As Valentine’s Day approaches, many people search for just the right presents to make their loved ones feel special. Cards, candy, chocolates and heart-shaped everything spill out from store shelves. With so many options and so much fuss, you might be tempted to think that only people could be caught up in such material displays of affection.
Mount Rainier and National Park Service officials are preparing a call for bids to run the park’s concession operations.
For some, Valentine’s Day is a rose-scented, chocolate-covered day of sweet bliss.
If 11-year-old Alex Penny of Olympia could have one wish come true, it would be world peace. Unfortunately, that’s a bit beyond the reach of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Ask Joshua Grant what the toughest thing was about dancing for five years with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo and you won’t hear about the agony of strapping his feet into pointe shoes. Nor will it be lacing himself into a tutu, or learning the fine art of putting on stage makeup and false eyelashes – or even learning how to dance female ballet roles while being hysterically funny.
Single? Love might be waiting for you on a chairlift in Oregon.
Josie, a small Shih Tzu and Chihuahua mix, ruptured several discs in her back in April. Josie was given a 10 percent chance of walking again.
Dear Savvy Senior: I’m worried about my father’s driving. At age 84, his driving skills have diminished significantly, but I know he’s bound and determined to keep going as long as he’s alive. What tips can you recommend that can help me help my dad stop driving? – Nervous Daughter
Thank heaven, winter’s over. I thought it would never end. It dragged on for a whole week. But now everything’s back to normal. It’s raining again.
La Niña winters are great if you love snow camping, skiing and sledding. But what if your idea of a good time requires temperatures warm enough to wear shorts?
Depending upon your dining preferences or the bar you frequent, breakfast at a watering hole can be a cultural odyssey or a gritty journey. I maintain that both can be equally delightful if you have a curiosity for interesting bar food that comes with a funky atmosphere and clientele.
The Tacoma Astronomical Society and Puyallup Library staff are praying for dry weather next week. Tuesday night is the fifth annual free Star Party in the park outside the library – and for the last four years it’s been too rainy to use the society’s big telescopes.
The cover of Tacoma author Marissa Meyer’s young adult novel, “Cinder,” shows the glass slipper expected of any story based on Cinderella. But the foot inside that slipper is made of gears, rods and other metal parts. You don’t need to crack the cover to know this isn’t going to be a story about mice becoming coachmen.
Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil told people to prepare for six more weeks of winter on Thursday, making him the minority opinion among his groundhog brethren who seem to think that spring is coming early.
These are not your girlfriend’s cupcakes. There is no frilly pastel frosting piped on top. They are not delicate. They are not pretty.
When it comes to making pulled chicken, it’s hard to beat the two-ingredient simplicity of simmering chicken breasts in a bottle of barbecue sauce.
Whenever I think of Super Bowl Sunday, I think of chili, and guacamole and chips. And Ro-Tel cheese dip. And Frito pie.
This sauce is so simple that it has become a tried and true stand-by for me – and it’s always a hit. Maple syrup, brown sugar and mustard blend with the pan juices to make a succulent sauce for the sauteed pork chops. The sauce is great with pork, ham, turkey or chicken. Warm it on its own and serve with any of these cooked meats or use it as a dipping sauce. It can be served hot or at room temperature.
Let your appetizers shine this winter. Who can resist incredible little edibles to swallow in a bite? They could make for a slightly prettier, if not tastier, Super Bowl spread.
Aaron Swaney, an Everett Herald and Outdoor News Group writer, recently profiled Kent native Kyle Miller. The trailer from Miller’s movie is above. Here is Swaney’s feature:
The last 700 feet of the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail reopened to public use today.
CHICAGO – Teens don’t tweet, will never tweet – too public, too many older users. Not cool.
It’s already evident that when cold weather comes along, hibernation mode soon follows. A recent Gallup poll confirmed that Americans steadily eat worse and exercise less during the fall and winter months – and even more so in 2011 than last.
There were four winners from the South Sound in the 2011 Northwest Exposure photo contest held by Washington Trails Association.
One of the best pieces of workout equipment at your local gym also is one of the easiest ways to hurt yourself.
As the third day of searching for a missing snowshoer began at Mount Rainier last week, a man and a woman appeared out of the inclement weather.
I've reviewed more than 40 South Sound drive-ins, shacks and bars known for their burgers. In addition to deserving hazard pay for my arteries, I like to think I know a good burger.
I took a few hours this afternoon to walk around the 2012 edition of the Washington Sportsmen’s Show.
As another storm dumped snow on Mount Rainier, the chances of finding four missing people alive on the mountain are “very minimal, minimum to none,” park spokesman Patti Wold said.
Few of us want to live like a department store mannequin. We all need a little privacy from prying eyes. So up around our homes go high fences and foreboding hedges. Unfortunately, that too often means walls that look better suited at a detention center or bushes that grow to Godzilla-like proportions.
This thick and hearty soup made with ham, lentils and tomatoes takes only 30 minutes to make and is a great way to brighten up a winter evening. It’s a whole meal in one bowl.
Eating long beans to symbolize a long life is a hallmark of Chinese New Year.
Fresh, dried, candied or pickled, the rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale — “ginger root” to you and me — is a hot commodity at the moment.
Let’s have a quick show of hands among the diet-conscious: Who is craving a plain baked chicken breast right now?
Oh No! We got snow! Plus a lot of ice, wind and freezing weather. The good news for your garden is that we’ll have a lot fewer slugs, bugs and other garden thugs this spring, and the winter storm might also freeze a few million weed seeds.
Is your post-holiday refrigerator filled with the aging remains of New Year’s Eve party food, molding cheese and ham that’s well into its second curing? Are counters covered in gift basket remnants?
How discontented would our winters be without the glorious summer promise of oranges, grapefruit, lemons and limes?
Today’s the new Asian year – the Year of the Dragon. And for the ninth year in a row, Tacoma’s Monkeyshine folks have gotten out and about late last night to do their anonymous, slightly crazy glass art thing: hiding hundreds of hand-blown glass floats stamped with this year’s animal in front yards, trees and odd places around Tacoma for lucky citizens to find and keep.
The South Sound, it seems, is a treasure trove of inspirational weight-loss stories.
It was a day of hot cocoa, fresh mountain snow cones and a chance to break in the new sleds that Santa left for our kids on Christmas.
When snow cancels school, there is nothing kids want to do more than going sledding. The issue is that very same snow that shuts schools makes it very difficult to reach the snowplay areas at Mount Rainier and Olympic national parks.
People will have more opportunities to learn about the marine life in Puget Sound as Metro Parks Tacoma expands its pier peer program.
Truck is a 10-year-old boxer dog who’s quite uncomfortable. For the past few weeks, he has been straining to defecate. Truck will go into his yard and try multiple times to produce stool, and only after several attempts will he have “some” success.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Gene Autry I wasn’t. Barely an hour into an all-day trail ride, my hiking boots felt like ovens and my baseball cap barely shaded my face.
Searchers found no sign of two overdue parties Thursday during a trek through blizzard conditions to Mount Rainier’s Camp Muir, park officials said.
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