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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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Jennevieve Schlemmer, sipping coffee while we eat at the Mandolin Café, mentions something Lynn Di Nino has told her that’s resonated: when Di Nino was learning massage therapy, a tenet was “always leave one hand on the body.” It’s a tenet Di Nino has been employing both with her work on
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ANNOUNCER: There are things in this life that make the boys believe in a higher power: Sipping Silver Oak Cabernet on a beach at sunset; Jeff Buckley records; Fender guitars and women’s orgasms; Sofia Bistro’s lemon crème, just to name a few. They’re made from scratch — the lemon crèmes, that
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Shiny at Dragonfly Like a magpie after a candy wrapper in the wind, I am uncontrollably drawn to all things that sparkle and shine, so it’s easy for me to admit that I’m a jewelry junkie. When I heard about Dragonfly Imports opening a few weeks back in the Dome District,
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It would seem that there are a pretty fair number of active types who may be just like the average Joes outside local bars. Rather than filling their calendars with coffee shop and cocktail outings and stretching their budget for a non-generic cigarette, these people consider outings to gyms and
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Pappi Swarner won’t be happy with me this week because today I’ll be reporting on a wonderful place that is no where near the South Sound, but it’s worthy of the attention from all of you 253ers. The Tav — a name that’s so simple and perfect. When your humble Natasha was
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Private Morgan Downs arrived at Joint Base Lewis-McChord this past Tuesday afternoon fresh from attending advanced individual training, or AIT. "I haven't been in the Army very long," said the young soldier moments after arriving at Pacific Lutheran University Wednesday night for a Thanksgiving dinner. "It's really nice what is being
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Ah, Christmas. A nip in the air, lights strewn carefully around the perimeter of the house and lots of little doodads indicating that St. Nick is about to make his yearly trek to deposit presents in our living rooms. A fresh-cut, locally grown Christmas tree brings the whole scene together,
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It's a safe bet to say that most of us have at least a pair or two of old running shoes or hiking boots buried in the back of our closets. Maybe they're dirty; maybe they're just really stinky and we don't want to deal with it. So we leave
