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Monthly Archives: April 2007
Weekend news bites
Just some odds and ends I noticed this week that I hadn’t blogged about yet. Greg’s Grill in the Old Mill District is open for business. They’d been "coming soon" for quite awhile now, originally set to open last fall … Continue reading
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Hola!
Had lunch today at Hola!, the new Mexican-Peruvian restaurant on Bend’s east side. They’re located in the Forum Shopping Center, in the old Mangia! Pasta! space between Safeway and Barnes and Noble. Overall, I thought it was pretty good. The … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Dining
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Bend’s first men’s salon
A blurb in today’s Bulletin (the Business page) prompted me to blog this: the opening of Bend’s first men’s-only salon, JayT’s Hair Parlor for Men. They’re located in the Old Mill District, at 530 SW Mill View Way, next to … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty and Hair
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Thump Coffee May events
The folks over at Thump Coffee submitted this list of events to be posted: Tuesday, May 1 and Wednesday May 2 ART: Mark Bernahl, 6-8pm Come watch (and help!) as Mark Bernahl hangs his "Wishes" installation. Based on a Japanese … Continue reading
KouseFly at Volcano Vineyards, May 17th
Mark your calendars: Thursday, May 17th, local indie/alt band KouseFly is playing at Volcano Vineyards downtown, from 7 to 9pm. There’s no cover charge to get in—but enjoy a glass of wine while you’re there. Also, you might want to … Continue reading
Posted in Music
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Hack Bend items on Google Maps
I’ve been played with the new "My Maps" feature on Google Maps and it’s pretty slick; you can add your own markers to the map, annotate them with text, links, images, etc., and pick one of the preset custom markers. … Continue reading
Posted in Hack Bend, Online
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The Cave House
The Bulletin today has an article about the "cave house" for sale in southeast Bend. I’d heard about this before; KTVZ did a story on it some time back, too. Basically, the house was built over a lava tube cave, … Continue reading
Posted in Real Estate, Unusual
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Newport Market’s Friday the 13th sale
It’s Friday the 13th, so that means Newport Market is having their 13% off sale. That means for today only, all day, almost everything in the store is discounted 13%. And they have some sort of special on English long-stemmed … Continue reading
Posted in Shopping
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Rajneesh history
Over on my other blog I posted about the Rajneesh, the cult group that moved into Eastern Oregon near Antelope in the mid-80s. Interesting and unusual bit of history for this area; there was some downright kooky things going on … Continue reading
Who knew China Hat Road was so messed up?
I’m a bit surprised by the article about China Hat Road and the surrounding area in today’s Bulletin; I mean, growing up in this area, sure, you’d expect that type of area to have the usual motorized vehicle, shooting, and … Continue reading
Restaurant fundraisers for Tyler Eklund
A number of restaurants are holding fundraisers over the next few weeks for injured snowboarder Tyler Eklund; the Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation site lists those and more. Fundraiser at McDonalds (SE Bend) Wednesday, April 11, 4:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. 100% … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Dining, Fundraisers
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Dave’s Art Hop review
Dave has a nice little writeup of last night’s Art Hop downtown, with pictures. Last night’s was the stepped-up version, with live music all over the place, and the Fireflyte fundraiser show too. I didn’t make it (though my wife … Continue reading
Posted in Downtown
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Vote on the Best of Bend for Bend Living
Bend Living magazine has a "Best of Bend" survey up on their site for people to fill out. It’s for their annual Best of Bend issue that comes out in the summer (I think), which is fluff but fun to … Continue reading
Posted in Online, Publications
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Fireflyte Fundraiser on First Friday
There’s an alliteral tongue-twister for you. As it says, the local firedancing troupe Fireflyte is having a fundraiser this Friday, April 6th—which is the First Friday Art Walk downtown. Here are the details of the event: Fyreflyte will be performing … Continue reading
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Wildfire is brewing
Ah, the hiatus is over, it was a good vacation. Back to the world. I’ve a few things to post about, but for tonight it’s the news that according to JC’s MySpace bulletin (you get it if you’re a friend), … Continue reading
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