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December 29, 2008 at 5:17pm

Flickr Post of the Day


self-portrait, originally uploaded by dreamsjung.

December 29, 2008 at 9:39pm

New Year's Eve watch

JAKE DE PAUL: THREE, TWO, ONE, CHOW >>>

Serious grubbing is the crux of Maxwell’s Speakeasy + Lounge’s New Year’s Eve festivities. Five starters includes  Grand Marnier prawns, roasted acorn squash ravioli and, of course, caviar. Two salads and a white bean bisque  sit in the middle of the menu. Seven signature plates include a seared duck breast, cider brined roasted pork loin, grilled baquetta sea bass and fresh grilled Maine lobster tails. Finally, a butterscotch brulee, vanilla bean mascarpone cheesecake and tin roof sundae brownie will send you home happy.

[Maxwell’s Speakeasy, 454 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, 253.683.4115]

Filed under: Food & Drink, Holidays, Tacoma,

December 30, 2008 at 6:56am

Lettuce in and we'll tell you

SUZY STUMP: POSTER ART CONTEST >>>

Hey, you know how much you love the Tacoma Farmers Market. And you're the master of Magic Markers. Time to combine your two loves. The Market needs creative art for its 2009 season marketing campaign. All you have to do is download the rules here, and assemble your thoughts in a unique way. Three bucks says you can.

Say, so "I think," said the sweet potato, "therefore, I yam," maybe?

LINK: Tacoma Farmers Market

Filed under: Arts, Community, Food & Drink, Tacoma,

December 30, 2008 at 11:30am

Prepare for the hurt

PAUL SCHRAG: HANGOVER PREVENTION >>>

Hangover While everyone else is telling you where to get bent, I’m here to tell you how to straighten out the next morning. Hangovers are the inevitable consequence of the annual cavalcade of debauchery we call New Year’s Eve, and they suck. But fear not, the angels of hedonism have sent wisdom to soothe you.

First, none of this should replace or be construed as professional medical advice. If you have an allergic reaction to bananas, don’t say it’s because I or the Weekly Volcano told you to eat them. This is just information, folks.

OK, most of your hangover symptoms are the result of two by-products of drinking alcohol â€" poison coursing through you body and dehydration.

If you don’t already know, fermented beverages are neurotoxins and are chemical cousins to the crap they use to strip acrylic paint off old doors and furniture. One of the chemical by-products of your body’s natural filtration process includes a nasty substance called acetaldehyde, which is responsible for the nausea, twitchy nerves, general unpleasantness of light and touch, pessimism and temporary malfunctioning of your relationship with the laws of gravity. Your body will get rid of it, but by then, you’re screwed. Recent research has shown that an amino acid called cystine, however, counteracts many of the toxic effects of acetaldehyde. You can find it, after consulting your doctor, at your local health food store. About 200 milligrams will help keep the worst of the hangover from taking hold. Also, beverages that have natural color â€" such as bourbon, scotch and brandy â€" contain another nasty family of toxins called congeners, which make things even worse.

Red wine has a third called tyramine, so don’t drink the whole bottle.

Next, eat food, for god’s sake, and drink lots of non-alcoholic liquids to stave off dehydration. Drink eight ounces of water, at least, each hour. Better yet, drink orange juice or Gatorade.

When you wake up, don’t pull that “hair of the dog that bit you” crap. If you want a Steel Reserve when you wake up after a night of karaoke and Jim Beam, get help. And don’t drink coffee, which is a diuretic, which means it makes you pee, which worsens dehydration. Take 200 mg of cystine, two aspirin, 500 mg of vitamin C, a multivitamin containing a B-vitamin complex, a banana for potassium, and more vitamins, and a big glass of water. Drink a bunch of Gatorade, eat soup, go back to sleep, and dream of next year’s rave.

