“Calendar Girls” is coming to Tacoma Little Theatre? Well, why not? Last season Tacoma Musical Playhouse bared it all with “The Full Monty.” Here are a couple of review headlines: “Calendar Girls’ delivers the goods . . .” The Duluth News Tribune on the movie. “Unashamedly sentimental and full of heart and bare-faced cheek . […]
Letter: Gig Harbor is going to the Olympics
Got a call this morning from my brother Alan. His voice broke. He was emotional. Been up all night. On the other side of the world, Szeged, Hungary, at 2:30 A.M. our time, this August 24, Nevin Harrison, who trained at Gig Harbor the last seven or eight months or so, who is from Seattle […]
Susanne Bacon Reads at the Topside Coffee Cabin
Why does somebody in Wycliff deposit vintage jewelry in the museum curator’s front yard? How can that very same small museum accept a huge inheritance of exhibits without going bust either in space or debt? And what does the Topside Coffee Cabin in Steilacoom have to do with all of this? Why don’t you come […]
Across the Fence: Riding the Rails
This year began with a promise my husband and I gave each other: to explore new things and to leave off revisiting those we know fairly well already. The other day we were looking into some special things to do with a young adult, an activity that would mean experiencing something new together. We did […]
Letter: The Best and the Brightest
Recently we added a beautiful little, older but carefully maintained, boat and motor to our rental fishing fleet. Already we’ve rented it out twice and only to the best and the brightest – true fishing aficionados – as evidenced just this morning. Out of all the boats (row, or boat and motor with 3.3 Merc, […]
Les Miserables Student Production Lakewood Institute of Theatre Musical Review
Within minutes after the musical Les Mis at Lakewood Playhouse began my eyes teared up with pride for the young actors performing. Director Jen King, Musical Director Deborah Lynn Armstrong, Lighting Technician Skye Llewelyn, Property Master Will Moray, and Stage Manager Kal Wallace put together a fantastic presentation. Budding actors from the South Puget Sound […]
The Best Bed and Breakfast – B&B – in Seattle
I love Tacoma and Lakewood. Our last vacation was at the Best Western in lovely downtown Lakewood in June, but when we had a loooong weekend involving two granddaughter weddings from Point Defiance to Issaquah and Seattle, we had a one day window to relax. We booked a room at Mildred’s Bed and Breakfast in […]
Horses on the Merry-Go-Round – a Short Story
There’s something about a decent diner that always calms my soul. Sylvie’s hits that sweet spot like no other – a fine place, with fine food and fine people. The girl that owns it – Molly, a sweet kid whose mom would surely be proud of her had she not passed so soon – has […]
Down-home Cooking in Lakewood, Tacoma, and Puyallup
Down-home’s definition is “connected with an unpretentious way of life.” Down-home cooking is food like mom or grandma used to make, but not my mother; that’s another story. Recently, I posted a query on several different Facebook groups: Lakewood, Tacoma, and Puyallup areas. I asked about favorite restaurants that still offered “home cooked,” family-style type […]