Mark McNeely with his niece, Stephanie (L), and wife, Tammy (R)
Mark McNeely met Tammy at the Puyallup Fair. Even though she had her heart set on Kenny Chesney for a husband, Mark swept her off her feet. Tammy’s niece, Stephanie, confirms their magical meeting.
The three of them came out to welcome the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division of the JBLM Stryker Brigade home from Afghanistan and shared this story at the Drunken Telegraph Story Snapshot Port-a-Parlor.
John A Burns
John A Burns operated a landing craft in the South Pacific during WWII. He came out to welcome the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division of the JBLM Stryker Brigade home from Afghanistan and shared this story at the Drunken Telegraph Story Snapshot Port-a-Parlor.
Tacoma-based author Tom Llewellyn is also a hack carpenter who learned a painful and particularly bloody lesson from his vintage table saw while banging out a set of bookshelves.
When playwright Milo Mowery discovered his new neighbor was a fellow stay-at-home dad, he thought his days of loneliness were over. But, instead of the sitcom friendship he expected, their connection turns into a drama worthy of pay TV.
As the son of the mayor and the school board president in a tiny Arizona Dude Ranch town, Colin McArthur had a lot riding on The Science Project. Luckily, a dusty stranger tumbled across his path.
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Everyone has a story to tell, and it usually comes out at parties and social occasions where we can spin out the details and give our friends a glimpse inside our lives. Drunken Telegraph invites audiences to gather at Tacoma restaurants, bars and performance venues to share those revealing tales with total strangers. We believe that’s a sure-fire way to…
Megan as a baby with her mother and sister
Drunken Telegraph co-founder, Megan Sukys, shared this story at the third show in December 2012.
In the late stages of her first pregnancy, Megan encountered a complication that worried her so much she asked her late mother to send a sign that things would turn out okay.
Drunken Telegraph co-founder, Tad Monroe, shared this story at the first show in June 2012.
He recalls a church lock-in from his teen years that offered the chance to try communion wine in a less-than-sacred way, something that made his first real communion an experience of true grace.