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Who is Walla Walla? Ep6: Gail Waetje
Catch the buzz around town as lifetime Walla Walla resident gives you an inside look on the Beehive. Jeremy Gonzalez continues his original series. “Who is Walla Walla?”
Watch more in the Who is Walla Walla? series:
Episode 1: Carl Robanske
Episode 2: Squire Broel
Episode 3: Ashley Trout
Episode 4: Brian Gurnett
Episode 5: Thomas Reese
Episode 6: Gail Waetje
A real fake community for us all
Remember when you were growing up and you dreamed of being a bank teller, or stocking the shelf at the grocery store, filling out insurance claims? Of course you don’t, those were not aspirations that youthful zeal set before us.
It’s not that those jobs are not important in the cog-wheel that is American culture but [...]
More of the conspiracy
For those of you who may be landing here for the first time, or if you are new to my column or blog, I thought I would point you to a few of my favorites from the past. That way you don’t have to wade through all the other stuff.
Enjoy –
I’m not McLovin’ this
A [...]
Walla Walla Valley Chamber Music Open Rehearsal
The 2nd annual Walla Walla Valley Chamber Music Festival is going on now in Walla Walla. For more details you can check out the Chamber Music site. Here is a piece from an open rehearsal at the Willow Art gallery downtown.
Sharpstein Graduation Night: Who cares about your kid when there’s free cupcakes?
I’m not one for tradition, I don’t believe in doing things just because it’s always been done a certain way. I’ll question things that don’t make sense. In fact, by the time my life is said and done I hope I cause people to ask more questions than I provide them answers. That should be [...]
Who is Walla Walla ep5: Who is Thomas Reese?
The latest in the “Who is Walla Walla?” series, this time we meet the owner of Walla Walla Roastery Thomas Reese. Reese is a Walla Wallan who enjoys making black coffee and skateboarding. Although he’s 45+ you would never guess it while he is out on the ramp or in the bowl here in Walla [...]
Lessons from (the blog) war
In mid-April, I was talking with Sheila Hagar about my theory that people who partake of the blog buffet want choices and new selections as much as possible. People don’t go to Granny’s Buffet for quality, they go for quantity.
I think blog readers are looking for the same thing. They want interesting content, but [...]
The stat man cometh…
So here’s a thought for you. Today I was vacuuming out my car at one of the local do-it-yourself car wash places and I had an epiphany…
At a car wash, you literally can buy yourself more time. It’s always nice when a metaphorical idea comes to life in reality. That was just thrown in for [...]
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A passive-aggressive world, sort of
Recently my 7-year old daughter has begun to start her sentences with the phrase, “No offense but…” For her it might go something like this, “No offense but Jaden’s feet stink.” Jaden is her little brother and because of his strong aversion to socks most of the time his feet do stink, but that’s not [...]
Too close for my comfort