Hey I'm looking for a good barber to trim my hair. I mostly do high fades with a zero on the sides but I am also specific about it. I used to go to great clips for convenience but they have an ever increasing price. Anyone know of any? Thank you.

Been dreaming and wishing and reading reviews….but want more(cowbell) opinions….

Downtown Olympia buildings(I.e. The Lurana, 123 4th, etc. but excluding Views on 5th ONLY because I ain’t dreaming THAT big) are any of the apartment buildings that are close to the water actually more decent than let on? Or improving? Or worth it if one is only staying for a year? Any of the smaller apartments say on East Bay worthy? Any others with bay views that are decent to great to live in? Thanks y’all and this will be (my) last post on this whew😅

Wild Child (formerly Wildman Gastro Pub) events

December 2024:

• 2nd- live irish music 7pm
• 3rd- jazz jam 6pm & disc golf putting league 6pm
• 4th- paint n sip 6pm & Olympia green drinks meet up 6pm in back room
• 5th- trivia 6:30pm
• 7th- Holiday craft market 1pm-5pm & live music 7pm featuring Leo Leo and more 8th- drag bingo brunch 1pm
• 9th- live irish music 7pm
• 10th- disc golf putting league 6pm
• 11th- DIY snow globe night 6-8pm 10$ a globe
• 12th-Trivia 6:30pm & old time music jam 6pm in the back room
• 13th- homo for the holigays! 7pm
• 14th- winter white out music show with local underground acts! 7pm
• 16th- live irish music 7pm
• 17th- jazz jam 6pm & disc golf putting league in back room 6pm!
• 18th- sugar cookie decorating night! 6-8pm
• 19th- trivia 6:30pm & mischief drag and burlesque show 7pm in backroom
• 21st- burgers and brews holiday edition 7pm
• 23rd-25th CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS
• 26th- trivia 6:30pm BRING YOUR DUD GIFT TO EXCHANGE- like white elephant but everyone can trade! & old time jam 6pm back room
• 29th- play tonics + sweet n juicy live music 4pm
• 30th- live irish music 7pm
• 31st- NEW YEARS EVE EXTRAVAGANZA! Pre purchase dinner tickets and dance, dj, live music, and performance show after!

• Evergreen State College
• Tuesday December 3rd 2024
• 4:30 - 5:30 pm

Come celebrate the magic of the season on Red Square on Tuesday, December 3rd, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. for the 9th annual Evergreen tree lighting! Gather your friends and family to sip on hot chocolate, enjoy music, and of course hang out with the one and only Speedy!

https://www.facebook.com/TheEvergreenStateCollege/photos/come-celebrate-the-magic-of-the-season-with-us-on-red-square-on-tuesday-december/1003736078455829/?_rdr

Decided to go out and enjoy some karaoke last night. Last I remember is drinking my beverage. Please be careful ladies. The cops found me slumped over a guard rail covered in bruises and completely unresponsive. Dead. They administered Narcan and whatever else and I lived to tell the tale. PLEASE BE CAREFUL DOWNTOWN. BRING A FRIEND. WATCH YOUR DRINKS LIKE A HAWK. Traumatized to say the least. I will continue my artwork and try to recover accordingly, after getting more info from the doctor. I remember nothing. Happy Sunday!

My wife and I are planning to move to Washington from Utah. It's beautiful here, but not the state for us at all. We have family in Washington and are looking at areas we can move to. Olympia seems cool, has some great shops, events, all right up our alley.

However, when I look for apartments on Apartments.com, Zillow, Google, the bulk of the apartments seem to have issues. Mold, shoddy building, bad management, garbage piling up, poop in the stairwells, etc.

I know we've been spoiled with Southern Utah, as many of the apartments are affordable and overall nice to live in. We did live in Oakland, CA for 8 years before this, so we're familiar with issues but I would like to not jump back into that situation again. We also know review sites are often filled with the vocal minority, the loudest and most opinionated. We're going to visit Olympia soon, but would also like to get a take here. Are Olympia apartments generally a mess?

Does anyone know if any of the libraries have a puzzle exchange center? We have more than we need and I’d like to get them into other people’s hands.

Traffic came to a dead stop in two of three lanes just outside of Olympia on the I-5 for two dead dogs. There was a pitbull with a leash on in between the fast and middle lanes, and a husky over by some cars pulled off to the side. There was also an ambulance about a mile ahead, pulled over on the shoulder. Does anybody know what happened? I feel so bad for those dogs and their people.

Hello everyone. We had rented our house and unfortunately it's been trashed - as in not taken care of for 1.5 yrs. We need someone to help with house cleaning and landscaping (mowing trimming bushes etc) on a short notice. Mostly need the inside cleaned so we can live there. Appreciate your help.

Hello Olympia!

I need suggestions on hair salons that understand curly and wavy hair and can help me on a routine / products that would bring my waves out as well as help me with a cut that is best for my hair. I have been working on my hair, but I still haven’t found a routine that makes it stay wavy. I THINK my hair is 2A/B. The salon I went to last time is booked, and I’m in dire need of a haircut after the 10th of December.

Is anyone else’s allergies flaring up more than normal for this time of year? Any thoughts to what could be causing it?

Anyone aware of any? Something in the vein of Ido Portal, Animal Flow, Primal Movement, or MovNat. The closest thing I've found is in Seattle, at the Seattle Bouldering Project.

So I checked old posts, and none are recent enough to be relevant…SO:

Where’s the best damn cheesecake in Oly? Willing to travel into Lacey or Tumwater if needed, and maybe willing to go farther if it’s something that is worth the trip.

FWIW: I prefer my cheesecake “New York” style, but can get behind “Chicago” style if it’s done well.

I've seen lots of postings here about flash sales for tats but do any shops also have piercing deals for F13 around here?

Edit: Place probably found, if not backup space has been found. Thanks so much, Oly reddit.

I'm looking for something in Thurston hopefully in town where my 14 year old can have 6 or 8 people to play a variety of board games, eat some pizza, chips, (or maybe food on site?), maybe have some music going.

Could anyone recommend a venue that might be able to provide what I'm looking for?

Alternatively a teen friendly arcade?

We always gift my in-laws several gift cards to local restaurants. What are your favorite restaurants. Bonus points if they are running any sort of special like spend $100 on gift cards and get an extra $10.

I'm not sure why, but the fisher scones truck is at the Walmart in tumwater off littlerock rd!

Howdy folks
We have an elderly family member that's on hospice care right now and we are doing some advance planning.
The most basic cremation services are what we're looking for, his advance directive says he wants nothing fancy, just cremation and a carboard box.
Anyone have experience with this sort of thing in Oly?
If so we'd appreciate recommendations.
Thanks!

Let's give some love to our local businesses this shopping season. Who do you like and what do you like about them and their products/services?

I'm new to the Lacey/Olympia area and I'm searching for a good spot to read my books! Doesn't have to be particularly quiet but does need coffee or drinks and some small snacks or pastries. Thank you! :)

So I got to thinking, has anyone ever purposed to the city to host a small music festival somewhere? Maybe tie it in to a local thing like raising money for parks & rec, OSD, expand community spaces, etc..As a musician I support and want to put this into action

I just got out of work on the Westside and about a quarter of the streetlights in the parking lot were strobing pretty hard and at inconsistent intervals. Does anyone know if this is known to the mall? Way too late to call now but should I call them in the morning to let them know somethings off?

I haven’t seen anything about downtown Oly doing a small business Saturday this year. Doesn’t mean we can’t still support our local shops.

Does anyone have good deals or discounts that they know are happening downtown?