Fall for Boise

This sounds fun. . .

ALL day on the Grove Plaza and the Basque Block: the launch event for Fall for Boise* Please see attached brochure for detailed information IN SHORT: 9:30 to 3:00 - Captial City Public Market: 8th St. Corridor + Basque Block - extended hours and expanded location 10:00 to 3:00 - "Arts Harvest Showcase" : Grove Plaza + Basque Block (formerly City Arts Celebration) (and at 10, 11, 12 - Arts for Kids - walk-up registration on the Grove Plaza) 6:00 to 10:00 - First Annual Local Harvest Festival on the Grove Plaza: local wine/beer/small plates 7:00 to 10:00 - Local Harvest Wine Dinner Fundraiser on the Grove Plaza: $100 a plate, see attached menu ( proceeds benefit Friends of the Market and Arts for Kids)

Call with questions: Tamara @ 433-5675 or Julie @ 433-5672 Help us spread the word !! See you there, looking forward, Julie

*for more on Fall for Boise, visit: www. fallforboise.com

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VANCE CORUM, LOCAL FOOD/FARMERS' MARKET EXPERT, TO SPEAK AT CITY HARVEST, A CELEBRATION OF LOCAL ARTS AND FOOD, THE EVENING OF SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND

City Harvest Celebration, on the Grove Plaza the evening of September 2nd from 6 until 10, is an event celebrating both our local artists and local food.

Entertainment all evening to include: * Vance Corum speaking about community and local economy * Live music by The Whistle Pigs & interpretive Jazz by Sandon Mayhew and Friends * Chefs from the Red Feather, Andrea's and the Arid Club preparing a six course dinner on stage * Small plate local food prepared by Andrea's and local wine and beer for sale * Six Course Local Food Dinner available for $100 per plate * Live auction of artwork by local artists painted especially for this event * Silent auction of art by local artists I am working with Karen Ellis of the City Market and may have print in the Silent Auction.

Robotender

Here is another Robot out for my job as a bartender!
robot11.jpg Icehouse Beer and Maxim.com have joined forces to create a digital marketing initiative that stars an Icehouse-dispensing party robot. Brewtron, who will be the viral video star of the campaign, is designed to be the perfect “party-bot.”

Safari

Americana, not the western version of haystacks and pitchforks. Something more modern, iconic., more Madison Ave. In fact Mad Ave is the beginning of my “Concrete Jungle” safari. On just one trip we took the subway from Grand Central Staten to the Brooklyn bridge, looked over downtown to see the Empire State. Then ate under the bridge at the Bridge which is the oldest restaurant in Manhattan. From there we checked out a photo gallery and walked to the Staten Island Ferry were we headed out to see the Statue of Liberty. Coming back we laughed at the Wall Street bull, cried at Ground Zero and caught a bit of Algebra in concert in City Hall park.

As you make your way through Manhattan there is a landmark at every turn. The Roosevelt Hotel is home base this week. Even before leaving the room the Chrysler’s Art Deco tower shines through the window of this richly updated 1930’s hotel The Roosevelt sits-no commands the corner of Madison and Fifth. The top of Broadway. Just around the corner from Grand Central Station. Blocks from Times Square. It is almost dizzying to absorb. The American landmarks of novel and history books. Great looming symbols of prestige and commerce. Wall Street, Times Square, The Flat Iron Building-all crammed onto one small island. Here are a few photos.

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Is that you Ken?-update!

In an Irish bar, in the heart of Boston. I found this photo. Is this Ken Harris? I believe it is.keninboston-web.jpg

Update! Ken Harris to me Sunday 12:09 am It is NOT me but you're absolutely right. IT LOOKS LIKE ME! IT MUST BE A LONG LOST ACCORDION COUSIN. We must have been separated by an accordion-hating relative

New York

It was 5:15 at the corner of 47th and Madison in downtown Manhattan. Add rain! New Yorkers move at a different pace then the rest the world. The weather made it surreal. Those without umbrellas ran for cabs or hung under awnings. Those with, became juggernauts, heading down the sidewalk in ever-changing battle formations. Duck, move or be smacked in the eye.newyork-rain-wweb.jpg My last trip was just months after 9-11, and the city was still in shock. We all lost something that day but the hurt was so real in downtown NY NY. I am glad to say that the swagger is back. Still I find less of the rudeness of old, and maybe more life if that is possible. If the terrorist wanted to cowl a group, it didn’t work so well. Come to think of it what genius believed that New York could be terrified! Guess they have missed the movies. Not even the great King Kong scared New York.

Boston

Boston is stunning city. You can feel the history. The buildings are a mix of modern and colonial. Often side by side, or one on top of the other. A photographers delight. Brother Lee score us a room in the theater District. Blocks form the “Commons.” Tuesday evening we strolled past cemeteries dating back to seventeen hundreds, Paul Revere’s home, the North Church. Wednesday we walked the Freedom Trail to the habour and The USS Constitution.

The Irish and other settlers must have been and interesting bunch. The oldest part of town is one half churches, the other half pubs.buildings-web.jpg boston-ironsides-web.jpglamptour-web.jpgboston-theatre-web.jpg

Is Joe Brown Right? Or Irish Wiskey for lunch!

“This is a true story” Joe told me. In San Francisco the bar-It’s right on the Wharf, now you know about the Wharf it was . . . Well if you know Mr. Brown it took a while for him to get back to the point. Joe told me a tale about the bar that invented the Irish Whiskey. When I found myself outside the Buena Vista, yes it is right by the Wharf. At risk of making this one of Joe’s “ just a short story, I’ll just say that they Irish Whiskey at the Buena Vista is a prefect combination of power and sweetness.

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Bhaa, Bhaa, Bhaa

Was lucky enough to go out to the pastoral Meadow Lark farm this weekend lark. As subdivisions creep ever closer. This bit of paradise with it’s classic old barn is a bit of of Idaho that is ever fading. As the sun moved higher over this working farm, the animals came to life. Martha the sweet border collie rushed back and forth in an A.D.D. frenzy. Chickens clucked and the sheep made their gentle bha, bha, bha. May not ever get use to being up at sunrise, but the light is remarkable.

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Thanks to Janie Burns for the tour.

Help-update

So does anyone else remember the song that sitcom WKRP is based on. I seem to remember a line like "here in Boise, Idaho." Found it! Thanks

I am the morning DJ, at *W*O*L*D*, playing all the hits for you, wherever you may be. The bright good morning voice, who's heard but never seen, feelin' all of fourty-five, going on fifteen.

The drinking I did on my last big gig, it made me voice go low. They said that they liked a young sound, when they let me go. So I drifted on down to Tulsa, Oklahoma to do me a late-night talk show. Now I've worked my way down home again, here to Boise, Idaho, that's how this business goes.

Harry Chapin

Police state!

WARNING NOT YOUR NORMAL BOISEE.COM type contentFirst the Nazis came… In Germany they first came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me - and by that time no one was left to speak up.. you tube