Say the words "Steve's Gay '90s" and you're sure to confuse anyone new to Tacoma or born in the 1980s and beyond. For those in either group, we're talking about a restaurant that used to rock South Tacoma Way — and the 1890s.
Story by Your friendly neighborhood homeless industrial complex worker Photos by Danica Thomas Standing atop a muddy, trash covered hill,...
See the most recent list here: 2021 The people of Tacoma have apparently decided that the antidote for everything awful...
Putting together these lists is one of my favorite things to do and I wouldn’t be able to do it...
If you had a car in 1920s Tacoma and wanted to show off in front of other motorheads, you didn’t...
If you have lived in Washington state for a while you know about the stark differences between east and west. I spent the first half of my life on the East Side and I'm just starting the second half on the West Side, here in Tacoma.
December 21st is the winter solstice and, according to a cryptic sidewalk plaque in downtown Tacoma, sunrise on that day at 19th and Market is the time and place to be if you want to take a peek into the world of the dead.
Thank you to everyone who submitted suggestions this year! We got more than usual so some of them will have...
Bernie Sanders is having a hard couple of days. He’s out there encouraging Amazon workers in their efforts to unionize,...
You may not know it, but Downtown Tacoma has played an important role in the recovery of peregrine falcons for nearly 20 years. The tall buildings emulate the rocky cliffs falcons naturally gravitate to. That, combined with a ready supply of pigeons, makes for prime falcon real estate.
Photos courtesy of CJK Community Homes and by Sierra Hartman Every time you move through the city, you’re likely to...
Isolation is hard on the human psyche under the best of circumstances. When you’re working 12 hours at a time,...
