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I love the feeling of starting over fresh and new each year. Some of us are great at sticking to the plan, while most of us usually fall back into our old habits. So this year we at Living Local set out to change that by coming up with some easy, yet powerful, resolutions that we all can keep. By taking the focus off of ourselves and putting it on others we feel these resolutions will have a bigger impact on our own lives.

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Month 4. Meet a friend for coffee, lunch or happy hour and turn your phone off, pay attention and engage.

Month 5. Post a “positive” story on social media. Can we change social media and the negativity that is associated with it? Everyone try posting and engaging in positive things; you will feel much better about society, guaranteed!

Month 6. Be positive, optimistic and say thank you to those around you at work or home. Be determined to lead with grace. These simple yet powerful gestures can change a culture and make a difference.

They say it takes about 22 days to break an old habit or create a new one. Don’t wait another month, week or day to start. Continue these six simple yet effective positive gestures each month, all aimed at doing something positive for someone else. You will see not only the difference it makes in their lives but the profound change it makes in yours. Here’s to an exciting and prosperous new year!

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Month 3. Pick your favorite LOCAL charity and donate $25 or more, or whatever you can spare. We most likely spend a lot more than this on things we don’t need. Although it may not seem like a lot, $25 can help tremendously.

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Month 2. When ordering your coffee or food at your favorite place, greet the person behind the counter with “good morning or afternoon, how is your day going?” prior to ordering. Try not to rush right into your order. Be thoughtful and polite with a smile on your face.

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GET REAL! This month’s cover photo features the Old City Hall in downtown Tacoma.

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The five-story building, which features a 10-story clock tower, is currently undergoing renovation and is scheduled for completion in mid-2017.

The Old City Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in May of 1974.

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TY RAY WHAT IS YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION? In 2017, I want to be a better man in body and soul. I resolve to treat people better. I want to be more aware of the power of the spoken word while realizing that actions speak even louder.

On a lighter note, no pun intended, I want to lose 20 pounds. I’d also like to learn Spanish.

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JULIE REED WHAT IS YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION? This year for my New Year’s resolution I want to create more memories with my family. My kids are getting older and I feel like I have less and less time with them to do fun things. I want to enjoy life to the fullest and try “not to sweat the small stuff ” as my grandfather used to say. Happy New Year! julie@livinglocal360.com • 253.273.8524

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JAMIE TAYLOR WHAT IS YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION? My resolution, or as I like to look at it, commitment this year, is to go all in! To dive in and not be scared of new opportunities, to make real goals and really make a commitment to reach them. It seems year after year I make resolutions and they only last about 3 months. I want to really make a concerted effort to being committed and going for it! Whatever IT is.

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DENISE COMFORT WHAT IS YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION? For 2017, I will learn something new every day. It will range from my love of cooking to answering questions on Jeopardy.

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GRIT CITY TACOMA A living, breathing character study

BY K. SHAWN EDGAR COURTESY PHOTOS

“Like she said, ‘It’s the breathing, It’s the breathing in and out and in and...’

Oh, have you seen me lately?” - Counting Crows

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rom here, I say, we pause.

Pause to look about. To look at ourselves and our surroundings. It’s that time, on the brink. And from here it must be known, Grit City is alive. It’s alive and doing well.

The view from Tacoma’s pedestrian walkway, Chihuly Bridge of Glass, is a facet multiplier through which all connections and all visions can be made. The bridge acts as a looking glass, microscope and telescope. It is the focusing of universal and local.

As with sand, fire and breath coming together to make glass, we can do this. From here, we can do this. Come together, expand together, and still hold true to the origins of every facet and every color that light and art bring us.

The 500-foot-long collaborative installation and pedestrian overpass

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was developed from a partnership among the City of Tacoma, the Museum of Glass, and Studio Glass movement pioneering artist Dale Chihuly, who directed its artistic concept. Chihuly worked closely with architect Arthur Andersson, who designed the Washington State History Museum, to achieve a unique visual experience.

A diversity of people from many ethnic groups, nations and world cultures mix in Tacoma, adding to the vibrant tonality of its fabric. And, as with the best quilts, the various patterns and colors do not lose themselves and become homogenized, but mesh instead into collaborative, overlapping designs.

In Chihuly’s own words, “The bridge is the gateway that welcomes people to Tacoma. [It’s] full of color and offers a joyous experience to passersby, day and night.”

And this is the essence of Chihuly’s glass work, exploring and experiencing all wavelengths of light as they pass through colored glass.

To the south and southwest, the view from Chihuly unfolds as a mix of highway, industry, older multi-use cityscape, including the Tacoma Dome, and then up from downtown along the effervescent, unyielding Hilltop neighborhood of houses, apartments, stores and shops, parks and schools.

The pieces included in the bridge installation come from his Seaform and Persian series, as well as his Venetians, Ikebana and Putti sculptures Signs & Signifiers The city of grit is a symbol—layers of protective shale and grits, matte and polished exteriors, a fearsome

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reputation, all working towards attracting only those with the fortitude to think beyond the hype, positive or negative.

And more, it’s a framework. Tacoma is a framework. Pliable, mutable; and at the same time, changeless. Or, more truthfully, we are changeless. We want to be unchanged.

We loop. From automobiles on circulatory highways, to the consolidation of wealth, and the desperate revolutions to decentralize control of resources and ideas. Back a hundred years and forward again. We loop.

Dale Chihuly began engaging more exclusively in collaborative art installations in the early 1970s. A timely and politically astute example that holds parallels to our situation in 2016/2017 is one of his collaborations with John Landon.

In Providence, Rhode Island, after driving around and collecting people off the street to help, Chihuly and Landon erected a large billboard. Once finished, their installation art billboard consisted of a text statement chosen

by Chihuly. Remember, this was a period when many people chose to push back against an overbearing, authoritative establishment culture. At the time, many viewers mistakenly assumed the quote came from someone like

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Richard Nixon until reading the attribution at its end.

Chihuly’s statement read: “The streets of our country are in turmoil. The universities are full of students rebelling and rioting. Communists are seeking to destroy our country. Russia is threatening us with her might, and the republic is in danger. Elect us and we shall restore law and order. We will be respected by the nations of the world for law and order. Without law and order, our republic will fall.” - Adolf Hitler, 1932 Tacoma is layers of time and space; at once anchored by its ancestral sites like the old city hall building and, at the same time, propelled by its new features and its expanding light rail system, Link.

As it evolves, the city surges and recoils because of every decision made. Every new technique or material layered in, can add interesting hues to the molten glass as it’s shaped. And, as with glass, a city will have setbacks and conflicts of interest, but the willingness to overlap forms and functions, while incorporating new ideas, is essential to true progress.

