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On the cusp of its first anniversary, this Best of Tacoma retail store has a lot to celebrate. Compass Rose, a dreamy little gift shop in Tacoma's Proctor District, offers pretty and unique personal and home accessories, locally produced artisan jewelry, home décor, stationary, cool kitchen gadgetry and sweet-smelling lotions
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Thank you to all who took the time to vote in our Best of Tacoma 2014 Readers' Poll. You are the Best. Best Shoe Store: Nordstrom Best Record Store: Hi-Voltage Records Best Grocery Store: Metropolitan Market Best Tattoo Shop: House of Tattoo Best Hair Salon: Willow Salon & Spa Best Yoga: Source Yoga Best Book Store: King's
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BEST CAULIFLOWER IN TACOMA Smoke + Cedar Perhaps you see cauliflower on the menu and instantly get flashbacks. It's the 1980s. Your mother has boiled up some of the vile white vegetable and you have to eat it before you can get back to your paused Super Mario Bros. game. Bowser awaits.
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Of all the categories for which to choose a "best," best brewery is a difficult one. Pierce County is a beer lovin' county. There's no shortage of brew. From Wingman to E9 to Harmon and beyond, beer flows through our be-potholed streets and through many of our veins as well.
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Thank you to all who took the time to vote in our Best of Tacoma 2014 Readers' Poll. You are the Best. Best Restaurant: Marrow Kitchen and Bar Best Restaurant Server: Kent Bolden at Maxwell's Restaurant Best Bartender: Jason Alexander, Tacoma Cabana Best Happy Hour: Pacific Grill Best Pizza: Puget Sound Pizza Best Sushi: TWOKOI Japanese
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BEST NEW HANDOUT Working Class Theatre Northwest Over the years, I've seen plays in a lot of found spaces from a lot of folding chairs. Seldom has the payoff for that spine-wrenching sacrifice been as enjoyable as A Life in the Theatre, a jagged take on David Mamet's affectionate two-hander. Aside from
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As a self-professed "bookish type," it's exciting for me to have the opportunity to sit down and interview Marissa Meyer, the local scribe voted Tacoma's "Best Author" by our readers. Tacoma has a rich, literary community abuzz with both novice and established talents. However, Meyer is a Tacoma author who
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Thank you to all who took the time to vote in our Best of Tacoma 2014 Readers' Poll. You are the Best. Best Filmmaker: Isaac Olsen Best Movie Theater: The Grand Cinema Most Creative Person: James Bender Best Theater Company: Tacoma Little Theatre Best Dance Company: MLKBallet Best Performance Space: Pantages Theater Best Actor: Alex Smith Best Actress:
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BEST LAST LAUGH Lakewood road painting Puget Sound Energy and the city of Lakewood Public Works tested the nerves of those accessing Bridgeport Way and Custer Road Southwest this past winter and spring. Long lines of cars backed up on both roads and weaved through interested temporary lanes as a gas main
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Thank you to all who took the time to vote in our Best of Tacoma 2013 Readers' Poll. You are the Best. Best Politician: Mayor Marilyn Strickland Best Politician You Love To Hate: Gov. Jay Inslee Biggest Nuisance: Pot holes Best Pierce County Nonprofit Organization: YMCA Best Local Hero: Sonics Guy Kris Brannon Best Pierce County-based
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Those of us who love the City of Destiny for the great city that it is today - and all that it will one day become - know that in a city this size, change takes work. Every achievement, every successful event, new local business and great stride forward is
Recreation
Candice White is one busy gal. By day, she's a busy military spouse, mother to two young children, pet mom of a dog and cat and runs a household. By night, she's Mia Gravedigger, a dedicated member of the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Bettie Brigade, the all-female, player-run, fast-track roller derby team
Military Resources
It's difficult enough to eat right and stay healthy when there are lots of food choices and plenty of time for exercise in your life. But in the military, this isn't always the case. Soldiers often face long hours and limited healthy food selections. Chicken and dumpling MRE, anyone? Moreover,
People Rule
For Jonathan Harris, working for the Air Force has never been an I-can't-wait-until-it's-Friday kind of job. And that passion, that love for the service, best explains his nearly 50 years with the military. "I love serving my country," Harris said. "I didn't want to take the uniform off." In 1961, as a
Critics' Picks
[GOODBYE]+ NOW It has been called The Barcode, The Mint and finally, this week it will close its doors for the last time as Jezebels. Yes, the Olympia-based hip-hop and rap nightspot - often the center of scrutiny and critical review - will close its doors as owner Mark Valerio re-focuses
Music
It's been a constant journey for me, as a music fan, to find bands that challenge me without completely turning me away. As much as I can appreciate all sorts of adventurous music, there is a certain point that I cannot pass. Certain prog-rock bands exposed to me by my
Liquid
To say the first day of NFL training camp is essentially the launch of a very long holiday centered around not just football but also eating and drinking is a pretty accurate statement. And though this isn't an article about football, or the Seahawks in particular, it is in regard
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The unspoken joke about Tacoma being nicknamed the City of Destiny is that there's no destiny to be found here. We earned that nickname through the notion that our port would be the main hub of import and export in Washington. Instead, Seattle won out. There's no guarantees of anything
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW Storm Large Tacoma. Sept. 4 7:30 pm. $18-$48 (Theatre on the Square, 253.591.5894 Made
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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
