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6 Savoring the end of another summer

8 Q&A with The Flicks’ Carole Skinner

12 New stores abound in the Valley

14 The lovable Fool Squad takes a bow

21 The Zirinskys share their art collection

24 2014 Heritage Homes Tour featuresthe charming Harrison Boulevard area

26 Home isn’t big, but it lives large

31 Hays Street home also has some historical tales to share

34 Where to find food with a view — in the Valley and Southwest Idaho

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44 Explore the gateway to the Tetons

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ON THE COVER: Carri Jones and Katie Wegley, right, enjoy the view ofDowntown Boise while having lunch atZee’s Rooftop Cafe atop the C.W. MoorePlaza. Related story, page 34

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Savor the last days of summerDear Reader,

Fall is in the air. The kids are going backto school. Vacation season is nearly over.

But summer doesn’t officially come to anend for a few weeks. Don’t let it fade awaywithout some more adventure! This issuefeatures several suggestions for making themost of the season.

On page 34, James Patrick Kelly takes usto some restaurants that not only have fabulous food, but also have fabulous views.There’s still lots of time left for patio dining.Zee’s Rooftop Cafe, for instance, is at the topof the C.W. Moore Plaza in DowntownBoise. With its extensive outdoor diningarea, Zee’s is the perfect place for a casual,fun breakfast meeting or for a lunchtime getaway. It’s one of my favorite “secret” spotsin the Treasure Valley.

James also recommends some traveladventures that are great for both the lastdays of summer and early fall on page 44.

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What would Boise be like without The Flicks? That’shard to imagine because today the art-house theater,wine bar and bistro is such a cultural touchstone.Things were different when The Flicks opened in 1984next to Julia Davis Park.

Downtown was like a ghost town. The joke was youcould bowl on Main Street at 8 p.m. on a Saturdaynight. There was no Edwards 22 or 9. In fact, thereweren’t many movie screens in the Treasure Valley, andthose played only mainstream movies . The closest wereThe Egyptian Theatre with its one screen and the 8th Street Marketplace (now BoDo) with two.

But The Flicks didn’t show just any movie. It showedthen — and still does — hits from film festivals, clas-sics, foreign language films and documentaries. Filmsyou rarely found on other screens in the Treasure Val-ley. That aesthetic draws people from Boise’s arts, filmand nonprofit communities, and often brings themtogether.

The cultural energy you feel in the building is areflection of Carole Skinner — head programmer, filmdevotee, community advocate and unabashedly chipperco-owner of the independent movie house that marksits 30th anniversary this year.

You can celebrate with Skinner and co-owner andhusband Rick at a gala reception Sept. 20 at the theater.

Carole and Rick met on a blind date in August 1983,arranged by a mutual friend who knew they both lovedfilm. Carole had recently moved from Seattle to open adental consultation business. At that lunch meeting,Rick asked her what she would do if she wasn’t runningher business.

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“I told him I would open an art theater,” she says. “Then we went to hiscar and he pulled out plans for this theater. I just couldn’t believe it.”

That spark brought them together.They fell in love, married later that yearand in 1984 opened The Flicks. Itattracted a small and loyal audience,some of whom still volunteer to take tick-ets. Rick hired a manager to run theplace, but during that first year Carolestepped up and took the helm.

The business struggled at first and Rick,an attorney, needed to supplement it finan-cially. Its popularity increased as Boise’spopulation grew and as audiences discov-ered independent film as a genre. TheSkinners added a second screen in 1989.Then in 1992 a distributor took a chanceon the Skinners and booked Robert Red-ford’s quiet blockbuster “A River RunsThrough It” on both screens exclusively.

The lines ran out the door for 17 weeks.“That put us on the map,” she says.

“Suddenly more people knew we werehere.”

In 1996, “The English Patient” becamethe theater’s longest-running film, with27 weeks, a record that will never be bro-ken because of the new cycles betweentheatrical releases and DVD releases.

Skinner programs a mix of movies thatpeople want to see — such as “MoonriseKingdom” and “Begin Again” — andthose she feels people ought to see, suchas the black-and-white Polish masterpiece“Ida” and “Particle Fever,” a documentaryabout the Large Hadron Collider. Skinneroften hosts filmmaker discussions andevents such as the i48 Film Festival, dur-ing which teams have two days to make ashort from page to screen. She and hertheater are a key part of what happens infilm in Idaho.

What makes a good movie?For me, a good movie is all about story.

It has to be created by a writer and adirector with a unique vision and havecharacters that grow and teach me some-thing about the human condition. I thinkof movies like “The Station Agent” byThomas McCarthy, with Peter Dinklageas the amazing character Finbar McBride.That made me see people of his stature ina different way. Or “Philomena,” a greatfilm with a great character, and it’s a truestory. That makes it even more moving.

Why don’t you play blockbusters?You know, that’s not what we’re about.

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How do you choose the movies youshow?

Of course, I read and travel. I go to PalmSprings Film Festival every January — notSundance. Palm Springs has a broaderrange of foreign language films, and theweather is better.

I go to Telluride every couple of years,but really it comes down to the relation-ships I’ve built with distributors over theyears. People call me all the time and tellme about their latest great film.

What are some of your standoutmemories from the past 30 years?

In 1997, Morley Nelson brought in a baldeagle for the screening of “World of Rap-tors,” a Boise-made documentary, and wehad more than 100 people show up.

When we were playing “Hilary andJackie” (1998), (the film’s) director, AnandTucker, happened to be visiting (Boise film-maker) Mike Hoffman. He (Tucker) came toThe Flicks to see a movie, found out hismovie was showing and did an impromptuQ&A with the audience. That was cool.

The Idaho Film Office helped us bring inTom Shadyac (“Ace Ventura: Pet Detective”)for his movie “I Am” (2011). He was so openand friendly — not at all like a big Hollywoodmover and shaker. We sold out the event daysbefore, and everyone had the best time!

What’s new at The Flicks?Well, in 2012 we installed digital projec-

tors to upgrade the theater. Then last yearwe installed solar panels on the roof to off-set electrical costs, such as heating andcooling and running the digital projectorsthat have to be on 24/7. (The projectors areconnected to a central computer andupdate constantly.)

Also, we are updating our website (theflicksboise.com).

Rick’s Cafe Americain is an integral part of The Flicks’ atmosphere. The cafe servesmore than the traditional snack fare — including salads, burgers, beer and wine.


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What are your three desert islandfilms?

Only three? That’s pretty hard! “Casablanca”: I’ve seen it a lot. It was

the first movie we showed at this theater,and still when I’m at home flippingthrough channels and if I stumble on it, Ialways end up watching it. It’s culturalcomfort food. I think that’s the test for adesert island film.

“The King’s Speech”: I thought it wasinspiring and uplifting and who wouldn’twant to watch that all the time?

“Truly Madly Deeply”: It’s funny and darkand that’s kind of like me. I like humor, butI have a dark side. Plus, it’s a love story.

If you ask me on a different day, you’llprobably get a different answer.

What’s on your playlist?OneRepublic’s “Love Runs Out,” Ralph

Vaughn Williams’ “The Lark Ascending,”“The One That Got Away” by The CivilWars, “Lost Stars” by Adam Levine fromthe soundtrack from “Begin Again,” andWill Champlin from “The Voice” singing“At Last.” As soon as he finished perform-ing it, I was downloading.

What are you reading?I’m reading “All the Light We Cannot

See” by Anthony Doerr ... I’ve heard Tony

speak several times. I love his earlier booksand he’s such a good speaker — so naturaland himself. How could you not want toread his book after you hear him talk aboutit?

What’s your guilty pleasure?I love the kouign-amann pastry from Jan-

jou Patisserie in North Boise. (It’s a break-fast pastry that’s a cross between a classiccroissant and palmier, like an elephant’s ear— Skinner prefers the raspberry-filled.)

My other guilty pleasure is watching TVshows like “Covert Affairs,” “The GoodWife” and “NCIS.” Just like with movies, I like good characters on my TV.

What’s your favorite place to takeout-of-town guests?

I know, but really — it’s The Flicks. Noone I know has anything exactly like it intheir town.

I also like taking them to the IdahoBotanical Garden or for a float down theBoise River.

In all of history, with whom wouldyou most like to dine?

Orson Welles. He was a great raconteurand film genius. I remember seeing him on“The Tonight Show,” and he was always soquick and full of great stories.

Who or what inspires you?Our local writers and artists — there is so

much creative energy in Boise that it iscontagious. I recently took an encaustic(hot wax painting) art class from KarenBubb and am signed up for a writing work-shop with Judith Steele. I’ve known Karenfor years and didn’t know she did that. I feelso lucky to be part of this community.

What’s your motto?I don’t really have a motto, although I

was a Brownie and a Girl Scout and I think“Be Prepared” is a pretty good one — if Ionly knew what to be prepared for. I am fre-quently surprised by what is coming downthe pike.

What piece of advice helped youthe most and who gave it to you?

I asked Rory Farrow (who owned therestaurant Le Poulet Rouge at the time) foradvice because I was frustrated trying to co-manage The Flicks with my husband, Rick.Rory told me I needed to either take con-trol or give it back to him. I had never seenthat as an option. I kept thinking I was justhelping, but that meant no one was reallyin charge. When I realized I could, I tookcontrol and it really helped me to define myrole and I haven’t looked back.


How has summer flown by so quickly?Get out and enjoy it while you can.Check out these new stores and

restaurants during your adventures. Bella Blue Boutique — 3349 N. Eagle

Road, Suite 110, in Meridian near Kohl’s.The second branch of one of Nampa’sfavorite boutiques, Bella Blue carries qualitybrands, including Rock Revival, Miss Me,Big Star, Affliction, Sinful and Frye.

Brighton — at The Village at Meridian(Eagle Road and Fairview Avenue). Theluxury handbag, jewelry and accessory linehas just opened its first store in the Boisearea. Shop for beautifully crafted statementpieces and classic styles in the gorgeous newspace, near the Loft and Francesca’s.

Republic of Couture — at The Villageat Meridian near The Counter. Step insidethis trendy boutique and you’ll be instantlyimpressed. From the hot styles to the light-up floors and a flowing mini-river under-neath the cash register station, everythingabout this boutique is high-style and unex-pected. Be sure to check out the back wallof clearance deals starting at $10.

Z Gallerie — at The Village at Meridian,near Big Al’s. Z Gallerie is a world-renowned furniture and decorations meccathat promises to inspire you, whatever yourpersonal taste or style is. Z Gallerie’s mis-sion is “to put forth a collection of fashionforward and exclusive home furnishings, artand accessories at an affordable price.”

LUSH — at The Village at Meridian,this store opened just this week. Look forgrand-opening celebrations soon. The storefeatures fun personal-care products, includ-ing skin care bars, bath bombs, bars of solidshampoo and masks. Loyal LUSH cus-tomers rave about the in-store experience,and LUSH displays products in a “way thatinvites customers to smell and touch them.”There are plenty of sampling and in-storedemonstrations.

