Category: Tacoma
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First Night 2010
Happy New Year! Click on the links below to check out all the musicians featured in the video. Deborah Page Beehive Hey Marseilles Kirsten Wenlock All the music at the end is Kirsten Wenlock. The specific songs used under the montage were “Alright” and, of course, “Auld Lang Syne”. Kirsten Wenlock was also responsible for what turned…
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Back to where the sidewalk ends
Today, I was in heaven. I stepped off the bus on Commerce Street at Noon sharp. My hands shook with anticipation as I walked toward that familiar corner, the one I knew so well from many blissful Fridays throughout 2008. I rushed across the street, drawing closer to what looked to me like a magical…
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Frost Park: a community built in chalk dust
Whenever I mention Frost Park, most people outside of the Tacoma blogosphere just stare blankly at me like I’m speaking Tralfamadorian. Most people in the Tacoma area have seen it. Many have stood inside it or walked through it without ever knowing. I don’t blame them. When I first moved here, I didn’t even realize…
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The closing of Gringo de Loco
For those that haven’t read it on the Spew, or on Kevin’s blog, Gringo de Loco – the “blues-inspired” Mexican restaurant on Pacific Avenue – is closing. Honestly, it doesn’t really surprise me…I’ve been watching the number of unread Stranger copies I have to carry back to the delivery van increase more and more (for…