heirlooms more than fifty years old that they’re looking forward to passing on to others. In my own case, along with my wife we […]
Tacoma’s West End Pub & Grill has new owners
The West End Pub & Grill in Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue neighborhood has new owners. The longtime bar that has operated since 1975 will join an arsenal of neighborhood bars owned by Jeff and Helen Fraychineaud. The Fraychineauds started their neighborhood bar empire with the Parkway Tavern, long revered as one of the best watering holes […]