Also opening soon at The Village atMeridian: Sur La Table (the nationalkitchen store) and Lululemon (women’s fit-ness clothing). The Boise Co-op will openits second Treasure Valley location on thenorthwest side of The Village in mid-2015.

Juniper Kitchen & Cocktails — 211 N.8th St., Downtown Boise. Menu itemsinclude Meridian’s Homestead Farms Strip

Loin Steak, Lava Lakes Lamb Reuben, Gin &Honey Glazed Salmon and the Idaho Frittata.

Lilly Jane’s Cupcakes — 1020 W. MainSt., Suite 111, Downtown Boise. Lilly Jane’sCupcakes is locally owned and operated byMargaret and Ryan Lagerstrom. They maketheir cupcakes from scratch and bake themfresh every morning. Lilly Jane’s also has astore in Eagle; the Meridian Fred Meyer onChinden Boulevard also carries Lilly Jane’s.

Crazy Neighbor — 1415 W. Grove St. inthe Linen District. Star Moxley’s fun andeye-popping shop is accessory heaven witheverything from disco wigs and glitteringboas to jewelry, scarves and tons of afford-

able bling. (Tiaras? You bet.) Moxley — theaward-winning Idaho Shakespeare Festivalcostume designer — also carries a well-curated selection of men’s hats and theatrical-quality Ben Nye makeup.

Clarks Shoes — Boise Towne Square(350 N. Milwaukee St.), lower level by J.C.Penney. Opened this spring and featuresclothing and comfort shoes for men andwomen. Clarks, for instance, is very popularin London right now for its cool-yet-comfortable footwear; I saw the stores allover the city during a recent visit.

Oishii Japan — Boise Towne Square.Teriyaki chicken, shrimp and sushi. Locatedin the food court.

PINK — opened as part of Victoria’sSecret expansion in Boise Towne Square. Itincludes a collegiate line (Go BSU!) and afull line of “to die for” loungewear and cov-eted exercise bras and gear. As if that isn’tenough, the store expanded to 11,000square feet.

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Presecurity concessions willinclude Parrilla Grill and 13thStreet Pub & Grill. Postsecurityconcessions include Bardenay, BigCity Coffee and more. Shoppingand concessions will include TheRiver 94.9 FM store, an IdahoStatesman store and more.

Paradies-Taters, the airport’s con-cessionaire for news and gifts, is alsopartnering with the Boise Co-op,which will provide grab-and-go foodproducts. You’ll also be able to findBoise State apparel, including gameday T-shirts that can currently befound only in university-ownedBronco Shops.

What’s cool for fall and back to school?

1. Plaid. This classic, tried-and-true trend comesaround every fall, and this year is no exception.The plaid incarnation we are seeing the most for2014 is a classic tartan, usually red-based orgreen; it’s chic and punk at the same time.

2. Skinny Jeans. Yup, they’re here to stay! Thegreat thing about skinny jeans for fall is howeasily they slide into your favorite cozy, stylishboots. This season’s skinny jeans are ripped atthe knees, acid-washed (‘80s-style) or in boldcolors. High-waisted or midrise are the most-fashion-forward choices.

3. Boots. Still a hot staple, this season’s hottesttrend in footwear isankle boots; punk-style (think DocMartens — shown atright — or similar),moto or combat(buckles, straps, lace-up), or peep-toe.Ankle boots with aminimal heel orwedge are ideal for students or anyone wantingto walk long distances while still looking stylish.

4. Green. This season’s hottest hue so far, allshades are acceptable as summer transitionsinto fall — jade, forest, emerald, it doesn’t mat-ter. Find the hue that suits your skin tone best,and rock it in a statement coat, dress or hand-bag. The most popular (and practical) greenfashion piece I’ve seen so far is the anorak — orparka — jacket. It’s a great neutral piece tothrow on when the weather starts to chill, andhas a laid-back-yet-stylish vibe.

5. Leather. The leather moto jacket is making ahuge statement this fall because of its versatilityand laid-back style. Throw it on over a dress foran instant punk vibe, or with a basic tee andripped jeans for a model-off-duty look. Leatherand leather-like pants, skirts, leggings anddresses are also trending. Just remember, don’toverdo this trend; a little goes a long way.

6. Sneakers. Tennis shoes are hot right now.White Adidas, Converse, K-Swiss, Keds andVans are being worn with dresses, skirts,rompers, overalls, skinny jeans ... everything!Colorful or platform sneakers are cool, too, aswell as high-tops, but the wedge-style sneakertrend is fading.

I recently had the fun opportunity to visit Lon-don and observe the fashion styles there. Manyof the trends were similar to what we are usedto seeing around Boise, EXCEPT that I neveronce saw the following: bell-bottom jeans,“bling” jeans, low-rise anything, funny-sayingsT-shirts, baseball caps, sweatshirts or “bucket”-style handbags. I did see a lot of rompers/jumpers, overalls, skinny jeans, crop tops, high-rise jeans and skirts, scarves, fedoras, whitesneakers, backpacks, satchels, tights undereverything, printed trousers and even culottes. Iwonder what will catch on in our neck of thewoods this fall?

Tanya Carnahan

Upcomingfashion eventsAUGUST EVOLUTION, 7 p.m. Aug.30: Mrs. Garden City, Virginia Treat,is putting on her annual fundraiser atthe Powerhouse Event Center. Theevent will include three fashion showsfeaturing Fashion Kellie, Retro Hunny,and Woods on Fire Innovative Beauty;live music from Brook Faulk andJosiah Savino; and an amazing artperformance by Unique Irish. Thegoal is to raise awareness and sup-port for the Women’s and Children’sAlliance (WCA). Tickets are availableat www.augustevolution.org.

KIDS’ FASHION RULZ: Coming inSeptember, Boise’s first citywide Kids& Teen Fashion Show, presented byStyleSpyGirl (Yes, that’s me!). Bring

the entirefamily for afashionshow fea-turing kids’and teens’fashionsfrom TheVillage,BoiseTowneSquare,and bou-tiques andlocaldesigners

from across the Treasure Valley. Pro-ceeds benefit the Rodgers family,whose young daughter is battlingfatal Batten disease. Her biggest wishis to someday be a supermodel.Come support Hannah (picturedabove) as she gets her wish and walksthe runway as the evening’s starmodel. Date and location TBA; watchfor details soon at www.StyleSpyGirl.com/KidsFashionShow.

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Willmorth and Goldensomehow manage to teachyou something about theplay you’re about to experi-ence and sprinkle in thetruth of the moment —whether or not you’re awareof it. For example, for theGreenshow before this sea-son’s “Les Misérables,” Will-morth and Golden puttogether a skit all about retiring their signature FoolSquad spoofs and send-ups.

“No one believes us,”Willmorth says with achuckle. “You can see ques-tion marks floating abovethe audience and maybe oneor two people will ask meabout it. They just laugh itoff, but we’re telling thetruth. It’s time for us to go.”

So, yes, Virginia, this sea-son will mark the end of theIdaho Shakespeare FestivalGreenshow as we know it.What comes next at ISF isanother big floating questionmark — one that ISF pro-ducing artistic director Char-lie Fee has yet to puzzle out.

The reality is that every-thing changes, “So, what’s acomic to do?” Golden asks.“They’ve filled in The Hole,Larry Craig has retired, theFlying Wye is finished andTom Luna isn’t running foranything — I think our workis done here.”

For the record, the Green-show Guys, as they’re lov-ingly called, aren’t leavingtown or going to work forU.S. Rep. Raul Labrador,Golden says. They’ll stillpick up emcee gigs as theFool Squad occasionally andstay busy with teaching andfamily. You may even see oneor both of them in the actingcompany from time to time.But the momentous task ofresearching, writing andrehearsing a Greenshow andgetting to the theater sixnights a week — whetherthey’re in the play or not —needs to end, they say.

Through their wit and the-atrical skills, Willmorth andGolden have created an ongo-

ing narrative on life in theTreasure Valley, a mirror thatreflected our foibles and tri-umphs, cultural mishaps andscandals, punctuated by thegoings-on of a long line of for-mer and current Idaho politi-cal figures that gave them fod-der: Brent Coles, Dirk Kemp-thorne, Helen Chenoweth,Butch Otter — and thenthere was that little incidentin 2007 when a senator fromIdaho was arrested in a Min-neapolis airport restroom.

It turned out to be one oftheir finest moments.

“I remember Tom calledand said, ‘Turn on the televi-sion.’ I asked what channel.He said — in a total deadpan— ‘Any channel,’ ” Goldensays.

They sat at their comput-ers while on their phones,watched the Larry Craigincident unfold and rewrotethat night’s Greenshow.

“All I had to do was starttapping my foot,” Goldenremembers. “You could hearthe rumble of laughter rollthrough the house.”

The ability to be that nimble and improvise servedthem well, and the Green-shows will be missed, Feesays.

“It’s been a huge asset forus. It’s part of our brand,” hesays. “People come thinkingthey’re going to experiencehigh art, which can beintimidating. Then the firstthing they get is this wackycomedy show. It puts them atease. And people just love it— mostly.”

Over the years, Fee hassupported Willmorth andGolden, never asking themto pull punches when, say,Craig was in the audience.That doesn’t mean Fee didn’t have a stressfulmoment or three.

“We’ve had more than afew letters and emails com-plaining about the Green-show’s political content,” Feesays. “And there have beennights when I would hold mybreath because I just didn’tknow what was going to hap-pen.”

But whatever did happenresonated with the commu-nity. Boise Mayor Dave

Last chance

There are six IdahoShakespeare Festivalshows left that willinclude a Fool SquadGreenshow.

“Les Misérables”plays at 8 p.m. Aug.23 and 27, 7 p.m.Aug. 31 (closing).

“The Merry Wivesof Windsor” plays at7 p.m. Aug. 24 and 8 p.m. 26 and 28-30(closing).

“Steel Magnolias”runs Sept. 5-28 withno Greenshow at 7:30p.m. Tuesdays-Satur-days, 7 p.m. Sundays.

Tickets: $27-$46.Call at 336-9221 orIdahoShakespeare.org.

Above: Willmorth andGolden in “Waitingfor Godot” (2003),Below: Golden andWillmorth (2007).


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Bieter gave the Fools the Mayor’s Award forExcellence in Art Education in 2009.

Both Willmorth and Golden are teachers— Willmorth has taught at several TreasureValley schools, including Capital High inBoise; Golden is the head of the theaterdepartment at Caldwell’s College of Idaho,which has sponsored the Greenshows since2004.

Bieter has had a joke or two cracked abouthim more than once over his years in office.

“It’s an honor to be made a fool of whenit’s them,” Bieter says. “Not only would theytease me in the actual show, but they wouldcome pick on me right at my seat.”

Bieter made a guest appearance in aGreenshow via cassette tape in 2010. Tomand Joe came to his office to capture himsinging in Basque and used it as a bit —“Mayor Dave Bieter Sings Basque Favorites.”

Equal opportunity jokesters, they went forIdaho Republicans and Democrats alike —it’s just that there were never many Democ-rats, Willmorth says.

