Downtown Boone Post Office

Here are some pho­tos of the Down­town Boone Post Office I took last fall after the announce­ment from the Town of Boone that they have pur­chased the build­ing. Pro­cure­ment of this land­mark sta­tus build­ing in the heart of bustling down­town Boone secures not only the future of the postal ser­vices down­town, it also ensures con­tin­ued pub­lic access to this his­tor­i­cal site. The mural of Daniel Boone was part of a New Deal pro­gram which com­mis­sioned art for all post office lobbies.

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Gourmet Sandwiches — “Free Smells”

Boone has a new sand­wich shop in town. I am sure all the local mom and pop restau­rants are thrilled to have this new chain addi­tion to down­town (sar­cas­tic tone). I haven’t tried the food yet so I can’t vouch for its qual­ity but they make gourmet sand­wiches and deliver until 3am. It is cer­tain to be a favorite of all the col­lege stu­dents when they come back to town in full force by the end of August. I was pass­ing by just after dark one night when they first opened and cap­tured the above photo. I thought it was inter­est­ing as this is now the first thing you see at night as you enter the heart of down­town from the east. Also, I love their neon sign which reads “Free Smells”.

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Boone’s Outdoor Drama Horn in the West

I had the plea­sure of meet­ing and chat­ting with some of the cast mem­bers of the Horn in the West Out­door Drama in June the day before the show was about to open for the 2008 sea­son. I was at the Daniel Boone/JC’s park for LLL’s annual outdoor/picnic meet­ing and the cast mem­bers hap­pened to arrive at the same time for a dress rehearsal. I asked them If I could take their pic­ture; they hap­pily obliged and even posed for me atop one of the climb­ing bars at the park. I also grabbed a quick photo of them while they were singing at one of the pic­nic tables under the shel­ter. I even got a lit­tle bit of expo­sure as a free­lance pho­tog­ra­pher when High Coun­try Media pub­lished my play­ground photo in the June 23rd edi­tion of the Watauga Demo­c­rat Newspaper. 

Brian used to work with Wes Mar­tin, who cur­rently plays Daniel Boone in the drama. Brian and I went to see the pro­duc­tion for the first time in 2000. I was impressed with the var­ied the­atrics and the pro­fes­sion­al­ism of all the actors. The drama has a new direc­tor this year who changed some minor things about the pro­duc­tion. The show is also offered to Watauga county res­i­dents for only six dol­lars. I think it is about time we go again before the sea­son ends on August 16th.

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