We had gathered for our annual picnic in the park mostly to be together but also to traditionally share – in this month to remember our parent’s birthdays – our usual family lunchtime fare when as kids we were growing up: baloney sandwiches. My brother, whose birthday is this week, chewed a simple self-portrait into […]
Delish Bakery is coming to Steilacoom
Delish Bakery is opening in Steilacoom and visitors can expect a menu of pastries, cakes, cookies, cake pops, macarons, cinnamon rolls, pies, croissants and “a little bit of bread.” The bakery is the project of Lisa Holmgren, a pastry student at Clover Park Technical College who is launching a second career as a baker. She’s […]
Sake Sushi & Grill Tacoma Restaurant Review
Sake Sushi & Grill is one of those small, family owned/run restaurants you want to succeed, but they keep getting in their own way. Nearly two hours in a fine dining establishment is one thing, but Sake Sushi is not fine fining. The food is good, but . . . We sat a little over […]
The Dead Rat – A Short Story
I was just going through my normal morning routine. I toasted my seedy bread just like my wife always suggested. I slathered on butter like I always like, and made an almost healthy ham sandwich with five or six slices of bread and butter pickles on each half and then cut it in two. I […]
Tacoma’s Wingman Brewers opens Little Radio. Here’s a first look
Little Radio in downtown Tacoma is all powered up. The restaurant and bar is from well-known Tacoma beer guy Ken Thoburn and his business partners at Tacoma’s Wingman Brewers. That brewery celebrated its ninth anniversary in April. How do they celebrate an anniversary? By opening another business. This time, a restaurant, not a brewery. The […]
Across the Fence: Libraries
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 […]