Today’s new place of the day is the Rialto Theater, where the family went to see George Winston. What an amazing musician that man is! The Rialto was built in 1918 and is a jewel box of a theater. For more on the theater’s history, look here http://www.broadwaycenter.org/about/history.asp
This photo was taken well before the performance when the audience was still feeding in. The man at the piano is the piano tuner. 9/10/10
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Today I went to Albertsons at the corner of Pacific Avenue and South 38th Street instead of my usual grocery store. On the plus side, the employees were all very pleasant and helpful. On the downside I don’t like to check myself out, the isles were over crowded because they contained sales carts and there were some rather strange (and not in a good way) folks in the parking lot. I don’t see myself going back anytime soon. 9/9/10
Today, 9/8/10, I made a quick stop at Gas Station Park at 4801 S. Park Ave. Pretty much you can see the entire park from the photo.
Here is an excellent blog entry from Tacoma Mama about the park.
http://www.tacomamama.com/content/gas-station-park-mystery-park-s-48th-and-park-avenue
Lincoln Post Office
Today’s place of the day (9/7/10) is the Lincoln Post Office on Tacoma Avenue. This branch is only open from 8 to 5, Monday and Friday, which isn’t very convenient for those working a 9-5 job.
Today, 9/6/10 was back to school hair cut day for dear daughter and off we went. She has a drawing of the hair cut she wanted and while it’s unusual, it looks great on her. The Hairmasters Chain seems to be all over. There are 6 of them within five miles of us! The photo is of their door.
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I thought today’s new place of the day would be Wright’s Park, but then I realized I had already checked in there for Ethnic Fest. So, it was a sacrifice, but we went to Frisko Freeze, a Tacoma icon. The milkshake was very, very good! 9/5/10
I hadn’t realized that it is on the historic register. Here is a News Tribune article on that process.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2008/04/27/345702/frisko-freeze-full-of-history.html
Today’s new place (9/4/10 is the Starbucks in Covington. We made a quick stop for a c
offee drink and snack. I already had the Barista Badge on FourSquare (http://foursquare.com) which is awarded for going to five different Starbucks. Really, I don’t go everyday, but I do like to stop when I’m out and about.
Wikipedia tells me there are over 17,000 Starbucks worldwide with over 11,000 in America. The first Starbucks opened in Seattle.WA.
The new place for 9/3/10 is The Harmon Hub in the Stadium District of Tacoma, where I gathered with friends for a happy hour celebration.
http://hub.harmonbrewingco.com/
Wanting to enjoy one of the last warm summer days, we went to Steamers Seafood Cafe for the new place on 9/2/10. The food is consistently tasty, but it is the location/view that makes this restaurant so special. Adjacent to Titlow Park, Steamers has a view of the Tacoma Narrows Waterway and The Tacoma Narrows Bridges.
The second photo shows the view from the park next to Steamers. In the background is the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It was a lovely evening.
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The new place for today, 9/1/2010 was the ever delicious Le-Le Restaurant where I enjoyed Thai Curry. It was great and plenty for two meals.