LINK: The hangover catalysts

Filed under: Food & Drink, Health,

December 30, 2008 at 1:00pm

Tacoma Photo of the Day

Filed under: Photo of the Day, Tacoma,

December 30, 2008 at 2:21pm

Clamae hugeitus

PROF. REEVES: DRINKOLOGY >>>

Professor- Harbor Lights

This species is one of the best kept secrets on Ruston Way.  Great views, stiff drinks, fine dining in massive portions, and the lounge is home to the Purse Fumbler.  Sheâ��ll slide next to you as your drink is winding down its brilliant and oh-too-brief appearance.  After striking up a friendly conversation, sheâ��ll get you to order the round.  When the bartender sets them down, sheâ��ll dig and dig in that black hole of a purse, she will pull out enough makeup, pens and bar napkins to fill your carâ��s trunk.  No matter how hard she looks she cannot find that elusive money or credit card.  You will eventually fold and pay up.  Oh yes you will.

Drink Choice: Whatever.  No matter, because the Harbor Lights Lounge has become the definitive pre-show gathering spot for clubgoers and rock cats. Why?  It serves the strongest drinks in Tacoma and closes before 11 p.m. 

[Harbor Lights, 2761 N. Ruston Way, Tacoma, 253.752.8600]

Filed under: Food & Drink, Tacoma,

December 30, 2008 at 3:10pm

Vandals rip up Tacoma playfields

BOBBLE TIKI: OH DEAR GOD PLEASE NOT AGAIN >>>

Oh dear God please don't let it be all depressing and stupid and please don't let it all embarrass us on a state level all over again even more than it already has and even more than it already is and even more than we've endured lo this past woeful year. Hello? Please? Is it already too late?

Why yes, yes it is.

And lo and behold, apparently another dumb ass group of vandals have destroyed more property in Tacoma.

Metro Parks reports:

Vandals tore up newly installed turf on the playfields at Stewart Heights and Portland Avenue Parks this week.

After breaking through construction fencing the individuals drove recklessly through the fields where projects have been underway to enhance drainage, irrigation and turf as part of the 2005 Park Improvement Bond.
 
“This is so discouraging. Beyond the time and financial impacts it creates, this senseless act has left the fields in a condition that they won’t be able to recover in time hurting the teams that are depending on them,” said Planning, Design and Construction Manager Doug Fraser.
 
Field improvement work at the parks began in early fall so construction would be completed in time for use during the 2009 sports season.  As a result of the destruction done to the fields and time needed for turf to establish, it is highly unlikely that these fields will recover and be ready for use until Spring 2010.
 
Vandals caused similar damage at Jefferson Park, another site where bond improvements had already been completed as well as Optimist, Franklin, Kandle and Fern Hill Parks.
 

This news is, well, simply staggering. Mind-blowing. Gut-wrenching. Colon-knotting. Eyeball-gouging. And so on.

Filed under: Crime, News To Us, Tacoma,

December 30, 2008 at 3:34pm

Flickr Post of the Day


CIMG5188, originally uploaded by dreamsjung.

December 30, 2008 at 5:21pm

Bumping on Broadway

MICHAEL SWAN: SLOW THE HELL DOWN! >>>

I haven’t received a confirmation that the new speed bump installed today behind Stadium High School is a direct result of Volcano scribe Matt Driscoll’s move into that neighborhood.

What I do know is the New Tacoma Neighborhood Council was asked to help establish a speed bump behind the school to slow down traffic.

When you ask the NTN for something â€" things happen:

Bump-1 Bump-3 Bump-4 LINK: New Tacoma Neighborhood Council

December 31, 2008 at 6:46am

Top eight taste tests for 2008

KEN SWARNER: THE YEAR 2008 TASTED GOOD >>>

Over the past 12 months I enjoyed a number of dishes on my plate, so much so that I willingly decided to be one of those journalistic schmucks pumping out a Top Ten list at the end of the year (which is code for “crap, I don’t know what to write about this week”).

I share my top eight eats for 2008 on the Weekly Volcano’s Web site. I include Tacoma Szechuan’s hot pot, Opa Greek Cusine’s braised goat, and the big Kahuna at The Red Hot, among others.

LINK: Cheap drinks tonight

Filed under: Food & Drink, Olympia, Tacoma,

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