Because this is the annual Beer Edition, my original plan was to feature a dish cooked or braised in beer. And with a bounty of local beers to choose from, I filled our refrigerator with a wide selection to taste and enjoy as I planned my recipe.
EDITOR'S NOTE: As of February 2019, Yakima Magazine is a special publication produced monthly by the Yakima Herald-Republic News Department.
When Sally Tonkin and her husband Casey Corr heard that retired judge Ralph Thompson and his wife Kim were selling their country home west of Ahtanum, they decided to take a tour. It was love at first sight.
You may have been to Tieton to see the Grand Prix (the world’s only cyclekart road race), or to watch the Tour de Tieton bicycle race, or buy Christmas gifts at the Holiday Crafts and Antiques Bazaar. But have you visited this quiet, agricultural town when there isn’t an event going on? I’m …
Sometimes all you need is a dog and a beer to feel at home.
I admit it — I’m nuts about my dog. If I could take my border collie Annie with me everywhere I go I would be a happy woman. Why? Well, first of all, she’s a genius. Second, she makes me laugh all the time. And finally, she loves me unconditionally, with enthusiasm that never wavers. Every t…
When the stars align, magic can happen. Sometimes that magic is great beer.
“We’re going back next year!” Jeff Buege exclaimed with a smile on his face.
Scenic Drive is known for its dramatic views and has to be one of Yakima’s most coveted streets on which to live. In 1995, local podiatrist Don Orminski and his wife Ann discovered a 1922 farmhouse for sale on Scenic and decided to buy it.
With its sweeping views of the Columbia River, beautiful grounds and scenic inn, I’ve found a new favorite place. Skamania Lodge in the Columbia River Gorge is a great escape, just about two and a half hours from Yakima.
Our lives are becoming more entangled with technology all the time. Smartphones, Alexa, social media. Robots glide silently through Amazon warehouses and apples roll down automated conveyor belts, viewed by the eyes of a camera and sorted by machines instead of human hands.
Each spring, on the weekend before Mother’s Day, Yakima master gardeners hold an epic plant sale at their greenhouses on South 18th Avenue. For thousands of Yakima gardeners, the sale marks the official start of a new growing season. Shoppers wait patiently in long lines to buy wagonloads of…
Riding a dirt bike is like nothing else. Whether I’m on the track or on the trail, I’ve found that the power these machines wield creates a sense of freedom that I can’t find anywhere else. Since moving from the west side of the mountains and being taught to ride by my husband, my love for t…
When I first decided that I wanted a three-quarter sleeve tattooed on my arm, I didn’t go to just any old shop. I spent over two years trying to find someone who was not only an artist, but someone who specialized in the style I was interested in. I Googled tattoo shops all over Washington, …
I love soup. Any kind of soup. I honestly think I could live on soup. That’s why I got so excited when I stumbled across the Poblano Corn Chowder at the Caffé 11th Avenue. It faces Yakima Avenue and I’d driven by dozens of times, seeing the big coffee cup on the sign and assuming it was simp…