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  • Feb 26, 2025 | komonews.com | Mary Nam

    SEATTLE — Want to pursue a second career? That’s exactly what the dynamic couple behind Guardian Cellars did. Guardian Cellars was born out of a passion project when Jerry Riener stumbled onto winemaking. The longtime police officer happened to see trucks filled with grapes rolling into a local winery. It piqued his interest and he volunteered to help; the more he learned, the more he fell in love with the process of making wine.

  • Feb 12, 2025 | komonews.com | Mary Nam

    SEATTLE — When my mom moved in with us in 2020, it felt like a unique situation. Within a month, I discovered two of my neighbors also had their parents living with them. Since then, I've learned of several others. It's hardly unique!According to the Pew Research Center, more than 50% of people in their 40s in America are living in the sandwich generation - actively caring for an aging parent and their own children.

  • Jan 29, 2025 | komonews.com | Mary Nam

    We’re excited and, quite frankly, honored to have Connie as our featured guest on this week’s episode of the Hard Turn podcast. And what fun it was to be the one to ask her the questions! It was such a treat to talk to Connie about retirement. This is a chapter people fantasize about. It's a part of life we wonder if we'll ever reach - at least the way we have seen it played out in television shows, movies, and advertisements.

  • Jan 15, 2025 | komonews.com | Mary Nam

    SEATTLE — Making friends can be challenging at any age, but what happens when you’re decades removed from the convenient playground social scene of childhood and you’re an adult? We need friends, too!This week on the Hard Turn podcast, Mary introduces you to Emmely Avila. After struggling to foster new friendships in the city she grew up in, Emmely bravely started her own meet-up for other like-minded adults and was blown away by the response.

  • Apr 30, 2024 | pugetsoundradio.com | Michael Easton |Mary Nam

    by Mary Nam,KOMO News AnchorApril 29, 2024Longtime KOMO News Anchor Eric Johnson will retire in June after a nearly four-decade career in local television. Eric’s 39-year career in television began in Boise, Idaho, shortly after graduating from Washington State University. He had dreamed of becoming a sportscaster since he was 9 years old after watching Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football. “I saw Howard Cosell and it was, ‘Woah! What is that? I want to do that!’” Eric laughed recalling that day.

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