Pure Barre fitness to open Friday
Offering a unique style to fitness, Pure Barre will open Friday at 515 N. Fourth St., the former building of the Masonic Lodge and The Spokesman-Review Cd’A offices.
Owner Jaimee Cox, a franchisee of Pure Barre for five years, said it’s a fusion of pilates, yoga and isometric exercises combined in 50-minute classes for an athletic approach working the entire body to the beat of music for balance and resistance with results in about 10 classes for strength without the bulk.
Cox owned two studios near Houston and has taught more than 1,000 classes for the empowerment of women for community-minded fitness in a boutique format. Classes start at 5:30 a.m. and continue until 6:30 p.m. Pure Barre has about 475 locations nationwide.
Check www.purebarre.com/id-cda. Phone 208-502-1432.
HMH Engineering moves to CdA
Specializing in civil design, surveying, construction administration and materials testing, HMH Engineering has relocated to 3882 N. Schreiber Way, Suite 104, in Coeur d’Alene after seven years at 1302 W. Hayden Ave.
With the main office here, HMH Engineering also has offices in Sandpoint, Wallace, Boise and Twin Falls. Owners are Alex Hall, Shawn Metts and Matt Hall. Hours here are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Phone 208-635-5825. Check www.hmh-llc.com.
The company will sponsor a Cd’A Chamber of Commerce Business-After-Hours event 5 p.m. April 26.
Mountain Paw Pet Supply opens in Post Falls
Offering high quality natural and organic pet food, treats and supplies, Mountain Paw Pet Supply will open April 16 in Suite C at 724 N. Highway 41 in Post Falls.
Owners Brett and Diane Robinson offer diet and food plans specific to each pet with food and treats for all life stages and diets. Diane has more than 15 years experience in pet care and nutrition as a veterinary technician and most recently with Rathdrum Animal Clinic.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Phone 208-981-0525. Check www.mountainpawpetsupply.com.
Several new places prepare to open
Here’s a quick new list of places preparing to open in the Coeur d’Alene area:
Thomas Hammer Coffee will be next to the new Firehouse Subs on Appleway near Ramsey Road. Incrediburger & Eggs will construct a new neighboring building. Idaho Central Credit Union has started a new building across the street.
LiveForBlu has leased 4,300 square feet at 505 E. Sherman, and Balloons & will take the place of the Flower Bar at 2026 N. Beebe Drive. in Riverstone. Camera Corral will move from downtown to Harbor View Plaza on Northwest Boulevard. The NYC Piano Bar will be at 313 E. Sherman.
Sonrisa Taqueria will be at 519 E. Sherman, and Ten/6 Restaurant will be at 726 N. Fourth St. Brothers Flooring will be at 4057 Riverbend in Post Falls.
Mexico trip highlights replace Tidbits
Twenty members of the extended Rosdahl family just returned from almost two weeks at 70-plus degrees in Mexico. We retired types are trying to live our bucket-list dreams, and we combined with our children, their spouses and grandkids for their Spring Break delight.
With the help of daughter Cory Jasmin’s research, we had four fantastic condominiums in the village of Sayulita north of the growing central Pacific coastal community of Puerto Vallarta. In addition to being easy walking to several great beaches, the place has a huge pool with fantastic kid areas. Each apartment had multiple overlooking decks, full kitchens, TVs etc. The beaches had great surfs and rock outcroppings and tide pools to find shells, sea critters and special rocks. The town had many eateries and road-side sellers of special items and clothing.
We had a great boat trip (Chica Locca) to the preserved Marieta Islands, where no mechanical devices are allowed. We used life preservers to get to the shores that are highlighted by great beaches and rock formations. Using snorkels, we could see the sea critters below us. At mid-sea we saw whales and porpoises.
The historical center of Mexico City has a gigantic plaza surrounded by magnificent mostly historical buildings. Several are museums and churches. With many of the streets for pedestrians only, the downtown area is amazingly clean with city employees patrolling with brooms and containers. Each block has several outdoor police people. Most of the stores have outdoor areas as do the eateries with several having higher levels and balconies. Nearly every table has a rack for hats, coats and packs.
Each street has musicians with instruments, voices and donation cups. Many are very skilled children on guitar and accordion. One performer would swallow an 8-foot balloon.
The first day we took an open-air tour bus around the city to determine what we wanted to see more of such as the museums, galleries and churches, many several hundred years old. The museums are free on Sundays and closed on Mondays. It was Easter weekend so the Central Plaza was very busy and loud but interesting.
We took a tour bus about 40 miles north of the city to the Pyramids of Teotihuacan (of the sun and moon). Built in about 150 AD, these were very interesting and beautiful. On the trip the tiny-house suburbs extended forever, helping us see how Mexico City probably has the highest population in the world.
Our hotel, the Majestic Best Western, has fantastic ancient architecture right on the Central Plaza with a friendly. helpful staff. However, the only English TV channels were CNN and Fox. I missed the March Madness championship game.
Next week we’ll get back to the usual Tidbits. Contact Nils Rosdahl at nrosdahl@cdapress.com.