“It’s been so incredibly wonderful to havehad this platform and to have an audiencethat’s so into what we were doing,” he says.“I can’t think of anywhere else they have aGreenshow like this.” KATHERINE JONES / [email protected]

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spearean world. Back in The Bard’s day,audiences arrived hours before a play andexpected to be entertained. Jugglers, bal-ladeers, strolling minstrels and more wouldcomply. The ISF Greenshows started forthat same reason before the festival had anampitheater with reserved seats.

However, over time, ISF’s Greenshowsevolved into something different. They gotcloser to the idea of the court jester, or fool.Those fools were never really foolish —except that they told the truth, which, insome situations, was very foolish, indeed.

Looking back, there was no reason forthis to work, Golden says. “We didn’t pic-ture it starting, much less lasting this long.”

But the connection between these twoactors and comedians fueled their success.

They clicked on their first meeting.Willmorth, 51, started in the festival

company when he was a junior at CaldwellHigh School. He returned to ISF each sum-mer while at college in Pennsylvania. Thenhe spent five years at Chicago’s SecondCity, an improv-comedy theater and train-ing ground where many “Saturday NightLive” cast members got their start. Hemoved home in 1992.

Fee hired Golden, now 48, out of theUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City’s mas-ter’s program that same year. That also wasFee’s first year as artistic director.

Willmorth and Golden met the next yearwhen they were cast as Demetrius andLysander in “A Midsummer Night’sDream.” They kept coming up with gagsand cracking each other up — much to thechagrin of director Kirk Boyd, who wanteda straight take on the characters, Willmorthremembers.

But Fee loved it and asked Willmorthand Golden to put together an introductionto his production of Moliere’s “Tartuffe,” aplay about religious hypocrisy that had beencensored and banned in its time.

The “Tom and Joe Show” replaced themadrigal singers that were a regular featureat ISF during its ParkCenter Boulevarddays. Since it started in 1977, the festivalfloated to locations such as the lawn at theMain Street Bistro (now Angell’s Renato)in Downtown, the Plantation Golf Courseand off ParkCenter on property lent byOre-Ida. Then in 1998, ISF opened its cur-rent home on Warm Springs Avenue.

It was back in 1993 that Fee asked thetwo to explain the history of “Tartuffe.”New to the community, Fee was concernedabout the non-Shakespeare play’s religiouscontent.

Golden played a palace guard trying toget the audience to stay for the show; Will-morth played a priest who wanted them toleave this bastion of evil.

That first Greenshow set the tone for the

shows they produce today, Golden says. Willmorth went into the house, search-

ing for sinfulness among the audience, suchas gluttony and drinking, and then pro-ceeded to imbibe himself. He pulled out aPolaroid camera and took ’90s-style selfieswith the ladies in the audience. Willmorthand Golden wove popular culture into themix, saying they had edited out the scenewhere the bishop gets eaten by a Tyran-nosaurus rex while sitting on a confessional.(“Jurassic Park” was the big summer moviethat year.)

“Right from the start, we were irreverent.We were looping in popular culture, and wewere eating the audience’s food,” Goldensays.

After that first show someone called thefestival office and asked if “those Green-show guys” did parties. The Fool Squad wasborn. They added emceeing and corporateand holiday parties to their repertoire.

“We called it a squad so other actorscould join in,” Golden says.

It became a point of pride and fun forcompany actors to be in the Greenshow.

The sketch before 1999’s “Titus Androni-cus” featured 10 company members as TheCitizens for Value Based Theater, NampaAuxillary, led by Thomas Tea-Garden(Willmorth). He and his followers descendon the festival to demand that it edit theplay’s violence. Actor Dougfred Miller gotto do his impression of William Shatnerdoing “Hamlet.”

“You don’t often get a chance to do

something like that,” says Miller, who triedto do the Greenshows when he had enoughtime to get ready for his first entrance inthat night’s play.

“The shows had such vitality. It lifted theaudience back from their chicken and wineto a place of entertainment,” Miller says.“The magnitude of what Tom and Joe did ismind-boggling. I can’t imagine writing it,coming up with the scheme and then con-necting it to the show and the community.”

Working in the Greenshow is often likeworking without a net, says longtime com-pany member Stitch Marker, who is a semi-regular in the Greenshows.

“It was so exciting,” he says. “You werelucky to get a script a few days in advance,and they were working on it right up untilopening. Those guys are so funny. I learnevery time I’m on stage with them just stepback, relax and get out of their way.”

Marker appeared in dozens of Green-shows, including playing the title role in“King Phycus,” Willmorth’s epic four-partGreenshow. Though not quite a success inits original form — “We didn’t realize thatpeople would be seeing them out of order,so it didn’t always make sense,” Willmorthsays. It’s now a play that’s been produced inChicago and Los Angeles.

“It was all in verse,” Marker remembers. “Icouldn’t get my reading glasses on, it wasopening night and I dropped the F-bomb.Poor Charlie (Fee) about had a heart attack.”

Some of the popular recurring Green-show characters and skits include Tea-Gar-den and crew, Marcus Braintree’s Love FreeInstitute, the Theatre Police and “TheWooing Game,” a “Dating Game” send-upfeaturing Hamlet, Richard III and some guyfrom the audience as eligible bachelors.Ophelia was the bachelorette.

The Greenshow also offered opportuni-ties for the apprentices and young actorswho carried props in the plays to have amoment on stage, says Kate Mueller, whowas an apprentice in 2001 when sheappeared in “King Phycus.”

Though she now works in film develop-ment and production, she fondly remem-bers her start on stage at ISF.

“I was a wide-eyed high school studentwho won the lottery when Tom invited meto take two roles in the Greenshows thatsummer,” she says. “Tom and Joe took meunder their wing, and my years performingwith them were, by far, the best times I’veever had on stage.”

NOT JUST THE GREENSHOWFirst and foremost, Willmorth and

Golden are actors. Besides the Greenshows,they took on a variety of roles in the ISFrepertory company.

Willmorth is most know for his turns asTop: Golden and Willmorth. Above: Golden and Willmorth in “Krumblin Foundation,” 2010.

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Puck in Fee’s Beatles-inspired “A Midsum-mer Night’s Dream” and the title role in“Scapin.” Both were serious tour de forces.Willmorth pulled out all the stops withmultiple voices and characters, performedwith remarkable physical dexterity.

Golden stood out in roles such as NickBottom, who is magically transformed intoa donkey in “Midsummer,” the oafishCloten, who wore a costume as if he wereriding a horse in “Cymbeline,” and one offour actors in the multicharacter comedy-mystery “The 39 Steps.”

The two were paired as sets of wackytwins in “The Comedy of Errors” (2003),and along with Danny Peterson they werethe go-to guys for “The Complete Works ofWilliam Shakespeare (Abridged)” — a

send-up of Shakespearean plays thatincludes a high-speed “Hamlet” done for-ward and in reverse.

Their work also flowed over to BoiseContemporary Theater. They did severalmulticharacter plays there, including“Stones in His Pockets,” where they takeon every character in a small Irish town,and “Fully Committed,” a Christmas showdirected by Golden and starring Willmorth,who played about 20 characters.

For ISF, they starred in “Greater Tuna”and “A Tuna Christmas,” multicharacterplays about a small Texas town.

“Tuna” pokes fun at a community withthe truth, says Gordon Reinhart, whodirected the duo in both “Tunas.”

“Those shows exemplify how good theseguys are,” Reinhart says. “They’re actingtechniques are so clean and they do it withsuch heart — not the sentiment but themuscle. They’re the full package.”

The full measure of their abilities cameinto focus in 2003 when they playedEstragon and Vladimir in Becket’s absurdistmasterpiece “Waiting for Godot,” co-directed by Michael Hoffman andMatthew Cameron Clark.

Their comic timing elevated the shtickthat makes up the context of the play andmagnified the pathos in every moment —humor and despair were side by side, bornout of basic human misery.

WHAT MAKES THEM TICK?How this comic partnership works is a bit

of a mystery — in the way that all greattheater is. It’s skill, technique, timing andthat touch of personal alchemy that trans-form words on a page into theater.

But with these guys, the answer is moreclear, says Clark, who is Boise Contempo-rary Theater’s producing artistic director.

“They’re brilliant,” he says. “Individuallythey’re impressive, but what stands out isthe way they work to make each otherlaugh and meet each other’s standards.That drives them to make work that’s bet-ter than either would have done on theirown.”

In 2010, Clark commissioned them towrite an original play. “The KrumblinFoundation” featured multiple characters,and their particular brand of comedy mixedwith Idaho cultural references and politics.

For Clark and Reinhart, the fast-pacedspeed at which Willmorth and Goldenthink together was at the heart of their suc-cess. That allowed them to have a free-wheeling feel to what they do, even if it washighly scripted, Clark says.

“They work with this open, improvisa-tional vulnerability and they’re willing tojump in full on,” he says. “That takes a lotof bravery. You honestly don’t know what’sgoing to happen next. Sometimes in theGreenshow, they’re completely off the rails.But it works. Audiences can be super terri-fying and they just love it.”

For Willmorth and Golden, their legacyis in the connection they felt with theiraudience — the people who recognize andthank them for their work when they’re inthe community, the personalities who taketheir ribbings with humor, and the otheractors who were influenced and inspired bywhat they did on stage.

“I’ve listened to the Greenshows frombackstage for years and there’s a kind oflaughter you don’t hear very often,” Reinhart says. “It’s the laughter of recogni-tion, of knowledge. Tom and Joe have livedhere for so long and have the skills to put itin a form that tickles people. That’s rare.”

Golden in the 2014 “Deathtrap” Greenshow.Tom Willmorth as Puck in 1998.

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Driek Zirinsky bought an etchingwhen she and her husband, Michael,were graduate students living in Paris inthe early 1970s.

“It cost about $100 — and that was afull month’s rent at the time — but I justhad to have it,” she remembers. Thatpiece by Polish artist KrystynaSmiechowska titled “Lune de Miel”hangs in their Boise home today.

Driek didn’t realize it at the time, butshe and Michael were beginning a life-long passion for acquiring art and nurtur-ing artists that would lead them tobecome two of the most important artcollectors in Idaho, if not the Northwest.

“OK, maybe it’s an obsession,” DriekZirinsky says, laughing. “They’re like mychildren. I enjoy living with them in myhome. Sometimes when I rediscoversomething, it always surprises me. I knewI had it but I forgot how much I love it.”

You can share their passion with “NowRead This: Contemporary Art from theCollection of Driek and Michael Zirin-sky” at Boise State University’s Arts andHumanities Institute gallery. The exhibitran during the 2014 spring semester andwill reopen for fall semester on Aug. 27.

The exhibit, curated by StephanieBacon, who is the director of BSU’sIdaho Center for the Book, includes 45 works by 39 significant internationalcontemporary artists.

The Zirinskys approached Bacon tocurate an exhibit of book arts from theircollection after seeing a show of rarebooks she put together from David andNancy Leroy’s collection in 2012. Theshow evolved from there.

“After looking at Driek and Michael’scollection, I realized I could do five com-pletely different exhibits,” Bacon says.

