We like to watch cooking shows. The habit started during the pandemic when we weren’t doing much, and it was a way to show some curiosity and creativity. We have seen numerous seasons of Chopped, Beat Bobby Flay, Next Level Chef, Top Chef, Hell’s Kitchen, and more. Recently we started watching episodes of Gordon Ramsay’s…
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Welcome to a New Year!
After a whirlwind 2025 for me (selling house in one state; moving to another state to live with a longtime travel friend who is also widowed; traveling on back-to-back 4-week cruises; speaking on cruises in the Mediterranean followed by a week in Portugal; taking a 7-week South Pacific cruise, plus a Yuletide Markets cruise in…
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…
Water—Source of Life
Water is known to be the elixir of life for humans, four-legged animals and flying ones, plants, every form of life as we know it on Earth. Most of us take it for granted that water will be there when we want it; we can turn the faucet handle and water flows. That might be…