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Monthly Archives: January 2007
WinterFest
It snuck up on me: Bend WinterFest starts this weekend! It’s from Friday, February 2nd through Sunday the 4th, and is chock full of events. In addition to the ever-popular ice carving exhibitions, fireworks, races at Mt. Bachelor, Mojo Music … Continue reading
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Book Review: Bend in Central Oregon
The next book I’m reviewing here is also by Raymond Hatton: Bend in Central Oregon. Like his previous book, this is a fairly short read (134 pages) yet fairly comprehensive. The first thing to notice on the book is the … Continue reading
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Random Bend facts
Bits of interesting history and trivia about Bend… In August of 1934 Eleanor Roosevelt passed through Bend, staying at the Pilot Butte Inn and dining on planked trout. Other notable people who stayed at the Pilot Butte Inn (opened in … Continue reading
Movietyme space idea
This is just a random idea I’m throwing out there: every day I drive by the old Movietyme Video space, there on the corner of 8th and Greenwood. (Behind Papa John’s Pizza, and in the same building complex as Thriftway … Continue reading
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"Fabulous scenery attracts people with fabulous amounts of money"
So claims the Economist in this article on Bend, which pretty much sums up their point. It’s basically another rah-rah promotion piece for the area, nothing we haven’t seen before in some form or another—though as Barney points out, it … Continue reading
Free Ski Day
This Friday, January 26th, is Mt. Bachelor‘s annual Free Ski Day—their 17th. From the KTVZ article I found this on: On Friday, January 26, Mt. Bachelor will host the 17th annual Free Ski Day to benefit Neighbor Impact, formerly known as … Continue reading
Renegade Rollergirls: February 17
The Renegade Rollergirls are back for the new year with their first bout of 2007 coming up on February 17th (a Saturday). It’ll be at the Central Oregon Indoor Sports Center (as usual) but heads up: prices have gone up … Continue reading
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COWPU: Central Oregon Web Professionals Usergroup Jan. 24
Despite the (possibly) off-putting name, the Central Oregon Web Professionals Usergroup (COWPU, get it?) is having its next meeting this Wednesday, January 24th, 6pm at Edge Wireless. The topic seems to be "Browsers," although the "Meetings" page on the website … Continue reading
Posted in Computers and Internet
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Book Review: High Desert of Central Oregon
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 … Continue reading
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Checking in on 92.7 FM
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 … Continue reading
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More Bigfoot evidence
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.)
Bigfoot on Pilot Butte!
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:
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Sasquatch!
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 … Continue reading
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Open-air produce stands
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 … Continue reading
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New coffee shop: Thump
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 … Continue reading
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