Manhattan Bistro

Mountain Home has a new bistro - Manhattan Bistro formerly home of Tommy Wong's Manhattan Chinese Cafe. A big shout out to the new owners, Andrea and her family. They have transformed a little dingy hole in the wall to an updown chic little spot. It's located in the Mellen Hotel Building on Jackson Street. Great service, really good food, and we are so glad they opened. I hope you go in and enjoy the Bistro as much as we did before the annual Garden Tour.

Oh, and I did have a few flash backs back to my high school days when I several of us (Perrie and Warren to name a few) that went up the back stairs, and then up the fire escape ladder to the roof of this building (not sure but I think it was 1975ish). We laid on our bellies and hollowed who knows what to the bar patrons headed into the back door of the El Rancho bar. That was scary and fun at the same time - called teen age living!

Flash Flood in Mountain Home!

The skies opened up and poured rain for about 90 minutes. The streets and drains couldn't handle the overflow. Our basement flooded two nights in a row - lots of mopping and buckets carried upstairs. The water also crept up to the front door of the gym but luckily did not damage.

This is the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce behind the gym, on N 3 E. Hello Water!

Boise Ironman 70.3 * June 13, 2009

Whoaaaa girls, Suzanne was swimming like a happy fish, biking like pro, and running like the wind in her first BIG Triathlon - the Boise Ironman. Athletes had to swim 1.2 miles in Lucky Peak Reservoir, bike 56 miles, and run a half marathon, 13 miles. The day, as was many days in June in Boise, was unusually wet. I mean raining hard on event day. My girl is a stud, what can I say? I am very proud of you Suzanne!


The dark cloud that was full of rain on Ironman Day. This is what I saw as I was headed into Boise, and knowing Suzanne was riding her bike in this storm.



Suzanne and Kelly with their training group before the 1.2 mile swim in Lucky Peak


Swim to Bike transition



At the Finish Line - 5 hours 51 minutes from start to finish!



Suzanne got her athleticism from her me...wait...let me think about that for a minute...