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Treefort Music Festival
Beat Pete Scholarship Run
Public Marketplace

HUGE shoutout to Sawtooth and his amazing Boise photo threads! His photography of Boise and his
attention to detail of the life, nature, people of Boise, and all the fun quirks that can be found throughout
the city are a big influence on my own photography. :tup:

This is my first photo thread, so I wanted to put a little extra work into it to make it look nice. Enjoy!

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Listen to all four of these at the same time:
Ambience - Busy Street / Road
Calming sounds - city
Spring birds (audio)
SimCity 4 Music - Morning Commute

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"Until entering this case I had never been in Boise. I had read of it, and knew that it was far away out West. I had pictured it to myself, but I never found an unfamiliar person or place that proved to be anything like my mental picture. Boise was approached from the east through hundreds of miles of dreary, dusty desert with no living thing in sight but gophers and sage-brush. During the trip one deliberates whether to keep the car-window tightly closed and die for want of air or raise it ever so little and be suffocated with the clouds of powdered alkali. I always did both, one after the other. Through the whole region of desert waste, a long strip of green wound and twisted its tortuous way in loops and zigzags across the desolate plain. This is the Snake River, named from the animal which Adam had in mind when he named Eve’s tempter. As we neared Boise the scene changed. The fields were fresh and green, the orchards were luxuriant, the town was resplendent with lawns and flowers, shrubs and trees; the houses were neat and up-to-date. The Snake River had been intersected with dikes, which irrigated the barren wilderness and made it a beautiful garden-spot. The landscape was most pleasing, and out beyond, a circle of mountains enclosed the little city; so that after the long, wearisome journey Boise seemed like a bright green gem in a setting of blue. It is the capital of the State, with attractive public and private buildings, and a good library...Boise had a pride in its town and people and culture, and could rightly be called the Athens of the sage-brush."

-Clarence Darrow on Boise, 1907

"Somewhere along the 1,700 mile sprint from SXSW and Austin, up through the Dust Bowl to the welcoming, gregarious arms of Boise, ID and its inaugural Treefort Festival, the book I was reading made mention of Parkinson’s Law. This law essentially says a task will swell in perceived importance and complexity in relation to the time allotted for its completion. So what the hell does that have to do with a music festival in Boise? Well over the past week, my brain has been trying to figure out how a small group of people in Southern Idaho went from entertaining the idea of a new festival last fall to pulling off one of the best festivals I’ve ever had the pleasure to attend within a few quick months.

By some splendid strokes of luck, I’ve been able to attend a number of major festivals in nine countries. From the swarming sea of souls at Coachella to ten person audiences along the Danube in Budapest, I’ve had a fair range of festival experiences. I bring this up not to toot the Bragpipe, but rather to offer a résumé for evaluating Treefort. All said and done, the inaugural Treefort Festival in Boise offered an experience in the upper echelon of all this schmuck’s festival experiences. Alas, here are some thoughts on what made Treefort something I’ll be yapping about to any plausible grandchildren of mine."

-Nick Peterson, Apes on Tape

April 14th, 2012
Beat Pete Scholarship Run

Every mid-April, a wonderful event called the Beat Pete Scholarship Run is held, where racers run a 3-mile track along the Boise River Greenbelt in hopes of beating Boise State head football coach Chris Petersen. Coach Pete is considered one of the greatest College Football coaches of all-time. Not only is he one hell of a football coach, but he's deeply ingrained himself within the community, having donated huge sums of money to the university, hospitals and various causes and fundraisers throughout Boise, and he's all around a genuinely wonderful guy. In a College Football landscape that's so dominated by shadiness, corruption, scandals, and dirty behavior, he's one of the shining beacons of integrity that's left, and Boise is very lucky to have him.

"Lace up your shoes and put your game face on! The Beat Coach Pete Scholarship Run/Walk is a great way to do your part to help Boise State students. The race will start on campus and run along the beautiful Boise City Greenbelt. The featured racer is Coach Pete of the Boise State football team. It's your chance to see if you can indeed "Beat Pete." And if you Beat Pete, you'll receive a year's worth of bragging rights! All finishers and supporters can join us for a fun-filled finish-line bash sponsored by Recreation Services and our premier sponsors. "

http://rec.boisestate.edu/beatpete/

Boise gas station up in flames

April 21st, 2012

Read More: http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/148384725.html

"BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) - Firefighters are trying to figure out how a gas station went up in flames in downtown Boise.

The first arriving firefighters found flames coming from the pump up to 15 feet high. Store employees had already evacuated the store and told firefighters they had cut the fuel to the gas pump."

Under Construction:

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Zions Bank Idaho Headquarters. Will be the new tallest building downtown. :banana:

"In this comely home I finally found where I belong,
A gracious family: noble, true, and strong.
And if life should call me from afar, if I must depart
No matter where I go, Boise lies in my heart."