Month: July 2009

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Views of Downtown Boise

A few weeks ago, Jess and I went down to the Saturday farmer’s market downtown.  I brought my camera along just for giggles.  I did a little shooting.  Here is what I got.  As always, the images link to the Flickr page where you can view the images larger.  View all the images here.

US Bank Building – Idaho’s tallest.

US Bank Building - Downtown Boise

The Aspen Building – The new “skinny” building in BoDo.

The Aspen Building - Downtown Boise

Wells Fargo Building – or geometric minimalism.

Wells Fargo Building - Downtown Boise

Main Street

Downtown Boise - Main Street

Idanha on Main Street – I like how the One Capital Center seems to loom on this one.

Downtown Boise

And my favorite shot, Leku Ona on the Basque Block.  Just love the contrast and colors of this one.

Leku Ona - Downtown Boise

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Happy 4th of July Everyone!

Arizona MemorialIn honor of the holiday, I spent a few minutes on song.ly, which is a service to tweet muisc.  Don’t ask.

Anyway, I scored my own fireworks show, you know, were I to have one.  This is what my fireworks show would sound like.  I’m sure you can picture the brightly colored explosions perfectly timed to the following tunes.

http://song.ly/g4s7 U.S. Merchant Marine Band – Semper Fidelis

http://song.ly/g4sl John Philip Sousa – Stars and Stripes Forever

http://song.ly/g4t9 Williams, John – Theme From Superman

http://song.ly/g4tp Boston Pops – Indiana Jones Theme

http://song.ly/g4uf John Philip Sousa – Battle Hymn of the Republic

http://song.ly/g4vk Aaron Copeland – Hoe Down

http://song.ly/g4v0 George C. Scott as Patton – Patton Speech (I would play this as voice over a few of the songs)

http://song.ly/g4wq Aaron Copeland – Fanfare for the Common Man

http://song.ly/g4xl Back To The Future theme

http://song.ly/g506 Top Gun – Theme

http://song.ly/g50z Band of the Fighting Irish – Notre Dame Victory March

http://song.ly/g51z Chet Atkins, Roy Clark – Dueling Banjos

http://song.ly/g52s James Brown – Living in America

Grand Finale: http://song.ly/g53f Neil Diamond – Coming To America

Yes, the requisite fireworks show would have cost millions of dollars (at least the one I had in my head would) so, the best I can do is the music.

Happy Independence Day folks.  I love this country.