With the end of 2014 upon us I wanted to wish every one a Happy New Year and safe New Year’s Eve partying tonight, and also “thank you” to everyone who follows and supports Hack Bend! It’s been a busy/crazy year (I wrote a book!) and 2015 will be just … Continue reading
Merry Christmas everyone! It’s been a great and interesting year, between writing a book and the other changes we’ve seen in Bend over the past 12 months. I hope everyone else has had a great year and a great holiday as well. 2015 is just around the corner, and I’m … Continue reading
Going on today—right now in fact—is Central Oregon Locavore‘s annual Holiday Gift Faire, taking place at the Old Stone Church from 10 to 4pm. Here’s the Facebook event for it, and here’s their description (from the newsletter): Central Oregon Locavore Non Profit is proud to present one of Central Oregon’s … Continue reading
This Saturday, December 13, GoodLife Brewing is hosting the second annual Central Oregon Winter Beer Festival from 1 to 9pm in their Biergarten. Everything will be taking place in a heated tent, with the firepit roaring, but still dress for the weather! There will be nearly every Central Oregon brewery … Continue reading
Do you like robots, and/or LEGO? My friend Jen (occasional contributor to Hack Bend) forwarded this email to me today: This coming Sunday there is a LEGO robotics tournament planned at Mountain View High School in Bend, OR. Seventeen teams comprised of Central Oregon students in grades 4-8 will be … Continue reading
If you read my beer blog you may have seen my post about Bend’s newest brewery, Monkless Belgian Ales; it’s a small home-based basement brewery (similar to Below Grade Brewing, in fact) founded by Kirk Meckem and Todd Clement. Their plan is to brew only Belgian-styled ales, a fairly unique niche … Continue reading
The Santa Express is the food and clothing drive held by the Bend Fire Department each year to help those in need during the holiday season. This year, in addition to BFD volunteers, they have help from a local 4H group, Girl Scout Troup 50811, and students from Bend High. The … Continue reading
Here’s another reason why Bend is such a great beer community: Worthy Brewing today is releasing a special beer, named “Machine Gun Maggie Imperial IPA”, that they brewed in collaboration with the homebrewers from Aspen Ridge Retirement. You may have heard about those homebrewers, as they have been getting some … Continue reading
Have you been into Dudley’s Bookshop Café downtown lately? They’ve recently completed a remodel of their upstairs space to revitalize the shop for the holiday season and are carrying both new and used books now. The upstairs loft space received a new coat of paint and new flooring as well … Continue reading
If you’re not finding yourself at home tomorrow for whatever reason, there are a number of Thanksgiving dinner possibilities you can look into. McMenamins – Thanksgiving Buffet at Old St. Francis This runs from noon until 6pm, and costs $29 for adults, $17 for kids 5-12 and is free for kids 4 … Continue reading