It was just before sunrise. My wife and I were staying at a nearby AirBNB in Edgewood. I was hoping my son Patrick could join me for breakfast, but he was up at four and went to the office early. I was up early, but not that early. I walked into Dave’s of Milton just […]
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I Love Shirley Temples
A maraschino cherry is a Red Food Dye sweet cherry (Royal Ann, Rainier, or Gold). They are usually sweetened and contained in jars from simple pint sized jars to gallon jars. They are usually used as a garnish in cocktails as well as decorations for baked hams, cakes, pastries, and ice cream sodas. I was […]
An Adventure in Edgewood
Our adventure in Edgewood began with booking a reservation for an ABNB (Air Bed and Breakfast) hosted by Lanis. Edgewood is a fast-growing city (population of 9387 in the 2010 census.) tucked in-between Fife, Milton, Federal Way, Sumner, and Puyallup. Sometimes you can leave Edgewood on your way to a different location in Edgewood. Our […]
Across the Fence: To Gift or Not to Gift
Today is Valentine’s Day – for those of you who don’t receive my columns as a subscription, it will have been that yesterday. Anyhow. What does Valentine’s Day mean to us? As givers and as receivers? As experiencers or as bystanders? First of all, Valentine’s Day is a gift for any business that can make […]
Johnson Candy and Mary Bridge a Sweet Confection Connection
At the February meeting of the Transportation Club of Tacoma our representative from Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital updated our membership about Mary Bridge. The latest news was that Johnson Candy is a partner in their latest fund drive. When Peg and I were first married, we rented an apartment from the owner of Johnson’s and […]
Best Hash Browns I've Ever Tasted – Pine Cone Restaurant Review
Sunday morning is an ideal time for breakfast with friends. Sometimes we travel together and sometimes we all meet at a particular restaurant. Texts and phone messages and had been relayed and conveyed. I set out slightly early and arrived at the Pine Cone in University Place about a quarter to nine . . . […]
Letter: Is anyone else tired of the Tacoma News Tribune (TNT) telling our city what to do?
Readers may remember when the TNT – aka, in effect, drug-dealer – editorial board had then recommended Lakewood drop its basically silly scruples and allow marijuana to be sold in the city. Wrote the editorialists: “Principles are well and good, but they don’t keep the lights on, and they don’t pay for recreation departments or […]
Passionate Tosca and her lover Cavaradossi die because of their love – Tacoma Opera
Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca is a passionate and beautifully elegant opera, especially as presented by the Tacoma Opera Society. First mounted in January 1900, it was based on a fictitious events in Rome that happened during the Battle of Marengo, Napoleon’s conquest of Italian territories on June 17 and 18, 1800. Tosca is based on the […]
Westside Story – Jewelers in Cars Getting Coffee
I was relaxing at home, sipping a handcrafted cocktail inspired by my nationally recognized The Manhattan Project Happy Hour drinking program when my phone rang. I know you will not believe what I am about to tell you next. Jerry Seinfeld was calling me right here in the City of Lakewood. It seems impossible, but […]