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sandpoint: Remembering 9/11 and why I live in Sandpoint - 09/11/11 11:11 AM
My last time in the World Trade Center was going to Windows on the World in 1997. I was in New York to sign my book deal with Hastings House. I decided to visit the Greatest Bar on Earth on the 106th (or was it the 107th) floor with my best friend and attorney, Roy Levine. Roy was there with me to go over the contracts for my book.
I had visited the World Trade Center twice before, once to have dinner at Windows on the World. Being in NY because of my book Passion For Wine, it was a … (0 comments)
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sandpoint: Sandpoint NeighborWoods Program - Free Trees to Beautify Sandpoint: Sandpoint Blog - 04/18/11 11:05 PM
I recently spoke with Sharon Lewis about the NeighborWoods Tree Program and their admirable efforts to plant our aborial friends around Sandpoint. Here is what she related to me:
Since 2008 the NeighborWoods program has helped Sandpoint residents plant 325 trees in the city's public right-of-ways. This is a great opportunity for Sandpoint residents who have the available space to receive a FREE tree from the city. Folks from the Sandpoint Tree Committee will help the resident choose an appropriate tree for their space and then help them plant the tree. All that is required is submitting an application by April … (0 comments)
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sandpoint: Reheasal for the Follies in Sandpoint, Idaho: Sandpoint Blog - 02/28/11 10:17 AM
This last week we had our rehearsal at the event center for the Follies. See pictures of our antics below.
The Follies is one of several events put on by Angels Over Sandpoint. The Angels Over Sandpoint is a non-profit (501c3) organization that helps needy Bonner County individuals. The Angels provide backpacks and school supplies to over 800 children annually. Other events include The Follies (a racy live variety show), Spring Mud Fling Dance, and the New Year's Eve Dance and Auction (because raising money should be fun!).
According to their website this event is loads of fun and a little bit … (2 comments)
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sandpoint: Sandpoint Winter Carnival Kicks off with the KPND Ski & Board Party: Sandpoint Blog - 01/13/11 01:56 PM
Sandpoint Winter Carnival Kicked off with the KPND Ski & Board Party at Trinity at City Beach, 58 Bridge St. last night with a surprising large crowd and good times had by all.
Trinity is one of the participating restaurants in the month-long Dine Around Sandpoint, and owner Justin Dick was on hand to make sure the ship sailed smoothly.
Justin Dick, owner of Trinity at City Beach
DJ Jonny Knight hosted the event handing out swag and providing a good time for all.
Jonny Knight at Ski & Board Party at Trinity at City Beach
Grand Prize winner at … (1 comments)
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sandpoint: First Friday Night at the Festival at Sandpoint featuring Brandi Carlile: Sandpoint Blog - 08/08/10 11:26 AM
This first Friday was awesome. Happy, smiling people, great music, and a magical, warm summer night.
The Festival at Sandpoint is always something special. Here are the pics:
Waiting in line to enter the Festival at Sandpoint
The mad rush of people at the opening of the Festival at Sandpoint
Robin and Kelly planting their spot at the Festival at Sandpoint
Suzan Fishkin from Sandpoint Transition Initiative lending a hand at the Festival at Sandpoint
The sun sets as the crowd settles in at the Festival at Sandpoint
Singing the National Anthem at the Festival at Sandpoint
IAN McFERON plays Friday … (0 comments)
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sandpoint: Artists' Studio Tour offers great fun during the Festival at Sandpoint: Sandpoint Blog - 07/27/10 06:12 PM
For many years I have supported the arts, hosting and paying for over fifty art events in Bonner and Boundary counties in the last five years. I host the radio show North Idaho Arts & Adventure as part of that support. Last Tuesday I interviewed some of the artists from this year's Artists' Studio Tour. It is pretty cool because no matter the day you are in Sandpoint and our neck of the North Idaho woods, you can call and set up your own tour based on your schedule.
The group also offers set days with tours pre-scheduled. Those are … (0 comments)
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sandpoint: Sandpoint featured in the June issue of Country Living magazine-Seven Reasons to Visit Sandpoint, Idaho: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 06/04/10 11:41 PM
In the June 2010 issue of Country Living magazine in the Out and About section, they featured a four-page article on Sandpoint titled Seven Reasons to Visit Sandpoint, Idaho.
