Here are a few lines that we just picked up the other day from “Bee Movie” that give our fair city a very tiny nod. I don’t know about you, but it’s kind of cool that we got on someone’s radar down at Dreamworks. A group of bugs have hitched a ride on the windshield of a moving truck and are commiserating on their travels. The conversation goes like this:

Mooseblood, mosquito (Chris Rock):Where are you headed?
Barry B. Benson, bee (Jerry Seinfeld): To Honey Farms.
Mooseblood: I’m going to Alaska. Moose blood. Crazy stuff! Blows your head off.
Ladybug (Sean Bishop): I’m going to Tacoma.

I guess you could say we got a little buzz from that movie!

–Dale

(photo courtesy of Visor Peru)

Here in Tacoma we’re rather proud of our glass art tradition, and rightfully so. It’s a world-class act. Visitors explore our hallways and frequently exclaim that they never realized that glass art could be anything more than blown-glass baubles and church windows. Another great opportunity to see yet another use of glass as an art medium is happening right now at the Museum of Glass. The show, “White Light: Glass Compositions by Daniel Clayman” takes what could be the most ordinary of treatments—white glass—and uses it to stretch our perceptions of light and space. But you’d better get there soon, the show ends June 14.

–Dale

Newshound Dan Voelpel, over at the Tribune, recently wrote an article about the U.S. Travel Association’s search for the “Faces of Travel.”  He asked, “Whose face would best represent our region in the contest? Among his recommendations was “Tacoma’s pre-eminent bellhop, doorman, concierge, valet and ever-gushing greeter” our own Bell Captain (and fellow Looking Glass blogger) Dale Rush.  He added , “You could argue that Rush and his bullish-on-Tacoma disposition have influenced more travelers than any other individual during that span.”  Go Dale!

–Danielle