Noon
Of course you didn’t arrive till noon, you suffered through traffic. Once safely out of gridlock, relax on the placid waterfront at the Foss Waterway Seaport, a kind of greenhouse for boats on Tacoma’s industrial waterway. Exhibits celebrate the local maritime tradition and ragtag mosquito fleet that predated the official ferries. fosswaterwayseaport.org[1]
2pm
Just up the waterfront, try an extreme sport that’s secretly not extreme at all. Rides with Pacific Parasail are just a gentle flight 1,000 feet above a speedboat while attached to a parachute, and taking off is so easy the captain guarantees that if you get wet, it’s free. pacificparasail.net[2]
4pm
You’ve embraced boats and flight; it’s time for speed. LeMay–America’s Car Museum, next to the Tacoma Dome, looks like the shell of a giant space cockroach, but it holds up to 300 classic and rare automobiles at a time, plus full-motion CXC racing simulators to get out all that pent-up I-5 traffic anger. americascarmuseum.org[3]
6pm
Tacoma’s train station may not be as pretty as Seattle’s, but it boasts Freighthouse Square next door, a buffet of food shops for the rail commuter. La Waffletz stand is inconspicuous, but the man behind it isn’t: Chef Roger Martinho served was a French military commando before dishing up crisp Belgian waffles and airy macarons. lawaffletz.com[4]
7pm
Growing Sixth Avenue wants to be Tacoma’s Capitol Hill, and to be fair eclectic restaurants and bars are gathering in the district, including meat temple Marrow[5] and social-seating restaurant the Table. The avenue also has wine bars, cocktail bars, and, at Dirty Oscar’s Annex, a collection of local beers and moonshine cocktails.
References
- ^ fosswaterwayseaport.org (fosswaterwayseaport.org)
- ^ pacificparasail.net (pacificparasail.net)
- ^ americascarmuseum.org (americascarmuseum.org)
- ^ lawaffletz.com (lawaffletz.com)
- ^ Marrow (www.seattlemet.com)