What do our signs—our art, our printed words, our sounds and images—signify?

These symbols on their own are not enough.

The ratios on paper, the percentages and the slogans of diversity and inclusiveness are not enough. They are the surface elements that make up a city’s image.... And then there is the actuality of living each day in a city.

A downside to overt competition and our “free” enterprise system is that we are often pitted against ourselves, our neighbors, and our best interests as we vie for the needed resources to improve our situations.

Leaders and prime influencers cannot just mouth the appropriate words, and citizens cannot merely feel comforted by the soothing sound of those words. Posting our outrage or enthusiasm on social media is not enough.

That level of discourse loops itself into echo chambers. Or worse, it serves only to muddy the waters with half-truths and disinformation.

If the gaslight dims, and there is indeed someone upstairs manipulating you from above, don’t slouch in your couch. Don’t curl up in a corner. Go up stairs and say, “What you doing?!” Say, “I’m a person, and I want to be thought of as a person. I am meaningful.”

When treated generically, as numbers, we need to stand up and be seen as individuals within meaningfully vibrant groups. Go visit Ms. Mayor or Mr. Congressman or Mr. President,

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Stop by downtown’s 253 Collective during the viewing hours of Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm to take a closer look at Constantineau’s paintings. Or join their Third Thursday Art Mingle from noon to 8pm every third Thursday.

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and speak directly. Tell them what you need. Ask them, “Am I not flesh? Am I not real enough?”

Also, write to them. Not just email, but letters. Personal interactions are more powerful. The act of showing up lets them know we are not just the faceless masses. We are the citizens of our country.

Get Close Up At 1901 South Jefferson Street in downtown Tacoma, you will find the 253 Collective. This is a gallery and cooperative studio space. Opened in 2009 by visionary Tacoma artist, Linda Danforth, the cooperative provides a low-cost, membership-based retail location for local artists.

One currently participating artist says she’s pretty sure painting is the answer to just about any question life throws your way.

And after viewing the bright and bold work of Amy Constantineau on the walls of the 253 Collective, I think she’s right. Her bovine and llama portraits helped ease my mind and answered the heavy question of “How am I going to get through this cold, gray day?”—Bright friendly, domesticated animal faces, that’s how.

Constantineau was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest; she delights in painting with acrylics. But it’s her pastoral, lively brushstrokes that bring animation and organic power to her work. She loves nature and strives to represent, with vivid colors, her lifelong romance with the natural world.

Stop by downtown’s 253 Collective during the viewing hours of Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm to take a closer look at Constantineau’s paintings. Or join their Third Thursday Art Mingle from noon to 8pm every third Thursday.

If Dale Chihuly’s glass art is the direct connection between the human lungs blowing breath into molten glass to form conduits of perception and the human eyes’ interaction with light and colors, then local ceramics and diorama artist Devon Urquhart’s creations are the connection between our hands and heart. Tactile nuance and a sense of humor, bundled with a keen sense of the absurd, leads to visualizations that “can transform thoughts into reality.”

Urquhart has lived in Tacoma only about three years, but through her active visualization and dedicated community support, she’s managed to connect her art to coffee shops and galleries. She was also a featured artist at the Blue Octopus Gallery.

A joint initiative between the City of Tacoma and Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce in 2010 brought forth Spaceworks Tacoma, a multi-pronged program providing opportunities for artists and art entrepreneurs.

You’ve probably seen their “Artscapes” featured in storefront windows around Tacoma. Recently, Eva Funderburgh’s “Looking forward, Looking backward” was in the Woolworth building, windows four and five, on 11th and Broadway.

Supportive groups like Spaceworks and Alma Mater that make grants available, says Urquhart, “help artists like me to start their own businesses and obtain low-cost studio space.”

For more information, contact Heather Joy, Spaceworks manager, at spaceworkstacoma.com. Their introductory video is worth watching.

As with city planning and community development, growing artists

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“The bridge is the gateway that welcomes people to Tacoma. [It’s] full of color and offers a joyous experience to passersby, day and night.”

Get Your Hands Dirty If for you art isn’t only an occasional spectator sport, the Feast Arts Center has rentable studio space at 1402 South 11th Street in Tacoma, just off Sprague Avenue. Contact the center from their minimalist, low key website www. feastarts.com.

Feast offers an array of adult and youth classes, plus a studio rental program designed to enhance the community’s experience and help build skills. Gathering with others, especially those with complementary yet different skill sets and ideas, is fundamental to community building.

Co-founder, Chandler Woodfin, is a local painter and draftsman. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Columbia College, she went on to a painting apprenticeship at Gage

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Academy of Art, right up the road in Seattle.

Aspiring to inclusivity, Feast hopes to challenge the public “in all of [our] endeavors, extending the visual arts experience to people from all backgrounds and all skill levels.” Bringing awareness to the best in contemporary and conceptual art work, they also offer community events and a lecture series.

Current classes run the gamut from sculpture to collage and miniature vessel craft. Check the Feast site often for updates and changes.

Or join upcoming featured artists, Ish Ishmael and Anne de Marcken, at the Feast Arts Center in 2017.

Looping Back Grit City’s best potential comes from the individuals and groups who actively pop the trunk and pull out the toolbox when encountering problems in Tacoma. When a community is found to be underserved, they not only speak dynamically and call attention

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come from nature and nurture. We have to build active, easily accessible garden spaces for arts and culture.

to the problems, they act on those higher dynamics.

And it is from the center of our Chihuly Bridge of Glass, our gateway to all visions and all connections, I read this quote from the swashbuckling man himself: “One of the most important inspirations for me is the glass itself—the glassblowing process.

This wondrous event of blowing human air down a blowpipe and out comes this form.”

This form of human interaction, connection and yes, bondage. We are bound up together, and grow together, as the glass forms and grows.

Just don’t blow too hard…and everything will be all right.

We can do this. From here, we can do this.

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TACOMA ON THE Pedal, push, walk and ride

BY K. SHAWN EDGAR Courtesy photos

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ere’s an idea. Driving a car, although sometimes fun and convenient, isn’t useful in our modern urban settings.

It’s counterproductive. Imagine how much better downtown living and commuting will be once we remove ourselves from the automobile’s isolated and expensive bubble.

I’m not saying cars don’t have a place, after all most of us love a good road trip. And there are always excursions to the airport and away games. But let’s face it, our well-maintained public transportation and commercial shuttles can take care of those necessities.

When making your way to or around Tacoma’s downtown area, stop for a moment and consider the alternatives to driving: bicycling, walking, skateboarding, vanpooling, public transit and more.

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Bus, Train and Link Pierce Transit has commuting Tacoma covered. Whether hopping a local bus for work or exploration, or making use of their regional service—which includes four express routes—it’s rewarding to leave the car behind and go by bus.

