When we move, there are several utilities we know we must set up to ensure our new location has the amenities we need to thrive. One of those services now considered a must is access to broadband (fiber internet). We need it for our computers, our jobs, our education, our entertainment, and our 21st century …
According to David Emmons, President & CEO of the Greater Kitsap Chamber and Visitor Center, “A huge part of our mission here at the Chamber is to promote tourism.” With fun family events like Whale Days, the Great Kitsap Duck Race, and the Armed Forces Day Festival and Parade, Bremerton and Silverdale provide excellent reasons …
Well before you start unpacking, you should follow a few simple steps to ensure a smooth transition that also ensures your peace of mind. Get Your Utilities Set Up Having heat and lights as soon as you arrive is a priority: Electricity Water and sewer Wi-Fi and internet—does this impact your email address? Garbage pick …
Way back in the spring, I went to a writing conference and didn’t tell. I wrote some notes for you, typed them up, and then got too busy with reviews and other things to share what it was like. North Carolina has a good writing network. I mean, there might be better, but there is …
In case you were wondering, there is actually not that much sex in Rebecca Yarro’s Fourth Wing, besides Violet’s frequent internal diatribe about how attracted she is to one of the other characters and the frat-boy conversations between the characters. But the sex scenes that are there are lengthy and extremely graphic, down to the …
Roy Yamaguchi opened the first Pacific Northwest restaurant in partnership with the Puyallup Tribe this past week. Woven warmly celebrates the rich fusion of Yamaguchi’s Japanese heritage and pioneering Hawaii regional cuisine, with the culinary traditions of the Puyallup Tribe and the bounty of the Pacific Northwest. The concept for Woven was developed by Yamaguchi, …
It’s no wonder I was getting two books confused in my head. (Okay, it’s true: I do that a lot, anyway.) But when I saw one title on a table at a bookstore and then the other on a nearby table (titles that had both been on my radar for months and months), I picked …
Well, well, well… I have been out of town. On and off for a few weeks. So I missed my post for what to read in July, skipped right over the Fourth of July altogether. But I am still going to give it to you and maybe you can use it next year. Actually, I …
I consider the Fourth of July as a second-tier holiday, as far as the depth and breadth of the festivities go for me. For the past few years I have been in Syracuse, NY with my husband’s sisters and parents and their families, donning starred and striped socks and painting the bursted-bomb air with sparklers, …
City of Lakewood SummerFest 2023 on July 15, 2023. Our summer days are longer, and the kids are out of school. The City of Lakewood’s SummerFEST 2024 is the areas not-to-be-missed summer celebration with something exciting for everyone. SummerFEST has it all: 30+ food trucks, 100+ market vendors, a beer garden, live music all day, …