Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Snoqualmie

When you are in Snoqualmie, gotta visit their ice-cream shop!

Snoqualmie ice cream is known to be organic and natural. They also have sorbet, custard and gelato.

SNOQUALMIE

Snoqualmie means Moon; a Salish word.

Snoqualmie people live in longhouses in villages and spoke the Southern dialect of the Lushootseed Language used by many Puget Sound Salish tribes.

We ordered Peanut Butter and Chocolate ice creams

United Methodist Church

Snoqualmie is home to the Northwest Railway Museum

Northwest Railway Museum

Tried Oaxacan cuisine here at Caadxi Oaxaca in Snoqualmie.

This particular dish was steamed lamb with fragrant rice and black beans.

North Bend Premium Outlets

Only 34 stores.

It is a huge shopping area but it is not 'premium' at all, to my standard. Also, not many restaurants here too. On the plus side, they have the Rocky Mountain chocolate factory so I got to buy my caramel apples. And, the scenery is beautiful here.

Museum of Glass Tacoma - Chihuly Glass Bridge

Waterfront Promenade

90 foot Silver Cone

It houses the Hot Shop Amphitheater where you can watch glass blowers at work.

Chihuly Glass Bridge (2002) - 500 foot pedestrian bridge

Dale Chihuly

American glass artist from Tacoma. His work can be seen in over 200 museums worldwide.

Crystal Towers

Twin sculptures consist of 63 large blue crystals.

109 glass works inside a 80 foot Venetian Wall on the Chihuly Glass Bridge

Seaform Pavilion - containing 2364 glass sculptures inside a glass ceiling at the Chihuly Glass Bridge

Museum of Glass Tacoma

Museum of Glass

Established in 1951 by Corning Glass Works but opened to public in 2002.

A premier contemporary glass art museum dedicated to glass showcasing and creations.

Fluent Steps by Martin Blank, 2009

There are 3 islands of glass ~ Cascades, Echo and Wisps.

They are about 210 feet long in the Main Plaza's reflecting pool.

Fluent Steps consist of 754 individually sculptured glass piece.

Cascades ~ are pieces about 15 feet above the water

Echo ~ flows on the surface of the water

Wisps ~ hundreds of small glass forms breaching the surface of the water

"MY INTENT WITH FLUENT STEPS IS TO AWAKEN THE VIEWER’S EYE TO KEENLY OBSERVE, INTERACT WITH, AND RESPOND TO THE EMOTIVE NATURE OF WATER. WATER CAN BE PLACID, SUBLIME, AND — IN AN INSTANT — UNCOMPROMISINGLY RAW AND POWERFUL. IT’S THE VEHICLE FOR CAPTURING LIGHT, MOTION, FLUIDITY, AND TRANSPARENCY. IT’S THE VEHICLE FOR LIFE."
— MARTIN BLANK