Bacon expanded on the book idea by

focusing on art that connected throughthe text, texture and textiles. The themesolidified the connection to the IdahoCenter for the Book.

“They share a common source word of‘textus,’ meaning woven,” Bacon says.“There is a very linguistic quality to thework that asks you to come up close andengage. Driek has a great eye for tex-tiles.”

“I’m drawn to artwork that reflectswomen’s crafts and uses unusual materi-als — feathers, mud, old German armyblankets — a lot of work like that pushesthe idea of what art is,” Driek Zirinskysays.

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of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Ten-nessee” (looking in the direction the shotswere fired), captures the astral movementsthat took place during the assassination ofMartin Luther King Jr.

Mertens’ piece reflects part of the Zirin-skys’ biography. King was the commence-ment speaker at their graduation in 1965from Oberlin College in Ohio.

American conceptual visual artist MelChin’s “Dispatcher” is considered a master-piece. Chin purchased an antique type-writer at a Viennese flea market afterreviewing typewritten Nazi documentationof artifacts collected from concentrationcamp victims. Chin replaced the metal keyapparatus with knife blades, referencinghow typed words “dispassionately directedand catalogued actions of the Third Reich.”It’s a piece Michael particularly wanted toacquire because he teaches modern Euro-pean history, which includes the Holocaust.

Driek, who is Dutch, was born in England and grew up in New York City.She inherited the collecting gene from hergrandfathers, both of whom collected art.

The Zirinskys spent their life togetheracquiring this trove of imagery and sculpture. Now, they are in the process ofdispersing it to other collectors and muse-ums.

“It’s time,” Driek says. “I can’t be buriedwith it. I’m over 70; we don’t have any kids

to leave it to. We’re enjoying doing it.” Some of the collection has already gone.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in Lon-don, which is down the street from whereDriek was born, received Boise artistStephanie Wilde’s series on AIDS inAfrica. Other works have gone to TheAllen Memorial Art Museum at OberlinCollege; The Smithsonian in Washington,D.C.; Whatcom Museum of Art in Belling-ham, Wash.; The Portland Art Museum inOregon and — of course — the Boise ArtMuseum. There are others.

Because the Zirinskys also feel a deepconnection to Boise State, they wanted toshow their collection at the university.

The couple arrived in Boise in 1973when Michael accepted a position in thehistory department. Driek worked in theDepartment of Education before becominga professor of English at BSU.

Having a collection of this magnituderequires a lot of work. The Zirinskys haveloaned pieces to museums and galleriesaround the world for years and nurtured thecareers of young artists.

“That’s been the most gratifying part,”Zirinsky says. “We’re often the first collec-tors to buy an artist’s work and that meansso much to them. We’ve become friendswith them and now with other collectors.That’s nice because they understand whatwe do.”

“Now Read This: Contemporary Artfrom the Collection of Driek and MichaelZirinsky,” opens Aug. 27 in the Arts andHumanities Institute gallery, Yanke Fam-ily Research Park, 220 ParkCenter Blvd.,Boise. You can view the exhibit noon to4 p.m. Mondays to Fridays, and noon to8 p.m. on First Thursdays (Sept. 7 andOct. 2), or by appointment by [email protected].

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ART IN THE PARK TURNS 60Art in the Park, the largest annual

fundraiser for the Boise Art Museum, will celebrate its 60th anniversary in September. The event started in 1954 asThe Arts Festival to raise money for thethen Boise Gallery of Art. Today, it isone of the most popular events in theTreasure Valley, bringing more than 260national and local artists and more than250,000 visitors to Julia Davis Park for athree-day festival. You’ll find musicstages, a wine and beer garden, a jazznight, children’s craft tent and more.Find more details in the Sept. 5 Scene.

Art in the Park is 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sept.5-6, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 7. Admis-sion is free. For a $10 donation, you willreceive a special-edition 60th anniversaryshopping bag, a raffle ticket and a badgethat gets you free admission to themuseum during the weekend. Information: BoiseArtMuseum.org.

While you’re at the Boise ArtMuseum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, you cansee another significant local art collec-tion: “Modern and ContemporaryCeramics: Kay Hardy and Gregory KasloCollection,” which is running nowthrough March 29, 2015.

Hardy grew up in Boise and discovereda passion for art and ceramics as a younggirl, visiting the Boise Gallery of Artwith her parents. She and Kaslo have oneof the most robust private ceramics collections in the state. The pieces rangefrom sculptural to functional to concep-tual to abstract.

BOISE BASIN QUILTERSCheck out the fabric art from the Boise

Basin Quilters at the guild’s annualexhibit at Expo Idaho. This year theaccent is on contemporary quilting with“Sew Twisted,” a theme that reflects thisyear’s collaboration with Boise ModernQuilters.

This show features hundreds of quiltsfrom local craft artists. They’ll also havefood vendors, a gift shop and more. Thisyear’s raffle quilt is a holiday-themedpiece created by guild members. Raffletickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.

You still can register for daylong work-shops taught by award-winning quilter,author and teacher RaNae Merrill fromNew York City. Classes are Sept. 26-28and are $75 each. Sign up for the work-shops and see the raffle quilt at BoiseBasinQuilters.org.

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SONIVILLE HOUSE (AKA BIGHAMHOUSE), above: Tom and SusanSoniville’s home is possibly ColonialRevival with maybe a little QueenAnne. The home was built in 1923.“Preservation Idaho would call it‘Boise vernacular,’” says Tom Soniville.A side gate invites visitors to the bird-and-flower garden.

ROTHENBUHLER HOUSE (AKA DUNBAR HOUSE), right: Dan andMary Rothenbuhler’s home — a Colonial Revival — features Frenchdoors and hardwood floors.

Read more about both homes andtheir owners starting on page 26.Also, see many more photos fromthe homes at IdahoStatesman.com/Treasure

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Sneak a peek at two of Boise’s historic North End homes that you can visit during this fall’s Heritage Homes Tour

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This is the largest — and most popular — annual fundraiser forPreservation Idaho, which has been hard at work to save our local heritage for the past 40 years.

“It’s a fantastic opportunity for people to see how they too canlive in a historical house in a comfortable way,” said ArchitecturalHistorian Dan Everhart of Preservation Idaho. “Homes with historicvalue and a certain amount of age are quite livable and do nothave to be considered as museums.”

In other words, this is your chance to peek inside some of thehomes you’ve driven past hundreds of times.

This year’s tour is focused on the southern end of HarrisonBoulevard and is expected to feature eight homes. The homeshere are some of the older ones on the boulevard. Home construc-tion along the street began in 1901, and most of the more than130 homes on the boulevard were constructed before 1942. (Thereis still one small lot left.)

As one of the city’s most celebrated and historical streets (alongwith Warm Springs Avenue), it was listed on the National Registerof Historic Places in 1980 and designated as a Boise City HistoricDistrict in 1989.

The boulevard is a showcase of architectural styles, includingQueen Annes, Craftsman Bungalows, Neoclassical and GeorgianRevivals, Tudor Revival cottages, Spanish and Dutch Colonials andmore. Because Boise was a young city without an architectural his-tory to speak of, it drew from a variety of styles.

If you are wondering why there aren’t many streets like HarrisonBoulevard in the city, keep in mind that in 1910, Boise had a popu-lation of 18,000, Everhart said. Until 1890, Boise ended at FortStreet to the north. By the turn of the century, the new HarrisonBoulevard — named a decade earlier — was close to town, andthere was need for a new affluent neighborhood. It became a pres-tigious magnet for the neo-affluent and the wealthier residents dis-placed from the east side of Downtown as industrial entitiesencroached upon their neighborhood.

Meanwhile, the City Beautiful Movement of the late 1890s andearly 1900s was influenced by the urban, Utopian ideals showcasedat the Columbian Exposition (the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893),which strived to create beautiful, spacious and orderly cities.

In 1916, the landscaped median and its eloquent lamps put thefrosting on the cake. “Part of the cachet of Harrison Boulevard hasbeen in the landscaping and width of the street, which is notshared by any other street in the city,” Everhart said. “It has alwaysheld a special place.”

From the 1950s through the 1980s, as the pattern of develop-ment moved farther away from Downtown and as the North Endhomes started to split into apartments for increased student livingneeds, Harrison Boulevard retained its prestige and property val-ues, “even when the rest of the historical neighborhoods around itdeclined,” Everhart said. “Captains of industry still lived on Harri-son Boulevard.”

Some of those who lived on the street included J.R. Simplot,Harry Morrison and Bill Agee, as well as governors, justices, may-ors, engineers, attorneys, physicians, business leaders and more.

The landscaped boulevard has kept its appeal through thedecades, also partly due to its proximity to Downtown and HydePark, and is still one of the city’s most popular streets today.

Save the time and date for the Heritage Homes Tour: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 5

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More details about ticket sales will be available at the website closer tothe date of the event.

— Dusty Parnell

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Ahhh, to own a house on HarrisonBoulevard for $5,000.

At least, that’s how much businessmanHarry Bigham and his wife, Mabel, paid fortheir home on the near end of the boule-vard in 1923.

The Bighams actually bought two adja-cent lots for $3,000, but in 1930, they soldhalf a lot to their neighbors for the bargainrate of $10. Those are the kind of neighborsyou want to have.

Bigham was a department manager of theC.C. Anderson’s Golden Rule store beforepartnering in the Cash Bazar Store. Hiswife must have worked some magic in theyard, because the year after the home wasbuilt, the Boise Beautiful committeeawarded her Best Garden of 1924.

Bigham died in 1945, but his wife livedthere for another 20 years. During the mid-1950s, a small addition was made to enlargethe back bedroom for about $1,100. Thatproject probably enclosed the rear exit atthe same time. The house is still somewhatsmall, about 1,200 square feet with twobedrooms and a basement of another 600 to700 square feet. But even today, the homelives large thanks to the lovely, well-attended backyard garden and an arrange-ment of patios.

The home — now owned by Tom andSusan Soniville — was built by contractorWilbert J. Barber, who reportedly built hun-dreds of homes in the Boise area, as well asa few major buildings, including gradeschools, a church and the MeridianExchange Bank, which is on the National

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The Bigham House— 91 years later

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Right: Working with a landscaper, the Sonivillesspecified plants that attract birds and bees for theirbackyard.

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“It’s a relatively simple house,” said TomSoniville. “This would be a really boringhouse if it weren’t for the dormers. But Mr.Barber knew what he was doing. To thebest of my knowledge, there has never beenany structural issue with the house.”

And he would know. He pretty muchgrew up in that house.

“We are only the third owners and thesecond family for this home,” he said.

His parents bought the home from theoriginal owners in 1965. It was sold with allthe furniture, some of the kitchen supplies,a baby grand piano and clothes in thecloset. They bought the home with the ideaof flipping it. The family had just moved toBoise from Lewiston two years earlier, andthey lived five blocks away on 18th Street.

Some people interested in buying thehouse found the Soniville’s home on 18thStreet more to their liking than the one onHarrison Boulevard.

“And so, my folks wound up selling thehouse we were living in,” Tom said.

