Costella’s Italian Restaurant and Market is now open in South Hill. The restaurant’s opening day is today (September 18). Costella’s is at 214 39th Ave. SW., which is the former home of the Hub South Hill next door to South Hill Mall. The restaurant will serve lunch and dinner daily with a focus on affordable […]
Susanne Bacon on Generation Gap
This month, The Suburban Times’ columnist and author Susanne Bacon is the special guest on the Generation Gap podcast, available on the internet now and until the end of time. This show, hosted by Dorothy Wilhelm, explores the “Generation Gap.” The term describes how young and older people seem to inhabit very different worlds, that are separated […]
DuPont’s Dorothy Wilhelm to host a good news Zoom Houseparty
Zoom Houseparty, is a new audience participation virtual event which launches on Sept. 23 at 2:00 hosted by Dorothy Wilhelm. The show was inspired by the idea that there’s just too much bad news on the air these days. Zoom Houseparty, will feature extraordinary, upbeat, funny, entertaining and always with ideas for good things to eat […]
Letter: “Where’d they go?”
If my favorite snack before bedtime is ice-cream (and it is), then my favorite morning breakfast cereal is Raisin Bran. If I get a chance to eat it. If she sees me heading from the kitchen to my worktable with cereal in hand, then there will be the patter of little bare feet following. I […]
Across the Fence: Drawing Strength
Having been in Covid lock-down for months on end now, the big smoke plume above us has lent a new “quality” to this probably strangest year in my life. Last Saturday, when my husband backed-up my desktop, I had already been reading for hours, and watched a movie, I started getting truly restless. Did I […]
Home Turf Taproom now open in Parkland
Parkland’s newest taproom, Home Turf, opened at Garfield Station in late August. John Fosberg, founder of Gig Harbor Brewing Co., is one of the people behind the project. The taproom is within steps of Pacific Lutheran University. The tap list features brew, cider and wine. The beverage menu is posted on flat-panel screens behind the […]
Mr. Madison, meet Mr. Chief Justice new podcast available
“I will say this for my dear friend, Alexander Hamilton,” said President James Madison. “He got things done!” In this case Cambridge resident Bil Lewis, who channels the Fourth President of the United States for schools and special events throughout New England, was speaking for his counterpart in a new podcast available this week. Indicating with a hand below his […]
Magnuson Kitchen + Brewery at Point Ruston won’t reopen
Magnuson Kitchen + Brewery will not be reopening at Point Ruston, the restaurant reported in a message. The restaurant and bar featured a menu of pub fare with a taplist heavy on Magnuson brews. The Point Ruston location was an outpost of the Seattle-based brewery. Magnuson was the third concept to operate in that space […]
Being Rose & Growing Older – Life in the Pink – Film Review
I read the teaser about “Being Rose” several times on Prime over the past six months. Starring Cybill Sheppard, not one of my favorite actresses, but the story line read like it had possibilities. I think Sheppard got her first taste of stardom as Miss Memphis. She is best known for the films “The Last […]