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Cowgirl Up’s Bahama Mama will make you warm in places I am not allowed to mention. Served in a tall glass, this coconut rum concoction helps you forget it’s already becoming colder at night. Add a shot of the Captain, some pineapple and orange juice, and a splash of grenadine.
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Good beef I have been reading the “Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan. Anyone who has read this book will understand when I say I don’t want to look at another mainstream burger again. It’s shocking how much petroleum, disease and genetic engineering goes into beef. I’ve always been aware of food
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The fashion industry gets its millions only when it knocks current trends into traffic. More simply, drastic trend changes require that fashion slaves make repeat purchases toward new wardrobes to stay up to date. Just when you thought you had every color and length of layerable tunic/shirt/dress for random mix
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Rhiannon Dooly went to The Spar in Old Town Tacoma last Saturday to see Anthony Simmons cause a ruckus. Since he plays the drums in The Scuzztones, the bar was cool with it. Rhiannon turned many heads with a daring cleavage accentuating dress and mischievous smile. “I’m originally from California,
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Befitting an album featuring Ben Roth's first major creative output, Bod's EP, Party Drug, feels like it's crammed with ideas and off-kilter detours. "Gigantor" kicks off the album in a haze, before '70s prog-indebted guitars charge in. Tricky time signatures abound, lending a stop-start dynamic that challenges without taking away
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We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW Chris Minh Doky's Nomads featuring Dave Weekl Seattle. Jan. 13-14 7:30 pm. $28.50 (Jazz Alley, jazzalley.com) Peter
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XMAS CHEER Maybe you're away from family for the holidays, perhaps you just desperately want to avoid family drama, whatever the case there are a few joints in Tacoma open on Christmas Day to fuel your holiday cheer including Top of Tacoma Bar and Cafe, Eleven Eleven and Doyle's Public House.
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After a couple years of being stranded in the wilderness of Alaska, Saucy Yoda is once again gracing the Pacific Northwest with her presence. For those who haven't had the pleasure of catching her live, Saucy Yoda is a whirling dervish of gonzo party energy. Combining a garage punk aesthetic
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Orden Mundial do not fuck around. The Spanish hardcore outfit lay everything out on the line in their recent LP, Obedienca Debida, with 10 tracks that almost never make it past a minute and a half. Still, within these unfathomably tight structures, Orden Mundial find compelling melodies and enough crunch
