Recently, while motoring down Custer Road in Lakewood, I spotted the sign depicted below while waiting at a red traffic light. As I studied the sign, the first concept that came into my “thinker” was the word, Professional. The sign promotes the idea that all the business entities, and organizations inside the “professional” complex are […]
Across the Fence: Opening Nights
Are you into art? Then I bet you have been to one or the other museum. Maybe you have been passing by galleries and been window shopping. Maybe you even have one or the other real artwork at home. But have you ever been to a gallery opening night? If not, you are missing out […]
The Full Monty – TMP Theatre Review
As we drove to TMP for The Full Monty, my wife remarked, “I hope they don’t use English accents.” I said, “I hadn’t been worried about that.” Accents are hard to understand, especially in a theater that accommodates three hundred people. We didn’t need to worry. We had seen the original 1997 British comedy when […]
Westside Story – Seattle is Dying. Is Lakewood?
KOMO ABC 4 News produced a video titled, KOMO – 4 Seattle Is Dying. View the video to learn what has happened and what has failed to happen in Seattle, Washington. Seattle’s troubles are only 30 miles north of places we care about such as Lakewood, University Place, Steilacoom, and DuPont. Before it is too […]
Over 200 Area Youth Serve the Homeless
On May 11th Pastor Herman Akins, and his congregation from Restoration House Ministry N.W. in Lakewood gathered with more than 200 youths from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This was a united effort for a Humanitarian Youth Conference Service Project. They reached out to the homeless living within our communities, by donating […]
Ship's Log 1944 – Echos of World War II
My brother-in-law, Keith called to see if I would like an envelope of documents and papers that belonged to my father during World War II. Later that day, my sister, Marsha, gave me the envelope at a family dinner. They had been buried in old boxes. Over Saturday morning coffee I looked at the cards, […]
Da Tiki Hut – Hawaiian Food Restaurant Review
The first time Peg and I went to Hawaii, it was to video tape the first hockey tournament in Hawaii. Our hotel room with its little balcony and great view came with a large basket of fancy fruit. It was addressed to the video production crew of ESPN. They couldn’t make the trip, so we […]
Westside Story – WOW
I know not if you noticed. I love playing with words. Word-play is mentally challenging, stimulating and just plain fun most of the the time. Some times when my personal high-energy, and articulate, unpaid language arts consultant, Mary Hammond, reads what I right she is often able to point out when I am not using […]
Across the Fence: Swimming Pools
The other day, a German friend living here in Western Washington said she was missing the German swimming pool culture. I started musing when was the last time I swam over here in the US – and it is true: hardly ever. Not that I did so much more often back in my mother country. […]