Day-trippers welcome.

Express Busses: 574 Lakewood – Seattle 586 Tacoma – U. District 590 & 594 – Lakewood, Tacoma, Seattle A helpful app and website – One Bus Away – is a real-time, open source transit platform designed to make sure you know exactly when and where your bus will arrive.

If you’re like me, there’s something especially fun about train travel. Sound Transit maintains a commuter train and the light rail, Tacoma Link.

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website where they have an array of useful tools and other resources to get you started.

which bus pants to wear. For links to local bike shops and transit sites, take a look at the helpful information located in our sidebar to this article.

Kristina Walker, the executive director, has real-world experience with bicycle and bus commuting. “Biking to work for the first time is not easy,” she shares. That’s why their program, Bike Buddies, connects newbies with knowledgeable volunteers who can help improve the transition.

With alternative transportation, you don’t have to choose just one method of travel; sometimes multimodal is best. If part of your route from home to work has designated bike lanes and part does not, hop the bus or check Sound Transit’s Link site for local stations. They are bicycle and skateboard friendly.

“Your bike buddy will help find the safest route,” says Walker. “(They will) talk to you about what to wear and will meet with you for a practice ride outside of your normal commute schedule.” Bike buddies can also join new commuters on their first ride to work.

Because, of course, it’s putting your feet on the pedals that’s the hardest, right? Well, OK, sometimes the hard part is locating a shop and buying an appropriate bicycle, getting a transit pass and schedule, or deciding

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The Tacoma Dome station is downtown’s transit center, a convenient connection point for many of Pierce Transit’s bus routes.

Pierce County also has a shared-ride shuttle service, called Para-Transit, for folks with disabilities who are unable to ride the other Pierce Transit busses. This is a door-to-door service for those who meet certain conditions. Learn more at piercetransit.org/shuttle.

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IN SOME OF THE BEST HOT SPRINGS IN THE INLAND NORTHWEST

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hen the gray weather of fall and winter sets in, there’s nothing I enjoy more than getting away for the day or the weekend and soaking away muscle aches and stress in a hot spring.

The healing powers of hot springs have drawn soakers for thousands of years and are widely accepted overseas as treatment options for various ailments.

During a hot spring bath, the body absorbs trace amounts of minerals in the water, which can include carbon dioxide, sulfur, calcium, magnesium, chloride, iron, potassium and lithium. These minerals help to provide healing effects to different organs and systems in the body.

The hot water can also boost blood circulation and increase blood oxygen flow, it reduces stress and anxiety, promotes sleep and relaxes tense muscles. Studies have also shown that your skin will absorb minerals, which can help to relieve certain skin conditions, such as dry, rough skin, eczema and psoriasis symptoms.

Typically, hot springs temperatures can vary from 95°F to well over 115°F. Some places will even provide a cooling pool to bring your body’s temperature back down. The heat of the water is what helps to relieve pain, and the buoyancy created by the mineral content can create a floating feeling, relieving pressures on joints and muscles. If you suffer from chronic lower back pain or arthritis, the hot springs are for you.

It’s always good to keep in mind that since you’re immersing yourself in hot water your body will need to sweat. Drinking water before you soak and after will help keep you hydrated. I typically go to the hot springs with a large water bottle, which holds 1.5 liters of water. Drinks like coconut water with electrolytes are also a great option. Soaking can help

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your metabolism and increase your appetite; you’ll want to have some food on hand for a little post-soak snack. When I’m headed out, I usually take a bag with the following: a towel, bathing suit, water bottle (or two), flip flops, snacks (jerky, apples, nuts or granola) and a robe or cover up.

The benefits to soaking in hot springs are endless and can only be increased with habitual use. The next time you need to ward off the gloomy blues, soak away some aches and pains, or get out of town for the weekend, head to one of these nearby locations.

Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort, B.C., Canada: Passports are required for this destination, but trust me when I say it’s well worth the drive and brief stint with border patrol. Nestled in the Kootenay mountain range, the hot springs at Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort have been healing visitors for hundreds of years. The springs originate around the geothermal Cody Caves, (which yes, you can soak in) with water flowing down through fractures in the rock.

There are three pools available: the 27,000 gallon pool with temperatures from 98°F to 100°F; the caves with 18,000 gallons of water, temperatures ranging from 104°F to 110°F; and the 500-gallon cold plunge, fed by the nearby Munn Creek, whose temperature varies by season.

The soaking pools are open every day from 10am to 9pm and bathing suits are required. Day passes are available for around $12 per adult and $9.50 per child (or $38.00 for a family, two adults/two children ages 3 to 12), but you’ll want to stay the night and enjoy the views of Kootenay Lake and the Purcell Mountain Range.

There are facilities to stay on site, with rooms ranging from affordable doubles, to premier luxury suites with lake views. Prices will vary from weekdays, weekends and peak season (July 1 to Sept. 30 and Dec. 20 to Jan. 2); be sure to make a reservation on their website before making the drive: www.ainsworthhotsprings. com.

Montana on the Flathead Indian Reservation and just a 2.5-hour drive from Sandpoint is Symes Hot Springs Hotel which offers affordable soaks and big sky views. The recently restored hotel has a long tradition of hot water baths and comfortable lodgings; you can still enjoy a soak in a claw-footed bathtub that has been in use since 1928.

Hume Hotel & Spa, Nelson, B.C., Canada:

Natural mineral water flows out of an artesian well at 108°F and is piped directly to the outdoor tubs then heated as needed for indoor soaking tubs. Symes offers four individual soaking tubs in a co-ed bathhouse, an outdoor octagon pool with water temperatures of 102°F to 104°F which spills into a lower twenty foot square pool and then flows into a larger swimming pool kept cool for warmer days. Bathing suits are required for all public areas and day soaks will run you about $7 for adults, and $4.50 for kids 12 and under. The resort also offers punch cards with 10 soaks for $50.

If you’re looking for a different experience, don’t overlook staying in nearby Nelson, about 29 miles south on BC 31. The fully restored 1898 Hume Hotel & Spa in downtown Nelson is the place to be. The full service hotel features 45 rooms, the General Store Restaurant, the Library Lounge, Mike’s Place Pub, Aura Spa and Salon and Spiritbar as well as banquet and convention services all everything under one roof. Plus, all overnight guests are treated to a complimentary hot breakfast in the morning.

Reservations can be made on their website: humehotel.com.

Symes Hot Springs Hotel and Mineral Baths, Hot Springs, Montana: Nestled in the rolling hills of northwestern

The hotel has 31 rooms; 10 with mineral water baths and shower rooms to rinse off. Symes Hot Springs Hotel also has an antique shop, espresso bar, small conference room and fullservice restaurant. They offer some great deals this time of year, keep an eye on their website

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for couples getaways and package deals: symeshotsprings.com.

