Exploring Arts In Motion At Water Street In Downtown Tampa

I just stumbled upon one of the coolest events I've ever seen called Arts in Motion in downtown Tampa on Water Street.

On Sunday night I was on my way to the Dave Chappelle concert. I found parking on the back side of the Edition Hotel. We walked towards Amalie Arena and started to head down Water Street. I noticed certain segments of it were closed, and I stopped and talked to a police officer to ask what the closures were about. He said is was Arts and Motion and he showed me where to download the QR code to reserve a spot. After the Dave Chappelle comedy show, we went back to Water Street.

What we saw was incredible. It was a huge, underwater-themed laser, steam and smoke show. The exhibit was basically a big arts installment that is part of the Arts in Motion series.

It was created by this Dutch artist named Daan Roosegaarde. The exhibit is called Waterlicht.

I seriously felt like I was walking through a magical underwater land. Like I was all of a sudden part of Aerial the Mermaid's world, under the sea.

The exhibit is described as "captivating light display mimicking the beauty of water." Total zen feeling. And there was music to go with it from the Florida Orchestra.

We just walked through the exhibit. But plenty of visitors also dined in the beautiful surroundings, enjoying food from Predalina, Boulon Brasserie, and Market at Edition.

You never know what you're going to find nowadays in downtown Tampa on Water Street. Art in Motion was a lovely surprise.

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Have you been to the Glazer Children's Museum in downtown Tampa?

This is one of my kids' FAVORITE things to do. As the weather gets warmer around Tampa Bay, you'll might be looking for indoor activities and excursions. I promise you...you and your little ones will have an incredible time at the Glazer Children's Museum.

For the first time this past weekend, my daughters tried out the mock Klystron 9 weather anchor desk. It was so funny because they were with their aunts, and the aunties took photos of them at the mock weather anchor desk and doing "breaking news" so I sent them a photo of me back in the day actually anchoring on Bay News 9 when I covered sports. And my girls saw the photo, but they don't get it. They were like, "Oh cool. Mom went to the Children's Museum when she was younger."

My daughters LOVE to do some grocery shopping at the Publix grocery story exhibit at the museum. My older daughter is also quite the organizer. She stocked and organized some of the shelves last time she was there.

The Glazer Children's Museum has a variety of exhibits. They've got everything from pretend Pizza Shops to Farms so that kids can learn where food comes from. It really is exciting to watch your child react to the exhibit, knowing they are having such a good time and learning, as well. The museum sparks curiosity and creativity in children and adults.

We like to visit various children's museums around the country. The one in Chicago is pretty amazing, but aside from the Chicago Children's Museum, we can't find any better than the Glazer Children's Museum.

If you want to find out more information, you can visit here.

Here is our list of our top four things to do at the Glazer Children's Museum.

And here's me doing it in real life.