My wife heard today that the grand opening for the new Bo Restobar—downtown in the Franklin Crossing building—is this Saturday, February 16th. Bo Restobar is an Asian cuisine restaurant from the people behind Typhoon… which is also Asian cuisine (Thai) and located in Franklin Crossing. Albeit around the corner.
Open mike night for readings if you’re an author. That’s kind of cool. Award winning poet and author and COCC’s 2007/2008 Scholar-in-Residence, Ellen Waterston, invites the community to the next Word Café to be held on Thursday, February 21, 7:00 p.m. at the COCC Barber Library. There is no admission … Continue reading
(Lifted from the COWPU site, credit Jen for writing it and Shannon for organizing it.) Feb 21, 5:30ish at the Blacksmith (happy hour, woot!), Downtown Bend RSVP to Shannon at shanlee at gmail.com Keep in mind, this is intended for bloggers who wish to meet other bloggers. This will be … Continue reading
The Bend Chamber’s Young Professionals Network (YPN) is calling on its members and other interested local professionals to support The Humane Society of Central Oregon at its February networking event. This month’s event will be hosted by Deschutes County Title Wednesday, February 20, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 397 … Continue reading
Received this in email the other day, for the John Craig Memorial Wilderness Ski & Tour: Oregon Nordic Club chapters end of the season celebration! Sign up by Feb 29, 08 for the 30K Wilderness ski & tour – since 1934 Event Date: March 15, 08 McKenzie Pass near Sisters, … Continue reading
Holy smokes! I just called and confirmed what my wife thought she saw on their sign: Bend’s best burger joint, the Pilot Butte Drive-In, will be staying open until 6pm starting this Monday, the 11th! It was back in July of 2004 that they announced they were cutting their dinner … Continue reading
A year ago, in February 2007: The announcement that flights to Las Vegas would start later in the year for only $59; Italian restaurant Mangia Pasta closed; I found that the Redmond Spokesman has a blog; The Mercury Diner also closed (actually changed); I discovered that Eagle Crest was hosting … Continue reading
There’s a tentative opening date for Trader Joe’s up on the north side of town: March 28. They’ve had "Bend, OR" on their Coming Soon page for awhile now, and the exterior of the building looks finished. When open, it will be the eighth Trader Joe’s in Oregon.
Tomorrow being Mardi Gras, I ran into the same problem I found last year while updating the events calendar: nothing Mardi Gras-related going on locally that I can find. Okay, that’s not entirely true; apparently both Joker’s and 541 Lounge had Mardi Gras parties on Saturday, the 2nd. That doesn’t … Continue reading
I first posted a review on La Costa Azul back in May of last year; it’s the Mexican restaurant up on Bend’s north side, on the corner of Empire Boulevard and Layton Avenue. We’ve been there a few times since then, most recently last night for dinner; here are some … Continue reading