News hit the Bulletin today that the Sears store—long one of the anchors of the Bend River Mall (later, Promenade rather than Mall)—will be closing by the end of the year: The Sears department store and the Sears Auto Center at the Bend River Promenade on Northeast Third Street will … Continue reading
One of my favorite beer events of the year is coming up this Saturday in Sisters: the Sisters Fresh Hop Festival taking place from noon to 8pm in Sisters’ Village Green Park. Admission to the event is free and open to all ages. A souvenir taster pint glass is available, … Continue reading
What with the website issues I was having this week I didn’t get to posting this sooner, but not only is today the official first day of Oktoberfest but it’s also (not so coincidentally) the big day for Oktoberfest celebrations in Bend. The annual Bend Oktoberfest (now in its 9th … Continue reading
You may have noticed that I posted on Facebook yesterday that the site was down, which lasted from roughly noon yesterday until roughly noon today. Apparently the culprit was a rogue WordPress plugin (WordPress is the blog software that powers this site) which was causing problems with the database which … Continue reading
Some cool stuff going on today that you might want to check out. McMenamins Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day: Technically this should be on the 17th but that’s a Tuesday so the 14th works for McMenamins annual Irish-in-September fun. All day long today you’ll be infused with the Irish with Irish … Continue reading
This is one of those events I didn’t know about until 104.1 FM’s Robin Fox pinged me several times on Twitter about it: Eagle Crest resort is hosting their own Oktoberfest-styled beer fest tomorrow they’ve dubbed “Oktobercrest,” which looks like a pretty cool event, featuring 24 beers on tap, cider … Continue reading
Attention homebrewers! Deschutes Brewery has fresh hops available for the first 30 homebrewers RIGHT NOW (noon on Tuesday the 10th!) to come in to the Brewery tasting room. Here’s their Facebook post: The Fresh Crystal Hops are here for HOP TRIP! After harvesting them from the vine this morning, they … Continue reading
Tom over at the Brew Shop & Platypus Pub told me this weekend that they’ve closed the Platypus for the rest of the month for some renovations and re-working of the kitchen and menu. So if you were hoping to stop in the next few weeks for beer and a … Continue reading
Looking at the weather recently I’m hoping it won’t rain for First Friday Art Walk tonight, but the forecast says something about it around 9pm tonight, so, cross your fingers. In the meantime it is First Friday, where from 5 to 9pm businesses will stay open late with special art … Continue reading
I was down at The Little Woody last night (of course) to enjoy the opening night, drink some amazing beer, and giveaway some Central Oregon Beer Week swag (which I’ll be doing again today—watch the COBW page on Facebook for detail on that), and noted some updates to the guide … Continue reading