Here’s a review of Chicken Fried Steak from the Brown’s Point Diner: I ordered chicken fried streak with eggs over easy, sourdough toast, and hash browns “burnt, burnt, burnt . . . with an onion cut up in them.” My breakfast was served just as I wanted. This doesn’t happen that often. The hash browns […]
Across the Fence: Fish that Rocks the Future
One of my latest outings took me to the Washington Sportsman Show in Puyallup, and as a foodie I ended up at a table with some seductive tasting offers. The food was rockfish jerky. The man who handed it to me was not just holding down any show table, but was the Puyallup-based company’s CEO. […]
Dave's of Milton – Restaurant Review
It was just before sunrise. My wife and I were staying at a nearby AirBNB in Edgewood. I was hoping my son Patrick could join me for breakfast, but he was up at four and went to the office early. I was up early, but not that early. I walked into Dave’s of Milton just […]
Baby Kellyn Fights Brave Battle Against CHD. He’s Winning
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness is spotlighted during February, American Heart Month. I didn’t even know about this condition that affects 1.35 million infants every year worldwide. It is the most common type of birth defect in the United States, affecting nearly 40,000 births a year. But then I received this email from little Kellyn Kohler’s […]
I Love Shirley Temples
A maraschino cherry is a Red Food Dye sweet cherry (Royal Ann, Rainier, or Gold). They are usually sweetened and contained in jars from simple pint sized jars to gallon jars. They are usually used as a garnish in cocktails as well as decorations for baked hams, cakes, pastries, and ice cream sodas. I was […]
An Adventure in Edgewood
Our adventure in Edgewood began with booking a reservation for an ABNB (Air Bed and Breakfast) hosted by Lanis. Edgewood is a fast-growing city (population of 9387 in the 2010 census.) tucked in-between Fife, Milton, Federal Way, Sumner, and Puyallup. Sometimes you can leave Edgewood on your way to a different location in Edgewood. Our […]
Vet Clinic, Feb. ’20
New resources for military veterans. Thousands of housing vouchers for veterans went unused last year, hurting efforts to end homelessness https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/01/14/thousands-of-housing-vouchers-for-veterans-went-unused-last-year-hurting-efforts-to-end-homelessness/ Is adopting a service dog right for you? What veterans diagnosed with PTSD need to know https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2020/01/02/is-adopting-a-service-dog-right-for-you-what-veterans-diagnosed-with-ptsd-need-to-know/ Free sports gear, tickets for Veterans and military kids https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/61327/free-gear-tickets-military-veteran-kids/ Veterans to see virtual hearings at Board […]
Across the Fence: To Gift or Not to Gift
Today is Valentine’s Day – for those of you who don’t receive my columns as a subscription, it will have been that yesterday. Anyhow. What does Valentine’s Day mean to us? As givers and as receivers? As experiencers or as bystanders? First of all, Valentine’s Day is a gift for any business that can make […]
Johnson Candy and Mary Bridge a Sweet Confection Connection
At the February meeting of the Transportation Club of Tacoma our representative from Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital updated our membership about Mary Bridge. The latest news was that Johnson Candy is a partner in their latest fund drive. When Peg and I were first married, we rented an apartment from the owner of Johnson’s and […]