“And that’s how your parents wound upbuying a home on Harrison Boulevard,”

Susan said.Tom was in grade school at the time. He

had a treehouse and a swing in the appletree out back. That tree was so large, itpractically shaded the entire backyard andback of the house. Unfortunately, the tree isnow gone, but the Sonivilles have still cre-ated a lovely garden, with enough patiospace to make their home feel quite roomyand pleasant.

Meanwhile, Tom’s dad went on a two-year tear fixing up the attic, lengtheningand widening the garage (he was a struc-tural engineer) and putting in new cabinetsand countertops in the kitchen.

Tom would graduate with a degree in his-tory from Idaho State University, so itseems natural he would wind up back in thehistorical family home. But that wasn’t thecase. He and Susan lived in the Lake Tahoearea for years, and he had a good life inretail. He had no plans to ever return toBoise. But then, in 2002, his dad’s healthstarted to wane.

Tom and Susan were torn. They neededsome kind of sign to know what to do. Stayin Tahoe or move back to Boise.

Susan took out her photo scrapbook andopened it.

While on one of their trips to Boise, they

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When Tom and Susan moved in, theypainted the house inside and out. It hadbeen a pale gray and beige on the outside.Now, it is two shades of green with some yel-low and white. The engaging color scheme(and the dormers, too) is probably why theirfriends often have the same reaction:

“One word: Cute,” Tom said. “It’s almosta universal reaction to the house. We jok-ingly call it ‘the cute, cozy cottage.’”

Sure, they have redone “the entire bones

and mechanicals of the house,” whichincludes the roof, rewiring, plumbing andinsulation; they’ve replaced doors and win-dows, and the front and back yards havebeen ripped out and replaced.

But it is part of the Harrison BoulevardHistorical District, and the home looks andfeels just as natural as it probably did ninedecades ago.

The French doors on the dining room aregone, as is the swinging door to thekitchen, but it was clearly designed as muchfor entertaining as day-to-day living. Tomand Susan have even had Bible studygroups of more than 20 people in the house.The dining room was, and still is, verymuch a part of the house.

“We use it every day, unless it’s nice, andthen we go outside,” Susan said.

The historical home on the boulevardsuits the couple, married for almost 30 yearsnow, just fine. The holly bushes at the frontentrance may very well be original to thehouse, and when they found a photo of theBighams in the historical society’s SiglerPhotographic Collection, Tom and Susandiscovered they still had the table the cou-ple had posed alongside.

“The longer we’ve lived here, the greaterthe appreciation we have for the wisdomand smarts of how they laid this house out,”Tom said.

The Sonivilles painted the kitchen,replaced the floor and more. “After50 years, the linoleum got tired,” saysTom Soniville. “It’s not quite original,but it’s close.” The Sonivilles broughtthe spoon cabinet handles from their previous home.

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It sits on the corner of 15th and Haysstreets almost unnoticed.

Even once you notice it, it is deceiving.“It’s very unassuming on the outside,”

said Dan Rothenbuhler. “But it’s really apretty good-sized home once you get intoit.”

Sitting in the front room of the solidlybuilt home, Dan’s wife, Mary, remarks onhow quiet it is. Indeed, with a busy cornerout front and the beginning of HarrisonBoulevard just a few houses away, the trafficseems remarkably muted.

As many times as you’ve driven by thishome without noticing it, you should knowit has been on the National Register of His-torical Places since 1982. It is known as theDunbar House for attorney William C.Dunbar and his wife, who had the homebuilt in 1923 for all of $7,000. Eleven yearslater, they finished the attic portion for a

whopping $805. Not bad for a home that isabout 2,300 square feet.

Listed as a Colonial Revival home, it wasdesigned by the most famous architect firmin the valley, Tourtellotte and Hummel.They designed some of the city’s mostfamous buildings, including the State Capi-tol and The Egyptian Theatre. An architec-tural design force in this state for 45 years,you’ll find John Tourtellotte’s nameattached to about 150 homes and buildingson the National Register of HistoricalPlaces. When the Idaho State HistoricalSociety submitted the architect firm’s dis-coverable buildings in a 1982 Registerapplication, more than 900 buildings wereinvestigated to list for registration, rangingfrom 1896 to 1941. And that certainly wasnot a comprehensive list. Of those, 139were selected from 16 counties in Idaho,and 61 of them were private residences.This was a busy company.

The contractor of the Dunbar House also

The front room of the Rothenbuhler home is illuminated by large windows and the original candle-shaped sconces along the walls.

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Dunbar House is deceptively spacious

Quilter Mary Rothenbuhler has dressedmany of the home’s walls with her work.

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had made a name for himself. J.O. Jordanand Son built a lot of buildings, includingmany designed by Tourtellotte and Hum-mel, such as North Junior High School. Jor-dan’s name is associated with the architectson at least five buildings in Ada County onthe National Register. Today, Jordan-Wilcomb Construction is believed to be theoldest construction firm in the state still inoperation.

The Colonial Revival model is a small,residential counterpart of the big, formalneo-classical buildings that appearedaround 1920. Described as a one-storyframe colonial cottage “with bungaloid pro-portions,” the original plan called for a liv-ing room, dining room, kitchen, sun room,hall and single bedroom.

But when the Rothenbuhlers give you atour of the home, you begin to wonder atthe size of it. You circle around from theentrance to the dining room and a smallkitchen by today’s standards, but it still hasroom to include a built-in, benched break-fast nook. The Rothenbuhlers have takenthe layers of paint off part of it to reveal thebeautiful natural wood underneath.

Next on the tour is the unique cold roompantry. An outside vent goes into the base-

ment and up the pantry, passing the cold airout through the roof. In the winter, it ispractically a second refrigerator.

“It works really well,” Dan said.The sun room/sleeping porch at the back

entrance of the house has a unique featurethat Dan didn’t discover until he startedworking some of the windows free fromtheir painted prison. There was a curiousfeature on the windowsill. Dan discoveredthe feature allowed the window to be pulledup to open, then to drop and disappeardown into the wall below. Due to insulationin the wall, it no longer drops all the waydown, but it is a fascinating and clever fea-ture that could sometimes be found insleeping porches in homes built in the earlypart of the 20th century.

As the tour continues, another feature isrevealed that we think of as a more moderndesign element — walk-in closets.

At this point, you might think you’veseen a darling — and very livable — his-toric home. But the tour is not done.

Narrow stairs take you down to a fullbasement. Here is Dan’s media room andMary’s quilting room. There is also room foranother bedroom, another bath and showerand a future laundry room destined for the

former coal room. Next, you take the stairs to the attic.“The (house) was just so airy and light

and, of course, I walked up into the atticand I thought ‘that’s perfect for my office,’ ”Dan said. Not a full attic, per se, the ceilingis shaped to the roof, coming down to low-shelf height and storage space in theextremities. But it feels big and open.

“The people before us had this as theirmaster bedroom,” Mary said.

And so, what looked like a modest homeon the outside, revealed three bedroomsand two baths. “And a whole bunch of mis-cellaneous rooms,” Dan said.

In the back, they added a potting shed,and Dan found a place for his workshop inthe garage. An electrical engineer atHewlett-Packard, Dan’s engineering inter-est clearly came from his father, who devel-oped the Talkie Tooter, an electronic sig-naling device that helped make logging asafer industry.

Dan has done a little tinkering himself,and shows off a tool aid he created for hiswoodworking projects. Although he hasnever given it a name, it is best described asa kind of spring-loaded circular saw that

Above: The master bedroomfeatures his and her walk-inclosets — a rarity for whenthe house was built in the1920s.

Right: Many of the windowscan be recessed into thewall after lifting a seal cover.

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pulls down from a wall bracket for easy useon the adjacent workbench.

The home has many other attractivefeatures, too, such as the oversized win-dows and doors, or the underground sprin-kler system with galvanized pipe appar-ently installed about the time the housewas built. With “pretty much the originalowners through its history,” Dan said thehome remains very close to its originaldesign.

Before Dan and Mary bought the house,they lived nearby on 15th Street, whereDan had spent seven years remodeling it.Their full-house days of five acres and fivekids were behind them, and they enjoyedthe historic North End atmosphere. Theyalso enjoyed the regular PreservationIdaho architectural walks.

Then one day in 2009, Mary noticed anOpen House sign on the Dunbar Houseand straightaway took a look.

“And I fell in love,” she said. “Six weekslater we had moved in. It was really whatwe were looking for originally.”

Yes, they still found some things to doto the house. They did some brick work,some landscaping, replaced basement win-dows, added thermal film to the historic

windows, updated the gutters and bath-room and added some tasteful chandeliers.

The next project will be to remodelMary’s quilting room in the basement,enlarging it, while also making the mediaroom next to it just a little bit smaller.They’ll also finish that basement laundryroom.

While the basement will see much ofthe attention, it’s also pretty clear it hadseen plenty of use back in the day, too. Asan attorney, Dunbar was also involved inlocal politics, and though Dan doesn’thave any real evidence, he theorizes thatDunbar may have used the basement toentertain his political cronies.

If only the walls could talk. But onething is for sure, the home spoke to Danand Mary Rothenbuhler. It is a delightfuland truly historic home just a few doorsdown from the start of Harrison Boule-vard.

“Like Dan said, ‘This is the house wealways wanted,’ ” Mary said.

Dusty Parnell is a freelance print, radioand video journalist who has worked in theTreasure Valley for more than 25 years.

Above: The kitchen features a breakfast nook with storage below the benches. A door in back leads to the pantry and the back porch.

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BY JAMES PATRICK KELLY

Just about everywhere you look in Idahothere’s a mountain, a river, a big lake or allthree in one eyeful. So, it’s not hard tofind restaurants in the Gem State wherethe views pair well with the food. Here arefour to get you started — find a list ofmore choices on page 38.

ZEE’S ROOFTOP CAFÉ

250 S. 5th St., Boise

www.zeechristopher.com or check out thedeli on Facebook

Chef Christopher Zahn didn’t necessar-ily have the view in mind when herecently took over the deli on the ninthfloor of the C.W. Moore Plaza building inDowntown Boise. Sure, the penthousespace, formerly known as Darla’s Deli,boasts a panorama of the always-changingDowntown skyline and Boise Front, butthat was only part of the equation forZahn, who everyone calls “Zee.”

“I needed a solid presence in Boise. Wedo lots of catering, like charity events andparties in homes, and people always ask us,‘Where can we find your food?’ Now wehave a place where they can get our foodall the time,” says Zahn, a Boise StateCulinary Arts graduate who worked at theArid Club for the better part of 10 years.

“The space has a beautiful view, lots ofnatural light and a great patio. That’s anadded bonus.”

Zee’s Rooftop Café is an extension ofZahn’s catering business, which focuses onlocally sourced food and seasonal menus.He’s also known for his inventive vegetar-ian and gluten-free fare. Zahn even takescare of the floral arrangements when hedoes weddings. Call it vertical integration,if you will.

“We noticed when we were cateringweddings that if we also offered a wedding cake and flowers, we could takeon the whole wedding,” he says.

