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Local Blogs: Hitchin’ Post Borrowed Bliss


Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho
The windows of the rotunda in the new Post Falls City Hall are reflected in a stained glass panel. The building was officially dedicated this afternoon.

Of the myriad tiny joys embedded in my day like so many Easter Eggs in the green grass, one of the sweetest occurs in the early evening, when my route home invariably takes me past a little wooden-faced building nestled in the heart of Coeur d’Alene, a place called The Hitching Post. Often, especially in the summer, the golden rays of late sun illuminating the small brick and clapboard structure also fall upon a wedding party milling around on the lawn outside, where a bride and groom and their retinue of devoted friends are either coming or going from the short and intimate ceremony inside the small chapel/Kristina, Notes On A Napkin. More here.

HBO Numbers (from Thursday, June 5): 9316 page-views/5236 unique views.

*Family Phil has a quiz to see if you're smarter than his fourth-grader here.
*One flew over the chicken's nest/Marmitetoasty
*Earth to Mitt Romney/Arch Druid
*Chow down/Dogwalk Musings
*As the pendulum swings/From A Simple Mind
*Saying goodbye/Live, Love, Laugh, Hope

Question: Have you attended a wedding at the Hitchin' Post? Whose?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.