If you’re just making the day trip, there are gas stations in Plains, as well as at the corner of the turn off (Hwy 77) and Highway 28. My favorite health food market, Camas Organic Market, is located in town on the corner of Main St. and Wall St. They have wonderful organic options like fresh baked bread, buffalo jerky, local produce and other treats for the trek home.

Quinn’s Hot Springs Resort, Paradise, Montana: Quinn’s Hot Springs Resort is located in the beautiful Paradise Valley of Montana, along the banks of the Clarks branch of the Flathead River.

Natural mineral waters flow out of a spring at 118°F, supplying two hot tubs, four soaking pools and a swimming pool. The hot water is mixed with cool water and used to fill two modern tubs on the grassy area.

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The pools are drained and refilled after each use and bathing suits are required.

Non-lodger pool use is restricted to four three-hour sessions from 9am to 9pm to prevent overcrowding. Soaking fees are $10 per person Monday through Thursday, and $12 per person Friday through Sunday.

Quinn’s also has a punch card deal, offering 10 soaks for $70.

The resort offers a variety of private cabins and lodge rooms, all nonsmoking and equipped with private baths. The Harwood House restaurant is a local favorite, serving three meals a day, and their house specialty prime rib is something I’ll never forget. The onsite bar, Quinn’s Tavern, is great for a nightcap and has live music every weekend.

You can view the daily menu, or make a reservation on their website: quinnshotsprings.com.

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By Colin Anderson Photos by Diane Fetzner

WHILE THE PUBLIC WILL BE EXCITED ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, THEY ARE ALSO ANXIOUS TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE OLD CITY HALL.

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hose that have lived in Tacoma are proud of the city’s history. It’s a unique community with a blending of many different people, places and history.

Trendy new establishments and businesses are grouped in with buildings more than 100 years old. While not all turn-of-the-century buildings can be salvaged, two important icons will remain standing thanks to those looking to bring the past back to life.

As many already know, renovations on the old Elks Lodge is continuing with hopes of having the updated facility completed and open sometime this year. Portlandbased McMenamins purchased the building in 2009 and, despite several delays, the facelift is well underway. The development company runs more than 50 brewpubs, restaurants and entertainment venues, mostly in the Pacific Northwest. The company owns 19 buildings on the National Register of historic places and operates 10 historic hotels, two full-service spas, six soaking pools, and nine theater-pubs in many of those historic locations. As with many renovation jobs, construction crews found a few more issues that needed to be addressed on the Elks project. The News Tribune cites removal of lead paint, a rotten beam in the ceiling and extensive water damage as some of the challenges of the project.

In 2015 McMenamins also struck a deal with the City of Tacoma to purchase the Old City Hall which has stood since 1893, but had fallen into disrepair. That deal is currently on hold as the developer seeks additional investors for completion of the Elk’s Lodge project. A company release states that at least 40 investors have come

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The website www.elkstempleproperties.com outlines renditions of the transformed lodge, company philosophy and investment opportunities.

Once completed, the Elks lodge will feature 45 hotel rooms, a grand ballroom for events, music and gatherings, as well as garden space and outdoor green space. McMenamins estimates the facility will create 150 to 200 part-time and full-time positions.

While the public will be excited once construction is complete, they are also anxious to hear about what will happen to the Old City Hall. The City of Tacoma purchased the building in 2015 for 4 million dollars and has been working on several maintenance projects that were needed to keep the building from falling further into disrepair. McMenamins’ original plans, which the city approved in 2015, included a full renovation of the building, 60 hotel rooms, several small bars, a rooftop restaurant, soaking pools and meeting space. It’s yet to be determined whether the developer will keep the original plans intact or if they will be altered if a new agreement is reached. Both buildings have stood for more than 100 years and, if all goes according to plan, these icons will not only remain standing but be rejuvenated for the next generation to see and enjoy.

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THE 49TH PARALLEL

It is completely cut off from the mainland of the United States.

Canadians often cross the border for cheaper groceries and medium-rare hamburgers.

Where in the United States can you cross four borders on a round-trip to the dentist?

BY SARAH POLYAKOV

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n the 1800s, drawing up borders between countries was tricky business. People couldn’t rely on NASA pictures from space, they couldn’t zoom in and see terrain with Google earth, and they couldn’t go to the Internet to find reports of the area.

If someone needed information about farflung places in North America, they had to rely on explorers. But explorers couldn’t do everything or go everywhere. There were no cars, no all-terrain vehicles, and no roads across wilderness areas that we take for granted. Even if an explorer ended up in the place they were sent to survey, getting information back to the other coast could also be tricky.

After the War of 1812, a border between the United States and Canada needed to be created.

But figuring out where to draw the line had been headache. Originally, it had been planned to draw the border based on watersheds.

However, after it proved too complicated, the United States and Great Britain decided in 1818 to create part of the border on the 49th

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latitude line. This line was 49 degrees north of the Earth’s equatorial plane.

In essence, this latitude line would split the United States and Canada. Everything south of the line belonged to the United States and everything north of the line became part of Canada. This was acceptable to both countries, and using this specific delineation began in Lake of the Woods, Minnesota and stopped on the Pacific Coast. The exemptions to this would be Alaska, which belonged to the United States, and some parts of Canada that fell below the parallel on the Pacific Coast.

In 1846, it was also decided that Vancouver Island would belong to Canada, and the San Juan Islands would belong to the United States.

All was well until surveyors went to divide the countries. They soon noticed that part of Vancouver Island fell below the 49th parallel.

Since the boundary of the 49th parallel was the Pacific ocean and not the tip of Vancouver Island, the tip of the island fell under United States jurisdiction.

In 1858, the United States town of Point Roberts was founded on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Over the years, there have been half-hearted attempts to give the Point Roberts area to Canada, but these efforts have not come to fruition.

Point Roberts, which is part of the United States to this day, forms a peninsula at the southern end of Vancouver Island. It is completely cut off from the mainland of the United States.

Canadians often cross the border for cheaper groceries and medium-rare hamburgers.

But for U.S. citizens, life is more tricky. Since there are no secondary schools at Point Roberts, school children must cross four borders each day, round-trip, to get to the nearest U.S. high school. The same holds true for U.S. citizens who have a toothache since Point Roberts has no dentist. That, my friends, is the story of how citizens of one U.S. town must cross four borders just to see the dentist!

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Hotel Murano Make it your next getaway!

