Living in the Inland Northwest
Sandpoint, Spokane, and Coeur d'Alene Guide and Blog by Author Gary Lirette - Greater Spokane Incorporated Ambassador, Author of Passion for Wine, and host of the North Idaho Business radio show.
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One of the great things about Sandpoint is that when hippies started moving here in the 1970s, it became a mecca for forward thinking. Our area, incredibly beautiful and natural, attracted the very highly educated and successful. With 148 square mile Lake Pend Oreille and Schweitzer Mountain Ski ...
03/30/2010
I have hesitated to update this blog with an economic page due to the downturn in our national picture as well as local doldrums. In a meeting last fall with Mel Dick, former CFO of Coldwater Creek, and David Keyes, editor of the Bonner County Daily Bee, the question was asked of how many restaur...
03/28/2010
So, as I wrote in my previous blog, besides being featured in a 6-page article in Where to Retire magazine, Country Living has asked me for photos of Sandpoint. They specifically wanted Main Street, but I let them know our main place of happenings is First Avenue. So, I took these pics this morni...
03/27/2010
Pretty cool huh! Country Living spent a couple of days here last fall, and we have been looking for the article ever since. They kind of headquartered themselves at Dish Home Cooking during their stay, and though I never came into contact with them, I received an e-mail Friday from the magazine a...
03/27/2010
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Today in a training class put on by Sotheby's, we reinforced several tools that Sotheby's has that other agencies just can't compare to. Among those are Presentation Studio, our print materials, our web presence, and information that does something other companies are finding difficult in this do...
03/25/2010
As recently as last summer, fall, and winter the news pundits touted the apparent recovery of our national housing market. With the various government programs feeding the market, such as first time home buyer credits and loan amelioration programs, mainstream media found no end to positive spins...
03/24/2010
Word on the street is that USDA is out of money... This is not true... yet. USDA had a memo put out last week that states that around April 30, 2010 there will be no more funds available for the Guarantee or Direct Programs. Though it is common for USDA to be out of funds every quarter with a ...
03/21/2010
Carolyn at 2nd Avenue Pizza has her hands full just running her business, but for 25 years, she has also undertaken the considerable task of putting on one of Sandpoint's premier events: Lost in the 50's. For four great days, Sandpoint is transported to a time-gone-by, with dances and music, vint...
03/21/2010
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A few years ago, a young woman touched the hearts of many of us in Sandpoint and on Schweitzer Mountain. Schweitzer named an event for her: A Day for Heather. The event is named in memory of Heather Gibson, a member of the Sandpoint community who did much to change the face of cancer in North Ida...
03/21/2010
Last Tuesday, on my North Idaho Arts & Adventure radio show, I interviewed Erica and Breitta, two of the instructors for our local Nia Dance Studio at the Cedar Street Bridge. Nia is an innovative way of getting in shape and centered. According to Wikipedia, Nia (previously Non-Impact Aerobics, N...
03/21/2010
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Sandpoint, Spokane, and Coeur d'Alene Guide and Blog by Author Gary Lirette - Greater Spokane Incorporated Ambassador, Author of Passion for Wine, and host of the North Idaho Business radio show.