any seattle/tacoma hambers out there?

i'm moving to tacoma in november...i don't really know anyone up there...are there any cool local car shows or hot-rod friendly bars and/or hangouts ?
and is the rain really as bad as they say?-nate

 

Lots of local shows, my favorites are the Hot Rod-Arama in Tacoma in August and the Unfnished Nationals in Elma Labor Day weekend.

Not many shows in November...

What rain?

 

maybe not the rain, but watch out for the "Tacoma Aroma" wheeew!


cool- my bro and I are heading north next spring probably- Bellevue maybe? Maybe further north, got some friends up there

 

I am a little farther west and would love to meet you and sit down in Tacoma and have coffee sometime. Gumpa

 

nobody moves to Tacoma on purpose....whadja do?

 

Yes I´m from Seattle. Ooops, I forgot... Not anymore...

Plenty of things to do there, pretty good scene going on!

--mika

 

I am from just East of Tacoma but I will be gone for awhile. There is a good scene The rain is a myth.

 

What rain? Nope...

 

Welcome, what brings you up here?
Paul

 

Haha! Only funny unless you live there!

 

I'm in Woodinville, 1/2 hour NE of Seattle.

Welcome to WA...

...it only rains for 7 mo in the winter, then we have a short summer, between the rainy spring and fall.


...just kiddin'

 

RAIN RAIN RAIN all the time!

so drop your roadster off at my house cuz it doesn't bother me

 

There's plenty to do here. Lots of car guys. Real car guys.

 

I am just outside of Portland OR and the rain here goes into hibernation for 3 maybe 4 months in the summer.

You just get used to the liquid sunshine after a while.

 

i have lived in the city my whole life,first boston,and then san francisco for 16 years.it's really hard to be into old cars in the city,so i moved 45 minutes away but still commute to sf for work.so when house of tattoo in tacoma offered me a job,i took it. no more commute,and i could buy a house waaaay easier.so if you live in washington and like tattoos,come and check out my portfolio...(blatant spam)....i'm looking forward to it.i like the portland swaps,and all the hot rodders i've met from the northwest have been good to me...so why the hell not tacoma? f@*k the city!

 

Me and K-MEMBER are about an hour north of Seattle. Look us up when ya get here. K makes his livin with a tattoo gun. I'm retired and have a louver press, some people say I drink too much. I have to just to put up with them!...OLDBEET

 

I worked a tattoo shop in Tacoma 18 years ago, Skin print tattoo off of Gravelly drive by the base.....have fun with the military doing names and some names oh and some more names, "Taz", pitbulls,guns, and "primal" anklets on guys....hahaha maybe its different with the kids these days

 

I'm about an hour north; just on the other side of Seattle from ya'.

Gimme' a holler when you get here, am usually kickin' around weekends.

-bill

 

And now you live in the land of HOT CHICKS, that look like dudes and have pitbulls, guns and "primal" anklet tattoos.

 

[...so why the hell not tacoma? f@*k the city![/QUOTE]

Tacoma is the city

 

Tacoma is great. Good scene. I grew up in the bay area and Fresno. Lived in Sac for about 3yrs. I had a couple of chances to go back, there is just to much opportunity up here. IF you you love this old ****. I have a shop in Puyallup (downtown), just a few miles from Tacoma. Come by and say Hi. We know some mutual people. Thanks

Steve

 

Is it some kind of migration north? Vultures are heading south right now and I'm heading north to Tacoma area (McChord) in December.
Went from rain and humidity in MD to dry and desert here in CA and now back to the rain again. Probably take me a year or two just to get used to the cold again! And the rain? ewwww This coming from an Oregonian originally. Think it rains in Tacoma more than it did home. I always said that it doesn't rain that much really, we just don't want a bunch of people moving there!

Deb

 

welcome, I am in Seattle (Ballard), a good friend just bought a house in Tacoma, you will find yourself welcomed here. there are also some good record shops in T-town.

fred

 

Sammamish here. East of Seattle by 20 miles or so..

 

Never mind!

 

I'm in the Roy/Spanaway area. @ 15 miles south of T-town.....
Some good swaps in Feb. in Puyallup.....
Welcome to Wa!!

 

sniff, sniff......whats that smell?.....Tacoma!

 

Hi I'm in Kenmore just 10 miles NE of Seattle. And it hasn't rained here in 5 months.

 

That's because your special Keith.

 

Welcome to the N.W