One of the seven reasons is my best friend's restaurant, Dish Home Cooking.
Pretty cool.
Gary Lirette, featured in Where To Retire magazine and host of the Tuesday noon local radio shows: North Idaho Business as well as North Idaho Arts.
E-mail Gary or call 208-610-1384Read Gary's BlogFor more detailed local info & real estate
Tomlinson Sandpoint Sotheby's International Realty
200 Main StreetSandpoint, Idaho
208-255-3474
www.SandpointID.net - To learn … (0 comments)
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sandpoint: USDA funding back in place with new rules: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 06/04/10 11:18 PM
FYI USDA is back though the funding fee has gone up to 3.5%. Still 100% no MI.
To learn more about USDA and Rural Development, visit their website: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/Home.html
Ray Shaver509-990-3828FPF
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sandpoint: Senior Empowerment Expo 2010: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 05/12/10 05:48 PM
On May 22, 2010 from 9am to 2pm at the Sandpoint Business & Events Center will be the first Senior Empowerment Expo 2010. This venue is to provide trusted resources for seniors and caregivers. Several guest speakers and presenters will be there to give info and resources for seniors and their families to learn about options for the twilight years.
I interviewed Rob Redford of Hearthstone Village and Annie Miller from the Sandpoint Life Care Center on Tuesday on my show: North Idaho Business broadcast on KSPT and KBFI.
Visit the Event Center at 102 S. Euclid Avenue in Sandpoint, Idaho … (0 comments)
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sandpoint: Sandpoint, Idaho featured as a great place for second homes in USA Today: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 04/23/10 12:28 PM
So, in the post below we talked about Sandpoint being featured in Country Living Magazine's June issue. USA Today also featured Sandpoint in its Great Deals segment on April 15th, 2010.
Read all about the article titled: Second Homes: Having it all in Sandpoint, IDaho
Gary Lirette, featured in Where To Retire magazine and host of the Tuesday noon local radio shows: North Idaho Business as well as North Idaho Arts.
E-mail Gary or call 208-610-1384Read Gary's BlogFor more detailed local info & real estate
Tomlinson Sandpoint Sotheby's International Realty
200 Main StreetSandpoint, Idaho
208-255-3474
www.SandpointID.net - To learn … (0 comments)
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sandpoint: Young Moose on Baldy Mountain in Sandpoint: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 04/23/10 11:11 AM
Saw this young moose up Baldy Mountain Road last week. Pretty cool.
Gary Lirette, featured in Where To Retire magazine and host of the Tuesday noon local radio shows: North Idaho Business as well as North Idaho Arts.
E-mail Gary or call 208-610-1384Read Gary's BlogFor more detailed local info & real estate
Tomlinson Sandpoint Sotheby's International Realty
200 Main StreetSandpoint, Idaho
208-255-3474
www.SandpointID.net - To learn all about Sandpoint and North Idaho
www.RealtySandpoint.com - For Sandpoint Realty
www.SkiSchweitzer.net - To visit Schweitzer Mountain's Community Web
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sandpoint: More pics of downtown Sandpoint for Country Living Magazine: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 03/27/10 05:50 PM
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 morning and sent them in to their New York headquarters.
You get a sneak peek at them first.
Cedar Street Bridge on First and Cedar
Farmin Park at Main and Oak in Sandpoint, Idaho
First Avenue in Sandpoint, Idaho
Historic Panida Theater on First … (2 comments)
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sandpoint: Country Living has a new article on Sandpoint and they asked for my photos - 03/27/10 03:39 PM
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 asking me for pics.
They had some specifics they needed, but I also sent them the photographs below. It'll be interesting to see if they use any of them.
Anyway, after being featured pretty prominently in the December issue of Where to Retire, a magazine with 2,900,000 subscribers, it … (0 comments)
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sandpoint: God bless Canada: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 02/12/10 10:15 PM
While watching Tom Brockaw's tribute to Canada for the Winter Olympics I felt a kinship and the pang of family pride with my Canadian cousins to the north. In the 1640s, my first ancestor was among the explorers of Canada, and for generations, my French forebears were among the first to visit this continent. To learn more about my family's origins in America, please visit http://www.angelfire.com/tx/cajunmae/
We were not rich, and unlike many of the boastful in New Enland, my family has been serving the wealthy and prominent for centuries. The word 'Chauvinism' comes from one of my ancestors, who followed Napoleon so … (2 comments)
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sandpoint: Is it getting harder to be a Sandpoint real estate agent, or is it just me? Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 02/11/10 04:29 PM
For years, I was one of the few REALTORS that did REO in my area. There is only one REO specializing company, and I started locally with them. Short sales, bank repos, it all took a bit more skill than the rest of the agents in our market, and I finally decided to stop doing them.
