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More Parking in Downtown Rapid City
Let's preface this by noting that downtown Rapid City isn't exactly like Midtown Manhattan, where parking spaces can sell for more than a good-sized house. I grew up in Rapid, and I've never had to park more than a block away from where I needed to go. Of course, Rapid City's downtown is a little more happenin' than it was when I was in high school. That's why the city is talking about adding a third level to the parking ramp between Fifth and Sixth Streets, a block that faces city hall, the bus station and Prairie Edge trading post and art gallery. According to the Rapid City Journal, the third level would add 150 parking spaces and could be finished by this fall.
Deadwood’s Top of the Ten
Another Superbowl on the books, another party finished. For the second year in a row, my wife and I headed over to a friend's house just down the street, where there were a lot of Manning fans. Needless to say, there was a lot of noise when New York won in the final minutes of the game. We had to come home and sit in silence for a few minutes to let our ears readjust. A small price to witness one of the more exciting football games in recent memory. Of course, even with all the postgame, you've still got an hour or two before bedtime. So I decided to boot up the computer and go through my digital camera photos that I've failed to organize for a while. I found a few gems I'd forgotten about - like some very incriminating photos of my brother - but I also discovered some shots of a recent night out in Deadwood.
The Best Cup of Cocoa? Take 1
As the chilly winter months continue, I've decided it would be fun to see if I can find out where in the Hills you can get the best cup of hot cocoa. My tastes may be discriminating, because I must say, I make a really mean cup of cocoa myself. The first location on my list is Bully Blends, a coffee and tea house in downtown Rapid City. Let me start off by saying that the place gets very high points for atmosphere, which seems rather unlikely when you realize it is located in the old Aby's Feed & Seed store in one of the more historic blocks of downtown.
New Martinis in the Old Town
Don’t get me wrong – all those things are really excellent reasons to visit The Ten (per local lingo). It is everything you’d expect from a place called “saloon.” I’m not even kidding about sawdust on the floor. Doesn’t get much more authentic than that. But if you’re looking for something a bit more date-worthy, I’d like to recommend...
Shiny New Black Hills Vacations Reservations Website
If you've ever visited the Black Hills on a vacation package deal, you probably used Black Hills Central Reservations. And you might not have known it, either; they're a bit of a behind-the-scenes bunch, taking care of all the work it takes to bundle hotels, attraction tickets and rental cars into one flat-rate purchase. For ye average traveler, the benefit is only having to swipe your credit card once - and you usually get some sort of cost savings to boot. Imagine a sort of Travelocity for the Black Hills. For the past several months, CenRes (for the sake of using cool abbreviations) has been working on upgrading their website, and they finally went live with it this week at www.blackhillsvacations.com.
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