Zebra rugs appeal to our faux-animal instincts
You’d like the look of fauna on the floor but wouldn’t dream of putting down the actual skin of a dead zebra, leopard or tiger. Enter wool and synthetic rugs, inspired by nature’s design for a guilt-free walk on the wild side.
(Published 1:00AM, March 31st, 2007)

Gabbing with colleagues? Think about what you say
WORK WOES
(Published 1:00AM, March 31st, 2007)

Turn this page into a pot
Seed-starting pots you make from newsprint are practically free. Because they break down quickly, you can plant them right in the garden, reducing transplant shock. Both black and colored inks used in today’s newspapers are safe.
(Published 1:00AM, March 31st, 2007)

Top choices for stylish storage
Keep clutter under control with furnishings that work around the clock. With hidden compartments and built-in shelving, this furniture works hard.
(Published 1:00AM, March 31st, 2007)

Décor reflects Hispanic heritage’s growing influence
Home-furnishing lines are reflecting the same Latino influence showing up in home design.
(Published 1:00AM, March 31st, 2007)

Go faux
For years, fireplaces blended in too well at Heidi Noun’s Seattle home. One fireplace was hidden behind a wall, and another was plain white and drab.
(Published 1:00AM, March 31st, 2007)

Narrows bridges celebrated
So, you’re pretty familiar with the story of Galloping Gertie. You’ve been following the progress of the latest successor of that ill-fated Tacoma Narrows bridge, maybe downloaded the YouTube version of the famous Gertie footage.
(Published 1:00AM, March 30th, 2007)

Silhouette lets it all hang out
What is it? Mudflap Man.
(Published 1:00AM, March 30th, 2007)

Fox shakes up its lineup once again
Fox has moved the return of “Standoff” to this summer and pushed up the premiere of “Hell’s Kitchen,” the latest shifts in the network’s perpetually in-flux schedule.
(Published 1:00AM, March 30th, 2007)

SUIT UP those little tykes
They add a dose of cute to every bounce, run, spill and tumble. So why not outfit your favorite tyke in comfy active wear that has major style? Check out this assortment of cheery track suits and miniature sneaks – fitting for even the most fashionable of little people.
(Published 1:00AM, March 30th, 2007)

Love for Spitfire served pilot well
It’s a brief sequence, less than 30 seconds long and filmed in grainy black-and-white, but it’s certainly dramatic.
(Published 1:00AM, March 29th, 2007)

The comeback man
As Phil Mahre weaved a near-perfect line around the slalom gates at a race on Oregon’s Mount Hood last month, a competitor less than half his age looked on in amazement.
(Published 1:00AM, March 29th, 2007)

Checking in on team usa, Olympics
Editor’s note: This is our monthly update on the developments regarding the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler, B.C. 2010 OLYMPIC COUNTDOWN: 1,051 days until the Winter Olympics come to Vancouver, B.C.
(Published 1:00AM, March 29th, 2007)

Expo will introduce kids to ‘dirty, sweaty’ outdoors
For all the moms who have never spent time outdoors, this is a day to circle on the family calendar.
(Published 1:00AM, March 29th, 2007)

State parks perk up for spring
Just as a new season begins, Washington State Parks has unveiled some new facilities and a series of prints honoring state parks.
(Published 1:00AM, March 29th, 2007)

Making matzo isn’t magic act
Passover is just days away, and it wouldn’t be the same for many Jewish families without matzo-ball soup. Golf-ball or baseball size, light or heavy, seasoned or plain, each variation of this dumpling has its devotees.
(Published 1:00AM, March 28th, 2007)

Worth A trip to specialty market
When we need a hit of freshness to punch up our cooking – especially when it’s still a bit cold outside – we count on lemons and limes.
(Published 1:00AM, March 28th, 2007)

HAM HELP ON THE WAY
The first place to start with your Easter dinner is to decide what kind of ham you want to cook.
(Published 1:00AM, March 28th, 2007)

Spring brings church services, flu
Pumpkin Cookies
(Published 1:00AM, March 28th, 2007)

Tacoma Dome will welcome Timberlake
Pop powerhouse Justin Timberlake will return to the Tacoma Dome on June 8, Jive Records announced this week.
(Published 1:00AM, March 28th, 2007)

Children can relate to Roosevelt
George Washington was the father of our country, and Abraham Lincoln reunited it. Sure, they’re important, but apparently most publishers think they’re the only two presidents worthy of breaking out into separate books for elementary school children.
(Published 1:00AM, March 27th, 2007)

Troupe says yes to noh
Stiffly masked actors. Stylized movements. Music that’s 500 years old.
(Published 1:00AM, March 27th, 2007)

Go straight to Google’s good stuff
Google Image Ripper bypasses the thumbnail portion of a Google Images search and takes you straight to the results.
(Published 1:00AM, March 27th, 2007)

Kids worry when book hits big screen
The book was so good, you couldn’t put it down. Even though it meant staying up past your bedtime and reading under the covers with a flashlight.
(Published 1:00AM, March 27th, 2007)

Whether it’s a shift, sheath or swing, dresses are hot for spring
The phrase “voluminous minidress” is enough to put most women on edge, but there are even more intimidating words for one of spring’s top fashion trends. How about “trapeze,” “tent” or even “sack”?
(Published 1:00AM, March 26th, 2007)

Witty artist has fun mocking Mao
Jim Riswold has been shocking Tacoma Art Museum visitors for the last few weeks with his images of Hitler riding a toy truck.
(Published 1:00AM, March 26th, 2007)

Old-fashioned letterpress printers get down and dirty at Tacoma event
Quick: What’s a Wayzgoose?
(Published 1:00AM, March 25th, 2007)

Evolution of a feminist daughter
Rebecca Walker – the daughter of Alice Walker, the author of “The Color Purple,” and Mel Leventhal, a civil rights lawyer – was a nascent feminist when she laid bare the details of her freewheeling, lonely adolescence in 2001’s, “Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self.”
(Published 1:00AM, March 25th, 2007)

Write about a day of your life and it just might be published
What will you be doing on March 27? Joni Cole wants to know. And if you tell her, she might just publish the details.
(Published 1:00AM, March 25th, 2007)

Tacoma Arts Commission announces grant recipients
Sixteen local artists were recently announced as recipients of the City of Tacoma’s Tacoma Artists Initiative Program for 2007-2008.
(Published 1:00AM, March 25th, 2007)

Executive director resigns at Northwest Sinfonietta
The Northwest Sinfonietta has announced the resignation of its executive director, Paul Gjording. He will take a position with the Seattle Symphony as foundation and government relations manager.
(Published 1:00AM, March 25th, 2007)

Tacoma Symphony’s executive director resigns
Amy Wigstrom, executive director of the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, has resigned the position she has held since 2003. Wigstrom leaves to become the executive director of the American Heart Association in Tacoma.
(Published 1:00AM, March 25th, 2007)

Feminism gets seat of honor at ‘Party’
NEW YORK – A new home for feminist art at the Brooklyn Museum has a dining room that seats 39.
(Published 1:00AM, March 25th, 2007)

Review - Gertie’s fatally flawed beauty set stage for sturdier bridge
“It was beauty killed the beast.” - Robert Armstrong, as Carl Denham in “King Kong,” 1933
(Published 1:00AM, March 25th, 2007)

Men can lose keys – if not whole cars – in their big bags
First came the moisturizer. Then skinny jeans. And now men have embraced handbags. Call them what you will, but these oversize bags of supple skin walk and talk like the satchels favored by the Olsen twins.
(Published 1:00AM, March 18th, 2007)