Still, every year about 25% of my sales were REO.
Then the world fell apart. My friends Cindy Bond and Merry Brown Hayes have both related this is the hardest they have ever worked in real estate. I am not complaining. I had sales, was ranked … (23 comments)
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sandpoint: Relay for Life: the Mardi Gras Kickoff Party sponsored by the American Cancer Society - Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 02/11/10 03:06 PM
Cancer is still the scourge of our planet, with most forms having no known cure. Our own Sandpoint Mardi Gras culminates with the kickoff on Fat Tuesday of the Relay for Life Mardi Gras Kickoff Party, sponsored and hosted by our own local volunteers.
Come and learn how you can get involved with this year's American Cancer Society's event which will be held in June..."It's a celebration"...
Put it on your calendar for Fat Tuesday, February 16th at the Masonic Lodge in Sandpoint.
Festivities start at 5:30 pm and appetizers, wine, and beer tastings will be provided by Pend d'Oreille Winery … (0 comments)
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sandpoint: Sandpoint is a manufacturing town and Smart Plugs is our newest green, high-tech manufacturer: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 02/11/10 02:31 PM
People think of Sandpoint as a tourist town, and that is true. However, tourism ranks way below the other main employers. In order, our biggest employment sectors are manufacturing, government, education, and then tourism. So, while tourism provides a healthy boost to our economy, without producers such as Coldwater Creek, Quest Aircraft, Airtow, Lignetics, Thorne Research, Unicep Packaging, and Litehouse Foods, we would have far fewer high-paying jobs.
Our most recent addition is Smart Plugs: a green technology company that manufactures high-tech, cleaner burning spark plugs, and a combination catalytic converter/smart spark plug.
This new technology helps not only our cars … (1 comments)
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sandpoint: Lot's more to do outdoors this winter than skiing: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 02/06/10 10:33 AM
Last Tuesday, on my North Idaho Business talk radio show, I had the pleasure of interviewing two upcoming events.
The first is the Moyie Springs Sno Cross. This event has Trophy Class snowbike racing and snowmobile races. Up there, past Bonners Ferry and north of Sandpoint is the Moyie Springs Sports Park. The races have the qualifiers Saturday and the Finals Sunday.
Looks to be a pretty cool event. Here are the vitals:
MOYIE SPRINGS SNO CROSS
February 13th & 14thSaturday 10am - 4pmSunday 10am - 2pm
For more info, contact Arron Dabbs (208) 277-5413 or inyourfacemotorsports@gmail.com
Also coming up is … (1 comments)
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sandpoint: Madcap Mardi Gras takes over Sandpoint, Idaho: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog - 02/06/10 10:14 AM
The first year I came to Sandpoint I was invited to putt-putt at the Downtown Golf Scramble. We had a blast. You golf on tiny courses set up at various businesses, several of which serve you cocktails, then end up at a restaurant where prizes for best round and such are handed out. It was a cold February day, and we finished at Ivano's. My team won 'Worst Dressed.'
Another year my restaurant, Wigleys, was one of the vendors for the Mardi Gras Ball.
I love the event. After all, I am from New Orleans.
There are events that take place … (2 comments)
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sandpoint: Sandpoint Real Estate Blog: Becoming Friends with your clients can be great, or not... - 02/05/10 08:10 AM
For quite some time I taught adults. One thing we always made clear: it is best to be professional in all cases.
Here is an example I used:
When dining out, or working with a close associate in a transaction, such as purchasing insurance, it is common for the shopper/diner to ask the question, "So, are you from here?" In Sandpoint, a town that has received numerous accolades and national press, this is perhaps the most common question.
While the answer may seem simple, it is probable that we forget the proper answer. We forget who it is being served. We … (4 comments)
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