Press Release: That’s So Gay, White Party

Event: That’s So Gay, White Party When: January 10th, 8pm to 2am. Doors at 7:30 Where: The Shilo Inn Banquet Hall: 3105 O.B. Riley Road Bend, OR 97701. phone:(541) 389-9600. Performers: Comedian Jackie Jones. Returning to host the evening once again. Website is www.JackieJonesMakesMeLaugh.com, or www.MySpace.com/JackieJones, and www.YouTube.com/user/1Jsquared. She is … Continue reading

Last year in January…

A new year and looking back at the January ’08 retrospective, it just doesn’t seem that long ago somehow (even though it was a full year!). Anyone else feeling the same way? In 2008: "Best of 2007" lists The Source started their Light Meter to run community-submitted photos Three Creeks … Continue reading

Boston’s Gourmet Pizza

Today for lunch we decided to try the new Boston’s Gourmet Pizza on the south end of town. You know, the new restaurant that opened up next to the Factory Outlets, in the new shopping center anchored by Gottschalks. (Which is a different post altogether. Maybe.) I wasn’t sure what … Continue reading

Now Westside Video, too

Seriously, I didn’t plan for these last three posts to be about business closures, but that’s what seems to be happening. As reported by the Bulletin yesterday, Westside Video is closed. Westside Video is (was) located over on Newport Avenue on, er, the west side for the past 24 years—a … Continue reading

Merenda is closing, too

Right on the heels of finding out Deep is closed, it turns out Merenda—Jody Denton’s longer-lasted downtown trendy restaurant—is closing for good, as well. A couple of people noted in the comments here on the blog, and the initial announcement in the Bulletin is here, with a longer, more detailed … Continue reading

Deep, Crooked River Dinner Train closing

The end of the year brings more restaurant-related closures, which aren’t fun for anybody. First is the closure of the Crooked River Dinner Train, according to the Bulletin. Costs and descreased ridership have made it unfeasible for the City of Prineville to continue to operate it. (I didn’t know that … Continue reading

On the eleventh day of Christmas…

It’s not specific to Bend or Central Oregon, but on Christmas Eve we enjoy NORAD Tracks Santa—the "official" site for finding out where Santa is right now. The dynamic map is updated every few minutes with Santa’s current location, and every so often a video goes "live" showing Santa flying … Continue reading

On the tenth day of Christmas…

More snow; I heard on the radio driving home from work today that there’s another winter storm advisory from 6am tomorrow morning until 6pm Thursday (Christmas), with 3-5 inches expected for Bend. Now, I know better than to implicitly trust the weather report for Central Oregon, so I have my … Continue reading

On the ninth day of Christmas…

Hard to believe we’re only three days away from Christmas already. Nothing substantive to point to tonight, other than a few pictures I took while shopping in the Old Mill District the other day. Christmas shopping, naturally. Well, I suppose you can’t tell it’s Christmas time from the smokestacks picture… … Continue reading