Food Matters
Rising from the ashes, once again, King Solomon's Reef will re-open this Friday. One of Olympia's best dive restaurants plans to re-open their doors, Friday, May 18th at 8am following a closure after catching on fire. With a wide variety of entree's using primarily local products,
SouthSoundland
Girls just want to have fun, something Olympia is fully aware of when it comes to Friday shopping. Join merchants this Friday, May 18th for their annual Girls night out - a shop for raffle tickets followed by food and booze. Here's how it works: Women who are
Food Matters
Don't be fooled by all the Happy Teriyaki joints in the neighborhood, the Pacific Avenue location in downtown Tacoma is the best one out there. Of course the others are delicious in their own way, as every child should be loved as an individual, but let's be honest ... you know
Food Matters
With a newly remodeled look, the once Oakbrook Golf and Country Club has stripped off the priviledge and opened the Oak House restaurant to the general public. Fitting seeing the entire golf course went public this past year. A typical bar and grill menu with burgers, sandwiches and
Sipping Out
With the weather heating up, swing by the Ram (possibly by vine) on the waterfront to enjoy their newest drink on the deck. Called the Purple Viper, this bad-boy is Bacardi Arctic grape rum, casedores reposado tequila, blue curaco, cranberry, sprite, and grenadine. A couple of these and you'll
Stage
Improlympia 2012, an improv comedy festival-starts Friday night at 7 p.m. and goes all weekend long at the Evergreen College Campus in Olympia. This fourth annual Improlympia brings in comedy acts from cities as far as New York City and as near as Seattle and, of course, Olympia. Comedy groups and
Sipping Out
Friday, May 18th Hestia Cellars Tasting at Grand Vin Wine Merchants. 1003 4th Avenue East Olympia,WA 98506 (360) 350- 4896. 5:00pm- 7:00pm. SipFest at Pickering Barn. 1730 10th Avenue NW Issaquah,WA. 6:30- 9:30pm. Saturday, May 19th Historic Monroe Wine Walk. 111 W. Main St. Monroe,WA 98272 425-208-2770.5:00pm-8:00pm COR Cellars Tasting at Grand Vin Wine Merchants.1003
Afterword
I wouldn't go so far as to say The Writer's Lodge in Seattle will cast a spell over all visitors, but the ambiance does work some kind of magic. A combination of senses hit me at once upon seeing the newly-opened Lodge last week - the sunshine, the bubbling fountain
Visual Edge
Fulcrum Gallery is getting weird. OK, they've mostly been weird for as long as they've resided in the little shop on Martin Luther King Way. Or if not exactly weird, at least more willing than most galleries to show works that are not exactly Norman Rockwell or Thomas Kinkade. But
Better Living Through music
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Peter Adams. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Midtown Grill Bonney Lake. Wednesday Night Blues Jam. All Ages. 7-11 PM. COMEDY/GAMES Pints & Quarts Pub Westside Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win prizes. 8:30 pm.
Better Living Through music
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Cyber Camel. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. Tacoma Farmers Market Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. The Broken SongByrds. All Ages. 12 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate
Better Living Through music
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic Couch Jam. 8:30 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Uke & Singalong, hosted by Steve Einhorn, Kate Power. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Too Slim.
Better Living Through music
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Culinary Scholarship Benefit, with Gayl Bertagni. 8 pm. Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Jeriactric Jazz. All Ages. 11 am-1 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. Immanuel Presbyterian Church Tacoma - Northend. Blues Vespers, featuring Bill
Better Living Through music
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Pantages Theater Tacoma - Downtown. Gaelic Storm. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $19-$49. Cork! A Wine Bar Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Nick Sandy. 7 pm. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Scott Cossu, Van Manakas. All Ages. 8 pm. $8-$12. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. The Tune Stranglers. All Ages.
Better Living Through music
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Ian Jones. All Ages. 6:30 pm. Steve & Kirsty Smith. All Ages. 8 pm. $5. C.I. Shenanigans Tacoma - Northend. Sean Lewis. 7 pm. BLUES Buffino's Golden West Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - South. Back Porch Band. 8 pm. O'Callahan's Pub & Grill Key Peninsula. Blues Attitude. 8 pm. Olympia
Better Living Through music
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tacoma Farmers Market - Broadway Tacoma - Downtown. Gary Reid. All Ages. 12 pm. NC. Spar Cafe Olympia. James Coates. 8 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Lewis County. Blues Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude.
Features
Almost every major city in America (and other countries, too) has a restaurant week. Tacoma has finally joined in the fun. Beginning April 15, food lovers embarked on a two-week long adventure of culinary delights arranged into an affordable package of three-course lunch or dinner for $25 at 25 restaurants: Tacoma
Arts Feature
The Way of St. James goes by many names - the Way, El Camino de Santiago or just the Camino. It is an ancient path cutting a swath through Spain, stretching from southern France almost all the way to Spain's western coast. For over 1,000 years, pilgrims have walked this
Features
The "Do It Yourself" movement that gained mainstream popularity in the late 1990s with home makeover TV shows has morphed into the food arena. It's a long-armed, straight reach back in time to when the matriarchs of generations gone-by made everything from scratch after doing the growing and raising themselves.
Scene It
I don't make it down to Olympia as often as I'd like, but when I do, I make it a point to hit up two of the city's most well-talked about bars: The Brotherhood Lounge and Le Voyeur. Each has its own personal charm, and I had an opportunity to
