Baxter's adventure in Tacoma

 Hiya Gang,
Baxter here. This post is a tad outdated (shocker) but I'm in Tacoma for Veteran's day weekend. First up is a night of German beer and food at a new German based beer pub in town.  I like the mugs but my roommates said they were too expensive to buy me.  Hmm, maybe after a few drinks they might change their minds....

Nope. No mug for me.  The next day we started bright and early and took the bus to downtown. The bus was pretty empty but that works for me as I got my choice of seats.  Today's  adventure is to find all the public (I.e. Free) Dale Chihuly glass around town.

Chihuly grew up in Tacoma and studied extensively in the area.  He has been instrumental in getting more glass artists to the area.  He's definitely a local icon. 

The humans found the tour online from many years ago.  It starts at the Tacoma Art Museum and I know this isn't a piece of Chihuly glass but it certainly speaks to me.  

Stop 1 is the Union Station.  There are like three or four installations inside but it's no longer a train station (it's the federal courthouse) so unfortunately it's closed on Saturday. 

The back of union station looks cool.  This bear wishes it was still a train station.

The bridge of glass is pretty amazing.  There are a few Chihuly installations. 

Here are a few professional pictures of the bridge. 

Next stop is the University Library to see a chandelier that he created.

Hey, where's the picture?  Well, of course the library is closed today.  Off to the Swiss Restaurant.  Rumor has it that when  Chihuly was installing some features nearby he and his team would eat lunch or have a drink after work at the Swiss Restaurant.  He liked it so much that he gave them some of his work to display. 

 

Hey, the restaurant closed during the pandemic.  Sigh, no glass art to view.

This bear needs to rethink his Tacoma adventure. Stay tuned.