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 other sale is the Bulletin‘s—from 9am until 3pm at their location (1777 SW Chandler Avenue). This is a donated book sale: Please donate paperbacks, hardcover, … 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 very unassuming, fronting the alley that runs behind the roller rink (the Midtown Ballroom) and sharing the cinderblock lot with a few seemingly non-running cars. … 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 over-$50 range (this last one was $55), which tends to give me pause. The review, though, makes it look like it’s totally worth it. Pictures … 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 has to be a pub or tavern or thereabouts—not restaurant lounges, and nothing fancy. Sorry Astro Lounge, I’m lookin’ at you. Basically, the kinds of … Continue reading →
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