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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Demo a Marin bike with Cog Wild
Melanie from Cog Wild sends this along: You are invited to bring your ID and come to Phil’s Trailhead this Thursday & Friday from 3pm to dusk and demo a Marin hardtail, full suspension and free ride bike. Cog Wild … Continue reading
Posted in Outdoors
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Wednesdays in June at the Blacksmith: Beers
In May, the Blacksmith‘s Wednesday tastings were all Martinis. For June, they’re doing beer: Prepare to achieve beervana. During June, the Blacksmith Restaurant + Bar + Lounge gives brews their due at Wednesday tastings featuring beers from near and far. … Continue reading
Deschutes County restaurant scores online
This is huge: Deschutes County is now posting restaurant inspection scores online and publicly available. Go here to see them. Every restaurant in the County—even places that are not nominally restaurants, like hotels, or small food counters in other types … Continue reading
Posted in Online, Restaurants
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I loves me some local Iron Chef
Each year at the Bite of Bend, a local "Iron Chef" contest is held, featuring—obviously—local chefs from some of the fine dining establishments in the area. I get a big kick out of this (though I’ve never actually watched an … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Food and Dining
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Sonic is open already!
In today’s paper, there is a photo and caption indicating that the new Sonic Drive-In up on the north end (the old Tom Tom Diner location) is open already. Cool, but puzzling as I drove by there as recently as … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurants
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Life jacket requirements
With the summer months coming and outdoor activities ramping up, I found this dispatch from the Deschutes County offices (the "Marine Minute") on life jacket requirements interesting: One of the most misunderstood issues regarding boating in Oregon is the life … Continue reading
Posted in Advisories, Outdoors
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Two new restaurants
Seems like you can’t go a day around here any more without hearing news of a new restaurant planned, but I notice that two of them actually, you know, opened: The Bungalow Grille and Celina’s Gourmet Latin Bistro. (No, I … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurants
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Park and Rec off-leash dog meeting
This card came in the mail today, and while I assume a bunch of people probably got it as well, I’m not sure what the Park & Rec‘s selection criteria might be—and I figured this would be something of interest … Continue reading
Posted in Meetings
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Controlled burns this week
No that anyone would necessarily notice because of the weather so far, but there are controlled burns going on this week that the County wanted people to know about. (We’ve seen this happen in the past, when nobody quite knew … Continue reading
Posted in Advisories
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Bella Cucina
This weekend we had breakfast at Bella Cucina down in the Old Mill District, and I was suitably impressed to write about it. In fact, Bella Cucina has been down in the Old Mill for quite some time and until … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurants
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Just in time: Deschutes River Clean-Up today
This weekend marks the end of Riverfest, and today is the Deschutes River Clean-Up—I’m writing this right under the wire as the event starts at 9am (view the events here): Deschutes River Clean-Up Come and join the Upper Deschutes Watershed … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events
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Garage sale
My friend Simone is having a big garage sale this weekend: There’s a Bowflex (you’ve seen 300 and of course always wanted to own one since), a 12′ Lund fishing boat, Men’s and Women’s Golf Bag and Clubs, Bicyles and … Continue reading
Posted in Garage Sales
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Press Release: Grocery tour with Eris Craven
This is pure press release, and may or may not have been something I’d ordinarily run, but the picture made me laugh. In a creepy kind of way. Plus, it’s just unusual enough that I figured, why not. Join BMC’s … Continue reading
Posted in Press Releases
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May at Thump
In addition to the May art I blogged earlier at Thump Coffee, here are this month’s events: CUPPING: Sunday, May 25 1:30pm-2:30pm Can you taste the difference between a washed process and dry process coffee? Join our public coffee cuppings … Continue reading
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Blacksmith Martini Wednesdays
Yeah, I’m running a bunch of press release type stuff recently, I know—people keep sending me stuff that I’m actually interested in posting. (For the record, I don’t post every single thing I receive—only stuff I think is interesting or … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol
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