Looking for something taller? A 360-degree scan over the horizon from the FIB roof will reveal them in #Regina, #Winnipeg, #Minneapolis, #Lincoln, #Denver, #SaltLakeCity, #Boise, #Spokane, #Calgary.#DowntownBillings #take41
Judging by the trash bin, Ariat boots are sure scootin’ out the door at soon-to-close, everything-30%-off Lou Taubert Ranch Outfitters. #DowntownBillings #take46 #cowboyup @ariat
“Be patient, boys. Spring will eventually come. Then we’ll play ball!” Legendary Legion baseball coach Ed Bayne might have said that. Yes?#DowntownBillings #take27 #dehlerpark #mtsports
Spring fever unleashed. Salsa/afro rock music of John Roberts Y Pan Blanco fills the Montana Gallery and the impromptu dance floor. Paintings of Karyn Mehus brought out the crowd for her Botanica exhibition.#DowntownBillings #take36
My well-behaved wedding party stayed here in 1985. 32 years and three amazing kids later, someone has trashed the place.#DowntownBillings #take23 #mtnews
The pinwheels were planted, much to a little girl’s delight, then came the winds. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, as the Family Tree Center reminded us with its colorful display.#DowntownBillings #take38 #billingsexchangeclubs
This is a downtown coffee shop, not a reading room, people. Warning: Keep your @billingsgazette under wraps.#DowntownBillings #take29 #realnews #mtnews
With music and food swirling all around, artist Katherine Greer stays focused on her wolf during Yellowstone Valley Gives fundraising event for nonprofits.#DowntownBillings #take53 #YVGives2018 #BillingsCommunityFoundation @katiegreerart
Wonder what CD she’s listening to... Maybe Prince? Kiss?
#DowntownBillings #take55 #smilingdogrecords
Steve Prosinski
Simply basking in our spring thaw. #DowntownBillings #take31 #mtwx
You could say that @tomhanks inspired this Twitter project. Last Best News publisher/editor Ed Kemmick then made me write about it.
Fifty-some tweets and a few months ago, I found a few minutes each week — before work, after work, after the Y, on a lunchtime break, on weekends — to capture downtown scenes with my little iPhone SE. I’d add a thought, a #downtownbillings hashtag, and post it.
It’s been interesting to see what connects with readers, what triggers traffic and comments.
Sentiments on our record-setting, never-ending winter are reflected in many tweets. Others show a side of downtown that escapes the gaze of most folks. I see things a bit differently now that I’m on the hunt for the next snapshot.
No Ansel Adams here. No Pulitzer Prize candidates, either. But I get a kick out of many of these. Maybe you had to be there.
Oh, the @tomhanks thing? I follow him on Twitter. He posts quirky street-scene tweets from time to time on his account, where he describes himself this way: “I’m that actor in some of the movies you liked and some you didn’t. Sometimes I’m in pretty good shape, other times I’m not. Hey, you gotta live, you know?”
Downtown in Montana’s largest city is certainly full of life. Keep an eye out for it.
