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Girls just want to have fun, something Olympia is fully aware of when it comes to Friday shopping. Join merchants this Friday, May 18th for their annual Girls night out - a shop for raffle tickets followed by food and booze. Here's how it works: Women who are
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The logjam of cars on Pearl Street last weekend attested to the success of the Taste of Tacoma. Though there might have been higher-quality cuisine to be had elsewhere in town, with less waiting in line, the shopping, foods and overall vibe of the festive, diverse crowd left smiles on
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This column, Drink of the Week, is about booze — sometimes expensive drinks, sometimes good drinks, rarely bad drinks, many times cheap drinks. Cheap drinks for cheap bastards like me. One day, if I become a day trader, I’ll drink at some of those restaurants on Ruston Way all day long.
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Today I received my first letter. I hadn’t solicited yet for reader input, but it found its way to my editor. Fortunately, he sent it my way while I was having severe writer’s block and about to drink myself into a stupor (who am I to look a gift horse
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Trouve to close Trouve will close officially July 12 and is doing that whole “Closing Sale” thing. Don’t get me wrong — I love a good sale, but I hate it when the purpose of said sale is store closure. Empty storefronts make me sad, especially when the shops previously inhabiting said
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When learning numbers in Japanese, it becomes clear that counting plays a very important cultural role. It’s not so much for arithmetic but more for identifying things and people in a way that is in line with the orderliness of the culture. There are two counting methods: one is the ichi,
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE PASAB, Afghanistan - Come to the tiny, crowded first-aid station here and you will see soldiers from the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, get treated for the scrapes and bruises they sustained. You will also see them get greeted with a smile courtesy of
Food Matters
Don't be fooled by all the Happy Teriyaki joints in the neighborhood, the Pacific Avenue location in downtown Tacoma is the best one out there. Of course the others are delicious in their own way, as every child should be loved as an individual, but let's be honest ... you know
Travel
Driving out to Florence for a springtime getaway is an Oregon tradition. As the days get longer, it's a chance to take in fresh ocean air, feel the cold sand on your feet and relax with only the sound of the ocean waves to keep you company. While you'll want to be sure to
Food Matters
With a newly remodeled look, the once Oakbrook Golf and Country Club has stripped off the priviledge and opened the Oak House restaurant to the general public. Fitting seeing the entire golf course went public this past year. A typical bar and grill menu with burgers, sandwiches and
Sipping Out
With the weather heating up, swing by the Ram (possibly by vine) on the waterfront to enjoy their newest drink on the deck. Called the Purple Viper, this bad-boy is Bacardi Arctic grape rum, casedores reposado tequila, blue curaco, cranberry, sprite, and grenadine. A couple of these and you'll
Stage
Improlympia 2012, an improv comedy festival-starts Friday night at 7 p.m. and goes all weekend long at the Evergreen College Campus in Olympia. This fourth annual Improlympia brings in comedy acts from cities as far as New York City and as near as Seattle and, of course, Olympia. Comedy groups and
Family
If you're getting divorced, the future may seem uncertain. One question in your mind may be whether you'll still be eligible for TRICARE. The answer depends on your sponsor status, length of your marriage, and other factors. "After a divorce, the sponsor and both the sponsor's biological and the sponsor's adopted
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SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, (253) 627-TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, (800) 325-SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, (866) 468-7623, www.ticketweb.com on sale now Creedence Clearwater Revisited Shelton. July 13 8 pm. $34-$45 (Little Creek Casino. 800.667.7711). Josh Wolf Seattle. July 13-14 8:30 and 10:30 pm. $20 (Mainstage Comedy and Music Club, TM). Jane Monheit Seattle. July
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - In college, 1st Lt. James Appel always wanted to compete in a triathlon. But, somewhere, he always found a reason not to. "I kind of made excuses when I was in college for the reasons why I didn't," said Appel,
Health
SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. (AFNS) -- Two controversial topics that often dominate the headlines in our country are obesity and weight loss. We are bombarded day and night with advertisements for weight loss pills, diets0 and workout contraptions. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 34 percent
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The U.S. Army is looking for alternatives to traditional military identification cards, which are needed to gain entry to bases worldwide but are also "known vectors of diseases," a service bid announcement said. The Army in an April 1 solicitation said it will begin accepting proposals later this month for developing
Afterword
I wouldn't go so far as to say The Writer's Lodge in Seattle will cast a spell over all visitors, but the ambiance does work some kind of magic. A combination of senses hit me at once upon seeing the newly-opened Lodge last week - the sunshine, the bubbling fountain
Stage
Fulcrum Gallery is getting weird. OK, they've mostly been weird for as long as they've resided in the little shop on Martin Luther King Way. Or if not exactly weird, at least more willing than most galleries to show works that are not exactly Norman Rockwell or Thomas Kinkade. But
Music
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Peter Adams. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Midtown Grill Bonney Lake. Wednesday Night Blues Jam. All Ages. 7-11 PM. COMEDY/GAMES Pints & Quarts Pub Westside Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win prizes. 8:30 pm.
