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 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
Breaking, real-time news: the house across the street was on fire; firefighters were on the scene relatively quickly and were able to contain the flames. Trucks started arriving around 6:15 or 6:20, I believe; we heard the rumbling outside during dinner, but didn’t know what was causing it until we … Continue reading
I loves me a good used book sale, and April is offering up two—on the same day, no less! First is the Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale, at the Library Administration building downtown (where it’s always held) on Saturday, April 14th. It runs from 10am until 4pm. The … Continue reading
Over on the empty lot on the northeast corner of Hill Street and Irving Avenue, there sits a little green building inside of a fenced area. It’s an old garage, and along the top of the garage door a faded sign is decorated with shamrocks and says, "Harp Hall." It’s … Continue reading
As promised when I blogged about it before, JC’s expanded space was officially opened to the public today. Not monumental news, but it’s always noteworthy in this town when a construction project finishes on time. Don’t forget they’re having their grand opening this Saturday, St. Patrick’s Day, too.
The Bend Restaurants blog has a mouth-watering write-up of Deschutes Brewery‘s annual Spring Dinner last Saturday, the 10th. These events are six-course beer pairing dinners, where each course is paired with a different Deschutes beer. I’ve always thought it would be fun to do, but typically they run in the … Continue reading
I thought it’d be fun to write up a guide to places to go if you’re going pub hopping on St. Patrick’s Day. My only criteria? Pretty loose and arbitrary; any place that I think of as primarily where you would go for a drink—not necessarily to eat. And it … Continue reading
St. Patrick’s Day is coming up this Saturday (already?), and McMenamins has a two-day celebration going on. In addition to having their seasonal Irish stout on tap (it’s pretty good), they are: Featuring live music by the Moon Mountain Ramblers, The Severin Sisters and others, with McMenamins Irish Stout, Irish … Continue reading
Starting Monday, March 12th, work is set to begin on a roundabout at the intersection of Bond and Wilson, on the edge of the Old Mill District. Traffic will be detoured; check out the image below to see how it’s being routed. Via this blog.