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Turntable Treasures is probably the last store of its kind in the area - a record player shop. You...
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Turntable Treasures is probably the last store of its kind in the area - a record player shop. You can get turntables, speakers, needles, spare parts, and much more.
The store is small, crowded and dark, but well worth going to if you are a collector of old records. They even have some of those, too!
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The Thomas Kinkade Gallery, located in the Tacoma Mall, is a truly amazing place. Kinkade is the...
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The Thomas Kinkade Gallery, located in the Tacoma Mall, is a truly amazing place. Kinkade is the Painter of Light, so the gallery uses light to showcase the many reproduction paintings. Control knobs let you change the lighting from bright to dim and back again, and this allows you to see the paintings changing colors and "lights" winking on and off. An incredibly amazing effect! You can compare the different paintings side by side, as well, with the light effects - much better than looking at them on a computer screen or in a catalog.
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The Grand Cinema
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Movie Theaters
606 S. Fawcett Ave.
Tacoma,
Washington 98401
(253) 593-4474
I love going to the Grand Cinema for shows you won't see playing at the multiplex. Parking is...
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I love going to the Grand Cinema for shows you won't see playing at the multiplex. Parking is easy and there are many places in downtown Tacoma to eat beforehand.
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Ted Brown Music Co
Category:
Instruments
6228 Tacoma Mall Blvd
Tacoma,
Washington 98409
(253) 272-3211
This is the best music store I've seen around the area. There is a wide assortment of instruments,...
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This is the best music store I've seen around the area. There is a wide assortment of instruments, both used and new. The walls are covered with shiny instruments for sale - it's eye catching. The sales floor has numerous drum sets and other instruments. Plus, there's a nice assortment of smaller items available (like cleaning cloths, rods, etc).
It's a wonderful atmosphere - well lit, good temperature, and well maintained. There's plenty of parking, too.
I have found the sales associates passionate about music and genuinely concerned about helping their customers find what they want. And, they do it with a smile. That's nice.
Prices appear to be average for a retail music store.
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Ted Brown Music
Category:
Music Stores
6228 Tacoma Mall Blvd
Tacoma,
Washington 98409
(253) 671-8310
Ted Brown Music is a great place to go for all of your instrumental needs. They do everything from...
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Ted Brown Music is a great place to go for all of your instrumental needs. They do everything from repair to selling all of the popular music books and very nice instruments. I personally play the trombone and go there for all of my musical needs. All around music shop for music lovers.
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The Tacoma Rainers are the minor league farm team for the Seattle Mariners. The stadium is older...
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The Tacoma Rainers are the minor league farm team for the Seattle Mariners. The stadium is older but a fun place to sit and take in a ballgame on a summer night. There is an old town feel to the park! Tickets are about half the price of a major league game and you get to sit a lot closer - which comes in handy when they said guys down to the minors after being injured or something.
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Coming from Seattle and having gone to Woodland Park Zoo many times as a child and now as a...
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Coming from Seattle and having gone to Woodland Park Zoo many times as a child and now as a mother, I thought, that little Tacoma zoo can't be much. WRONG!
Not only is this nestled in the beautiful Pt. Defiance Park, but it's built on a hillside that overlooks the water. The have pumped a lot of money into the zoo to make it world-class. I enjoy walking around, and it's super easy to get around. It's always clean too, which I appreciate. It's much more modern, open and clean than the dirty old Seattle zoo.
The amphitheatre is a great place for kids to learn new things about animals, and they have an aquarium right in the middle of the zoo! Granted, it's pretty small, but when you're small, you don't care.
The new KidsZone is FANTASTIC! My kids just love it there. I'm so glad that we have a membership there, since I feel that it's much more of a worthwhile investment than what we spent on the Seattle zoo. It's close, lots of FREE parking, easy to get around, stroller friendly (and they have great strollers to rent too), great exhibits, friendly staff, beautiful setting, and the biggest factor - my kids love it!
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Tacoma Art Museum
Category:
Museums & Galleries
1123 Pacific Ave
Tacoma,
Washington 98402
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Tacoma Art Museum
Category:
Museums & Galleries
1701 Pacific Ave
Tacoma,
Washington 98402
(253) 272-4258
The Tacoma Art Museum is a good place to start on a tour of Dale Chihuly's work, then continue on...
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The Tacoma Art Museum is a good place to start on a tour of Dale Chihuly's work, then continue on by Union Station and then head over the Bridge of Glass to the Tacoma Glass Museum. The museum has many permanent displays of art, plus special limited time exhibitions. I saw the Dale Chihuly Mille Fiori exhibit there, which was amazing! There is a small gift shop, as well.
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