Jul

29

Helena Bash

July 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Craig has put out the call for a Helena-based Blogger Bash in August – sounds like a good idea. Leave a comment here or over at Craig’s to RSVP and give recommendations for locations & date!

Jul

29

A History of Montana

July 29, 2006 | 1 Comment

Well, this certainly looks cool: A History of Montana by Kodak, a new blog from our very own Courtney! History + pictures = great idea. Bonus: she’s got a massive number of Montana links in the sidebar, and the design is spiffy, too. First up is the town of Glendive!

Jul

27

Butte, America

July 27, 2006 | 9 Comments

Watching a documentary on PBS right now called “Butte Reborn.” Until I moved to Montana four years ago, I didn’t know much about Butte: pretty much only the name and that it was in Montana. I’ve learned a lot about it since arriving here — truly one of the most unique towns in [...]

Jul

26

Where To Eat?

July 26, 2006 | 22 Comments

Received an e-mail from Ruth, who is looking for some advice:
We’ll be flying into Great Falls next week, then traveling to Cut Bank, spending time in Glacier Park, probably visiting Missoula before flying home again.
Can you all recommend your favorite places for “clean food?” Fresh ingredients, preferably local; comfortable surroundings; no fast food and [...]

Jul

25

Rolling Stones in Missoula

July 25, 2006 | 28 Comments

The Rolling Stones are coming to Montana
As Montana’s News Station first reported this morning, The Rolling Stones have officially announced they are coming to Missoula.
According to a Rolling Stones Satellite promotional feed, the band has included a stop at Washington-Grizzly Stadium on October 6th, as part of their “A Bigger Bang” tour.
UPDATE from Dave: ticket [...]

Jul

24

L&C +200

July 24, 2006 | 1 Comment

The Lewis & Clark Bicentennial fiasco has become fodder for the Wall Street Journal, as pointed out by Chelsi Moy in the Great Falls Tribune. The multi-year commemoration of Lewis & Clark’s expedition hasn’t drawn nearly the number of tourists & supporters as event organizers predicted, leaving some communities holding the bag. Here in [...]

Jul

23

BSB Map

July 23, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hey, all you Big Sky Bloggers – add yourself to the Big Sky Blog map!
UPDATE: don’t feel bad, Courtney – it’s not quite intuitive. Ning is a pretty nifty website that serves as an “app creator” for people like me who are too ignorant to figure out stuff on their own :-). If [...]

Jul

22

Redivivus Again

July 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Following on the post below about UoM: let’s all go visit Katie’s place and leave a comment or two – maybe we can get her to begin updating her blog again! Her most recent entry is about a older fellow who sat in front of her during a physics course, and she muses on [...]

Jul

21

Grizzoulian

July 21, 2006 | 2 Comments

Colin O’Keefe alerts us to the existence of “The Grizzoulian,” a blog dedicated to all things Griz – as in the University of Montana Grizzlies! Basketball, football, golf, with more to come I suspect. Why did he start this blog?
I’m Colin O’Keefe, a Sophomore journalism student at the University of Montana, and avid [...]

Jul

19

Visiting Montana

July 19, 2006 | 3 Comments

Got an e-mail from a reader who is going to be visiting Big Sky country soon, and he writes:
I will be vacationing in Montana during the last week of August/first week of September. I will be staying in Kila (near Smith Lake). I want to take my five year old son fishing. [...]

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