Some Crazy Fun Stuff is Being Made in South Tacoma
January 14, 2019Pay attention as you drive past Visual Options, just off of South Tacoma Way, and you just might see one of their creations being picked up and shipped out. If your timing is extra great, you may even catch their regular UPS driver hamming it up for the camera. These Instagram photos caught my eye,…
Ever Wonder What Happened to Galloping Gertie’s Broken Bits?
January 4, 2019The image of Leonard Coatsworth’s car stuck on the swaying Tacoma Narrows Bridge known as Galloping Gertie might be one of the most well known from that disaster, but though it’s dramatic it does little to give viewers a true sense of just how large a span of the bridge collapsed. Here’s a different view…
Dramatic Photos From the Point Defiance Polar Bear Plunge
January 1, 2019While the rest of us were nursing champagne hangovers from the night before, a select few lunatics gathered at the Point Defiance marina to ring in the new year by jumping into the frigid waters of the Puget Sound. With a water temperature of 52º, it takes about an hour to become hypothermic. Good thing…
After 88k Likes We Can Tell You a Few Things About Tacomans
December 30, 2018For starters, you’re all a bunch of suckers for photos of Mt. Rainier. And bridges. Apparently showing off your top nine Instagram posts at the end of the year is a thing, and though we do generally try to cut our own path when it comes to content it’d be a lie to say we…
Where to Go for the Best Christmas Light Displays in Tacoma 2018
December 20, 2018Everyone has their favorite Christmas light houses in Tacoma but sometimes they’re hard to find in unfamiliar neighborhoods. So we built on our list from last year and put together a new treasure map of all the best light displays around Tacoma. You can plug this map into your phone or just cruise by the…