Outdoors
With the rainy weeks behind us for another year, now is the perfect time to get out and explore with your favorite four-legged friends. Here are 10 places in the South Sound to walk your dog. Explore new trails while enjoying the cool temperatures of a dense forest canopy or
Travel
There's something wonderfully freeing about "can't." North Cascades Lodge is a place where you can't make or receive a phone call. You can't watch TV in your room. You can't read the newspaper. You can't check email or catch up on Facebook. It's off the grid. It's hard to believe
Outdoors
The Northwest is known for many things, among them the fabulous hiking opportunities lurking around every corner - in forests, in parks or in the nearby mountains. And while Northwest nature is tough to top, Tacoma has more to offer walkers and trekkers than beautiful forest hikes (it has those,
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Confronting obstacles leads to success. This is the theme of this year's upcoming Air Force Wounded Warrior (AFW2) Care Event. Approximately 200 Air Force Wounded Warriors and the Army's Warrior Transition Battalion (WTB) soldiers, along with caregivers, coaches, mentors and support personnel, will converge at locations across Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The event begins
Military Life
For many business owners, a personal experience motivates them to start their company, and Catherine Redinbo and her husband Chad are no exception. Catherine, CEO of New Leaf Hyperbarics & Wellness, was first introduced to the positive effects of hyperbaric therapy when her daughter, Halle, began treatment at the age
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If you like to golf and you like to help someone in the military get a meal, or help a high school cadet go to college or help put a smile on an ill child's face, then Bill Striegel wants to talk to you. He'll sign you up for the Airmen
Music
Music history is littered with talented artists that never quite broke through the noise to capture the public's attention - not quite has-beens, more should-have-beens. It can be incredibly difficult to distinguish yourself from the rabble, no matter how deserving you might be to have your voice heard. In the
Music
The saying goes that you have your entire life to write your first album (or book or movie or play or really any creative project) and only a year to write your second. It's through this somewhat unfair algorithm that the phenomenon of the "sophomore slump" emerges: yeah, you were
Reviews
Announcer: There was a time in Lacey that the Lemon Grass reigned supreme. One of the first finely crafted Asian places in the area, Lemon Grass presented quality ingredients in lovely dishes - hard to beat in an area littered with fast food. But on a few recent visits, things
Arts
Lynette Charters' paintings are unique, not just in her use of media - china marker over acrylic paint mixed with plaster - but in her way of painting. On wood panels, she creates fields of heavily textured globs of color that are almost if not completely non-objective, and then either
Stage
As an adult, I don't have much of an emotional connection to Mary Poppins. I had seen the film version once or twice as a child, but had largely forgotten the details, so color me pleasantly surprised at sitting down to watch Tacoma Musical Playhouse's production of Mary Poppins and
Military Life
Seven-year-old Isaiah Hansen looked sad. "I get to see where Mom and Dad work," he said, as he sat next to his father, Noah Hansen. "But in doing this, I learn what to do and where to go, but I am a little sad." Military children and families help to maintain the
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In an ever-changing world and the challenges therein, the technology and equipment required must keep up. To assist the military, law enforcement, Homeland Security and other organizations dedicated to serving the country, Darley Defense exists to serve federal, state and local protectors and first responders by providing high-quality, safe and innovative
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A few minutes before the start of a change of command ceremony last Thursday morning, someone said to Col. Otto Liller, "You know, everyone is here to see that you leave." Good-natured laughter filled the air, and Liller grinned broadly. Then it got quiet again as the time to begin the ceremony
Military Life
Military servicemembers understand being in a team-driven environment, so it's no wonder why Hockey Saves, a 501 (c)3 nonprofit, is saving military members around the nation one puck at a time. But this organization is offering a little bit more than just time on the ice. Hockey Saves is saving people
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Chocolate Among the discerning with a sweet tooth, the quest for chocolate is a perfect obsession, with three of the classic gourmet’s favorite factors at play: 1) there’s a lot to know about chocolate, so you can impress both friends and wanna-bes with your erudition; 2) it’s an artisanal product; 3)
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"It’s my season," confides Karen Luke Fildes. "When the gray days come, I come alive." Despite recent trips around Hawaii and other sunny, color-saturated spots, Luke Fildes speaks about the Northwest sky with reverence, using adjectives reserved for people. She explains how the cloud’s personality will take on whatever the
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"Elizabeth: The Golden Age" is weighed down by its splendor. There are scenes where the costumes are so sumptuous, the sets so vast, the music so insistent that we lose sight of the humans behind the dazzle of the production. Unlike "Elizabeth" (1998), by the same director, Shekhar Kapur, this
Military Life
The default shopping destination in the Tacoma area is usually the Tacoma Mall, which is a fine choice, especially on rainy days since the mall is fully enclosed. However, non-mall shopping destinations offer an alternative - something more local and often more unique. Whether you're shopping for jewelry, clothing, food,
