The Lakewood Police Department will have a representative at the Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association (TWNA) meeting March 5, 6:30 P.M. “to discuss the two recent homicides and any other issues/concerns.” The TWNA meets at the Tillicum Community Center, 14916 Washington Ave. SW. In the neighborhood newsletter for March, there are four links to Tacoma News […]
Moving On Up – Property Values Expanding
We recently enjoyed an adventure in Edgewood. We stayed in one of the latest developments. Just driving to Edgewood and then touring Puyallup, Milton, Federal Way, and Fife we saw new building going on in both housing and business work space. As the major corporations in Seattle and the East side expand, their local populations […]
Souper Pho at Westgate – Restaurant Review
Donn, Denny, and Jim are always apt to call and ask about meeting them for lunch. Thursday about a quarter past noon Donn called to see if I would like to meet him at Souper Pho. Thirty minutes later we were looking over the menu. Well, actually that’s not true. Donn almost always orders the […]
Across the Fence: The Cost of Reading
The other day, I reposted a meme on Facebook, reading somewhat like this: “Why are people ready to pay $ 4.99 for a cup of coffee, but hesitate to buy a book of that price?” A moment later, one of my author page’s friends answered somewhat like, “I don’t understand this either. But why does […]
The Homestead for Breakfast – Restaurant Review – Tacoma/Lakewood
Five of us gathered for breakfast on Sunday and traveled to South Tacoma Way to dine at The Homestead. One of the hardest things to do at The Homestead is to walk past their bread and pastry display in their lobby without stopping to order something. Please, avert your eyes and continue to the dining […]
Birds of Prey – Film Review
I apologize in advance for the information I’m about to exposit, because I’m fairly certain that many people have expunged this information from their memories in order to preserve their mental health. Unfortunately, I need to bring it up to provide context for the film I will be discussing today. That information is this: Suicide […]
Westside Story – Petit Restaurant Review
It has been my lifelong dream to become more Don Doman-like, when I am older. There is no doubt. Don Doman is the undisputed Pierce County King of restaurant reviews for The Suburban Times. Attaining my lifetime goal turned out to not be as easy as it sounds. The other day my pal, Larry, and […]
For the Love of Waffles
Apparently on a trip to Europe, Thomas Jefferson sampled waffles while in Holland and brought back a taste for them to America along with Italian olive oil and French mustard. The earliest version of waffles began with a pancake type batter between two metal plates in Greece thousands of years ago. Waffles are made from […]
My Lil' Cube – Restaurant Review
On a previous drive through downtown Puyallup we had seen My Lil’ Cube, an Asian café on South Meridian. It looked interesting, so we decided to try it out. We parked in front about a quarter past noon. The parking lot is small . . . tiny, easy to get into, but difficult to get […]