Carlos Santana and the Museum of Glass

Well, this weekend was another one spent jaunting off to some far away location, concert-bound! This time, my good friend Adrienne (who has made many appearances on my blog) was kind enough to accompany me to Tacoma, Washington to see Carlos Santana. Jan McMahon once told me that if I ever had a chance to see Santana, I should jump at it, so I did and purchased two tickets to his show at the White River Amphitheater. It was great and I was again surprised at the variety of social demographics that showed up to see him. There were hardcore latin fans (that knew all the spanish words), old hippies (who tried to say the spanish words), and young college students (who didn't care about the words at all). All-in-all, totally worth what I paid for the tickets, which is always nice.
Here are pictures of Sunday morning, after a very late night listening to car alarms going off and people arguing in the parking lot of our hotel room. Adrienne and I decided that since we were in the area, we should check out the Museum of Glass in Tacoma. Mom, Dad, and Erica went about a month ago and I've wanted to go since I saw Mom's pictures.
Adrienne doing a fantastic Vanna White impression...

One of the galleries (that I technically wasn't supposed to take pictures of)...



These photos are from inside the Hot Glass Studio. A whole team of glass artists were working on one project, two artists making clear glass rings and the other two attaching them to a long, cylindrical vase.
Here are the two artists who were making rings of various sizes...


The two artists attaching the rings to the vase...


Adrienne watching from the mezzanine...

Here is the large screen close-up of the floor action for all the people in the theater-style seats.

Now, we couldn't go to a Museum like this and not visit the gift shop! Here are a couple of pictures I took while inside.
Hand-blown Christmas tree ornaments...


Some artwork for sale....



Here is a shot Adrienne took of me and Molla outside the Museum. This large cone is actually the roof of the Hot Glass Studio....


Molla, being her lovable self. She was very good the whole trip (well, pretty good. She did get into her extra food and chow it all while we were at the concert. The only evidence was a very clean plastic bag...)

Here is The Bridge and Wall of Art that you can see from the highway. This wall and the two blue glass towers welcome visitors to Tacoma.

Adrienne and I took turns taking pictures of each other.....




My splurges...the green one will be mine forever, but the rainbow colored sphere is on its way to LA, destined for Niki Taguchi's house. It was her 50th birthday this year and although I was invited, I was unfortunately unable to make the party. Hope she likes it!


We had a great time and if you're ever in the Tacoma area, I highly recommend the Museum of Glass!