There are people of a certain age who move to the Inland Northwest from other parts of the country and refer to Rosauers or Albertson's or whatever by the name of the store where they shopped back where they used to live. www.poconorecord.com www.insideindianabusiness.com So…
My deadline for Tuesday's column is Friday. That gives me plenty of time between writing it and the column's actual appearance in print to mull some of the choices I made. Take tomorrow's Slice, for instance. I sort of wish I had one do-over. Making…
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Sure. And I had my hopes up for a local angle here. But this 1957 cover photo was taken at Castle Air Force Base in California. www.lifemagazineconnection.com
There's a WSU grad working at the newspaper who has something like four siblings who all went to U-Dub. Before WSU's game with UNLV a couple of weeks ago, this S-R Coug told one of his brothers that if he wanted to experience a college…
...you are mounting a bicycle on an automobile bike rack shortly after lunchtime on a weekday while parked on a street in downtown Spokane. 1. "Beautiful day for a bike ride." (Yes, but if I were actually going for a ride I wouldn't be putting…
www.visitspokane.com Pro: It's not a dehumanizing labyrinth. Con: The number of cities served by nonstop flights from here is quite limited. (Though that's more a reflection of our modest population and remote geography than it is a valid criticism of the airport.) Pro: Most of…
(Mentioned in today's Slice column.) http://www.manta.com/c/mtp0fcz/r-u-cover-d
www.flyershistory.com Forbes Kennedy played for about half a dozen National Hockey League teams and at least that many minor league teams in his storied if not especially productive career. He spent the 1960-61 season with the Spokane Comets. He registered a team-high 165 penalty minutes…
The problem with spotting urban wildlife is that about two seconds after delighting in the moment, any reasonable person has to wonder how long it will be before the animal gets hit by a car. But maybe there's an exception. It's not unusual to spot…
Dana Freeborn mentioned 1961's "Snow White and the Three Stooges," 1970's "Love Story," 1983's "Curtains," 1996's "Happy Gilmore," and 2005's "King Kong." And Kristi Kurle wrote, "I think girls will say 'Ice Castles' and guys will say 'Miracle on Ice,' but my favorite is 'The…
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