Boise

Sure, Idaho has been featured in books, movies, and music forever. Still, there's another medium that Idaho has been featured in. Movies might make Idaho look amazing, books make people think about moving here, and music makes us sound good...

Everyone I know drinks coffee. Let me rephrase that. Everyone I know is obsessed with coffee. It's an essential part of their morning and often throughout the day to keep them going. On the other hand, I am not a coffee drinker, but I desperately need to fit in, so when I'm asked to go for coffee, o…

Sometimes it's fun to go onto Craigslist to see some of the strange and bizarre items listed for sale in the Treasure Valley. I always ask myself, "Why are they trying to sell these things?" and "Why did they have them in the first place?" Here is this week&a…

About five years ago, my kids begged me to go to an escape room. Being locked in a room for an hour with four teenagers didn't sound like a whole lot of fun, but I couldn't have been more wrong. The concept is that you're locked in a room with your team...

As we get closer to Thanksgiving and ultimately Christmas, more and more families will be coming together to celebrate. They'll be hanging out in living rooms, taking over empty or already occupied bedrooms, storing things in your garage, and eating your food...

It's almost Christmastime in the Treasure Valley. Usually, that means family, snow, Christmas movies, light displays, a weekend in McCall, tree lightings, crowded parking lots at Boise Town Square, and the Village at Meridian, and Christmas parades all over the valley...

One of my favorite shows to binge-watch is House Hunters on HGTV. The show is pretty formula as each episode features a couple trying to find their dream house. Their real estate agent shows them three different properties, and they choose to purchase one of them...

I love living in the Treasure Valley. I love it here because we get a taste of winter, but it's very rarely so snowy that you can't get around town. Yes, I've heard of "snowmageddon," but that was a freak event that I don't believe we will ever see again...

How many can you get right?

Having moved to the Treasure Valley in the past year, I understand that my opinion on matters such as this may not carry much weight, but sometimes a new perspective is exactly what's needed. It is only because of that reason that I am writing this...