After weeks of trying to fit it into my schedule, I was finally able to visit Washington's new, and only true pipe tobacco store, Tacoma Tins.

The directions printed on their website were good, but that didn't keep me from having problems. I actually drove past the store twice, finally seeing it on my third pass down the street. To think that I hadn't even been drinking!

In what is certainly an interesting contrast in stock, Tacoma Tins is located inside a yarn shop. You enter through the back, then let them know that you are there for the tobacco, not the yarn. A door to a small room is unlocked, you are beckoned to enter, and there they are, hundreds of tins containing the finest tobaccos in the world.

I managed to do quite well today picking up some:

Devil's Holiday by CAO
Westminster by G.L. Pease
Frog Morton and Frog Morton On The Town, both by McClelland
and
Thee Oakes Syrian by McClelland

Those tins should keep my busy for quite some time.

If you haven't been yet, I'd encourage you to check out Tacoma Tins, a unique shopping experience, and an extremely important venture given the current legal climate surrounding pipe tobacco in Washington State.