Anna Daly

1 week ago | boisedev.com | Anna Daly

A new playground for babies and toddlers is coming soon to families in Eagle. Leap Years opened its first location last fall in Boise’s North End off of Washington Street. Owners Matt Mahaffey and Amanda Carvalho say they saw a need for a second location in Eagle. “Much like the North End, Eagle is a thriving community with young families with limited indoor activities for toddlers,” Carvalho said.

2 weeks ago | boisedev.com | Anna Daly

Old barns, backyards, estate sales, and forgotten buildings are just some of the places where a new vintage shop owner finds hidden gems. Original and Worn is now open off Broadway in Boise, featuring vintage clothing and goods. The store at 1767 S. Broadway Ave. is where Salvage Sisters and Son was once located. “Original and Worn started the way many great vintage shops do—with a deep love for collecting,” owner Sean Jennings said.

2 weeks ago | boisedev.com | Anna Daly

One-hundred-degree temperatures have Idahoans traveling to lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water to cool down this summer. But there’s another type of landform that’s sure to give its visitors a break from the heat- ice caves. The Shoshone Ice Caves, which are about a two-hour drive from Boise in the town of Shoshone, is a lava tube that’s about 1,700 feet long with ice blocks ranging from 8 to 30 feet deep.

3 weeks ago | boisedev.com | Anna Daly

Hadley Mayes has been in the jewelry business for almost 20 years and writes for jewelry magazine Solitaire. Now, she is taking her knowledge and love for fabulous, sparkling pieces to another level by opening her own online fine jewelry boutique — Hadley Fabulous. “Friends, family and strangers alike started noticing my sparkly things and when I told them that I designed and produced them myself, people began asking if I could create custom fine jewelry for them too,” Mayes said.

3 weeks ago | boisedev.com | Anna Daly

In 1914, an Idaho girl wanted to visit her grandma, but her family did not have enough money to buy a train ticket. Five-year-old Charlotte May Pierstorff’s grandmother lived in Lewiston, 75 miles away from her home in Grangeville. With the Postal Service introducing parcel post a year earlier in 1913, and with no regulations against mailing children, her family engineered a clever plan: mail May to Grandma’s.