Catch a Summer Buzz!
Catch Boise's Summer Buzz...and share it with us!
It’s Saturday morning, and you’ve drained the last drop of caffeinated goodness from your French press. Time to mount the cruiser bike and pedal your way along the Greenbelt to ground zero for Boise’s Summer Buzz: the Center on the Grove. There’s still a cool breeze blowing, even as the sun begins to warm your skin.
You stroll languidly past stalls of local artisans at the Public Market as you head toward the produce stands. Along the way you sample locally grown fruits, elk sausages, handcrafted cheeses, Idaho wines, jams, mustards, pastries…all the while listening to the stories behind each food from the people who grew/raised/harvested/prepared them.
You share a secret smile with the shopper next to you when you catch yourselves unconsciously humming along to a street musician’s acoustic rendition of "Wish You Were Here". Eventually, you make it to the market’s Bannock Street terminus, where you celebrate with a bag of kettle corn and an armload of fresh cut flowers before retracing your steps.
Along the return trip, you pick up some handmade ravioli stuffed with pumpkin squash and a bag of chanterelle mushrooms that you’ll sauté in olive oil and garlic to accompany them. You just might have to walk back a few yards and pick up that chardonnay you sampled a while ago.
Before collecting your bike, you stop at The Brick Oven Bistro for a hummus sandwich and a cold Stella Artois, which you savor as you watch children splashing in the fountain to the sounds of a string band covering a Grateful Dead tune.
On behalf of The Brick Oven Bistro, we welcome you to Summer 2009!
Follow us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/brickovenbistro) and share your favorite SummerBuzz stories (#SummerBuzz) with us! We'll publish them on our blog site and Facebook page. Just complete this sentence (in 140 characters for Twitter, or elborate through a link): "Nothing says summer in Boise like..." We anxiously await your inspirations!
Monday, June 08, 2009 1:15:21 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) 
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