A couple of weeks ago I blogged about the Badlands Brewery Crawl, an effort by the Oregon Natural Desert Association to raise awareness to get the Badlands east of Bend designated as a Wilderness Area. Now, ONDA is pushing April 1st as a "Day of Action" to further the process: … Continue reading
Picked this up via KTVZ: Blues legend BB King and classic rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd will be playing the Les Schwab Amphitheater this year, on July 6th and 10th, respectively. KTVZ reports that the King concert will cost $39 for general admission, and $59 and $79 for two tiers of reserve … Continue reading
Monday I took the kids over to Bouncing off the Wall (meeting some friends with their kids), and I have to say, while I’m still a little skeptical over the long-term viability of such a place as a business, for parents with kids looking for something to do, this is … Continue reading
The Jackalope Grill and WineStyles present a Women’s Wine Dinner on Monday April 7 at 5:30pm. The evening features a special four-course meal paired with wines. Carol DelMonico, a certified life coach, and writer Linden Gross will speak briefly on how to slow down and take time for yourself. Cost … Continue reading
The title says it all. Though if you’re unfamiliar, "COWPU" stands for Central Oregon Web Professionals Usergroup. The meeting is indeed on April Fool’s Day. Topic: Make Your Site Go Faster with Web Caching (by Ricardo Newbery) Location: McKay Cottage A presentation by web application developer, Ricardo Newbery, on web … Continue reading
The local economy—the implosion of it, along with the housing market, more specifically—is becoming an issue. This weekend the Bend Economy Blog ran a great post: 5 Things Bendites Should Do Now. What can Bend do now? Well, maybe we should put the question a little differently: what should people … Continue reading
Apologies for the slow week around here; I’ve had some other stuff come up that have, shall we say, taken a certain amount of precedence for my attention elsewhere. But, the week’s over, I have next week off for spring break with the kids, and it’s time to relax. The … Continue reading
This came in as a press release and seems like a cool event, even though it’s the first time I’ve heard of a brewery crawl in a grassroots campaign like this. They’d welcome people from the media, too. (Incidentally, the other two breweries are Deschutes and Bend Brewing.) The Oregon … Continue reading
Here we go again. This may be a perennial favorite: The St. Patrick’s Day pub guide! This time around, I’m also noting when a place has a specific St. Patty’s thing going on (I’ve bolded the name and included a blurb). I’ve also broken last year’s rule of "not restaurant … Continue reading
In The Source this week, H. Bruce Miller explores the size of pint glasses at the "Big Four" breweries in town—literally taking a measuring cup in and pouring his beer into it to see exactly how much beer each place pours. For some background, there are two commonly used types … Continue reading