This month is marks the two year anniversary of Hack Bend! So my retrospective will cover 2006 and 2007. In 2006: Newport Market’s Thirsty Thursdays were covered; Deschutes Brewery was giving away beer in exchange for blood (with the American Red Cross); Sam Waterston was in town; I wrote about … Continue reading

Let’s see, a year ago, in April 2007, I blogged about: Wildfire Brewing began officially brewing beer. Fyreflyte came out of retirement for a fundraiser show (at least I think this was after they had "disbanded"). Restaurant fundraisers for Tyler Eklund We found out China Hat Road is a dangerous … Continue reading

A year ago, in March 2007: JC’s had their grand opening in their expanded space. (Their Wildfire beer started pouring the following month.) I let you all in on how to dig up information on local property. I published a St. Patty’s Day pub hopping guide (which I may re-run … Continue reading

A year ago, in February 2007: The announcement that flights to Las Vegas would start later in the year for only $59; Italian restaurant Mangia Pasta closed; I found that the Redmond Spokesman has a blog; The Mercury Diner also closed (actually changed); I discovered that Eagle Crest was hosting … Continue reading