The Bluebird Café
Artisanal cooking in an artsy section
By Laura bell
The Bluebird, in Town Center, recently opened to a packed house and already has a loyal following. The cafés hours are 7a.m. until noon Tuesday-Sunday (closed Mondays). This is not surprising as it is owned and operated by Scott and Alex Hoeksema of Big Sky, also owner/operators of the Lotus Pad another locals’ favorite eatery. Alex is from San Francisco, Calif., where she attended culinary school. Fellow Chef, Marcie Fitch, will manage the kitchen.
Bluebird Café has traditional breakfast foods; eggs and pancakes. And there are the non-traditional yummy offerings Belgian Waffles with unusual combinations such as Monkey’s Uncle, waffles with bananas, praline sauce, maple butter and fresh cream; Belgian Farmer, waffles with two eggs, Andouille sausage and maple butter.
Upcoming Big Sky Events
2/6 Dummy Jump Big Sky Resort
Get ready for a day of crashes and laughs as local and regional teams design and decorate the best crash test dummies. Dummy Jump fun will start at 12 p.m. when the dummies will be lined up near the Summit clock tower to be judged on creativity. Teams should form now to ensure plenty of time to design, build and modify a dummy competitor. The rules are simple, it is asked that all dummies resemble an organic life form, have a theme, be manageable by no more than two people, be designed with modesty (i.e. clothing) for the younger audience in attendance, and leave no trace.
Record numbers visited Yellowstone in 2009
Yellowstone National Park hosted a record number of visitors in 2009. Nearly 3.3 million people 4.6% from the previous record of 3.15 million visitors set in 2007.
All park entrances recorded annual visitation increases compared to 2008 levels. Double-digit percentage increases were recorded through the Northeast and East Entrances. The West Entrance busiest, which recorded over 1.3 million recreational visitors in 2009.
Yellowstone National Park Annual Recreational VisitorsRank Year Visitation Rank Year Visitation
1 2009 3,295,187 6 1998 3,120,830
2 2007 3,151,343 7 2008 3,066,570
3 1992 3,144,405 8 1994 3,046,145
4 1999 3,131,381 9 2003 3,019,375
5 1995 3,125,285 10 1996 3,012,171