Andy West

I moved to Billings back in November to work for Cat Country and my wife and daughter are staying in Calfornia until my daughter finishes 6th grade this June. So in the meantime my father-in-law has been taking my daughter to school each morning

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Next week (May 13th-15th) you can ride free with your bike on the Met Transit line! The City of Billings Met Transit buses will provide FREE bus service on all routes if you ride your bike during Bike Walk Bus Week. Of course you

Walking to lunch today in Downtown Billings I found this flyer. They're looking for people who want to photograph butts (or have pictures taken of their butt), blog about butts or paint a fine butt. The contacts, Zach and Yaz, certainly have come up with a unique idea for a periodical but will it be profitable and have mass appeal?

Here is the text from the flyer pictured above: "We are a group of mature individuals and we are absolutely fascinated by butts (God knows why)

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The Alberta Bair Theater has brought an excellent roster of comedian's to Billings in 2013 not the least of which were Lisa Lampanelli and Louie Anderson. Now, the ABT is welcoming the most successful comedian of all-time as measured by record and book sales, TV ratings and just about any other metric

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I went home to grab my iPhone charging cord and saw this thing on my blinds. I looked it up and it is a hornet. I hear it can sting multiple times. I'm not sure how a hornet would get into my basement apartment on Montana Avenue

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Hunter Hayes, who first came to Billings with Carrie Underwood back in February, has been nominated for Best Video of the Year and Best Male Video of the Year at the Country Music Television Awards happening June 5th

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This happened yesterday while flying back to Billings from Fresno, California. I think the last time I had any kind of mishap while flying was in 1983 when I was trying to cut into a cherry tomato with a dull plastic knife and a seed spit out and shot straight into my eye

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Since I live in one of Downtown Billings newly renovated loft buildings designed by High Plains Architects (that reminds me, I have to pay my rent today... oops) I'm always on the lookout for mid-century modern pieces that will look cool in my place

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If you're a regular reader of my blog (assuming there are regular readers of my blog... anyone? Crickets.) you know I visited Pictograph Caves State Park this Sunday and had a great time. It is a good, vigorous hike up to the caves from the parking lot, lots of greenery and spectacular views, picnic spots and the excitement of not knowing if a rattlesnake is just around the corner

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Frac Daddy, co-owned by Ken Schlenker from Billings is racing in the Kentucky Derby this Saturday at Churchill Downs. He'll be racing from post number 18 on the far outside which trainer Ken McPeek says suits him because the "horse doesn't like dirt in his face"

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A pizza place which shall remain unnamed (it's in downtown Billings) is the Italian version of "The Soup Nazi" from the old Seinfeld sitcom. I called today and ordered a pizza with sun-dried tomatoes, marinated artichoke hearts and onions

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I've mentioned this before but I have been back in Montana for about 5 months now (I spent time in Great Falls and Havre as a kid) and my wife and daughter are moving here in July after my daughter graduates sixth grade

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