Boise Christmas Light Displays – 2008

Alright!  Get the horses ready Matilda, we’re goin’ a light gazin’!
I scarcely could believe my eyes when I found this online, and you won’t want to miss it. (Shh…don’t tell Clark Griswald…he’s likely to go nuts over this one…)   Here’s the display from 2007:

The “artist” does not have a video up [...]

Patriotic Light Display

Hmmm… I guess you just have to see this one.  The guy built a replica battleship in his yard and covered it with Christmas lights!  Here’s the photo:

The Idaho Statesman
Former Navy man Roy Schmidt has constructed a 110-foot replica of the USS Arizona out of pigwire and Christmas lights in front of his home in [...]

Festivities – The week ahead

Festivus?  Nope – not here!  We’re celebrating Christmas with all the trappings of fun and tradition!  Here are a few things this weekend upcoming as well as a couple items to plan ahead!  Be sure to check previous “weekend” posts in December for more ideas and events.
Holiday lights gazers…I was in Hobble Creek (behind the [...]

Christmas Lights – Idaho Statesman

All you Christmas lights fanatics,  the Idaho Statesman has begun posting addresses of light displays.  For all the details, you can follow this link: http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/231721.html 
Enjoy!  Oh, and by the way, the Hidden Springs Merc is open late tonight if you head up that direction…you can get a great cup of hot cocoa (and other stuff) [...]

Something fun – the weekend

I promised a few other ideas for your winter and Christmas cheer on the weekends…  Here are my top 10 – in no particular order (Note:  I haven’t necessarily done all of these, but would sure love to! In the cases that I don’t have first hand experience, I’ve heard from others that it’s a [...]

Christmas lights on YouTube

I wish I could give you a physical address for the following…enjoy!  If anyone knows where it is, please do share!  All I can say is I’m glad I don’t have their power bill…and maybe they should have been cast in Danny DeVito’s roll in “Deck the Halls.”
According to the YOUTUBE tags, this one is somewhere [...]

The weekend plan…such drama!

So much to do…so little time.  Here are a few things to consider for your Christmas outings this week/weekend…
Lots of community tree lightings, parades and Drama.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28, Idaho Center, 16200 Idaho Center Blvd., Nampa. $39.75 and $49.75. ICTickets or TicketWeb.
Family Holiday Concert: Presented by Boise State University’s Music Department. 7:30 p.m. [...]

Something a little … different

Something I always look forward to reading in the Idaho Statesman is Jeanne Huff’s Treasure Hunt.  Jeanne visits towns and places in the area and then writes about the little treasures and finds she found on her trip. 
This week she did not disappoint. I’ve lived in the Boise area most of my life, and here [...]