Rabid enthusiasm – or at least a polite golf tournament clap – continues to build for the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay, aka John Ladenburg’s sandbox for rich guys.
In a city like Tacoma that never sleeps but does enjoy an occasional afternoon nap, crime-fighters must be creative in their round-the-clock approach to fending off the bad guys.
Ah, those warm, fuzzy childhood memories you have of Ivan the Gorilla, gazing longingly at you through the glass at the B&I shopping center in Lakewood.
Well, lookee who braved the dark woods and made his way to Tacoma this week.
Local dudes will show their solidarity with the fairer sex next week in a seemingly undudelike way: Strapping on pumps and clomping around downtown Tacoma like amateur cross-dressers from a Monty Python episode.
Many things came to mind this week as Lt. Gov. Brad Owen ceremonially closed the special session(s) of the Legislature after a marathon all-nighter. Such as:
You can never have enough sisters, whether you’re a human being or a midsized American city. Who else but sisters can be trusted to keep each other’s intimate secrets, share each other’s clothes and fix each other’s hair?
How much do we love the moldy oldies? Tonight at the Pantages, we’ll be flickin’ our Bic in the front row at the Frampton Comes Alive! 35 show. He’s a balding guitar god, but, baby, we still love his ways.
Usually this column is all tomfoolery and twaddle, a weekly reprieve from the news that distresses and depresses. We contribute nothing but a whoopie cushion to the civic agenda.
Big-box stores? We don’t need no stinking big-box stores!
Just when it seemed like our city had lost its grit, what with the fancy new viaduct and yuppie car museum and brewpubs and all, along comes a scruffy pack of fraidy cats from SoCal to give our street cred a lift.
With no fanfare, T.C. Broadnax arrived at City Hall this week to start his new life as Tacoma city manager. No ticker-tape parade. No song-and-dance welcome from the Daffodil princesses. No glitter bomb like the one that greeted GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum downtown Monday.
Nothing says Valentine’s Day like curling up in satin jammies with our favorite partners: a box of red wine and a Harlequin romance novel.
While America went gaga over college football recruit-signing this week, our sniffer twitched with mixed emotions.
A special hall of fame should be set aside for pro athletes who return to their hometowns. Not the muscleheads who show up like conquering heroes, sign a few autographs and leave again. We save our admiration for the ex-jocks who come home, settle down with their families and contribute to the community.
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