Hotel Rogers
One of America’s
Better places
To eat and sleep
Historical evidence remains of the once grand and glamorous Campbell’s Hotel Rogers in downtown Idaho Falls. Guests included Herbert Hoover, Lyndon B. Johnson, Ronald Reagan, Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper, and Roy Rogers. Now converted into business offices, the third floor is reportedly haunted.
“Just looking at the little bits of history that I get to see that are still here, I can’t imagine what it looked like in its heyday with all of the glitz and glam and luxury that Idaho Falls had to offer.” – Cherity Woolf
Arts
Conceptual idea
Emotional power
Aesthetic dissemination
Pushing against shifting boundaries, pursuant to relativist tendencies selectively recreating certain aspects of reality, the permanent drive for artist renewal leads to metaphysics in all walks of life.
“Everything you can imagine is real.” – Pablo Picasso
Mings
Perpendicular attitude
Imperial dynasty
Chinese cuisine
Gastronomy offered as a high art is indicated by prominent green and yellow vertical edifice strips designed to attract attention. Chinese historical power and diaspora engender wide cultural influence.
“More art in your life at this time will help you feel better.” – Fortune Cookie
Superior Linen Supply
Extension business
Timely merchandise
Over a century
Painted a uniform provocative iridescent green, an old building sports a superior sign indicating either purpose or aspiration.
“Mind is superior to body because you cannot have a new body, but you can have a new mind through wisdom!” – Mehmet Murat ildan
Probable Presence
Operation breakthrough
Condition of functioning
Dramatic development
Driving through the inner-city in route to deliver finished artwork to the gallery, from the roadway more artwork is offered for observation and contemplation. Life is an immersive installation.
“A family is where everyone grows up, comes to understand how relationships and friendships work, and how to resolve conflict in a healthy manner.” – Lamar Hunt, Jr.
Junior’s Auto
Mechanic trust
Service perfectly
Any situation
Considering the quantity of services and merchandise proffered, is there any correspondence between branding and actual benefits rendered?
“Screw out the bolts of your life, examine and work on yourself, fix your life again and get going.” – Israelmore Ayivor
McLaughin Bros
Single location
Dual purpose
Since 1880
Bright winter sunshine bounces off a historic architectural facade in downtown Sedalia. Functioning side by side for over a hundred years, the McLaughlin family owned and operated a combined furniture store and funeral home. In the nineteenth century, the makers of furniture often also pursued casket-making.
“I feel there’s a lot of emphasis these days placed on explaining everything in such a fashion that there’s really nothing left for the listener or reader to explore themselves.” – Aaron Turner
Sen Sen
Throat ease
Breath perfume
Confection sucrerie
Created in the late 19th century by Thomas Byrne Dunn, Sen-Sen was the first commercial breath-freshener marketed in the United States. Available in small pouches or cardboard boxes, it’s secret blend of licorice and ‘rare herbs’ would allegedly mask mouth odors resulting from food, drink or smoke.
“It does not sneak around with subtle sweetness and pepperminty little puffs. When one Sen-Sen hits your tongue and begins to dissolve, your breath takes on the authority of tear gas.” – Bill Stokes
Replete Memorabilia
Right off the kitchen
Association worthy
Stir recollection
As night falls, walking in a snow-covered mountain hamlet is a delight. The calmness and surface albedo accentual artificial light-pattern distributions across scattered buildings.
“What do you do with what you’re given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?” – Donald Fagen