Little Kids, Big City
I finally succumbed to the seven-year itch, the one that makes you restless. I'm talking about living on the wild side: visiting a different zoo. You know, checking out another tiger's lair, seeing a different elephant's barn. I love the Woodland Park Zoo and all, but sometimes you just want to sample a new zoo. So we went to Tacoma.
By Lora Shinn | June 4, 2008
Take a Walk
Location: Federal Way
Length: About a mile of interlacing trails.
Level of difficulty: Flat to moderately hilly gravel trails.
By Cathy McDonald | January 26, 2006
Museum location: 5400 N. Pearl St., No. 11 (Point Defiance Park), Tacoma.
By Cathy McDonald | November 24, 2005
Take a Walk
Location: Auburn.
Length: About a half-mile each way.
Level of difficulty: Level-to-gentle paved path.
By Cathy McDonald | October 27, 2005
Museum location: 1911 Pacific Ave., Tacoma.
By Cathy McDonald | October 20, 2005
Blustery weather greeted anglers on Central Puget Sound for Oct. 16's chinook opener, but those who braved the storm managed to find a few fish.
"I fished Kingston for blackmouth and we got one fish , and there was baitfish in the area," said Gary Krein, owner of All-Star Charters in Everett.
The Tengu Blackmouth Derby started on Sunday in Elliott Bay, and 48 anglers caught two chinook and one chum.
By Mark Yuasa | October 20, 2005
Take a Walk
Location: Puyallup.
Length: About a mile.
Level of difficulty: Level-to-gentle paved path.
By Cathy McDonald | September 22, 2005
The outing: A first-timer's visit to downtown Tacoma can be like an innocent's first bite of a habañero: Prepare to have your eyes opened — at the ornate architecture of historical buildings, at abundant public art, at noteworthy museums and soothing urban landscapes.
And yes, your eyes might water a bit, too, from the occasional whiff of a pulp mill, though Tacoma's fabled aroma has been mostly cleaned up in recent years.
By Brian J. Cantwell | June 23, 2005
The outing: If 702 acres of in-city wilderness doesn't excite your Northwest genes, nothing will. If you've never visited Tacoma's Point Defiance Park, home to these 702 acres, then it's time to excite your genes.
By Terry Tazioli | June 23, 2005
The budget outing: Tucked between Museum Row and Point Defiance Park is the Tacoma that could have been.
Old Town, a historical section of the Commencement Bay waterfront and a four-block stretch of North 30th Street south of Ruston Way, once was destined to be a city. Today it's a quiet business district, divided by the railroad tracks that have played a role in its history since the 1800s.
By Carol Pucci | June 23, 2005
