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
PU.Camp is Coming: announced on the Central Oregon Web Professionals Usergroup (COWPU). PU.Camp will be a gathering for people to share and learn in an open environment. It will be an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. The format and name are inspired by BarCamp (which was … Continue reading
– With schools closed today and snow everywhere and much of the town on lockdown (not really—but the police are urging people to stay off the roads), I’m wondering how that will affect the Bend WebCon 2 going on downtown today (from 11-3). I won’t be there either way, but … Continue reading
Tipster Stanislaw Funk today let drop that the Bulletin will soon be doing something new: offering free "E-Edition" access to subscribers of their dead-tree edition. If true, it’s a step in the right direction—when we had our Bulletin subscription I often wished I could also have online access to those … Continue reading
This is sort of a mini-press release but it was a reasonable email pitch so I figured, why not. I don’t know what a Blu-Ray player goes for, but this doesn’t seem like a bad deal. Maybe someone who follows up on it could report back? Purchase your Blu-Ray player … Continue reading