Just a quick note to let everyone know that I’ll be offline for the Memorial Day weekend—through Tuesday, actually. Hopefully everyone has a safe and fun holiday weekend! And if you get bored, check out some of the sites I’ve put below under the "Links" heading.
This KTVZ event post reminded me about the Bite of Bend coming up next month, on June 17th (Saturday). This is a fun event, admission is free (though food and drink is not), and even has a live, local Iron Chef competition. This year’s live entertainment schedule will be: 11:00 … Continue reading
Simone suggests a good topic: a collection of wireless hotspots around town. Useful for the laptop set (or wardrivers). (She also suggested a rating system for them, but I’m not that far along.) Between us, we came up with a few: DiLusso’s: You need to access their site first when … Continue reading
We have a GIS (geographic information system) computer set up at work, fully loaded with Deschutes County data. One of the things I’ve found interesting is to data mine the system to find (among other things) all the parks in Bend (something you can also do with Google Maps), and … Continue reading
Bend has a lot of good places to eat, though the pace at which things are changing around here, it’s tough to keep up with what’s new, what’s closed, what’s good… Trouble is, there’s not a lot of good online resources for Bend dining. (One that would be obvious—BendRestaurants.com—is a … Continue reading
Busy weekend this week! Tomorrow, Saturday the 20th, is the 13th annual Collage of Culture in Madras, held in the Jefferson County fairgrounds. It’s a celebration of diversity, and though I’ve never been, it sounds like it would be a good time. Saturday, May 20, begin the day with over … Continue reading
Tomorrow (Saturday the 20th) is one of our Big Bend Events: The Pole Pedal Paddle. It’s a relay race, with six legs that include alpine skiing/snowboarding, cross-country skiing, biking, running, canoe/kayaking and sprinting to the finish! You can do it all yourself or be part of team (or pair). The … Continue reading
Palmer’s Café may well be one of the most underrated and unknown breakfast places in Bend… they’re located at Palmer’s Motel on east Greenwood, not obvious unless you know where to look (they’re on the south side of the road), and once there you’ll find one of the best breakfasts … Continue reading
In my comments, Shannon said I should mention the Alpenglow Café—specifically that they had moved. Formerly, they had been located on Bond Street, next door to the brewery; they are now located in the relatively new Newport Terrace/Columbia River Bank building. Many locals consider the Alpenglow to be one of … Continue reading
Now this looks really cool: An Evening with Sam Waterston. Actor Sam Waterston, who plays Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy in NBC’s Law and Order, will appear in Bend in a benefit for The Nature of Words, Central Oregon’s premier literary event, at the Tower Theatre on June 14. Waterston … Continue reading