The Sandpoint Eater
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist For the first time in 15 years, my youngest daughter, Casey, and her family showed up this past weekend for no particular reason. There are no weeks of planning...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist For the first time in 15 years, my youngest daughter, Casey, and her family showed up this past weekend for no particular reason. There are no weeks of planning...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist I’m home. Feels good to be back, and it feels like fall’s found her way back here, too. I’ve gleaned the garden and, let me tell you, that didn’t...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff After taking last year off due to the pandemic, Schweitzer’s traditional end-of-summer event FallFest is back. Spanning four days between Friday, Sept. 3-Monday, Sept. 6, FallFest features more than...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist After months of planning and anticipating the arrival of youngest daughter Casey’s family (the Chicago Four), their move to Spokane is (mostly) complete. For the first time in a...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Nothing beats a cold one after a long Monday at work. Lucky for locals, Sandpoint’s bottle shop and taproom Idaho Pour Authority knows this, and is offering a handful...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Those who know me well would tell you that I am rarely a woman at a loss for words. Not true this week. I tried to work on this...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist So sorry, Sara Lee. There’s no lovin’ coming from my oven any time soon. There’s no love coming from my stovetop, either. Trying to stay cool in this unprecedented,...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When Sandpoint isn’t operating at full summer capacity, welcoming tourists from all over the world and serving itself up as a perfect mountain town getaway, it is home to...
By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Just in time for the run-up to summer, a number of new local eateries — both brick-and-mortar and mobile — are gearing up to serve hungry locals...
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist It’s beginning to look a lot like normal everywhere I go. Last week I made a trip to see travel clients in southern California who’d just emerged from lockdown....