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or some, a hotel is simply a bed between stopping points on a journey. That is not the case at Tacoma’s incredible Hotel Murano. With so many amenities on-site, you could spend an entire day entertained without ever leaving the property. Trendy decorated rooms range in size from 350 sq ft. up to 1,200sq ft. In each, you’ll find free Wi-Fi, and even a pillow menu that lets you choose the right one for your sleep style. Pets are welcome and get their own beds, bowls, treats and room service menu. There is also a comprehensive list of local resources from dog walkers to pet psychics.

As for the humans, the Savi Day Spa offers treatments ranging from massage and facials to nail services. Salon Miro has professional stylists, whether you’re looking for a completely new look or need an up-do for a formal occasion.

In the lobby you can find Creative Forces Gifts & Sundries as well as the bar which features

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unique decor and beautiful artwork, handcrafted cocktails, beer and wine by the bottle or by the glass, as well as small plates for those looking for a great snack between meals. Hotel Murano’s signature restaurant, Bite, is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and also serves weekend brunch. Menus feature seasonal specialties gathered from local farmers markets as well as locally-harvested meats and seafood.

The hotel provides an incredible backdrop for weddings, receptions or other celebrations and its convenient downtown location makes it a great destination for those traveling from afar. You’ll be swept away from the moment you walk into Hotel Murano with its trendy designs, fun layout, comfortable rooms and high-end amenities. Whether it’s a night out for dinner and drinks or an overnight anniversary trip, consider this Tacoma favorite for your next staycation.

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Seven New Year’s Resolutions For health and happiness in the Northwest

By Heidi Jo Rickard, NTC, Nourish and Revive

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he New Year is upon us, and listed below are seven resolutions to get you off on the right track!

Nourish Your Body Food = nourishment for your body. Eat whole, fresh and organic foods. Processed foods are filled with chemicals and additives that do not nourish your body. Whole foods provide the high-quality nutrients that make the body run properly. Try superfoods for healthy choice.

Spend Time with Enjoyable People Relationships = happy. Good friends and family are always there when you need them. It is easy to let the busyness of life crowd out the happiness that is brought by spending quality time with friends or family. By being in the moment, you can appreciate the time spent together.

Make Time for Yourself

Remember that you have an energy bank at the beginning of the day.

Choose how you will spend that energy.

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Self-care = good health. Schedule time to relax and unwind. Schedule something you love to help recharge yourself. Find an activity that feeds your soul. Keep learning and growing.

Feeling loved and valued allows you to be confident.

Healthy Moving Being active = better energy. Proper exercise has many health benefits. In addition to helping with healthy weight balance, exercise also helps reduce stress and promotes healthy sleep patterns. In the Northwest, many suffer from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder).

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Taking the time to make lists in advance will help you reach your goals more effectively and efficiently.

Spend Less Money Save money = more financial stability. Saving money can be fun! Watching your savings, retirement or investment portfolios increase will feel great. Think of little and big ways to spend less. A few ideas: buy one less latte per week, cook at home more, spend time playing board games instead of always going out, have a staycation, cut up credit cards and use cash for purchases. A survey revealed that people spent as much as 47 percent more when paying with a card. Think of how much you could save using cash!

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Know that you are beautiful and one of a kind.

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ention a dental appointment and no doubt you’ll hear an audible groan from someone in the room. Many people dread going to the dentist. For some, it’s an irrational fear.

I have that same fear about heights. Even thinking about heights can make the palms of my hands and the soles of my feet sweat.

I’ve tried to “push” myself out of the fear of heights by doing things that would challenge the fear—zip lining, slides for life, rope bridges in the rainforest and once, I went sky diving. You might think, “She’s crazy!” but my worst nightmares were falling dreams. I figured I could conquer the nightmares. When I was a Navy dentist, attached to the Marine Corp, I had to learn to rappel. I cried and stressed, thinking, “Why am I doing this?” The good thing is, because of the frequent exposure, my dreams of falling have gone away.

If you find a dental practice you like and gradually build trust, your fear of dentistry can diminish. It doesn’t ever totally go away. I understand how you feel.

It may have been a bad or painful experience that caused you to be dental phobic, or perhaps there’s no particular cause. Whatever the reason for your anxiety, your teeth and health are far too important to be neglected. Here are a few ways to help you relinquish your fear and regain control of your oral health.

Confess Your Fear. Let your dentist know that you are afraid. Ask what techniques are used in the dental office to help their patients with anxiety. They can include sedation, soothing music and calming distractions. Ask if your personal headphones are allowed. We use disposable covers for our headphones.

If there’s a specific experience that led to your fear, tell your dentist.

It’s possible that there are alternative treatments in use now that weren’t an option then.

Don’t Go It Alone. Take a relative or close friend with you for support. We include the spouse, significant other or friend to sit in during the consultation process. It’s nice to have someone to talk with about the information you received.

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Pain-Free If Possible. There are new anesthetic techniques that help you get profound anesthesia, with less discomfort, even for those that are hard to numb. We offer Anutra and Onset (prebuffered anesthesia) as ways to help our patients get numb and be comfortable.

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Healt h Re vo lt BACK PAIN: AN ESCAPABLE EPIDEMIC

BY KATE MURPHY IT’S NO SECRET THAT CHRONIC BACK PAIN is a gargantuan medical matter—especially for the masses it plagues.

Roughly 85 percent of Americans will experience a bout of chronic back pain during their lifetime. Back pain is the number one complaint of musculoskeletal pain, the second most common reason for a doctor’s visit (second to colds and flu), and is the leading cause of work-related absence in the U.S. And all these visits aren’t cheap. Currently, Americans fork over approximately $100 billion each year for back pain. And yet, researchers from the University of Washington found that the dramatic rise in expenditures for the diagnosis and treatment of back and neck problems has not led to expected improvements in patient health. Instead, estimated medical costs and the prevalence of back pain continue to increase simultaneously. We have to ask ourselves, what are we missing?

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“Foundation Training is unlike anything I have tried before. It is similar in many ways to yoga but also very different.

Foundation Training has helped me reconnect with muscle groups that have long been dormant and absent from their intended function. It has truly changed the way I think about my body and how I move in everyday life. It has become part of my everyday routine, and I have become much stronger and have more flexibility than I can remember ever having.

I am now pursuing activities I had given up on years ago. I really believed there was no hope for my back and the pain I had dealt with for years. I now have a different perspective. It has really changed my life! I am forever grateful!”

- Brock

What’s to blame for your back pain?

Unfortunately, when we arrive on this planet it’s without a user’s manual. Most of us are not told how to sit, stand, bend or move properly. And our culture is not teaching us well. We live in a technologically advanced, industrial-driven society where most of us spend generous portions of our day sitting. When we’re not sitting, we’re moving in ways that compromise the strength of our bodies. Since we’re often not told how to do it differently, the problems compound.

