Many businesses emerged anew this year and just as many went the way of the K-Mart Cafeteria and ceased to exist. Some of the more memorable new local haunts this year included Baja Bargarita, 315 Martinis & Tapas Bar, Fleur de Sel Bistro, Morgio’s Sandwich…
Dan Dolezal clears the snow from the roof of his business, Camera Corral, in Coeur d'Alene earlier this week. (AP Photo/KATHY PLONKA, The Spokesman-Review)I posted some of your comments of the last few days out front today. My son and daughter-in-law from Denver drove to…
Sparky: So my husband is a farm kid. For those of you that are farm kids you know that you can do anything from the tools or crap you have around the house. Hubby just backed up his pickup full of show. He put an…
JimmyMAC: This has been a heated year at times on this blog considering all of the elections but I want to know that I have grown more fond of each and every one of you as a result. There is one thing that rings true…
OrangeTV: I feel a twinge of blue in remembrance of Soul Brother Number One James Brown whose energizer bunny finally quit exactly two years ago today.Time to put on his timeless, funky Christmas CD and eat cookies and fudge and dance around. Santa Claus, go…
Transplanted Texan: I am so grateful that 98.1 FM is still playing Christmas music, not stopping right at midnight as in past years… we've still got 11 days of Christmas left, folks!Question: When should radio stations quit playing Christmas music?
Tubob (To Keith): Undoubtedly you are one of those lovelorn admirers of craptacular American-made automobiles, and let me add, enjoy them while they are still actually, you know, manufacturing. I'm guessing you would rather have a Camaro than a Ferrari. And that's cool, I guess.…
Brent Andrews: Yesterday I had my wife and two children and a potential daughter-in-law laughing and exchanging presents and eating wonderful food and having a grand time in my home, and today they've all left for Memphis leaving me to an empty house and coffee…
DeeFo, you in trouble. It was one thing to wander off into the “gathering twilight” as it is said, but to desert us in our hour of need? It isn't enough to suggest that our needs would only satisfy the appetite of a Science-fiction flick,…
I only have a Wild Card for you today, Merry Hucksters. I'm totally into vacation mode and enjoying my family this Christmas vacation. We ran out to Spirit Lake Christmas Day to enjoy a dinner and gift opening with my sister and her husband. I…
I'm not posting much today, Hucksters -- a swell rendition of "The Night Before Christmas" by John Austin and The Bard's observation re: Santa's annual visit. Today is a day for you to enjoy your family and/or friends. I appreciate how much you guys have…
If a clunk and a clangon the rooftop you hearit’s because old St. Nickhas the chains on this year.The Bard of Sherman Avenue ( God bless us, every one )
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the blogNot a creature was stirring, not even ol' Bob.The avatars hung by the posters with care,In hopes that St. DFO soon would be there;But the master was nestled all snug in his house.While visions of page…
I finally got all the kids in, from Denver and Portland. The Denver duo arrived uneventfully around 12:30. But the one from Portland almost got stuck on the runway when the last flight of the evening iced up. She was scheduled to get in around…
JeanieSpokane: No travel plans, except to get across town to my son's house on Christmas Day. However, my best laid plans of getting Christmas cards out has been waylaid. I have now decided to send out New Year's cards. Maybe. I had a plan, you…
S&S Herb: Interesting that Bob would bring up sweet potatoes. While they are huge down south, most people around here aren't really acquainted with them. I am making a sweet potatoes pie for the potluck at the Captain's wheel tomorrow. This will be my first…
JeanC: when I was growing up Santa always wrapped our presents, but didn't have name tags on them. We knew which ones were ours as Santa always piled them in separate piles and took our stockings off the mantel and put them on the correct…
Blogmeister Ryan: As for other limits, it has nothing to do with being “less interested” in explaining anything, and everything to do with this site being a LOT bigger than just this blog. FWIW, I'm on about 8 straight 10- to 12-hour days of dealing…
CindyH: As angels go it was pretty ugly— its cherubic smile rather disturbing. But my son bought it for me at the Dollar Store when he was four. His dad helped him wrap it and Alex was so excited for me to open it. “Open…
Don't tell Bob, but I'm going to put studs on the car today. I know, I know, some of you guys have driven up the side of Mount Everest without studs. But I feel safer with them on my car. So does my wife. Ya…
Has the white Christmas put a kink in your holiday plans?/Idaho Statesman*Flights postponed*Roads Closed*Fighting through it*Staying home*No travel problems
Arch Druid: saw a DanG letter in the CDA Press this morning that had me chortling. DanG is chastising Christie Wood for having a “divisive attitude.” She is supposed to be representing all the people, etc. What was DanG himself running on as a platform…
When our cat died years ago ... I didnt have time to bury it proper before I went to work (back then I worked for the Ministry of Defence) but I didnt wanna leave a dead cat in the house, so I quickly dug just…
Nic: While awaiting the return of the blog rolls… I'm dismayed at how few have links to their blogs in their profiles. (kudos to Bob, Jen, InEmpGirl, etc. for the links in your profiles).But there's a few that I'm surprised haven't taken that step yet…
We really need to get a date set for BlogFest so I can design the new T-Shirts. And get the date set on my calendar - I'm sure many others would like to as well. It can't be the 14th due to the lover's holiday,…