Through his business, Zee’s Cateringand Floral Design, he met the owners of

Thornton Oliver Keller, a real estate com-pany that manages the C.W. Moore Plaza.When the deli space opened in the pent-house, Zahn was the first person theycalled to fill the spot, which doubles as anevent center at night and on weekends.

“It’s definitely a good fit for everyone.We’re just open during t he week (the delihours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday-Friday)allowing me to focus on catering when thedeli is closed,” Zahn explains.

The small deli offers a rotating menu ofpanini sandwiches, soups and seasonal sal-ads, most of which can be found on achalkboard above the glass deli case.

Zahn actually goes out and wrangles upimpeccably fresh food for his weeklymenus.

“I’m down at the Boise Farmers M arketevery Saturday. I have longstanding rela-tionships with farmers like Peaceful Bellyand Sweet Valley Organics, as well as localmeat and cheese producers,” he says.

The building tenants (and everyone elsewho shows up for lunch) are surely reaping

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Enjoy the Banh Mi Panini — and a view of the Foothills — at Zee’s Rooftop Cafe.

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Not only does the patio area at Barbacoa in East Boise look out over ParkCenter Pond, but there’s a great view of Table Rock and the Foothills.

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the healthy benefits of his efforts. “In theafternoon, I offer sweet snacks like freshsnap peas instead of candy bars,” Zahn says.

Currently, Zee’s lunch menu is spotlight-ing some Southeast Asian offerings, like apressed version of a Vietnamese sandwich(find the recipe at IdahoStatesman.com/Treasure) called banh mi — made on a

crusty Zeppole roll with pulled pork, spicymayo, sprouts and cucumbers — and sweetand zesty carrot salad tossed in nuoc cham(a piquant Vietnamese condiment).

“It’s good, fresh summer food. And wehave misters and shade screens on thepatio so people can enjoy a nice lunchoutside without getting too hot,” he says.

BARBACOA276 W. Bobwhite Court, Boisewww.barbacoa-boise.com

There aren’t many eateries in town witha better view of the Foothills than Barba-coa near ParkCenter Pond in East Boise.This iconic Nuevo Latino restaurant andbar is a visual feast inside and out, thanksto a plethora of attractive artwork andother stylish design elements that lookstraight out of Santa Fe.

A fire gutted the original building inJanuary 2010, but the owners, Robert andMartine Castoro, vowed to rebuild a newrestaurant that was even bigger and betterthan before. They were able to re open therestaurant about a year later, in a brandnew building in the same spot, with thesame great view of Table Rock and the glistening pond.

Local artists were once again commissioned to make all the artwork that was lost in the fire, plus some

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The Sandbar Riverhouse in Marsing looks out over the Snake River.

Chef Christopher Zahn is sharing hissandwich recipe with Treasure readers.FIND THE BANH MI RECIPE AT

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new pieces. A hand-blown glass chandelier(made by Boise Art Glass) hangs in themain dining room, looking like a glowingmass of alabaster deer antlers.

Local sculptures and paintings (somepainted by Martine Castoro herself) areselectively placed throughout the establish-ment with art gallery flair.

Spectacular views abound from just abouteverywhere at Barbacoa, especially from therooftop terrace, which has its own bar.

The food and drink are hardly an after-thought here. Chef Enrique Martinez has aknack for melding Latin flavors with newAmerican concepts and presenting hisdishes in eye-catching fashion. Thick-cutfilet mignons are served on a scorching-hotrock. Guacamole is mashed tableside by thewait staff. Salmon fillets get cooked on acedar plank with caramelized leeks and fennel.

Cocktails are also taken to the next levelat Barbacoa. Cool off with a martini servedin a solid-ice glass or an inventive Latin-inspired cocktail garnished with a minipopsicle. The large wine list is impressive aswell.

BELLA AQUILA775 S. Rivershore Lane, Eaglewww.bellaaquilarestaurant.com

Bella Aquila has earned an ardent follow-ing since it opened about five years agonext to the Boise River in Eagle. Dinerscome from miles around for fresh pasta andother inventive Italian fare.

The nuanced food and award-winningwine list may bring people in, but the tran-quil riparian view and luscious garden patiosurely keep them here. Owners Bill andEllen Cooper have created a friendly envi-ronment to wine and dine. As a matter offact, they are on a first-name basis withmany of their regulars.

Chad Cooper, Bill and Ellen’s son, man-ages the restaurant and serves as the winedirector, a job he’s apparently good at, asevidenced by a string of national magazinewine list awards — the restaurant garneredanother Wine Spectator Award of Excel-lence this year.

Enjoy an al fresco dinner on the shadypatio, where you will find a beautiful water-fall and a profusion of flowers and shrubs.

The menu bounces around the map ofItaly and some of its neighboring countries.Start with the fontina-filled risotto cakesand thinly sliced beef carpaccio with redonion, briny capers, shaved Manchego anda drizzle of white truffle oil.

Good entrée picks include chickenMarsala, veal saltimbocca and cioppino, atomato-based Italian stew brimming withshellfish.

Bella Aquila is well known for its freshpasta program. The kitchen turns out abevy of excellent pasta dishes, like smoked

salmon ravioli, linguine marinara and gnoc-chi bathed in Gorgonzola cream sauce.

Take care of your sweet tooth with thechocolate-covered cannoli and delightfullycreamy tiramisu.

Bella Aquila is also open for lunch andserves Sunday brunch.

SANDBAR RIVERHOUSE18 Sandbar Ave., Marsingwww.sandbarriverhousemarsing.com

The Sandbar Riverhouse in Marsing hasalways had an excellent view of the SnakeRiver, dating back to 1967 when the restau-rant used to be way out in the desert nearMurphy in a former Idaho Power substation.

Most people probably don’t rememberthat remote locale, but they surely recallthis popular steak and seafood restaurant inits downtown Marsing location, where itmoved to in the mid-’80s, with its stunningviews of the Snake River and nearby LizardButte.

New owners Adam and Lisa Percifieldreopened the longtime restaurant last fallafter it sat empty for two years. Adam’sgrandparents owned and operated theeatery from 2001 through 2010 and leasedit out to another operator from 2010 to2012, when the restaurant locked its doors— not forever, mind you.

“We originally talked about keeping itopen when my grandfather closed therestaurant, but we decided to wait a fewyears until the time was right,” Adam Percifield says.

The Percifields had very little, if any,restaurant experience going into this ven-ture. Lisa is a schoolteacher and Adamspent several years in the gold-miningexploration business in Nevada. He is nowrunning a professional kitchen for the first

time in his life, rekindling old recipes andcoming up with some new ones.

“It’s been a real learning experience. Ifeel it will bode well for the future, though,because I have high expectations, just likemy grandparents did when they ran theplace,” he states.

Adam has pretty much left the old menuintact, yet he’s added some weekend Basquespecialties to the classic steak-and-seafoodmenu. This may have something to do withthe fact that he’s Basque — on his mother’sside.

“I grew up eating this wonderful Basquefood with lots of garlic and pimentos,” hesays.

Diners can now find fresh-sheet Basquedishes, like solomo, salt cod and aromaticBasque rice pocked with locally madechorizo, on a rotating basis. Or you can trythe Steak Sammy, a crusty French roll filledwith a New York strip steak, sweet andchewy roasted garlic and pimento mayo,which can always be found on the regularlunch menu.

The wine list exclusively features anaffordable array of wines from Idaho’s SnakeRiver Valley, many of which come fromwineries right across the river in the SunnySlope area of Caldwell.

“Every morning when I come to work, Ihave a cup of coffee and stare out the win-dow at that view. I must admit, it gets memotivated for the day,” Adam Percifield says.

More “food with a view,” page 38

James Patrick Kelly, a restaurant critic for the IdahoStatesman, is the author of the travel guidebooks “Moon Idaho” and “Spotlight Boise.” He also teachesjournalism at Boise State University.

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In addition to the lovely waterfall, patio diners at Bella Aquila have a view of theGreenbelt and the nearby Boise River.


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There are several othereateries around Boise thatoffer scenic views. Here arejust a few of them:

COTTONWOOD GRILLE913 W. River St., Boisewww.cottonwoodgrille.com

This venerable Northwest-influenced restaurant sitson a bustling stretch of theGreenbelt next to theBoise River.

BEN’S CROW INN6781 E. Warm SpringsAve., BoiseFind it on Facebook

Enjoy a big bucket ofsteamer clams and apitcher of beer at this long-time East Boise pub, whichboasts panoramic views ofthe Foothills and BoiseRiver.

LUCKY 133662 S. Eckert Road, Boise(Harris Ranch)www.lucky13pizza.com

Check out the specialty piz-zas and fat sandwiches at

this popular Boise eatery.Lucky 13 has a dog-friendlypatio with scenic views ofBarber Valley and thenearby Foothills.

HILLTOP STATION12342 E. Highway 21,Boisewww.hilltopstation.com

Hilltop Station, a smallstore and cafe (formerlyKodiak Grill), is open againunder new ownership nearLucky Peak Reservoir. Currently you can gethandmade specialty pizzasand local beers at this spotin the Foothills.

WATERFRONT GRILL AT THE DRINK3000 N. Lakeharbor Lane,Boisewww.thedrinkboise.comEnjoy the tropical-inspiredfood and drink on the multi-level deck right on SilverLake — just off State Street.There’s even an outside tikibar.

EIGHTEEN1 605 N. Edgewood Lane,Eaglewww.eaglehillsgolfcourse.com

This upscale restaurant atthe Eagle Hills Golf Courseis a scenic spot to havesome appetizers and a bot-tle of wine after hitting thelinks.

BARDENAY 155 E. Riverside Drive,Eaglewww.bardenay.com

Take in the lush view at thislocal hotspot next to theBoise River in Eagle. Thefood and house-distilledspirits are remarkable aswell.

Food with a view on the road So many restaurants inmountain and desert loca-tions in Idaho have stun-ning vistas that it’s hard tolist them all. Here’s a select

roundup of a few placeswithin driving distancewhere people can dinewhile enjoying the scenery.

NARROWS AT SHORE LODGE501 W. Lake St., McCallwww.shorelodge.com

This upscale restaurant inShore Lodge features aNorthwest-inspired menuand an award-winning winelist. The view of PayetteLake and the nearbymountains is spectacular aswell.

RUPERT’S AT HOTEL MCCALL1101 N. Third St., McCallwww.rupertsathotelmccall.com

Executive chef Gary Kucyputs out inventive seasonalfare at this dinner-onlyrestaurant in historic HotelMcCall — a stone’s throwfrom Payette Lake. Diginto some locally sourcedfood while watching theaction on the lake.

More food with a view…


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MORELS AT TAMARACKRESORT311 Village Drive, TamarackFind it on Facebook

This fine-dining restaurantis located inside theLodge at Osprey Mead-ows. Expect to find aregional menu (with lots ofseafood and wild game)and sweeping views of thegolf course and nearbyCascade Lake.

CASCADE GOLFCOURSE 117 Lakeshore Drive, Cascadewww.golfcascade.net

Grab a burger and a coldbeer after hitting the linksat this nine-hole golfcourse, which boastspanoramic views of Cas-cade Lake and the loomingWest-Central Mountains.