When sitting for prolonged periods of time, the body begins to shut down, muscles become weaker and dormant, and they no longer help to support the spine. Desk jobs, too much time on computers, texting or standing in undesirable positions all lead to an accelerated breakdown of the spine as muscles atrophy and bones begin to rest on bones. Sitting leads to weak and tight hips that eventually lose

their ability to move well. Our bodies are not designed for a sedentary lifestyle. Sitting, far more destructive than most are aware, is now being referred to as “the new smoking.”

Not only does prolonged sitting cause problems, our movement patterns also determine our strength and wholeness. A large portion of back pain is a direct result of poor movement patterns. For example, our single most important movement pattern is hinging at the hips. Imagine how a toddler squats to pick up a toy. The back is practically straight and the hips hinge behind the ankles. As adults we often hinge higher up, bending or hinging with our spines. We have lost the ability, largely, to hinge at our hips, which creates a cascade of issues.

The spine has a limited number of bends throughout its lifespan before it begins to break down. Our backs are like metal coat hangers. They only bend so many times before

they become weak and eventually break.

Wherever there is movement, especially improper, excessive and repetitive movement (i.e., bending) there is increased mobility. But too much mobility leads to an accelerated breakdown of connective tissue, instability and eventual pain.

Why Conventional Treatment For Back Pain Is A Failure Traditional back pain treatment focuses on symptom management. Most treatments start with rest, ice, heat and Advil, but they quickly accelerate to include muscle relaxers, injections, massage, acupuncture and chiropractics.

When those fail to get rid of the pain, the majority considers surgery. Patients who suffer from failed back surgery are showing up in the offices of physicians, surgeons and pain specialists in overwhelming numbers. Sadly, as surgery continues to grow in prevalence, so will the number of failed surgeries.

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Back pain is no different than any other chronic modern day health issue. If we continue to treat the symptom rather than the cause, a cure will never be found. And chances are that if you’ve suffered some episode of back pain or endure chronic back pain, it may seem reasonable to “give your back a break” by decreasing physical activity and movement. But that’s exactly the wrong approach.

A Modern Day Antidote To Back Pain Rather than ignoring the underlying root of back pain—weak muscles and poor movement patterns—we should address them directly. The best way to get rid of poor movement patterns is to repeat better ones. Foundation Training (FT), created by Dr. Eric Goodman, is a series of corrective exercises designed to strengthen

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our “core.” Foundation Training redefines the core as any muscle that connects to our pelvis (hips). Rather than compartmentalizing muscles with isolated exercises like crunches, FT uses combined chains of movement to encourage the core muscles to work together as they are designed to move.

FT reminds the body how to bend properly by hinging at the hips and activating the glutes and posterior chain all while protecting the spine.

FT also works to bring length to chronically tight muscles in the front of the body and strength and stability to weak muscles on the backside of the body.

In his book, “True to Form,” Dr. Goodman describes the purpose of FT:

“Foundation Training is a reaction to where our modern times have taken our bodies physically. It’s not that we don’t take care of ourselves, but the postures we’ve gotten used to while sitting in front of the computer and television prevent us from moving the way we’re meant to. Everyone puts his or her body into positions that are extremely challenging, and the body begins to support them. Foundation Training corrects those positions by working in opposition to them.”

Physical therapists, trainers and others heavily emphasize core strength to remedy back pain.

However, many of the core exercises being prescribed involve repetitive bending of the spine. This accelerates the breakdown of the spine. Core muscles should be strengthened in a way that lengthens the muscles of the core, re-

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educating them on how to provide proper support to the spine. Hint: if you’ve been doing crunches to strengthen your “core,” chances are you’re adding to the problem.

Foundation Training Changed My Life And I would know all about those problems. I was a personal trainer for over 10 years before I discovered Foundation Training for myself. I experienced debilitating and chronic pain for years, and even with all of my expertise and with help from doctors, chiropractors and specialists, I found no relief. With Foundation Training, however, I was able to change my story, opt out of the symptom treatment treadmill, and help my body regain strength and freedom from pain.

Now I can’t imagine my work as a personal trainer without Foundation Training. I became certified just over a year ago. Bicep curls and six-packs quickly lost their appeal as I witnessed FT’s incredible potential. Now it’s all I do. It blows my mind on a daily basis. Helping others out of pain will never get old!

How do I get started?

“I am an avid golfer who developed severe low back pain.

Initially, I took the ‘quick fix’ surgical route and had a back operation. Months later I found myself where I started with the same severe back pain. When I was told that I needed another surgery, I knew that wasn’t the answer. I managed my pain with meds and injections over the next few months.

I could hardly walk, and sleeping at night was impossible.

The pain was terrible and there wasn’t much I was able to do. This is when I found a Foundation Training instructor.

After our first session, my pain went from a 9 to a 6. I was blown away! I knew we were onto something. After a few more sessions, the relief was incredible! The pain was disappearing.

I have learned to move in a way that keeps my back from hurting and how to strengthen the muscles along my spine.

Today, I have NO pain in my legs or back. My flexibility has improved significantly. I never thought I’d be saying this, but I look forward to walking and playing golf next season.

I would highly recommend that anybody try this method before any medical procedures.

- Jon

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If you’re new to Foundation Training, I highly recommend booking a session with a certified FT instructor. Foundation Training is unlike anything you’ve done and has a bit of a learning curve. Once you’ve learned the exercises, there are instructional DVDs with daily workouts available online to help facilitate your progress. You can search for an instructor near you here: www.foundationtraining.com. Skype appointments are also available. If you are interested in learning more, you can purchase Dr. Goodman’s first book, “Redefine Your Core, Conquer Back Pain, and Move with Confidence” or his second book, “True to Form.”

Kate Murphy is the owner of Health Revolt and passionate movement expert and Foundation Training instructor. For more information visit healthrevolt.net.

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ART HOUSE CAFÉ arthousecafe.com Relax at the Art House Café in Tacoma after a stressful day or week with live music from locals every Friday and Saturday night. Need a mid-week break as well? Sign up for Pouring Picasso; a paint and sip class held several times each week. Enjoy unique pizza flavors from the brick oven or create your own traditional pie. The Art House Café menu is crafted from scratch and features sustainably sourced, locally harvested, organic and house made ingredients.

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ENTERTAINMENT JAN 20th PHOTO BY JON-MARGOLIS

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MarchFourth is an internationally-acclaimed, big band spectacular, consisting of a brassy assemblage of saxophones, trombones, trumpets and a raucous drum and percussion corps anchored by a wireless electric bass.

This is a genre-breaking force in the world of entertainment delivered by 20 musicians, dancers and artisans who travel the world yearround.

