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Le Cupcake

If you’re not big on sweets — stop reading now. There’s nothing here for you. If you obsess about clafoutis, cakes, custards and tarts the way addicts think about their next fix, then welcome to Le Cupcake, baby. Just over four months ago the bakery and

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Rock chicks, man

I don’t want to make anyone uncomfortable, and I certainly don’t want to give the wrong idea about this band, but I have something I want to talk about and I’m not sure how you’ll take it. Here goes: What does it mean when you’re turned on by a band?

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TROUBLE WITH DEROSA: Lisa Lawrence

In my mind an old Saturday Night Live skit done by Gilda Radner plays.  She’s doing her brilliant “smoking” routine as Roseanne Roseannadanna.  Some of you might remember the classic skit where Radner reads a letter from a man complaining of his symptoms, goes on about meeting Dr. Joyce Brothers

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Cosmos for the Cure

COSMOS FOR THE CURE Stanley & Seafort’s honors October’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by donating a $1 from every Cosmopolitan sold to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Drink for a great cause at 115 E. 34th St. in Tacoma. OKTOBERFEST NORTHWEST Authentic German grub and grog plus

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Showcasing PTSD

For individuals wishing to know more about PTSD and its effects on family members, the local National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) chapter will show a 30-minute film entitled, “Coming Home: Supporting Your Soldier” Thursday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Lakewood.“It’s a very good

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State of the Art: Graffiti in Tacoma

Time to break it down nice, slow and simple. Once and for all — Graffiti is art. There. I said it. Never ask again. Sorry. But the discussion surrounding graffiti as an art form is usually about that brief. Either graffiti is art or

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TIKI LOGIC: Paris Spleen calls it quits

It’s a new week, which means it’s time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki’s South Sound music news and notes column. Without further ado, let’s get rolling … Excuse Bobble Tiki for a second while he blows his painfully congested Tiki nose. For the last few days Bobble

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Matter matters

An exciting new gallery opened in Olympia with an opening showing of 60 artists — most but not all from the South Sound area — “featuring artworks that incorporate recycled, reclaimed, and responsibly harvested materials,” according to a statement by gallery owner Jo Gallaugher. The name is Matter. It’s

Operation Ham Grenade builds on success

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Operation Ham Grenade builds on success

The Captain Meriwether Lewis chapter of the Association of the U.S. Army delivered more than 300 turkeys to Servicemembers on Joint Base Lewis-McChord and Camp Murray prior to Thanksgiving as part of "Operation Turkey Drop." With Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, the chapter is now turning its attention to delivering hams

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Troops share shooting skills

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Troops share shooting skills

  "One hundred men we'll test today, but only three win the Green Beret." If we're to believe a song, most of us couldn't hack being Special Forces Soldiers, yet everyone who was invited to the 1st Special Forces Group Flat Range Complex got a chance to shoot like

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Style, South Hill style

Style, South Hill style Talent scout eyes scoured the hopefuls at the South Hill Mall last week to determine who would be the best and the brightest stars of the Spring Fashion Show at Macy’s Court Saturday, March 31, at 1 p.m. Unlike the past event at the Tacoma Mall, hopeful models

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Quality shows this week

Thursday COUNTRY kari ehli “American Idol” runners-up piss me off.  They are so pompous and self-absorbed. I can’t stand the fact that the majority of them haven’t paid any dues and suddenly they are stars.  However, if I had to pick the next “American Idol” it would probably be Lakewood’s own Kari

A Lancer leads the way

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A Lancer leads the way

There is a similarity between the game of football and the Army.Both are based on disciplined teamwork.During the 2009 high school football season, the United States Army and the Seattle Seahawks have been honoring Washington state student-athletes on a weekly basis who exemplify the values of academic and athletic achievements.Willis

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Free stuff

Soldiers have many opportunities available to them as members of our armed forces.  The most overlooked of these opportunities are groups and individuals who want to brighten the days of those who are deployed in support of the global war on terror.  We have chosen some of our favorite Web

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Tipping time

Thursday, Oct. 8 Half-price wine, Maxwell’s Speakeasy, 454 St. Helens, Tacoma, 253.683.4115. Wine tasting, five pours for $5, Vinum Coffee and Wine Lounge, 1001 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.572.8215. Ladies Night featuring half off all wine flights and $5 house pours, Sip, 4793 Point Fosdick Dr. N.W, Gig Harbor, 253.853.3020.

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Ask Amy

Gift hearse Several years ago, this co-worker I was interested in was always stopping by my desk to talk, so I gave her some turtle earrings (they related to a story she once told me). I guess I was trying to tell her I was interested, but she was leaving for

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EOD team leaders learning their way around explosives

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EOD team leaders learning their way around explosives

A Soldier in a bomb suit walked slowly toward a smoking vehicle on Joint Base Lewis-McChord last Thursday. A rope trailed behind him, and two other Soldiers kept pace at his side."It's pretty quiet in that bomb suit when you're walking by yourself," Maj. Matt Kuhns, 3rd Explosive Ordnance Battalion,

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