Tacoma Museum of Glass

Harboring a secret? Pretending that you travel for the restaurants, shopping or theater? Well, you’re not alone. There are a lot us out there. Closet museum geeks. That’s right. We don’t really care what’s it’s a museum of. Shoes from around the world? Sure. Beer bottles of every continent? Why not. It’s not to say that we don’t enjoy a higher, shall we say, caliber, of museum, but we take what we can get.

Tacoma’s got you covered, my friend. Everybody’s familiar with our famous Museum of Glass (hmm, can you say Chihuly?), but we’ve also got a top-notch Art Museum—currently showing a wonderful Impressionism exhibit. You’ll also need to make it over to the Washington State History Museum, housing fascinating artifacts, interactive exhibits, even storytelling. All are walking distance from the Hotel Murano, which has an impressive glass art collection of its own. Told you we had you covered.

See ya soon,

Dale

Tacoma Ethnic Fest

What? You’ve never heard of Bulgogi? Or have heard of it but thought it was a swanky jewelry store or a new word game? Yeah, me too. But we can all check it out July 24 and 25, 12pm-7pm, at Wright Park at Tacoma’s Ethnic Fest.

Doing what Tacoma does best every summer (ever noticed how our little city puts on some great festivals?), anticipate flavors and sounds from every continent. Grab a gelato then dance it off to reggae. Scoop up some pulled pork and let the lovely hula ladies entertain you while you eat. If we’re really lucky there’ll be Jerk chicken and a steel drum band. Cruise the park for crafts, more music, more food. You can definitely expect two days of fantastic entertainment and great fare. And Bulgogi. Yeah, you’ll have to come to the fest to find out.

See ya soon,

Dale