Walkable

 


We’re going to miss Tacoma and living in the Stadium District.

Ann has loved being a couple of minutes’ walk from a really nice grocery store. And we’ve gone out in the evenings – on weeknights even! – afoot as well.

Last Saturday night, we walked to Rock the Dock Pub & Grill (www.rockthedockpub.com), which was hard to walk to, but we figured it out then it was easy to walk back from. They had live music (the Soulful Duo of Donny and Heather Jones) and no cover charge. The music was nice, and we got tempura-fried zucchini, which was fantastic.

Last Tuesday night, we walked over to the Slovenian Hall in Old Town to see Celebrate the Seasons! The Girsky Quartet and guest violinist Maria Sampen. It was the music of Vivaldi (his Four Seasons), Piazzola (Invierno Porteno), and Tacoma's own composer  Korine Fujiwara (BeSpoke, Unspoken). The hall is a cool, old fashioned reception hall kind of place, they were serving amazing cookies, and everything was free as part of the Classic Tuesdays series.



On Thursday night, we walked downtown to the Tacoma Art Museum
(https://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/). It exceeded expectations, far larger and more elaborate than what you would think you would encounter in a town of this size. After the museum, we stopped in at Cider and Cedar, a bar specializing in apple cider with counters and tables made out of 1,000-year-old cedar (www.ciderandcedar.com). There were a couple of women singing who sounded a lot like Ann, her sister and cousins singing in our campouts at Mark Twain Lake. They were accompanied by a guy who is amazing on the guitar, and, of course, a cellist.  

Tonight we walked over to Manuscript, just on the other side of Wright Park. I highly recommend the Pork Belly Rub. Good prices on drinks, too. (https://manuscripttacoma.com/) 

Yesterday marked one month into this journey, and tomorrow we’ll be on the move again. I don’t think we’ll be walking anywhere from our new location. 















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