I recently went on my FIRST and ONLY trip for 2021. I know that is not terribly unusual given the way the covid-19 virus keeps flaring up over and over and over again. But it is unusual for me as a frequent traveler and a cruise ship speaker with the U.S. Registered Trademark America’s International…
Travels with Stuart
There’s a New Food Truck Park in Boise
There’s a new truck park in town, and it’s not a place where truckers park their rigs overnight or longer. No, this truck park – Green Acres Food Truck Park – is a new food truck park in the heart of Boise. Remember the main real estate maxim: Location, Location, Location? Well, Green Acres has…
Independent Bookstores in Boise Do More Than Just Sell Books
(image from rdbooks.org) There had been concern for years that print books would fly away like the now-extinct dodo bird. E-book readers such as Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and others were gaining popularity, and as more books became available in e-book formats, the compounding effect took charge. It seemed as if Amazon was coming out with…
There’s Now a Car Wash Where There Used to be an Historic School
What does a free car wash have to do with a school? Cole Elementary School in Boise used to instruct youngsters in a classic two-story building that was topped with a bell tower. The school opened in 1888, and one of its first teachers was Ella Cole, wife of the couple who donated part of…
Where Can You Get Sushi in Boise? Just About Everywhere!
(image from kikkoman.com) Boise, Idaho, is made fun of in many television shows, comic strips, and online memes. People who have never been to Boise consider it a backward hick town where everyone speaks cowboy and drives a pickup truck. So if you mention sushi, those same people would think that Boiseans catch a fish…