KIT’S RIVERSIDE RESTAURANT 101 Riverside Drive, Horseshoe BendThis longtime familyrestaurant has a spacious

patio on the Payette Riverin Horseshoe Bend. Themenu includes burgers,sandwiches and pizzas.Kit’s serves a good break-fast as well.

THE BLUE CANOE16479 Highway 78, Guffeywww.thebluecanoerestaurant.com

This iconic restaurant inthe middle of the desertnear Guffey has beengoing strong for morethan 30 years. Peoplecome from miles aroundfor big steaks, fried oys-ters and local crawdads.Sunday brunch is popular,too, especially on the backpatio.

ELEVATION 486195 River Vista Place, Twin Fallswww.elevation486.com

Enjoy the breathtakingviews of the Snake RiverCanyon in Twin Falls atthis contemporary steakand seafood restaurant —located in the Twin FallsCenter for the Arts build-

ing — next to the southrim. Try the grilled Idahoruby trout with roastedred pepper butter and aglass of crisp IdahoChardonnay.

ROUNDHOUSE AT SUN VALLEY RESORT2 Sun Valley Road, Sun Valley www.sunvalley.com

Take the RoundhouseGondola to this ridicu-lously scenic eatery highup on Bald Mountain. Dur-ing the summer and fallmonths, the Roundhouseoffers a limited grill menuthat’s served from 11 a.m.to 3 p.m. daily.

KNOB HILL INN960 N. Main St., Ketchumwww.knobhillinn.com

This European-style bou-tique hotel has wonderfulviews of the Warm Springsarea of Ketchum. The Grillat Knob Hill puts outNorthwest-inspired cuisinewith European flair, likegarlicky escargot and rackof lamb with mint pesto.

REDFISH LAKE LODGERedfish Lake Road, Stanleywww.redfishlake.com

The views of the imposingSawtooth Mountains andscenic Redfish Lake arestunning from this beauti-ful mountain lodge. Enjoydinner in the main diningroom or sit outside underthe gazebo near the lake.

Wineries with a viewMost wineries in the SnakeRiver Valley boast impres-sive wine-country views,but a few have especiallydramatic vantage pointssuch as Bitner Vineyards,Koenig Winery and Distill-ery, Ste. Chapelle Winery,Hells Canyon Winery andZhoo Zhoo, Sawtooth Win-ery, Cold Springs Wineryand Carmela Vineyards. Goto IdahoStatesman.com/Treasure to learn moreabout the wineries.

— James Patrick Kelly

The Narrows atShore Lodge inMcCall looks over Payette Lake andthe surroundingmountains.

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The 2012 vintage will go down as one ofthe best in the history of Fraser Vineyard.Sadly, those wines will also mark the end ofthe line for the closest thing Idaho had to acult winery.

At least for a few years.In spring 2013, Bev Fraser took sole

control of the Boise winery and its prized10-year-old vineyard near Caldwell whenshe and husband/winemaker Bill divorced.While the vines continued to produce,Fraser Vineyard — named Idaho Winery ofthe Year by Wine Press Northwest magazinejust two years earlier — would stop makingwine.

“I was out there in the vineyard, and Iwas crying because those grapes weren’tgoing ... to me,” Fraser said, her voice quiv-ering momentarily. “That was really hard. Ididn’t think I’d get that emotional about it,but I did.”

However, there are silver linings for thissmall company that produced gold medalsin wine competitions beyond Idaho.

First, those 3.7 acres of vines remain inskilled hands. Kathryn House, who workedfor a number of renowned Washingtonwineries, signed a five-year lease for allFraser Vineyard grapes. House recentlypostponed the launch of her SequenceWinery in Caldwell, but in the meantime,those Fraser Vineyard grapes will makeother Idaho winemakers quite happy.

“When my husband and I decided tomake that big jump (in hopes of starting awinery), Fraser was the first vineyard that Ithought of,” House said.

Mike Williamson of Williamson Vine-yards and Orchards will manage the Fraservines for a second straight vintage and thenext five years for House.

“We live so close to the vineyard, andI’ve watched it grow up,” Williamson said.“I’ve always admired it as the ‘grass isgreener’ story. I would talk with Bill andgive him some advice on the things wewere doing, so when the opportunity cameup for Williamson Vineyards to work with aquality site like this, we had to jump at it. Iwas pretty excited because of the reputationof the wine.”

And in five years, the Fraser Vineyardbrand could re-emerge. Bev’s granddaugh-ter, Sierra Laverty, is pursuing a career in

the wine industry. In 2019, if she’s willingand able to purchase the vineyard, it staysin the family.

“I ended up with this in the divorce, andI wanted to leave a legacy for Sierra,” Frasersaid. “Bill really did not want the winery, soI made the choice to take it and carry on. Itwas an emotional time in all regards.”

Laverty’s investment in Fraser Vineyardalso runs deep. She earned money duringsummers as a teen with those CabernetSauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot vines,and they inspired the Boise High grad toenroll in Oregon State University’s horti-culture program with a focus on viticultureand enology.

“I was 11 or 12 when they began plant-ing, so I did what I could,” Laverty saidwith a chuckle. “I grew up in the NorthEnd of Boise, so it was a shock to me, butfrom the time I was 16 through 19, Iworked my summers there. That’s where mylove for grape growing and winemakingstarted. My grandparents had me start withreally high-quality wine and a meticulousvineyard. They would go through and doshoot thinning more times than I’ve everseen in industry practices.”

And in the past year, she’s worked har-

vest at Hogue Cellars in Prosser, Wash., andat famed Kim Crawford Wines in NewZealand.

“My family has been really supportivefrom the get-go about being involved inboth sides of winemaking,” Laverty said.“My uncle brews and my mother makesmead, so there’s big family interest in fer-mentation and a lot of inspiration.”

This summer, she’s stayed in the SnakeRiver Valley working for House at FraserVineyard and learning from Williamson.

“I’m thrilled with the opportunity towork with that property in the future,”Laverty said. “The Idaho wine industry is areally big focus for me. I’d like to get moreexperience and more exposure to other

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Bev Fraser looks forward to her retirement and hopes her granddaughter, SierraLaverty, will someday consider taking an ownership role in the family business.

Fraser Vineyard starts a new chapter

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WINEBy Andy Perdue

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Try Fraser winesThe tasting room at 1004 S. La Pointe St.in Boise is still open from noon to 5 p.m.Saturdays and by appointment. Call 861-3141 or 345-9607 or visit fraservine-yard.com for more information. You canalso find Fraser wines at many local retailwine shops. And Fraser wine fans, takenote: The winery will be releasing its2012 Petit Verdot in September.

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regions. And I’m thinking about gettinga master’s and bringing that experienceback.”

Laverty, 22, seems particularlyintrigued at the possibility of serving asan extension agent for the Snake RiverValley. Vineyard research is on the wishlist of virtually every Idaho winemakerand grape grower, and she’s on track tograduate next spring.

“I think it’s really interesting work,”she said. “I love working with people. Ilove working in labs. I love doingresearch, and I think it’s something thatIdaho could benefit from — having moreextension agents present in the industry.

“I realize that good wine starts in thevineyard, so no matter what niche I fallinto in the Idaho wine industry, my focusis going to be vineyard-oriented,” sheadded.

Last year, her grandmother took onnew roles and responsibilities with thevineyard and the winery. As a result,Fraser’s grapes went to Telaya Wine Co.in Garden City and Split Rail Winery inBoise.

“I just had to jump in and learn every-thing from scratch as far as taking care ofeverything,” she said. “I feel really goodabout what I accomplished. Really good.”

There’s no question regarding the con-sistent quality of Fraser Vineyard wines.In the past 12 months, the 2011 Malbecranked No. 34 on GreatNorthwest-Wine.com’s top 100 list from 2013, the2011 Tempranillo earned a gold medal atthe Idaho Wine Competition, and the2011 Cabernet Sauvignon merited a goldmedal at the 2014 Great NorthwestWine Competition.

Those vines should continue to makeaward-winning wines as they mature.

“We planted the grapes in 2003, so Ithink we bought the property in 2002,”Fraser said. “I know Bill drove around ALOT looking for property, and he hadsomething specific in mind.”

The longtime Treasure Valley buildingcontractor found a 5-acre parcel at 2,700feet elevation south of Timberstone GolfCourse in Canyon County, and it grewinto arguably the best 3.7-acre block ofCabernet Sauvignon in Idaho.

Those 4,000 postholes he and Bev dugled to the launch of their 1,000-case win-ery in 2005. In a good vintage, FraserVineyard yields about 400 cases worth ofestate fruit. House and Williamson areconfident they can increase the vine-yard’s production and maintain quality.

“Let’s see what we can do to makeIdaho really shine, to preserve that assetof Fraser Vineyard and make it even bet-ter,” House said.

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Homedale Road sits a small red buildingBill created. The majority of it serves as aworkshop, but the remainder is a cute andcozy casita. The view it offers has changed— in some ways for the better.

“This was all apple orchards aroundhere, and there was an old Chardonnayvineyard down there, but they ripped it upbecause it got frost all the time,” BevFraser said. “The cold air just rolled downthe hill.”

With the orchards gone, now there’snothing but ground crops between FraserVineyard and the sun setting over theOwyhees. At this point of the vineyardtour, Fraser turns a bit wistful.

“I love it,” she said with a sad smile. “It’sso pretty.”

For several years, though, the Frasersknew their peaceful vineyard could bewithin walking distance of a wine-themedresort with a John Berryhill restaurant.Ultimately, the Polo Cove developmentfell apart during the Great Recession.

“We would have been just about sur-rounded, but that would have been a goodthing, I think,” she said. “It would havemeant more people, and they had visionsof an events center on the hill, and wewould have put in a tasting room outthere. We have had a couple of tastingsout here that were really successful, but it’shard to manage two places. It wascramped, especially one year in Novemberwhen it was snowing. Everybody was hud-dled in there, but it was fun.”

While there are no formal agreements,Fraser hopes wineries will reference FraserVineyard on the label for vineyard desig-nated bottlings. U.S. law requires that 95 percent of the fruit come from a singlevineyard in order to produce a vineyard-

designated wine.“That’s not done very much in Idaho,

and that would help me stay connectedand still be representative of Fraser Vine-yard. That’s what I’m hoping,” Fraser said.“I want to keep going to events.”

In the meantime, there’s a chance thevineyard could be sold to a third party ifFraser receives a satisfying offer, but Househas the right to match any offer during thefive years of her lease.

This fall, Fraser expects to finish sellingthe remaining 300 cases of her award-win-ning Fraser Vineyard wine from the tastingroom in the Lusk Street neighborhood.She owns the building on La Pointe Streetand plans to lease it out down the road,which shouldn’t be difficult with BoiseState’s new student housing project goingup nearby.

A side of Fraser seems as if she’s ready toturn the page on the wine industry, seedher travel budget and spend more timewith her children and grandchildren inBoise. One daughter called the tastingroom, playfully leaving an order for wineon voice mail, while Fraser talked abouther next move.

