Who knew China Hat Road was so messed up?

I’m a bit surprised by the article about China Hat Road and the surrounding area in today’s Bulletin; I mean, growing up in this area, sure, you’d expect that type of area to have the usual motorized vehicle, shooting, and dumping problems, but this makes it sound like something out … Continue reading

Restaurant fundraisers for Tyler Eklund

A number of restaurants are holding fundraisers over the next few weeks for injured snowboarder Tyler Eklund; the Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation site lists those and more. Fundraiser at McDonalds (SE Bend) Wednesday, April 11, 4:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. 100% of the proceeds during those 3 hours will go to … Continue reading

Dave’s Art Hop review

Dave has a nice little writeup of last night’s Art Hop downtown, with pictures. Last night’s was the stepped-up version, with live music all over the place, and the Fireflyte fundraiser show too. I didn’t make it (though my wife did), so it’s cool to see a bit of what … Continue reading

Vote on the Best of Bend for Bend Living

Bend Living magazine has a "Best of Bend" survey up on their site for people to fill out. It’s for their annual Best of Bend issue that comes out in the summer (I think), which is fluff but fun to read. You have until May 7th to complete the survey, … Continue reading

Fireflyte Fundraiser on First Friday

There’s an alliteral tongue-twister for you. As it says, the local firedancing troupe Fireflyte is having a fundraiser this Friday, April 6th—which is the First Friday Art Walk downtown. Here are the details of the event: Fyreflyte will be performing at the Mirror Pond Plaza again on the 6th of … Continue reading

Wildfire is brewing

Ah, the hiatus is over, it was a good vacation. Back to the world. I’ve a few things to post about, but for tonight it’s the news that according to JC’s MySpace bulletin (you get it if you’re a friend), Wildfire Brewing—their in-house operation—is now brewing beer. They have photos … Continue reading

Hiatus

Just a notice that this blog will be going on hiatus for a little over a week; we’re heading down to San Diego for spring break, and unless something really interesting comes across the laptop screen (yes, I’ll be checking periodically), I won’t be blogging much. Have a good spring … Continue reading

BuzzTouch gets the exclusive on upcoming concerts

In yesterday’s BuzzTouch Design podcast, Brian gets the exclusive word on upcoming concerts this summer at the Les Schwab Amphitheater. Seven concerts are revealed (two of which are already listed on the concert site); here are five: July 2 – Chris Isaak July 3 – Alison Krauss & Union Station … Continue reading

Directory of Bend Parks

This is one of those things which is not immediately obvious but contains a ton of useful information: the Bend Parks and Rec site has a listing of all parks in the city area. For awhile now, I was interested in the fact that Google Maps shows the names and … Continue reading

More house fire pictures

More pictures from the house fire across the street. I don’t have any of the fire itself—when we first watched, there was still smoke rising from the roof—but I took several of the fire fighters clearing away roofing material, wood, and the chimney from the roof. Apologies for the mediocre … Continue reading