I loves me a good used book sale, and April is offering up two—on the same day, no less! First is the Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale, at the Library Administration building downtown (where it’s always held) on Saturday, April 14th. It runs from 10am until 4pm. The … Continue reading
Over on the empty lot on the northeast corner of Hill Street and Irving Avenue, there sits a little green building inside of a fenced area. It’s an old garage, and along the top of the garage door a faded sign is decorated with shamrocks and says, "Harp Hall." It’s … Continue reading
As promised when I blogged about it before, JC’s expanded space was officially opened to the public today. Not monumental news, but it’s always noteworthy in this town when a construction project finishes on time. Don’t forget they’re having their grand opening this Saturday, St. Patrick’s Day, too.
The Bend Restaurants blog has a mouth-watering write-up of Deschutes Brewery‘s annual Spring Dinner last Saturday, the 10th. These events are six-course beer pairing dinners, where each course is paired with a different Deschutes beer. I’ve always thought it would be fun to do, but typically they run in the … Continue reading
I thought it’d be fun to write up a guide to places to go if you’re going pub hopping on St. Patrick’s Day. My only criteria? Pretty loose and arbitrary; any place that I think of as primarily where you would go for a drink—not necessarily to eat. And it … Continue reading
St. Patrick’s Day is coming up this Saturday (already?), and McMenamins has a two-day celebration going on. In addition to having their seasonal Irish stout on tap (it’s pretty good), they are: Featuring live music by the Moon Mountain Ramblers, The Severin Sisters and others, with McMenamins Irish Stout, Irish … Continue reading
Starting Monday, March 12th, work is set to begin on a roundabout at the intersection of Bond and Wilson, on the edge of the Old Mill District. Traffic will be detoured; check out the image below to see how it’s being routed. Via this blog.
In my previous post Kina in the comments pointed to the site Restaurants For Sale Online, basically a searchable directory of—you guessed it—restaurants for sale. Checking out what they have for Bend, there are four items: A "Concert venue/Night club/Restaurant" for $1.2 million. Vino Mercato ("Busy Bend Bistro with Great … Continue reading
Papa’s Pizza, south of town across from Fred Meyer, is changing its name to "Pappy’s Pizza." My wife saw this while in the area today. Vino Mercato, the wine bistro and deli downtown, is closing. It was a blurb in the paper today and Duncan mentions it on his blog. … Continue reading
Who else saw the blurb in Saturday’s paper about Redmond’s UFO convention being planned for June? If the Redmond Historical Commission, The High Desert Society of the Arts and the Redmond Downtown Merchants have their druthers, airplanes won’t be the only craft descending upon Redmond come June. The groups are … Continue reading