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Boise Fry Company: Fries with burgers on the side!

As work in Idaho schools comes to an end this year, we wanted to wrap up our series on the Inland Northwest with a few posts on some of our favorite places to see and eat in Boise, McCall, and Idaho City. And what would make a better start on this journey than a place […]

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Discovering Boise: The Art of Ward Hooper Gallery

Pushing back from the table at Goldy’s in Boise, Idaho, where we devoured a bountiful breakfast on our snowy day off wasn’t easy. After all, the coffee was warm, and the server kept pouring! (Read more about Goldy’s here.) But the urge to explore downtown Boise kicked in, and we found ourselves on Idaho Street […]

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Goldy’s in Boise: Breakfast that sticks with you

Some people would hate to be snowed in, especially if they’re staying in a hotel in an unfamiliar city. But for us, it was part of the dream we shared on our About page: We’d love to spend a month downtown in various cities and be tourists all day every day! (We can dream, right?) […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Perspective

You can look at it straight-on from the second floor and marvel at the symmetry of marble columns. Or you can look up at circles, windows, and light in the signature dome. Or you can peer downward and watch as people take center stage under and on carefully laid geometrics in the otherwise all-white interior. […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Abandoned

Only a month ago, we had a couple of days in Boise, Idaho, with no plans. So we decided to head up to McCall to see the resort we’d heard so much about. On the morning of our departure, however, Mother Nature showered Boise with snow, and there were times when we questioned the sanity […]

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Colorful yarns, comfortable setting: Keep Me In Stitches – McCall, Idaho

If you visit McCall, Idaho, during the winter, you’re likely to encounter all-white scenery — deep snow, frozen lake, gray/white skies, and lingering ice sculptures from Winter Carnival. It’s white. Really white. Until you open the door to Keep Me In Stitches where floor-to-ceiling colorful yarns get your attention! With multiple textures, knitted samples, and […]

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Ice turns to art at McCall, Idaho’s Winter Carnival 2014!

So what DO cupcakes, dinosaurs, deep-sea divers, and VW bugs have in common? Well, if they’re in McCall, Idaho, they’re ice sculptures! After all, it’s Winter Carnival 2014, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau. From what we had heard, McCall’s Winter Carnival is quite the destination with a Children’s Torchlight Parade, fireworks […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Selfie

It just so happens that we were traveling to McCall, Idaho, this week to see the resort so many people had recommended as a not-to-be-missed destination. (And it was just as charming and scenic as everyone said!) So, when the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Selfie was released while we there, I immediately thought of this […]

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Most Photographed Corner in Idaho City

Driving from Boise before dawn one morning for my inaugural visit to the high school in Idaho City, I listened carefully to my GPS lady as she told me to turn onto Main Street off Highway 21. I did what she said. Then in her matter-of-fact voice, she instructed: In 200 feet, make a left […]

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Visiting Coeur d’Alene? Go up, up and away!

Whenever I think of Coeur d’Alene now, I think of the color blue, a color that defines this lovely town built on a dreamy blue lake in the middle of Idaho, a state known for its forest greens and soft brown fields of grain. Looming large over the downtown area is The Coeur d’Alene, a […]