The group is also accompanied by world-class stilt-walkers, executing acrobatics and spinning fire six feet up. The band’s dancing beauties fill the stage with original routines inspired by Bollywood, burlesque, American cheerleading, hip hop, jazz and ballroom dance. The sound is huge, melodic and dynamic! Experience the jaw-dropping musical celebration and dazzling talent in this high-energy visual event that is ready to take audience members of all ages and from all walks of life on a joy-inducing, footstomping, booty-shaking and soul-stirring journey that defies categorization.

The Broadway Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and manages the largest complex of theaters between Seattle and Portland including the Pantages Theater, the Rialto Theater and

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Theatre on the Square. The Broadway Center is recognized for its leadership in presenting world-class performing artists, providing one of the largest performing arts education programs in Washington State. It serves over 40,000 students, teachers and parents annually in the South Sound, including deep levels of service with their Kennedy Center Partners, the Bethel, Puyallup and Tacoma School Districts, and its preservation of Tacoma’s historic theaters. The Broadway Center is proud to provide a vital home to Tacoma’s Resident Arts Organizations that form the core of the performing arts in the South Puget Sound region.

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WONDERLAND

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Wonderland is a whimsical holiday cabaret and burlesque show that promises “a glittering parade of nostalgia, exploding with dance, laughter and all the cheer of yesteryear� at small Can Can theater in Pike Place Market. Visit www.thecancan.com for more information.

Kick off the new year with a refreshing plunge into the Puget Sound! Trade your winter coat for a swimsuit and join others in the jump at the Point Defiance boat launch. Warm up afterwards by standing in front of heaters and sipping on free hot drinks.

MONSTER JAM Date: January 13-15 Big trucks with big wheels make big noise and excitement at Monster Jam in the Tacoma Dome. Visit www.monsterjam.com/en-US/events/tacoma-wa-0 for ticket information.

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BAVARIAN ICEFEST January 14-15 Leavenworth loves winter, and each year on MLK Jr. weekend they celebrate winter’s bounty with IceFest!

The village is still dressed in over half a million twinkling lights, and this weekend is a flurry of frosty frivolity. Enjoy invigorating outdoor events like snow sculpture, tug ‘o war, ice-cube scramble, snowshoe racing, dog sledding and the famous Smooshing Contest at the Bavarian Icefest in Leavenworth. Visit leavenworth.org for more information.

A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD Date: January 14-January 22 Based on Arnold Lobel’s well-loved books, featuring a hummable score by Robert and Willie Reale, this whimsical show is part vaudeville, part make believe…all charm, A Year with Frog and Toad tells the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons. The jazzy, upbeat score bubbles with melody and wit, making it an inventive, exuberant and enchanting musical, perfect for introducing theater to youngsters while keeping adults entertained as well. Come to the Tacoma Musical Playhouse for this fun performance.

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INDIGO GIRLS Date: January 19 Twenty years after they began releasing records as the Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have politely declined the opportunity to slow down with age. With a legacy of releases and countless U.S. and international tours behind them, the Indigo Girls have forged their own way in the music business. Catch their show at the Edmonds Center for the Arts at 7:30pm. More information is available at www.edmondscenterforthearts.org.

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THE JOHNAYE KENDRICK QUARTET

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Date: January 21

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Johnaye performs her own original compositions as well as fresh interpretations of beloved jazz and blues compositions. She focuses on graceful renditions of jazz standards and composes music and lyrics where she often accompanies herself on harmonium, violin, viola and percussion. She will bring her talents to Morso in Gig Harbor at 8pm on January 21. Tickets for featured shows are limited. Please call 253.530.3463 for availability!

Join the Lunar New Year Celebration in the International District of Seattle. Over the last few years, the Lunar New Year Celebration is the largest event of its kind in the region and showcases diversity, richness and culture of the Asian community. The collaboration with other neighborhood businesses/organizations has helped draw thousands of visitors from throughout the region for a day of festivities. The celebration includes traditional dragon and lion dances, Japanese Taiko Drumming, martial arts and other cultural performances on the Lion Stage. Combined with arts, crafts and a variety of family friendly activities there is something for everyone.

13TH ANNUAL ELLENSBURG WINTERHOP BREWFEST Date: January 21 13th Annual Ellensburg WinterHop BrewFest Join us for the 13th Annual Ellensburg WinterHop BrewFest! Don’t miss out on the live music, good company and great brews. For over 10 years The Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce has invited 1,600 beer lovers to Ellensburg, Washington to sample beer from over 30 Pacific Northwest Breweries in more than 12 venues in Historic Downtown Ellensburg, Washington. Visit www.ellensburgwinterhopbrewfest.com for more information.

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TACOMA HOME AND GARDEN SHOW Date: January 26-29 If you are thinking of a new backyard, front courtyard or small side yard, now is the time to find the designer and get planning! Garden lovers wanting to get a jump on the spring season won’t want to miss the plant sale at the Tacoma Home and Garden Show in the Tacoma Dome. The show also assists home and garden do-it-yourselfers by offering around-theclock seminars presented by some of the region’s top experts.

Visit www.otshows.com/shows/ths for more information.

CRAB FEED Date: January 28 Come enjoy a delicious feast of Dungeness crab, salad and garlic bread hosted by the Key Peninsula Civic Center from 4 to 7 pm. Tickets will go on sale soon and typically sells out! Proceeds benefit the Key Peninsula Civic Center, a nonprofit organization that supports the Key Peninsula Community. www.kpciviccenter.org.

BELGIAN FEST Date: January 28 The 8th Annual Belgian Fest will take place at Seattle Center’s Fisher Pavilion highlighting more than 100 Belgian-style beers crafted by Washington breweries.

Featured beer styles include Tripels, Dubbels, Saisons, Wits, Abbeys and Lambics. In keeping with this unique style, all of the beers are brewed with Belgian yeast.

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The show’s opening night will be kicked off with their event, Uncorked!

Showgoers can sniff, swirl and sip their way through the Boat Show, tasting a variety of award-winning Washington wines, while soaking in the show and shopping for the boat of their dreams or wandering the three acres of accessories exhibits.

Boat Show University seminars will be held throughout the event for a fee of $39. These three-hour marine courses present advanced seminars designed to expand your boating knowledge about cruising and many maintenance areas. The seminars feature nautical experts presenting their expertise on boating subjects to make your cruising more enjoyable.

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Wanting to turn it into a full day experience? They will also offer full day advanced seminar programs for $100 each. There will also be a twoday comprehensive marine weather training program on Tuesday and Wednesday for $200.

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t takes more than six hours to travel the almost 400 miles between the picturesque town of Gig Harbor in Western Washington and the flourishing communities of Sandpoint and Coeur d’Alene on the Idaho side of the boundary between the two states.

In terms of the real estate market for 2017, the areas may as well be on different planets.

While homes for sale between $500,000 and $1 million west of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge sell almost as quickly as they are listed, dwellings in the same range in the lakeside communities of Idaho go unsold for months at a time.

