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Anna Saner-Ott has recently stepped down from her chair at Embellish Multispace Salon and started cutting hair in the south wing of her house. She calls this cozy room “The Parlor” and nearly every one of her 200 or so regular clients has followed her to her new local. There

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Anna Saner-Ott crop

Anna Saner-Ott has recently stepped down from her chair at Embellish Multispace Salon and started cutting hair in the south wing of her house. She calls this cozy room “The Parlor” and nearly every one of her 200 or so regular clients has followed her to her new local. There

Prescription for service

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Prescription for service

Rankos’ Pharmacy is among the few places the centralized Tacoman can walk to for those slightly less public purchases. Opened in 1924, this third generation, local family-owned store is working hard to meet the demands of a changing clientele. Recently offering nutritional information, organic and earth-friendly products such as Tom’s

Prescription for service

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Prescription for service

Rankos’ Pharmacy is among the few places the centralized Tacoman can walk to for those slightly less public purchases. Opened in 1924, this third generation, local family-owned store is working hard to meet the demands of a changing clientele. Recently offering nutritional information, organic and earth-friendly products such as Tom’s

Man behind the pour

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Man behind the pour

Ty Cline is a wine man, and I don’t mean the kind that jumps trains in order to get to moderate climates. That would be a wino. No, Cline is a connoisseur. His impeccable taste is combined with the ability to communicate why what he is pouring in your crystal

Man behind the pour

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Man behind the pour

Ty Cline is a wine man, and I don’t mean the kind that jumps trains in order to get to moderate climates. That would be a wino. No, Cline is a connoisseur. His impeccable taste is combined with the ability to communicate why what he is pouring in your crystal

DJs enter from the side

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DJs enter from the side

I don’t really care to drink at places where everyone knows my name. If they know my name it means they know my reputation as a dart master, and board or no board, inevitably I will be challenged to “huck some sharps.” I do, however, like to drink where the

DJs enter from the side

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DJs enter from the side

I don’t really care to drink at places where everyone knows my name. If they know my name it means they know my reputation as a dart master, and board or no board, inevitably I will be challenged to “huck some sharps.” I do, however, like to drink where the

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Face-to-face contact

Every month or two the walls of the much celebrated Black Water Cafe sport a new collection of work from a local artist. The latest set is the work of a newcomer to the Tacoma art world, Maria Jost. Loosely titled This is a Storytale the artist statement reads, “This

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Face-to-face contact

Every month or two the walls of the much celebrated Black Water Cafe sport a new collection of work from a local artist. The latest set is the work of a newcomer to the Tacoma art world, Maria Jost. Loosely titled This is a Storytale the artist statement reads, “This

Mineral is good for you

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Mineral is good for you

I first heard about the work and retail of Lisa Kinoshita a few years ago from glass blower and embroidery genius Shannon Eakins. Since then I have heard her named dropped here and there, always with a sense of reverence attributed to “true” artists. Having encountered her work on the

Mineral is good for you

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Mineral is good for you

I first heard about the work and retail of Lisa Kinoshita a few years ago from glass blower and embroidery genius Shannon Eakins. Since then I have heard her named dropped here and there, always with a sense of reverence attributed to “true” artists. Having encountered her work on the

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The Joel show

Joel Myers was trained in classical dance and modern dance entirely on scholarship in a studio in Auburn. Kinetically gifted from an early age, Myers was first attracted to martial arts as a means of disciplining his body to function at higher levels of majesty and grace. Now somewhat of a

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The Joel show

Joel Myers was trained in classical dance and modern dance entirely on scholarship in a studio in Auburn. Kinetically gifted from an early age, Myers was first attracted to martial arts as a means of disciplining his body to function at higher levels of majesty and grace. Now somewhat of a

Tacoma’s life coach

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Tacoma’s life coach

Paul Sparks is a relational scientist and a student of social bonds. He is obsessed with the notion of what he calls “relational community.” Sparks is also a social being, making him a subject of his own studies; ergo the relationships he forms are his greatest source of theory. While

Tacoma’s life coach

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Tacoma’s life coach

Paul Sparks is a relational scientist and a student of social bonds. He is obsessed with the notion of what he calls “relational community.” Sparks is also a social being, making him a subject of his own studies; ergo the relationships he forms are his greatest source of theory. While

Coffee Vikings

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Coffee Vikings

It is difficult for me to talk about Valhalla Coffee Company without looking over my shoulder for some axe wielding Viking lesser-god hunting me down to cleave my spinal chord in two with a deft twist of his frost weathered wrist. Our black-metal winters have me just a little paranoid,

Coffee Vikings

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Coffee Vikings

It is difficult for me to talk about Valhalla Coffee Company without looking over my shoulder for some axe wielding Viking lesser-god hunting me down to cleave my spinal chord in two with a deft twist of his frost weathered wrist. Our black-metal winters have me just a little paranoid,

Caring is second nature

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Caring is second nature

In the modern domesticated world, animal companions are a phenomenon that often boggles me with complex riddles of evolution and human psychology. No other species has evolved the need for interspecies companionship, (excluding parasites) and it is fascinating if we see the types of species that have evolved to meet

Caring is second nature

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Caring is second nature

In the modern domesticated world, animal companions are a phenomenon that often boggles me with complex riddles of evolution and human psychology. No other species has evolved the need for interspecies companionship, (excluding parasites) and it is fascinating if we see the types of species that have evolved to meet

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