“I’m moving into a little patio homewhere I don’t even have a yard to takecare of — and I’m happy with that,” Frasersaid with a chuckle.

Her grape-growing granddaughter, whoseems as if she’s already devoted to a life ofworking with vines, laughed.

“I love it,” Laverty said with a smile.


Bev Fraser shares some wine with friends Denise Bergdoll, center, and Barb Mossman at Fraser Vineyard’s tasting room off Capitol Boulevard near Boise State.

Andy Perdue and Eric Degerman run Great NorthwestWine, a news and information website. Learn moreabout wine and see more of their stories at GreatNorthwestWine.com.


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I know we’re in the dog days of summerand the prospect of drinking imperial stout,Belgian tripel and barleywine might notsound so appetizing.

But it won’t be summer forever. Winter iscoming, which means your favorite brewerylikely has some of those huge beers aging inwine or liquor barrels, soaking up all kindsof interesting flavors.

The American craft beer industry hasembraced barrel-aging in a huge way sincethe early 2000s as brewers seek new ways toexpand the flavor profiles of their favoritebeers. And it’s not just the whiskey or winein the barrels that imparts flavor to beer —it also comes from the oak planks the bar-rels are made of.

The possibilities are vast. So is the poten-tial for messing up a brew if the flavorsdon’t achieve harmony.

Most wine and whiskey barrels hold theequivalent of about three kegs of beer. Ifthe beer doesn’t quite work out, you’re onlyout three kegs. If it does, then you onlyhave three kegs for thirsty fans. And if yougamble with a whole bunch of barrels ...well, do the math.

That uncertainty — how long to age,how it will ultimately taste — is part of thefun for brewers. They’re gambling on theirexpertise.

For instance, Boise’s Sockeye Brewingcurrently has 18 barrels aging away at itsnew Fairview Avenue production brewery.

Some of the combos seem like no-brain-ers, like the Seven Devils imperial stoutand Winterfest winter warmer aging in JackDaniel’s barrels. The oaky vanilla andsmoky flavors from the whiskey barrel meldwell with the rich malt sweetness of both ofthose beers.

The Belgian tripel aging in wine barrelsfrom Kuna’s Indian Creek Winery alsoseems like a great match, with the wine fla-vors complementing the fruity esters andsugar/spice of a good tripel.

But what about the Dagger Falls IPA,aging in a gin barrel since February? That’snot obvious. Turns out the fruitiness of ginis a nice complement to the spicy bitternessof Dagger.

“It’s important — and fun — to experi-ment. That is how we continue toimprove,” Sockeye brewer Kevin Bolen said

on a hot summer afternoon. “We’re reallyexcited about the tripel, which we arebrewing for Bier:Thirty. We put that beer inthe barrel the day after the wine went out,so the barrels were really fresh.” (The tripelis expected to be available in October forBier:Thirty’s anniversary celebrations.)

“Right now, the Seven Devils is just tast-ing awesome,” Bolen said. “They’re all tast-ing great.” (Seven Devils is expected to beavailable in the late fall, mostly on draft atSockeye.)

Sockeye brewers Josh King, Tim Span-bauer and Bolen are all stoked about theirbarrel program, which they were able toramp up about a year ago when the newproduction brewery went online.

They would like to do more, but usedbarrels are hard to come by because they areconstantly getting snapped up by craftbrewers all over the U.S.

To illustrate, the number of entries in thethree barrel-aged categories at the annualGreat American Beer Festival in Denver issecond only to the ultra-competitive IPAcategories. For instance, there were 117entries in the barrel-aged strong ale category last year.

“It’s not like barrel-aging is the most efficient way to make beer,” Bolen said,laughing. “But it’s worth it, because you cancreate some really unique beers.”

“We want to be a regional brewery, andto do that, you need to have a decent bar-rel-aging program,” Spanbauer said. “It’sjust expected — and we love creating thosebeers.”

Spanbauer’s next barrel project is to brewa Belgian/American sour beer with peachesfrom Williamson Orchard in Caldwell.

Bolen is always up for interesting combi-nations. His breakthrough was years agowhen he put Kolsch (a pale German beer)into wine barrels.

“It was a gamble, but it turned out great,”he said.

The brewers say they are constantly tak-ing notes and monitoring the aging process.Each version is a learning process; each bar-rel a chance to make a great beer even bet-ter.

“Sometimes, six months is all you need.You can over-barrel if you are not careful,”Spanbauer said.

One other great thing about barrel aging?If the barrel brew picks up too much wine,whiskey or wood, you can balance out theflavors by blending it with the regular version of a brew.

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Sockeye brewer Kevin Bolen explains how this batch of Winterfest has been aging ina Jack Daniel’s whiskey barrel since last September.

Savor the flavor of barrel-aged beer

Patrick Orr is a former Idaho Statesman reporter whohas covered the craft beer scene in Boise (and rest of theU.S.) since 2001.

BEERNOTES

By Patrick Orr

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Most people don’t need an excuse to goto the Teton Valley, but the Driggs area inSoutheast Idaho is especially gorgeous inautumn when the deciduous trees turn apatchwork of golden colors below the pin-nacled peaks.

Photographers flock to this area in thefall months — the Tetons are one of themost photographed spots in America.

It’s also an excellent time of year to dosome serious mountain biking in the valleyand nearby highlands along the Wyomingborder. The temperatures are a little coolerand the crowds have mostly faded away(except for those persistent shutterbugs),meaning you’ll likely have most of the trailsto yourself until the snow falls.

Habitat (www.ridehabitat.com), a bikeand outdoor recreation store along themain drag in Driggs, is the place to go forlocal biking information, and it’s also whereyou can pick up a copy of “Wydaho Moun-tain Biking: A Guide to Trails in Teton Val-ley,” which offers lots of ride descriptionsand maps to trails in the area. All the pro-ceeds from the book benefit the Teton Val-ley Trails and Pathways, a nonprofit groupthat promotes responsible mountain bikingin the Caribou-Targhee National Forest.

If you like organized bike events, head tothe 7th annual Moose Cross (www.moosecross.com), a zany cyclocross festival on Oct.11-12 in Victor. Riders from far and wide

show up in the Teton Valley looking to rip upsome dirt on a short track that gets built inPioneer Park — complete with whoop-de-dos, berms and banked turns. Throngs of cow-bell-ringing spectators encourage the racersaround the track. It gets a little wild.

The Teton Geotourism Center(www.tetongeotourism.us) recently opened inDriggs. This 24-hour travel center, billed asthe first of its kind in the world, offers interac-tive exhibits and information about servicesin the Teton and Yellowstone areas. You canalso find more information about the area at

greater-yellowstone.com/Teton-Valley and tetonvalleychamber.com.

FAT TIRES IN MCCALLIn McCall, organizers from the Central

Idaho Mountain Bike Association are gear-ing up for the 2nd annual Fall Fat Tire Festi-val (www.cimbarides.org) on Sept. 26-28 atDepot Park in Downtown McCall. Here,you’ll find a beer garden, live music, foodvendors and a variety of recreational equip-ment companies, bike racing teams andbackcountry guides promoting their busi-nesses and services.

The festival offers the knobby-tread crowdlots of organized rides (for people of all ages)throughout the weekend at different moun-

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From sightseeing to mountain biking,there is plenty to do for all ages in theTeton Valley area.

Oenophiles might want tocheck out the SUNNYSLOPE WINE TRAIL FESTIVAL (www.sunnyslopewinetrail.com) Aug.23 and 24 in the SunnySlope district of Caldwell,the epicenter of Idaho’sburgeoning Snake RiverValley wine country. Enjoy

a weekend of wine dinnersand tastings at several ofthe Slope’s best wineries,including Bitner Vineyards,Hells Canyon Winery,Fujishin Family Cellars andKoenig Vineyards. The fes-tival closes on Sunday witha concert at the SandbarPavilion in Marsing — with

food and, of course, wine.Tickets can be purchasedonline or at the participat-ing wineries during theweekend of the event.This event started Friday(Aug. 22), so check forticket availability.

THE 12TH ANNUALINDIAN CREEK FESTIVAL is slated for

Sept. 12-13 along thebanks of Indian Creek inDowntown Caldwell. Thisevent celebrates CanyonCounty’s agricultural her-itage with a farm equip-ment show and a farm-to-fork dinner. But mostpeople show up for theclassic car show andcruise. There’s also a rub-ber ducky race, kayak

races and a tug-of-waracross Indian Creek.

Wine lovers will also wantto plan now for SIPPIN’IN THE CITY, which fea-tures Idaho winemakers,treats from Idaho’s culi-nary artists and localmusic on Nov. 6 at theLinen Building in Down-town Boise. Tickets are$35 (sippininthecity.com).

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tain locations around town, including onthe Bear Basin trail system and atBrundage Mountain Resort. (Find moreinformation about the McCall area atmccallchamber.org and brundage.com.)

SAVOR THE FUN IN SUN VALLEYFoodies will surely enjoy the food-

related festivals the Sun Valley area hasto offer during the fall months.

Start by checking out the Sun ValleyHarvest Festival (www.sunvalleyharvestfestival.com) on Sept. 18-21, held at various spots around Ketchum. This farm-to-fork festival celebrates the harvest withan array of culinary events, including ATaste of Ketchum, wine dinners galoreand a flapper-themed party called theSwingin’ Speakeasy, which will take placeSept. 19 at Cornerstone Bar and Grill.

The following month, on Oct. 9-12, theTrailing of the Sheep Festival(www.trailingofthesheep.org) brings totown lots of people and sheep, the latter ofwhich get herded down Ketchum’s MainStreet in parade fashion on their way backfrom a summer spent in the high country.This four-day festival, which takes placeall over the Wood River Valley, holds apacked schedule of events that includesthe popular sheepdog trials, cooking andfiber workshops, wine dinners and a LambFeast at the Folklife Fair in Hailey’sRoberta McKercher Park on Oct. 11 from11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Some of the best chefs inthe area will be cooking up an array oflamb dishes, starting at $7 a plate. This iswhere you will also find lots of Basque,Peruvian and Scottish dancing and music,as well as artisan vendors selling colorfulcultural crafts. More information at visitsunvalley.com.

EXPLORE HAGERMAN VALLEYSpeaking of artisan wares, one of the

best art fairs around these parts is held inthe Hagerman Valley in late September.The Thousand Springs Festival(www.thousandspringsfestival.com) onSept. 27-28, will once again bringtogether more than 70 artists from vari-ous mediums for this event at MaladGorge State Park (now a unit of theThousand Springs State Park system).Expect to see a wide variety of jewelry,pottery, metal sculptures, wildlife paint-ings and quilts, to name a few. Besidesart, the festival also offers live music,food vendors and a beer garden.

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Tom and SusanSoniville’s lovelyhome and yard arefeatured in this issuestarting on page 24.The home’s originalscreen door at left isnow a focal point intheir back garden.The Soniville homewill be featured onthe PreservationIdaho HeritageHomes Tour on Sunday, Oct. 5.

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