Interestingly, the homes that disappear quickly in Idaho are priced either below $350,000 or above $1 million.

Like other areas in the Northwest, both areas have seen significant increases in prices in the past year. The average selling price of homes in Gig Harbor surged 11 percent in 2016. The real estate prices in both areas of Idaho are on the rise as well, however the increases have been in the single digits.

“Prices have rebounded from their lows during the downturn that started in 2008, but they are still not quite to the level they were at before the recession” said Eric Skinner, owner and associate broker at Century 21 RiverStone Real Estate in Sandpoint, ID. Skinner emphasized that houses that are priced correctly continue to sell quickly, but there are numerous sellers who continue to believe the seller’s market gives them the leverage to demand premium dollars for an average piece of property.

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“Every home will sell…if it is priced right,” said Skinner. As proof, Skinner said he sold two homes during December for more than $1 million, including one that sold for over $6 million.

The owner/broker added that he has a list of people waiting for the right home at the right price. Many of the buyers of homes under $400,000 come from people who work at or own small businesses in each community. The higher priced properties are usually purchased by buyers from out of state (often California) who are either looking to return to a simpler lifestyle or as second homes.

Jackie Suarez has the office directly across the hall from Skinner. She said the median price of a home sold in Bonner County last year was just over $258,000. Prices are significantly higher in Coeur d’Alene.

Double digit increase The formula for Realtors is more straight-forward in Gig Harbor, according to Linda Petersen with the West Sound office of Keller Williams. She said the number of homes sold through her office for more than $1 million increased by 17 percent midway through December of 2016 compared to all of 2015.

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Prices have rebounded from their lows “Gig Harbor is a destination where people want to live,” Petersen explained. She indicated that the state did the community a favor by raising tolls on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. The increase forced business owners to create job opportunities on the Kitsap County side of the waterway.

during 2016 than the year before.

The strong real estate market, she said, has been enhanced by innovative entrepreneurs who have established businesses close to large corporations and major hospitals, with access to vendors that provide the ingredients that are essential to every successful enterprise.

“In most cases, it takes the income of one— and sometimes two—professional incomes to justify the mortgage on a desirable home in The Harbor,” said Petersen, who has been a Real Estate professional for more than 33 years.

“We have a lot of cash buyers who are either moving up or downsizing. They desire the waterfront fishing village that Gig Harbor once was. The difference now is that we have Home Depot, Costco and all the modern conveniences,” said Petersen.

Like markets in other desirable communities on the West Coast, the lack of inventory has pushed up the prices of homes in Gig Harbor.

The average single-family dwelling in Gig Harbor jumped from $415,000 in 2015 to more than $463,000, while the average time on the market has fallen from 72 days to under two months. Month to month, the Keller Williams office has been involved in 30 more home sales

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The downside of the market, said Petersen, is that rising prices and uncertainty over interest rates could force first-time buyers to look outside the area to find something they can afford.

Her recommendation for people interested in buying in Gig Harbor or elsewhere in Kitsap County is to, “Do your homework before visiting an open house.” She advises prospective buyers play the game of “Know Your Financials.”

Skinner said the five stop lights in Sandpoint can be, “Too much of an adjustment for some people.” His experience is that properties in Coeur d’Alene move more quickly. “Coeur d’Alene is a metropolis by comparison. It has 50 stop lights.”

Suarez added that higher interest rates have created a rush among buyers to buy vacant land in Idaho for their dream homes. Most of the new owners, she said, plan to build within two to five years.

The real estate experts in Gig Harbor and Idaho have similar advice for individuals who are contemplating a move to either area.

“There is never a better time than today to begin living your dream,” said Petersen.

Skinner’s advice for prospective buyers in Idaho has more to do with perceptions than bank accounts.

Skinner was more emphatic. “With a list of people waiting for the right property at the right price, waiting too long can mean you’ll miss out on your vision of paradise.”

“People come to Idaho often wanting a sprawling home on acreage 15 miles from the closest town,” the broker/owner said with a sly smile. “Once they get out here, they realize that five miles out of town is more than enough distance from the conveniences of town.”

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t was only a matter of time before the cool grays that have been popular over the last few years started to warm up. Now trending are blue hues of color, not only in paint, tiles, carpet and window coverings, but also in cabinetry. Colors like cadet, larkspur, indigo and limestone are making their way to the forefront. It’s almost like our trends are following the natural ebb and flow of Mother Nature. Once the stormy, gray, rain clouds have passed, the sunshine comes out and we see blue sky!

Sherwin Williams named their color of the year for 2017 “Poised Taupe,” which is a balance of warm and cool, using hints of gray with khaki, creating a cool taupe color.

Specifically, the newest trends are finding inspiration from coastal regions. Along the coast, not only do we see tranquil shades of blues in water and sky, but there’s warmth in the sand and neutral beach palettes.

As you can see, (pun intended), color trends for 2017 are definitely following coastal inspiration and turning into blues and neutral nature-inspired tones. Along with those color inspirations, the sterile, flat shiny surfaces are transitioning to become more inviting and less institutional with the use of different finish options and textures.

Paint color trends also are shifting from grays and, although professionals still feel that gray is important, they have seen significant efforts to warm it up. The cool tones of grays are being mixed with blues and even stronger hints of taupe.

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Benjamin Moore’s color for 2017 is called “Shadow.” Their creative director, Ellen O’Neill, describe this color as “Royal amethyst fading into a soft lilac-gray of distant mountains…”

Benjamin Moore’s 2017 color palette also boasts colors such as Sea Star, Sea Life, Guacamole, Cloud Cover and Iceberg.

The industry is dubbing this “New Modern” and it’s appealing to people because it has the same elegance, little to no maintenance, yet is more comfortable and liveable. The texture helps hide the “use” of these products because most of our homes are not the pristine uncluttered look we see with those sleek, modern pictures.

We have kids, pets, dirty laundry, and tend to spend more time in our homes. We need something that looks good, holds up well, and doesn’t require a lot of time to keep it that way.

Finishes that have texture tend to mask scratches, dents or wear patterns, which all generations find appealing. For example, tile that looks like wood won’t gouge, scratch or have to be refinished like real wood. Textured laminate cabinets won’t wear like real wood, and countertops that are quartz, but look like natural stone, don’t have to be sealed. All these are low-maintenance options that started out with the sleek modern feel, but are now warming up with textures and colors that are inspired more in line with Mother Nature.

I don’t know about you, but since winter has started to set in and the cloudy days are lingering, I’m inspired by the thought of the tranquil blues and beachy neutrals. Maybe looking into some of those travel destinations to go do some hands on “research” with these new color palettes and textures is just what I need to help with the winter blues.

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