Want to meet your neighbors? Pet their cats.

Pacific Northwesterners are friendly, but we tend to keep to ourselves. It can be hard to find your people and build a community.

Chris Watson has a suggestion: Pet some cats.

We took a walk with Chris and his 2 million TikTok followers to meet some of the people he’s brought together in Tacoma through his channel, @Catluminati.

Check out Catluminati on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@catluminati?lang=en

Low-tide beach naturalist schedule: https://www.seattleaquarium.org/beach-naturalist-program

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