July 13, 2006 at 10:07am
I’m sipping on a glass of Mad Housewife Merlot (surprisingly palatable!) listening to Jack McQuade talking about how the Swiss came to acquire the Chihuly pieces above the bar. He’s there in front of me, but he’s not talking â€" His voice is coming at me from my cell phone.
He’s only just heard his own cell-spiel, which is part of a cell-phone walking tour put together by the Tacoma Art Museum.
I walked from the museum, to Union Station, to the Bridge of Glass (which only has temporary signage) to the University of Washington,
Tacoma library, and finally up to the Swiss, stopping at the various points marked on my map (available from the museum.)
Dialing the (888) 411-4220 phone number brought me to a brief informational message, then a menu. Dialing the three-digit numbers on the map points (as well as on the signage at each place) gets me to a recorded informational blurb about each piece, some of which is narrated by Chihuly himself, or in the case of the Swiss Venetians, McQuade.
On listening to himself for the first time, McQuade remarked, “That was pretty cool. We went to a studio to do that, and I didn’t know how it would turn out. I’m used to standing behind the bar and doing my spiel.†â€" Jessica Corey-Butler
News and entertainment from Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s most awesome weekly newspapers - The Ranger, Northwest Airlifter and Weekly Volcano.
Thanks for posting! But I want say that Walkie Talkies are really required while organizing fun...
Really nice album. I have already purchased Vedder's Album. Listening to the song of this album,...
about Eddie Vedder’s "Ukulele Songs" available today - and I don’t hold a candle to that shit
Your post contains very beneficial content. Kindly keep sharing such post.
Vedder's album is really nice. I have heard attentively
about Eddie Vedder’s "Ukulele Songs" available today - and I don’t hold a candle to that shit
amazing information for getting the new ideas thanks for sharing a post
about 5 Things To Do Today: Art Chantry, DIY home improvement, "A Shot In The Dark" ...
446th Airlift Wing, 5 Things To Do, 62nd Airlift Wing, 7th Infantry Division, Air Force, All Ages, Army, Arts, Awards, Benefits, Best of Olympia, Best of TAcoma, Bobble Tiki, Books, Business, Camp Murray, Ceremony, Chainsuck, Classical Music, Comedy, Comment The The Day, Community, Concerts, Condemn or Allow?, Contest, Day Tripper, Deals, Defense Department, Deployment, DJ/Electronica, Events, Facebook, Fashion, Federal Way, Fife, Fircrest, Food & Drink, Future Things Are Coming, Games, Gay Rights, Genius, Gig Harbor, Green Crush, Happy Hour Hug, Health, History, Holidays, Honors, I Corps, In Their Words, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Judging by the Trailer, Keeping Up With The Coffeehouses, Kids, Lacey, Lakewood, Legislature, Madigan Army Medical Center, Marines, McChord Field, Media, Memorial, Military, Milton, Morning Joe, Music, National Guard, Navy, Nerd Alert!, New Beer Column, News To Us, Night Moves, Not Cool, Olympia, Outdoor Addict, outdoors, Photo Hot Spot, Podcast, Pop Culture, Poster of the Day, Puyallup, Radio, Rangers, Retail, Rocket Science, ROTC, Ruston, Schools, Screens, Sex, Shout Out, South Sound Sidekick, Spanaway, Special Forces, Sports, Steilacoom, Strykers, Summer Tip, Sumner, Tacoma, Talking Shop, The Mouth, Theater, Tightwad, Tournament of Burgers, Tournament of Mac and Cheese, Training, Travel, Twitter, University Place, USO, Veterans, Video Hot Spot, Volunteer, Web/Tech, Word, Wounded Warrior
Read Comments