Never have I been happier to see a calendar flip. At the close of a year that proved brutal for local restaurants, I want to take a moment to celebrate new restaurants that expanded the local dining scene. Especially because we might need to brace for impact in 2021. The 2020 closures around Tacoma and […]
Letter: Still Hand-in-hand
The cathedral ceiling was just as beautiful as it was on the day a half-century before when – just announced as husband and wife – they had walked hand-in-hand back down the rose-petal strewn aisle. On that day, family and friends had smiled broadly, stood proudly and clapped loudly. The bride’s mother had unsuccessfully brushed […]
Across the Fence: Communicating on a Deeper Level
By profession, Stefanie Skupin from Tonasket, WA, is a veterinarian. But she doesn’t practice in the United States. Instead, she has created her own field of work – that of a communicator and facilitator. With animals and with people. Something that began way back when she started out in Cape Town, South Africa. “I have […]
20+ New Year’s Eve fancy take-out options in Tacoma & Pierce County
Staying home and skipping the big gatherings is necessary, but certainly less fun than the way we all want to celebrate the end to what has been a horrible year for most. But it will suck just a tiny bit less if you order something fancy, or something funny. Here are places around Tacoma and […]
Letter: At The End Of The Dock A Restoring Of Hope
A soul-shattering, bone-chilling, suffocating fog of grief had descended upon my world. The eerie, graveyard quiet was impenetrable. Absolutely nothing beyond the end of the dock where I had sat was observable. Except for the still water, all had been lost in the gray shroud of unfathomable sorrow. Death had not taken a Christmas holiday. […]
2020; The Year In… (long high-pitched shriek)
Two days into 2020, while everyone was planning for a better year (how could it possibly be worse, right?), of all of the options on how to handle Iran, Trump decided to point his 45 at Iran’s equivalent of Colin Powell for reasons that are still unclear; c’est la vie. But Iran just wouldn’t take […]
Coffee Chat (and save the world) Dec. 28 at 9 am
Our Coffee Chats happen every other Monday – a fast moving hour – stay on to ask questions if you have time. Guaranteed to lift your spirits.Delighted to announce that Allen Klein author of the new, delightful book, The Awe Factor, will join us for Coffee Chat (and Change the World) on Monday morning at 9:00 Pacific Time. “This landmark book will […]
Across the Fence: An Ending
As this is the last weekend The Suburban Times is published in 2020, I wish to thank the readers who bore so kindly with me this year and commented so wonderfully. For once, I thought on a festive occasion like this, a poem – in this case, a sonnet – might be an appropriate response. […]
Los Tamales Restaurant "to go" – Tamale Restaurant Review
While sitting in my car as Peggy searched for Christmas presents at Half-Price Books by the Tacoma Mall, I ordered dinner. It was 11:00 in the morning. A few days earlier I had seen a news item about Los Tamales on 72nd Street. The prices were excellent and they had a special price for Monday. […]