It’s time (again) for one of America’s favorite co-opted [drinking] holidays—Cinco de Mayo! I’ve been looking around online for specific Cinco de Mayo-related events, and have thus far found a surprising scarcity of them. The Mexican restaurants will of course be celebrating the day and will be good destinations. Here … Continue reading
So, with “Jason Evers” sitting in a jail in Idaho, accused of stealing the identity of a three-year old murder victim who died almost three decades ago (the Bulletin has a good summary) and up on federal charges, it certainly begs the question: what’s the OLCC (Oregon Liquor Control Commission) … Continue reading
Last week the Bulletin ran a story about the “Bend Ale Trail,” but I completely missed it because a) it’s behind the paywall and therefore unavailable to read online and b) I didn’t see it in their RSS feed anyway because of late they have cluttered up their feed with … Continue reading
Geoffrey from All Around Bend emailed to remind me about Deschutes Brewery’s Casino Night, coming up Saturday, May 8th. I had seen the flier at the Brewery and forgotten to blog about it. It’s a benefit for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and starts at 6pm up at their Mountain … Continue reading
If you follow Hack Bend primarily through RSS, then you may not notice any changes, but if you visit the site regularly you will. I have (finally) upgraded the blog from my own homegrown software to WordPress, which will give me much more flexibility to do some things I’ve been … Continue reading
We recently had dinner at the new(ish) Versante Pizza on the south side of town—located at the old Zydeco location on south Third Street in fact. The only thing we really knew about it going in was that it was supposed to be expensive (for pizza). Well, to be honest, … Continue reading
Posting links to a couple of sites I’ve not mentioned here before that are really useful. First is BendHappyHour.com, featuring searchable listings of local bar and restaurant happy hours; they accept user submissions so if something you’re looking for isn’t on there, you can suggest it. My wife’s been following … Continue reading
The Silver Moon folks sent out a blurb today for music next Tuesday (the 27th), not at Silver Moon: Just wanted to let you know that Arcata, CA singer-songwriter Chris Parriera will be doing an acoustic show at The Wine Shop downtown on Tuesday, April 27th at 7 p.m. There … Continue reading
Just in time for the arrival of the nicer weather (or rather, the weather arrived just in time for this), Northwest Crossing is having a Bend Spring Festival from Friday through Sunday. Celebrating the return of the sun, the renewal of the earth, and the launching of a busy Central … Continue reading
Once a month or so WebCyclery hosts a movie night at the McMenamins theater, usually themed (I think) around bicycling (of course). This month’s Movie Night is next Tuesday, April 20th, and features the movie "Asiemut": WebCyclery and Co-Motion Cycles bring you Asiemut, a film about traveling far beyond what … Continue reading