How could you not love bacon wrapped shrimp? Peg ordered it and we all sampled. Yes, we all loved the bacon wrapped shrimp at Cocina Mexicana. Officially she ordered Camarones Apretalados – fried prawns wrapped in a bacon on a bed of bell peppers topped with melted white cheese. A number of years ago we […]
Malcolm and Marie (2021) Movie Review
Malcolm and Marie, written and directed by Sam Levinson, opens on our two and only main characters. Filmmaker Malcolm (John David Washington) and his girlfriend Marie (Zendaya) are returning home after Malcolm’s latest film premiere. Malcolm puts on James Brown and is very pleased with how it went, particularly how he nailed his speech. He […]
The Zoom Book Doctors
We’re half way through our first six month series. Are you making any progress? Of course you are. Time for a mid-course correction. Is your work progressing? If not, this is the time to ask some questions. And it is definitely the time to brag if you’ve had successes. The next meeting will take place […]
Juggernaut for First COVID-19 Jab
When speaking of vaccinations, here in the US, we refer to them as a ‘shot’ but in England and elsewhere around the UK, they call them a ‘jab.’ No one likes needles. But somehow a ‘jab’ sounds more-to-be-dreaded. Yet in these days of the coronavirus pandemic, there is nothing more highly sought after than a […]
The Landline Detective – Film Review
I woke up at 2:30 AM. Peg was sound asleep. I turned on the TV and turned off the audio. Closed Captioning is always on. Earlier in the evening I had seen a film title that looked interesting: The Landline Detective. As it turned out, it is. Father and grandfather Jimmy has been taxed with […]
Across the Fence: National Days
Have you ever pondered what a national day is? By definition, it is a day that marks the nationhood of a nation or a state. The other day I looked it up on Wikipedia. Including a map that shows two nations that, to my utter surprise, don’t have any – the United Kingdom and Denmark. […]
Check out Kvlt’s new home in one of Tacoma’s best eating neighborhoods
In an expansive building the size of a warehouse, there are a lot of cool things to see in the space that holds Tacoma meadery taproom, Kvlt Mead. The wood-beam ceiling is one thing you shouldn’t miss. Always look up on your first visit to Kvlt Mead in South Tacoma. “This building was built in […]
Culuchi Town opening in Tacoma. Mexican sushi on the menu
In the Pacific Northwest, it is not unusual to see restaurants plucking ingredients and flavors from multiple cuisines, mixing them up, then chucking them into a restaurant concept. See: Korean tacos, Samoan bao and pizzacoa. And now ….. enter Mexican sushi. I found out about this new Mexican sushi/seafood/Sinaloense restaurant, Culichi Town, from readers who […]
Letter: Clover Park School District Board Rolls Out “Give Six” Initiative
Give Six. On a daily basis, six connections with each student will be made by school district staff which affirm, encourage, compliment, and otherwise single out individual students for special attention constitute this initiative. Introduced at the meeting of the Clover Park School District Board on the evening of February 22, Superintendent Ron Banner said […]