Monthly Archives: January 2009

Spotted owl babies at the High Desert Museum

If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, Melissa from the High Desert Museum writes: This is the last weekend to visit the spotted owl babies born in captivity at the High Desert Museum. The Forest Service is sending them off to BC to a breeding facility where they’ll get to pick their mates and be placed back in the wild to start new families. Polka and Dot, their parents, will stay at the … Continue reading →

10 Barrel Brewing website

I noted back in August that Wildfire Brewing had to change its name, and back in December I also noted that they picked their new name: 10 Barrel Brewing. I’m not a big fan of that name, but I am glad to see they have a proper website now—before all they had was a MySpace page that wasn’t up-to-date. Their new site is 1000 times better than the MySpace page and it’s much more informative. … Continue reading →

Press Release: BMC expands anticoagulation services to the westside location

Starting February 18, Bend Memorial Clinic will be expanding anticoagulation services. The anticoagulation clinic will be available by appointment on Wednesdays at the BMC Westside Clinic located at 1080 SW Bachelor Drive in Bend. Patients can check-in at Internal Medicine located on the second floor. Patients using anticoagulation medications or “blood thinners,” need constant monitoring of their blood levels as even small changes in medications, diet and exercise can dramatically affect anticoagulation therapy. Bend Memorial … Continue reading →

Is La Costa Azul closed?

It sure looks like it. A couple of times in the past week or two we’ve driven by La Costa Azul during what should have been prime dinner hours and the lights were out. And I tried calling them tonight out of curiosity and nobody picked up. It’s strangely sudden since Bend Oregon Restaurants just reviewed them a couple of weeks ago. Not that it was a great review, but still. Does anyone know for … Continue reading →

Wednesday Night Beer Event: Deschutes Brewery

Tomorrow at the Deschutes Pub they are having a "Wednesday Night Beer Event" featuring a special menu and food pairing with their event theme: This fourth and final Wednesday Night January Event will feature Sour Beers. Come down to the pub to discover five of our funkiest brews. Sour beers are something of a specialty/rarity, at least here in Oregon, so it’s definitely worth checking out. The event is marked as started at 5pm and … Continue reading →