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Last year I opened an account with Venture Bank in downtown Tacoma. Across the street from the Matador on Pacific Avenue, this bitching banking boutique offers free freshly baked cookies and a hot pot of coffee to anyone who comes in the door. They do the same in Lakewood and
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Last year I opened an account with Venture Bank in downtown Tacoma. Across the street from the Matador on Pacific Avenue, this bitching banking boutique offers free freshly baked cookies and a hot pot of coffee to anyone who comes in the door. They do the same in Lakewood and
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Tacoma does not have a butcher or a candlestick maker (that I know of, if you all are out there, make yourself heard). Tacoma does, however, have a baker. Her name is Julie Rex, and in that case, one out of three ain't bad. Walter and Jessica Gaya hired Julie
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Tacoma is the city of Destiny because it is possible to find out right where you fit in. Like a criss cross crust on a cherry pie, Julie Rex has found her destiny as a baker. Walter and Jessica Gaya hired Julie Rex as a baker at their local hit,
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Urban Pioneer Tobin Ropes used to be a wine man. He knows all sorts of fancy dumbass words to describe the taste of fermented grapes. He is a snob about it, and you feel good about what you have in your glass because he is somehow making everything very comfortable.
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Urban Pioneer Tobin Ropes used to be a wine man. He knows all sorts of fancy dumbass words to describe the taste of fermented grapes. He is a snob about it, and you feel good about what you have in your glass because he is somehow making everything very comfortable.
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Steve Craig, owner of RampArt Antiques in downtown Tacoma, lived an interesting life. Sadly, on Feb. 19, he was found dead at his home. Friends are still waiting for a report about the cause of Craig’s death, but very few details have been released. Craig lived on the third floor
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Steve Craig, owner of RampArt Antiques in downtown Tacoma, lived an interesting life. Sadly, on Feb. 19, he was found dead at his home. Friends are still waiting for a report about the cause of Craig’s death, but very few details have been released. Craig lived on the third floor
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With federal money, a municipality called Metro Parks is refurbishing the Tacoma recreational resource, Wright Park. Because she is a master at the concrete, local celebrity artist Lynn Di Nino was hired to repair the Lady in the Lake. Once there lived on the unnamed island located on the unnamed
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With federal money, a municipality called Metro Parks is refurbishing the Tacoma recreational resource, Wright Park. Because she is a master at the concrete, local celebrity artist Lynn Di Nino was hired to repair the Lady in the Lake. Once there lived on the unnamed island located on the unnamed
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“Hip” is reserved for the young, and the people who are wise enough to encounter the young and learn the new style. I am not as young as I was, but neither is anyone else. When we are shopping for clothes, we wonder what people will think of us if
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“Hip” is reserved for the young, and the people who are wise enough to encounter the young and learn the new style. I am not as young as I was, but neither is anyone else. When we are shopping for clothes, we wonder what people will think of us if
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Jennifer Foster, owner of Underground Green Clothier and Country Girl Gardens all natural body products, says her business tripled when she added clothing to her store in Sanford & Son’s Middle Floor Merchants. Foster has a unique philosophy toward creativity and business. She knows her green thinking sets her apart
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Jennifer Foster, owner of Underground Green Clothier and Country Girl Gardens all natural body products, says her business tripled when she added clothing to her store in Sanford & Son’s Middle Floor Merchants. Foster has a unique philosophy toward creativity and business. She knows her green thinking sets
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You may find yourself asking, “What the hell is the creative class?” You may find yourself asking, “Aren’t I in a class all my own?” For answers to both of these questions and much, much more, we must turn back into the pages of Tacoma’s recent past. Three years ago
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You may find yourself asking, “What the hell is the creative class?” You may find yourself asking, “Aren’t I in a class all my own?” For answers to both of these questions and much, much more, we must turn back into the pages of Tacoma’s recent past. Three years ago