Time for more Holiday Shopping Guide. It’s every kids’ favorite topic: Toys and games! Leapin’ Lizards The downtown toy store that specializes in non-mass-produced fare: all their toys and games are engaging, educational, unusual, active, goofy, and any and all combinations of those. My own kids love this place. No, they’re not the cheapest, but then you don’t necessarily want your toys to be cheap, either. And they gift wrap for free. 953 NW Wall … Continue reading →
I just heard about Café 3456′ opening up the other night, and today there’s an article in the paper about it. It’s the new restaurant located at the Bend Airport. …Yes, the Bend Airport, not the Redmond Airport. That seems to be other peoples’ reaction, too. Everybody seems to forget that Bend has an airport. The restaurant is on the second floor of the flight terminal out there and serves up breakfast and lunch. They … Continue reading →
I got a haircut today at the L & K Barber Shop downtown, and wanted to write a review of it. I mentioned it briefly in my post on the Bond Street Barber Shop months ago, and figured it was time to give it the full-fledged treatment. Despite my affinity for the Bond Street shop (and the free beer), I think L & K is my favorite place to get a haircut. Located in the … Continue reading →
More in my "Holiday Shopping Guide"! This time I’m going with alcohol (hey, write what you know, right?)—beer, wine, booze. What shopping guide would be complete without it? Liquor store No real recommendation here; a liquor store is a liquor store is a… well, you get the idea. I am partial to the eastside store, it’s big and convenient, but I also like the one in Ray’s on the westside. Newport Avenue Market The best … Continue reading →
The current issue of The Source Weekly is running a holiday shopping guide of their own: the "Naughty or Nice" over-$100 gift guide. I like the "over-$100" part—pretty much the opposite of what I’m doing here, but hey, it’s fun. And with gift recommendations like a leather couch, a chainsaw, Sirius radio, and a "Maya Dream Week Tortoise Eco Tour," it’s hard not to like it. It doesn’t seem to be online, though, so if … Continue reading →
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