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Every once is a while a band comes along that is hard to describe without adding three or four exclamation marks at the end of each sentence. When I started to write this story about Girl in a Coma, I had to physically restrain myself by duct taping the upper
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Team Unicorn Records is not your typical indie record label. They don’t have a CEO, an office or even an official telephone number. It’s more of a collective of Tacoma bands and a tight knit community than a record label in the traditional sense. The bands of Team Unicorn are
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Hairstylist Denise Francis finessed a couple of Manhattan Blowouts at the Biella Launch Thursday night: one set of the curls graced the head of spa owner and operator Ruth Soukup, while the other frolicked atop the head of Women of the Military Makeover winner, Jennifer Nagle, whose husband, newly home
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The painting on the side of the building looks like it’s been there forever, well suited for a Tacoma icon many consider one of the cultural treats that set Tacoma apart from the average strip-mall enclave. It’s the kind of book store where you can bring your well-loved tomes and
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Not quite, since all three shops will have totally different outlooks: Super Supplements, set to open Sept. 1 in the space next to the recently opened Tight Cuts on Sixth and Pearl in Tacoma, will offer all manner of healthy goodies — vitamins, minerals, organic beauty aids. Willow, a new
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Size matters in certain South Sound watering holes, and only your intrepid Weekly Volcano reporter is seaworthy enough to take on the largest drinks in town. Risking Katrina-level disaster to liver and kidneys, I set out to assess the taste and volume of concoctions designed to incite parties this Labor
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DJ Mauro has had a problem with his phone lately: it won’t stop ringing. People keep calling the DJ/Latin music promoter asking to be put on his VIP list for the show he’s bringing to Oh! Gallagher’s in Lakewood Saturday, Sept. 1. But DJ Mauro’s fretting that there may not be
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Toys for tots, Maui style Put the significant one, our daughter, and me into a three bedroom condo on Ka’anapali beach with two other couples and a 1-year-old, and you have the Hawaiian vacation I’m about to embark upon. It’s going to be fun, I have no doubt, though I’m a little
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Student, YMCA exercise instructor, and Biella by Ruth Michelle Day Spa & Salon retail and sales manager Alissa Mayzak knew she wanted a special look for the launch event that presented the grand reopening of the salon formerly known as Avanti Salon and Spa. She had in mind the idea of
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Hello! hello, cupcake hello, cupcake, the much anticipated cupcake shop between BKB & Company gallery and South Sound Running in downtown Tacoma will have a pre-opening event Thursday, Aug. 30, followed by a grand opening celebration this weekend. Julie Bennett, owner of neighboring urbanXchange, was lucky enough to sample their delicious lemon,
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I remember when I was a little girl I would laugh at all of the older men who wore suspenders. I thought they were big dorks, these long belts that cross the back over your shoulders to keep your pants up, only they were giving you wedgies. Now I am one
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Bombay Bistro A quick chat with Bombay Bistro chef Barveen Buri Monday yielded some tantalizing informational tidbits: Yes, the inside of the Bombay Bistro has been ready to go for quite some time, but the establishment won’t open for about another two weeks, pending the reworking of the existing parking lots. “We are
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Thursday, Aug. 30: Tacoma Singles Wine Tasting, 7-9 p.m., WineStyles, 2665 N. Pearl, Tacoma, 253.756.6922. Saturdays: Wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., Wine Bank, 7017 27th St. W., University Place, 253.564.1101). Tuesdays: Wine Tuesdays, 5 p.m., Toscano’s Café & Wine Bar, 437 29th St. N.E., Puyallup, 253.864.8600). Thursday, Sept. 6: Tacoma Singles Wine Tasting, 7-9
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THE ELK Rut Weekend My 7-year-old nephew, Lloyd learned how to make cow and bull calls in an elk bugling club at a Cheyenne elementary school. “At my house, I have to go outside because my brother gets mad. I say, ‘Oh, well,”‘ Lloyd told me over the phone. If there’s one thing that
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It’s time for another free festival centering on art. But wait. “It is not just another festival — there are important twists,” explains Drew Ebersole, fund development officer at the Martin Luther King Housing Development Association, who will be presenting the family-friendly Music & Murals event set to happen Sept. 8,
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In Hollywood they have the six degrees of Kevin Bacon. Around here, we have the six degrees of grunge. When the Seattle music scene exploded in the early ’90s, Tacoma was directly in the fallout zone. Therefore, it’s not uncommon in our local music circles to encounter someone who played
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Lots of talk these days about restaurants coming and going, going and coming. It’s hard to keep up. Winfield’s Twisted Cue Club and The Garage come to mind, along with The Blue Olive and Gary’s Steak Out (by his own choice). Was their vision too grand? Did they bite off
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Keeping up with the Joneses is a bitch. So when the owners of Mary’s Burger Bistro chose the noted Pacific Avenue for their new location, they had some big shoes to fill. After delaying the opening more than two weeks, the new burger joint finally debuted last Wednesday, and of
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Dining on the Ruston Way waterfront Sunday Tator Tot and I happened upon a halibut that was like sticking a can of pepper spray in my mouth and pulling the trigger. The fish was so staggeringly bad, it was as if the prep cooks had ordered a dump truck full
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Musical comedy The Mel Brooks stage version of his cult classic movie "Young Frankenstein" ends its run this week at Paramount Theater before it continues its journey to Broadway. [Paramount Theatre, $25-$100, 911 Pine St., Seattle, www.theparamount.com] “Birth” This ain\'t your daughter\'s “Vagina Monologues.” “Birth – Vagina Monologues of Childbirth” by Karen Brody
