We need a pair of cute rainboats! We went to Famous Footwear, but they only had one pair that suited style wise and they didn’t fit well. The nice barista at Starbucks had suggested that we try Ross Dress for Less. So, we did. And we remembered that we don’t like Ross! It’s too big and open and the lines are too long. They also didn’t have the cute rainboots we longed for, so tomorrow it’s off to Target! Wish us luck 🙂
I thought I’d best make some outside places my new place of the day, while I still have some daylight to work with. So, off I went to the 4+ acre Irving Park on Hosmer. It was a pretty typical park, a big field, restrooms, some playground equipment. I suspect what makes this park special is the view it has of Nalley Valley. But there was nobody in the park and I just wasn’t comfortable walking to the isolated area to check out the view. Maybe when I have company I’ll try that.
http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/page.php?id=664
The part is on the site of what use to be the Irving School, which was named after Washington Irving. The school was closed in 1930 and demolished in 1934. If you’d like to see a photo of some students from the Irving School in 1926, go here
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This evening found us at the School of the Arts. In actuality SOTA is in several building in downtown Tacoma and the students get around via public transit.
http://www.tacoma.k12.wa.us/sites/schools/tsota/Pages/Default.aspx
SOTA info on Wikipedia is located at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_School_of_the_Arts
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Today I ventured into the Port of Tacoma to the Tacoma Fire Department Training facility. This is a photo of their training tower.
http://www.cityoftacoma.org/Page.aspx?nid=168
Today I went to the Pierce County Building to drop my voting ballot in the box. I love how they make it so convenient. There were a bunch of complicated ballot measures this time and I spent some serious weekend time working on it. But I’m pretty happy with my choices and, as always, am proud that I voted. It’s an important part of being a citizen.
Note: This is an older New Place of the day that I had to redo! Sorry about that 🙂
Today’s new place of the day, 9/15/10, was the Evergreen Postal Station in Tacoma near the Tacoma Mall. This post office stays open until 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and is also open from 9 – 3 on Saturday, making it convenient for working folks. Everytime I’ve gone in here, the employees have been effecient and friendly.
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I was going to go out to Snake Lake today to catch some autumn leaves, but it started to pour. So instead I went out to lunch with dear husband. We have one of those Entertainment Coupon books and it’s expiring on 11/1, so I thought we’d use it. I riffled the pages and stuck my finger on La Palma. The interior is fairly standard Mexican Restaurant; there must be a warehouse of that stuff somewhere! The food was also very standard. I ate 1/2 of mine and boxed up the rest. Dear husband had a little more than 1/2 of his, but it made him sick! Not food poisoning sick, but too greasy sick. He’ll be fine, but I won’t be able to get him back there! The service is the only thing that was exceptional about the experience.
I probably should have read the Yelp reviews before visiting! http://www.yelp.com/biz/la-palma-family-mexican-restaurant-and-lounge-lakewood
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Today was a rainy day that got away from me before night fell. In the darkness, I found the 43rd Street Pub and loved the neon. No, I didn’t go in! Just took the photo. This is a neighborhood bar and it is my understanding that it has new owners. In any case, it has recently been fixed up and cleaned up. The great neon sign says “Time to stop, U Betcha Pub” and it also has a clock.
4302 Pacific Ave
Tacoma, WA 98418-7734
(253) 475-6358
If you’d like to see a better photo of the sign (and really, it wouldn’t take much!), look here! http://www.flickr.com/photos/justintron/6423115601/
http://www.itstimefortheywca.org/
One of the things I especially love about these spaces is how welcoming they are to the women, their children and their pets.
http://www.ywcapiercecounty.org/
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Today’s new place of the day is Tacoma! I found it’s possible to check into a city instead of a specific place. Of course I was at a particular place in Tacoma, the Art Museum (which I’ve already used as the new place of the day). Dear husband and I went to the 3rd Thursday Art Walk and to see the Mighty Tacoma photographic exhibit. I highly recommended it! The photo below was taken in Opera Alley (I think) some time ago, but it goes with today’s Tacoma theme.
The art museum’s link is http://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/Default.aspx
and the link for art walk is http://www.artwalktacoma.com/
