In Your Neighborhood: Love the Homes in Tacoma?

Monday, April 14, 2008

Love the Homes in Tacoma?

Have you often wanted the opportunity to peek inside a few of Tacoma’s GRAND homes? Now is your chance! Tacoma Historical Society is presenting their 14th Annual Historical Homes of Tacoma Tour May 3rd & 4th. This self guided tour provides a chance to walk through each home viewing the grand architecture, hearing the unique stories of each home and learning more about Tacoma’s history.

Tickets are $20.00 per person and available at Tacoma Historical Society Exhibit Center located at 747 Broadway; Stadium Thriftway; Pacific Northwest Shop or Columbia Bank Branches at Fircrest, Westgate and Allenmore. Fellow BLOG SQUAD writers Patty and Kim will be docents at one of the GRAND homes highlighted on the tour. For more information visit tacomahistory.org

3 comments:

Kim Thompson said...: Patty:

Thanks for highlighting this great event. My mom and her friends have done this tour in the past and had a grand time with it!

Yes, Patty and I will be docents! Come on the tour and have fun with us!

Kim; April 14, 2008 at 12:56 PM
Stephanie Frieze said...: Great post, Patty. I am sorry that I can't do it this year, but will keep it in mind for the future. ~Stephanie; April 14, 2008 at 3:16 PM
JosephMcG said...: Thank you for telling the story of our wonderful city... Tacoma

Joseph; April 14, 2008 at 6:09 PM

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…has always liked to write. Her experience includes three years at the University Washington School of Communications studying journalism. She had a stint at the Chinook Observer in Long Beach. Raised in Bellevue, she’s lived in Gig Harbor for nearly 18 years. She and her husband have a home in Ilwaco, where they spend as much time as possible. This mother of four loves books, spending time with family and the color purple. Contact her at dbandstefery@comcast.net.

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…is a chaplain who supports patients, families, friends, nurses and doctors at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Being 67, he’s learned this about living: Meet people on their own ground and you will discover that this Earth is our special place to meet and support each other. His motto: Live now. Share yourself now. Every living thing you experience is a pure gift. Love all life unconditionally. Contact him at mcg9940@yahoo.com.

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…is a third-generation Japanese American living in Federal Way. She’s married and a parent of one adult child. A lifelong resident of the Puget Sound area, she graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Washington School of Communications. and served on Federal Way’s Diversity and Art Commissions. Her interests are politics, art, the history of minorities in Washington and family history. She’s written a self-published family history about her paternal grandfather. Contact her at mizusugi@yahoo.com.

Kim Thompson
…is a Grit City native who was born and raised in Tacoma’s Old Town neighborhood by the gulch. She boasts that she’s a former Lowell Leopard, Mason Mustang and Wilson Ram, a short-time PLU Lute and a longtime UW Husky. This former corporate businesswoman is a wife, a mom, a school volunteer, a substitute teaching assistant, a writer and a born-again distance runner. She has convinced friends from Bellevue that Tacoma is worth the drive. Contact her at kimricksy@comcast.net. ugi@yahoo.com.

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