5 Fun Photos from Tacoma (Wed Feb. 22nd 2012)

Menu Item of the Day 

Vegetable Tray
The Villa Caffe & Imbibery.
1328 Market Street, Tacoma, WA
(253) 222-4184
http://www.thevillacaffe.com
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Home Decor Item of the Day 

A hot new decorating trend: Birdcages!
Paint this a bright color and put something cool inside it like
a chandelier, candelabra, flowers or a pretty plant.
Hang it from the ceiling, put it on a pedestal, bedazzle it, drape it in pearls,
wrap a bow around it, get creative and make it your own!
For more birdcage ideas, click here.
Find this one at:
Broadway's Best Antiques
742 Broadway St, Tacoma WA
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Fashion Item of the Day 

Ready to wear: Just add hot cowboy
UrbanXchange
1934 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, WA, 98402. (253) 572-2280
http://urbanxchangetacoma.tumblr.com/


Dance Move of the Day



Today's move of the day is by Paul and Polly from Mousai Studios and features music from Voxxy Vallejo.

Mousai Studios
759 Saint Helens Avenue  Tacoma, WA 98402
(253) 232-6034
http://www.mousaistudios.com/

Daily Moment of Bliss

My laptop was getting overrun with too many files and it was causing problems but instead of having to back everything up, my friends at The Computer Hub swapped my laptop harddrive with a new one and put my old one inside this handy little external harddrive case. Now I have the best of both worlds, fast fresh new harddrive and access to all my files without any extra work. Not having to go through all my files and figure out what to move or delete was a serious moment of bliss for me. :)

The Computer Hub
919 Pacific Ave. Tacoma
WA 98402
http://www.tcub.com/


XOXO,
Duchess of Downtown

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