Welcome, We’ll Be Your Guide

from Annual Manual 2020/2021 – Boise Weekly

The Life Force of Boise

W E L C O M E

Traditionally, Annual Manual is a local guide magazine, offering readers a peek into the “best-kept secrets” of Boise and the Treasure Valley: interesting things to do and places to visit even Boise residents may not be readily familiar with.

During this global pandemic, it was feared—and for some, it still is—that COVID-19 will continue to force these great experiences to be kept secret. Currently, Boiseans and nearby Treasure Valley residents have banded together to save their favorite performance stages and watering holes, made conscious efforts to seek out local business and patronize them, halted normal day-to-day operations to produce personal protective equipment or develop testing for the coronavirus, temporarily or permanently altered their business structures to keep our community members safe, and generously shared knowledge and interpersonal support, and moves forward with a hopeful, caring eye to the future.

The future is looking bright, promising enjoyable, healthy ways to get around and explore the City of Trees, delicious food literally grown and prepared in your own backyard, celebrating and writing a new chapter of history which, positively, includes those who were previously not.

Things to do and places to visit in these pages come with a lens, that our community is still affected by COVID-19; some things may look different or be on pause. However, we at Boise Weekly remain resilient—true to the spirit of Idaho—and encouraging, and we invite you to do likewise. May these pages give you inspiration for ways to enjoy Boise, today, tomorrow, or anytime.