A Bird’s Eye-View of Boise

Exciting news from Boise Parks and Rec - especially for visitors to our fair city!  The Boise Train Depot will be open to the public this summer from 10-6 on Sundays and 12:30 -9 on Mondays (except holidays) through September.
In addition to touring the Great Hall, you can take a ride in the elevator and [...]

A Vistor’s Tale - Part 2

 (Editor’s Note:  This is part 2 of a guest blog written by  a dear friend of mine who visited Boise last weekend.  You can learn more about her at www.glutenfreebowlofsoul.blogspot.com)
 
Boise through my eyes - A vistor’s tale (Part 2)
Restaurants abound throughout the downtown area of Boise and a few that we ate at over [...]

A Visitor’s Tale - Part 1

(Editor’s note:  This is a guest post by a dear friend of mine who visited the Treasure Valley last weekend.  It was not her first visit, but she definitely knew the sights she wanted to hit while here!  Part 2 will be posted tomorrow.  For more about this author, visit www.glutenfreebowlofsoul.blogspot.com Enjoy!)
Boise through my eyes ~ [...]

After the storm

A picture says 1,000 words…or more…
 

Shattered

I’ll give you 2 guesses for what caused the below catastrophe…
 

 
I’m betting (if you were in Boise today…or anywhere near it!) you probably got it on the first guess - and no, it wasn’t a lightning strike (although that might have made me feel better). 
Yes, that brown “stuff” under the table…was my table.  I am [...]

Is that your trash?

A friend planning an impromptu visit recently e-mailed me about coming to our house and wrote “By the looks of it, you folks do put your trash out…if indeed that is your house on GoogleMap Street view…”  Yep.  Our trash for all the world to see!  Thankfully for us, it was just a 2 can [...]

If you think you’re getting too old, drive up the mountain.

Tubing Hill (click for photo)
My husband and I took the afternoon off on Friday and together with some friends and kids went up to the Bogus tubing hill.  It was a bit daunting the first run down the mountain….especially going backwards.  I realized suddenly at the foot of the hill that this was perhaps one of the [...]

Mountain Photo

I don’t feel inspired by any great insights today about goings-on in the valley, but inspired by today’s snow fall, I thought you might enjoy this photo taken from Bogus on Thanksgiving. (Sorry - I didn’t get out w/the camera today, but it was beautiful!)
Clouds moving in on the Mountain
And, here’s another from the first snow [...]

Photos Galore

Hey everyone - I know several of you come here looking for pictures from and around Boise. That’s something I hope to have more of in the future, but in the meantime, you should go check out www.boiSee.com.  The link is also now on my blog roll, and I’ve really enjoyed visiting there.  Enjoy!

Let it snow! - updated with pix

Woke up this morning to a blanket of snow on the ground and the hills!  Bring it on!
Check out these pics of bogus: http://www.bogusbasin.org/web-cameras/index.aspx
 UPDATE:  I was downtown this a.m. and stopped at the Train Depot and took these pix w/my camera phone.  Still can’t find the cord to my “real” camera!  You’ll have to put [...]