One of the things I decided to start doing on this blog was book reviews of books by local authors, or about the area in general. The first review covers both: High Desert of Central Oregon, by Raymond Hatton. Hatton is Professor Emeritus of Geography up at COCC, and has … Continue reading
The new 92.7 FM radio station I first blogged about in October of last year (and garnered a ton of comments for—mostly from people think that I am the radio station) has been going strong. So far it’s gotten mostly positive reviews based on comments and people I’ve talked to. … Continue reading
Brian points us to yet another mysterious Bend Bigfoot sighting here… although Bigfoot looks to be mugging for the camera a bit much… (Yeah, yeah, I’m about done with all of this.)
Following up on yesterday’s Bigfoot news, I thought I’d better share the photographic evidence I have of a Bigfoot on Pilot Butte. Look carefully:
As usual, Jake was on the forefront of this news: this June, the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization will be descending on Central Oregon to have a, well, Bigfoot hunting expedition. Once Jake ran the story, it picked up steam: appearing in an article in the Bulletin (you need to pay … Continue reading
A tip on one of those open-air produce stands you see around (actually, they’re less "stands" than just vendors selling out of the back of their trucks): a co-worker recommended the guy on the corner of Third and Division (south end of town, by 7-Eleven) for the best oranges in … Continue reading
Via Jen, there’s a new coffee shop downtown: Thump Coffee. It’s located at 25 NW Minnesota, just down from the Firehall building (which houses Staccato). They’re in the old "Bears" location in Suite 2, next to the Habit clothing store (the other street-facing store in the building). Anyway. According to … Continue reading
Saturday, January 20 is the Deschutes Public Library’s Winter Book Sale. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, it takes places from 10am until 4pm at the Library Administration Building at 507 NW Wall (the smaller building just a block down the street from the main library). They always have … Continue reading
Shannon tipped me off to this: there’s a new place being built out next door to the Alpenglow Café, apparently named Makahna’s. They have their liquor license application posted on their window (to sell beer, wine and cider), which was entered January 4th, under the name "Makahna’s, LLC". Inside there’s … Continue reading
In the spirit of doing these "zeitgeist" things on my other blogs, I thought I’d do one here, too. Considering I only launch this blog at the beginning of May, I think these are pretty good numbers. Number of blog entries: 130 Approximate total number of words written: 20,386 Average … Continue reading