We were lucky. After a 45 minute drive into the middle of nowhere, my husband, Nick, and I arrived at the Gård Public House in Royal City at 4:15 PM on a Friday. Our waitress hesitated, deciding where to put us amongst all the reservations. By 5 o’clock the dinner crowd had started rolling in. […]
Archives for November 2024
Ephrata’s League of Legends
Current team roster: Jayson Baker, Brendon Broesch, Roy Bunney, Braedyn Bush, Josiah Caldwell, Jesse Clear, Loki Cochran, Landon Coe, Jack Colton, Aiden Conway, James Cook, Jerrett Curtis, Fernando Domingo-Guzman, Camdyn Gustin, Owen Hawkins, Eli Hesse, Nicholas Hesse, Porter Long, Alexander Mele, Promise Parker, Jayden Pellham, Wyatt Pellham, Collin Pennington, Mason Powell, Corbin Reeve, Uriah Schaffran, […]
We see more. Clearly.
A lens focused on positivity—clarity in viewing things not as they are but as they could be. We are fortunate to live in rural America, where we know and care about each other. Genuinely care. It is not only about patronizing each other’s businesses to support the dreams we start with and hope to continue […]
Stop scrolling. Start strolling…through your local variety stores.
Variety and drug stores are the old souls of retail –at once nostalgic and entirely relevant. They carry better quality items than a dollar store and are less daunting than a big box store. They carry the items you need every day, the items you forget to pack, and the best gifts. They are the […]
Playing at the Sandbox
When I first walked into Sandbox Bookstore in Moses Lake in early August 2023, I immediately noticed the cozy, peaceful ambiance that exists within any of my favorite bookstores throughout the Pacific Northwest, along with a type of creative chaos that emerges whenever used and new books share shelving.Sandbox has that intentional, personalized curation, allowing […]
It’s time to get comfortable (and update your appliances) at Moore Furniture
You can’t put a price tag on service. But that’s exactly what they do every day at Moore Furniture in Ephrata. Today the store is mostly ran by the fourth and fifth generation, including brothers Mike and Kelly Moore, Kelly’s wife Janice, and Mike’s sons, Matt and Nick. It was Nick Moore who took some […]
