Downtown valet service

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

Press Release: New General Manager at Greg’s Grill

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

This Wednesday’s beer at the Blacksmith

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

Last year (or two) in June…

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

Noxious Weed Eradication Day, June 14th

This was a flyer emailed to me in PDF format: Noxious Weed Eradication Day ("Let’s Pull Together") is a program calling for volunteers to donate time pulling noxious, invasive weed species from Central Oregon forests and open spaces. It’s taking place June 14th (Saturday) from 9am until noon, and volunteers … Continue reading

Blacksmith beer tasting lineup

The other day I blogged about the Blacksmith’s beer tasting Wednesdays, and I wondered aloud (as "aloud" as posting on a blog can be) what the actual beers would be. Wonder no more; I got an email pointing to the BS blog listing just what will be tasted this week: … Continue reading

Farmer’s Market: Wednesday

I looked at the calendar today and realized that Wednesday is the first day of the Bend Farmer’s Market, the one at the top of Drake Park behind the Riverfront Plaza. It runs from 3pm until 7pm, and should be there all summer until mid-October. Hopefully the weather will be … Continue reading

Deschutes’ Chocolate Beer Pairing Dinner

This past Saturday Deschutes Brewery had their annual Chocolate Beer Pairing Dinner, and I was extremely fortunate to get invited to attend on the house. Naturally I blogged about it, and you can read that review (with pictures) on my beer blog here. Overall, it was a lot of fun … Continue reading

COWPU meeting, June 2nd

Late notice, I know. The June COWPU meeting (Central Oregon Web Professionals Usergroup) is Monday, June 2nd. Topic: Nothing in particular Location: McKay Cottage Hello fellow Cowpuddlians! The first of the month is just around the corner. Our group has McKay Cottage for June 2 at 6pm. The restaurant is … Continue reading