Tonight’s lineup of "Western Beers" is online on the Blacksmith blog: Mac & Jacks African Amber (American Amber | Redmond, Washington | 5.6% ABV Rogue Younger’s Special Bitter (English Special Bitter | Newport, Oregon | 4.8% ABV Green Flash West Coast IPA (American IPA | San Diego, California | 7.0% … Continue reading
Another "Marine Minute" dispatch from the County, which I’m finding pretty interesting. This week’s topic: drinking and boating. Not trying to be preachy—I genuinely find this interesting. Ask any ten Oregon boaters if they can legally drink alcohol while operating a boat (powered or otherwise), and there’s a good chance … Continue reading
I didn’t see this coming (I really didn’t): Redmond’s Project Blue Book Festival (see last’s year’s post) is back for their Second Annual edition. Here’s the email I got tonight (I bolded the date): Hey! Last years festival was great for a first time event! And surprising how many people … Continue reading
Good beer drinkers take note: on tap at Kebaba right now (I know, Kebaba, right?) is a keg of Chimay White. It’s on tap for $6.50 a glass and the owner expects it to last only four or five days. (Believe it or not, $6.50 for Chimay White on tap … Continue reading
The July meeting for COWPU has been posted. It’s Tuesday, July 1st at 6pm at the McKay Cottage. The topic is Amazon Web Services. Topic: Amazon Web Services – Is "Cloud Computing" the answer? So you’ve created a sweet web application… now what? Age old decisions come into play when … Continue reading
In today’s Bulletin: Valet service brings a bit of big city to downtown. Bend Valet plans to begin operations Friday evening, and for $7, patrons can drop off their vehicle downtown and be done with it…. The company will operate from a kiosk at the northeast corner of Brooks Street … Continue reading
Ah, getting a pint of beer after donating a pint of blood. I never know if I should be worried about that kind of thing or not. June Event: Wednesday, June 18 at Umpqua Bank in Bend from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The Bend Chamber Young Professionals Network (YPN) June event will … Continue reading
Got this in the contact form yesterday. Not entirely sure if I should be reading more into it or not; though it’s interesting to see the new happy hour going into effect. I don’t see any details about that on the website (yet); anyone want to report when it goes … Continue reading
The lineup of beers for this Wednesday’s Blacksmith Beer Tasting is posted: Join us this Wednesday to taste some great beer from the East Side. This week we will be tasting the Dogfish Head 60 & 90 minuet IPA’s side by side. Plus two distinctly different and wonderful beers from … Continue reading
Looking back, once again catching up for two(!) previous years of blogging. In 2006: We observed the launch of the Bend Weekly newspaper and website. Farmer’s Market month. I wrote a bit about the Lava River Cave. craigslist came to Bend (pushing "BendStuff" out of the spotlight). Fiona Apple tickets … Continue reading