Food Matters
Thursday, Jan. 7Wine 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.Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum
Food Matters
VIP REWARD CARDSip. at the wine bar and restaurant in Gig Harbor presents Double Your Points Tuesday in January. Earn two points on your VIP rewards card for every dollar you spend at Sip. on Tuesdays. VIP cards can be purchased for $25 at the restaurant. Members receive 100 points
Veterans
Ruth Sharp was determined not to let her hip replacement surgery keep her from one of her favorite activities. Despite needing the aid of a walker in the early stages of her recovery process, the 73-year-old Air Force spouse continued to honor her volunteer commitment to the Retiree Activites Office at
Operation Family Support
When her husband Spc. Nigel Davis deployed, Brenda Davis prepared herself to deal with whatever happened during his absence. So when the family car broke down, a 1997 model, she went for assistance. She was directed to Operation Homefront, a non-profit organization that offers assistance primarily to privates through sergeants. As directed,
Roll Call
On January 11th, fifty-one Army MWR libraries will begin their Dear John books-to-movies promotions featuring the latest Nicholas Sparks' romantic novel coming to the big screen on February 5th. The promotion offers authorized MWR patrons over the age of 18 multiple opportunities to win movie-related prizes. Those who visit their participating
Military Life
Jennifer Smith, known to her friends as Jenn, works tirelessly in the Fort Lewis community to support soldiers and families not only in the 5th Stryker Brigade where her husband commands, but also as the president of the Officer's Spouses Club. The Ranger sat down with her recently to get a
News Front
"The National Guard, through its existing relationships within every state and territory, is in a unique and important position to help solve what I call the ‘cyber response capability gap.' That gap is the space that exists between what we acknowledge as a threat and our actual capability to do something
News Articles
Frank Pastizzo used a keyboard, harmonica, a juggling lesson, drama, humor, and life experiences to captivate an audience of about 250 people at Madigan Army Medical Center. In one routine, he demonstrated how easy it is to get people to say what you want them to say. "Say SHOP," Pastizzo said. The audience
Military Life
When American Idol's season nine debuts this January, they will have already missed out on a local rising star. Dawn Joyner, who performs under the name "Elli" has been stationed out of Fort Lewis for the past two years with her soldier and family. Her husband, Sgt. Chris Joyner, is currently
Focus
FOB Blackhawk - There is deliberateness akin to how a surgeon works that goes into the planning of an artillery strike in the fire direction center, or FDC. Except instead of using a scalpel to work, the center uses 155mm howitzers. Attached to the 5th Stryker Brigade's 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment,
Focus
Capt. Carl Subler is a dusty boots chaplain. "I am a priest who happens to be in the Army," he said as we sat and talked outside his tent. "I am here to serve soldiers, any soldier." The only Roman Catholic chaplain assigned to 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Subler has the wonderful
Resources
After Kevin Butler was injured falling into power lines, his wife saw three lapels in the doorway: There was a casualty assistance officer, rear detachment commander, and chaplain. But her eyes never left the lapel of the chaplain as she was informed of the fact that her husband had been involved
Spouses
The deployment is over. Your Soldier is home. Many assume that this will be the "fairy tale" ending of a long, stressful story. Often, however, the homecoming includes some unanticipated strain of its own. Read here for some ideas on how to reduce the strain of the homecoming. Things
Operation Family Support
The Christmas holiday is over, and the budget is tighter this month, but that doesn't mean you can't have fun. Although winter sports equipment can be quite expensive at the local resorts, there are some local on-post facilities that are offering good deals on rentals and trips. To rent equipment, check
Guides
First the housing market, then Wall Street, then Detroit, and now this. The Little Holland Drive In? When will it end?The inevitable, sadly, has proved inescapable: on July 25, Tacoma’s best classic burger stand stood down. For years the tiny mom-and-pop restaurant defied the odds, going head to head with
Guides
Readers’ pick: Tacoma Little Theatre best local theater The theater to watch in Tacoma next season will be Tacoma Little Theatre, and that is not just because of what is set to happen on stage. It also has to do with whether there will be a stage at all. The
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Readers’ pick Merende best new restaurant Il Trattoria di Merende invites you to slow down, take small bites, and enjoy every one of them. Merende is an Italian tradition of eating small meals in between lunch and dinner; the word literally translates as small bites. These smaller meals are generally
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Readers’ pick urbanXchange best vintage clothing There can you go to get a pair of skinny jeans, some death metal, hear a live music performance and cop a haircut, all in one stop? No. Not your mom’s house. It’s urbanXchange! Let’s start with the clothes, though, because that’s how it all
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Readers pick The New Frontier Lounge as best new venue Perhaps Weekly Volcano scribe Mark Thomas Deming put it best: “Remember that gaping hole in the Tacoma live music scene? The one in-between coffee shop Celtic and Death Pussy? It seems like ancient history now, thanks largely to The New Frontier Lounge.”Yes
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Jamie Laval, with Dan Compton. All Ages. 8 pm. $12-$20. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Greg Kettner. 8:30 and 10:30 pm. $15. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Josh Wolf. 8 and 10:30 pm.
