What is the ultimate harbinger of the holiday season? Busy shops, marketing emails, that coworker who starts wearing holiday sweaters in November? For us, the first and most satisfying sign that the holidays are here is the sudden arrival of holiday lights—on houses, businesses, cars, boats, the big…
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When in Rome, do as the Romans do. And when in Mt. Rainier National Park, do whatever the rangers tell you—and stay on the path!! With this in mind, we consulted our go-to Mt. Rainier expert Terry Wildy for her fall season recs. As Chief of Education, Interpretation, and Volunteers, Wildy has never…
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Sometimes you need an escape that’s fun, but a bit more low key. A place where you can get away without actually going away. A destination lacking waiting lines, crowds, noise and even traffic lights. Yes, places like this still exist without driving hours out of your way. In fact, one of them is…
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Congrats on the little one! As you already know, new parenthood comes with a lot of adjustments: we’re talking changes to your sleep, considering a shower the ultimate luxury, and taking your meals cold and eaten hurriedly over the sink. When the time comes for your trip to the Pacific Northwest…
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Tacoma Film Festival, a local staple of the arts scene, is celebrating its lucky 13th annual run in 2018 from Oct. 4 to 11. Each year, the festival puts together a solid mix of features and shorts…
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Sea life – with all its otherworldly shapes, eerie textures, peculiar movements and flamboyant colors – makes children of us all. As the Pacific Seas Aquarium at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium opens…
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“Just take a right, up ahead past the sign,” the instructor says, casually gesturing toward a pair of tire ruts that heads into thick forest. His voice and cadence are slow and relaxed, like a…
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They only call it Cars & Cigars: Havana Nights because it would lose a significant amount of poetry if they called it Cars, Cigars, Whisky, Wine, Cocktails, Music and Gourmet Food By Three of Tacoma’s…
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Fife History Museum is a small museum that punches above its weight, and part of that comes from serving a community (population 10,103) with some of the longest-running history in the area. The Fife…
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The Foss Waterway is one of the aquatic gems of Tacoma, and much like the city itself, it’s beautiful to look at but made to be used. Its beauty is in its function. Enter: Paddleboard yoga on a…
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