It snuck up on me: Bend WinterFest starts this weekend! It’s from Friday, February 2nd through Sunday the 4th, and is chock full of events. In addition to the ever-popular ice carving exhibitions, fireworks, races at Mt. Bachelor, Mojo Music Eruption in the Festival Center, children’s activities at Snowflake Village, … Continue reading
The next book I’m reviewing here is also by Raymond Hatton: Bend in Central Oregon. Like his previous book, this is a fairly short read (134 pages) yet fairly comprehensive. The first thing to notice on the book is the publication date; originally published in 1978 and revised in 1986, … Continue reading
Bits of interesting history and trivia about Bend… In August of 1934 Eleanor Roosevelt passed through Bend, staying at the Pilot Butte Inn and dining on planked trout. Other notable people who stayed at the Pilot Butte Inn (opened in 1917, demolished in 1973) include Herbert Hoover, Ty Cobb, and … Continue reading
This is just a random idea I’m throwing out there: every day I drive by the old Movietyme Video space, there on the corner of 8th and Greenwood. (Behind Papa John’s Pizza, and in the same building complex as Thriftway and Rent-a-Center.) It’s a big empty space and there’s a … Continue reading
So claims the Economist in this article on Bend, which pretty much sums up their point. It’s basically another rah-rah promotion piece for the area, nothing we haven’t seen before in some form or another—though as Barney points out, it "might raise at least a few eyebrows, both from the … Continue reading
This Friday, January 26th, is Mt. Bachelor‘s annual Free Ski Day—their 17th. From the KTVZ article I found this on: On Friday, January 26, Mt. Bachelor will host the 17th annual Free Ski Day to benefit Neighbor Impact, formerly known as COCAAN. In exchange for a minimum of three items of … Continue reading
The Renegade Rollergirls are back for the new year with their first bout of 2007 coming up on February 17th (a Saturday). It’ll be at the Central Oregon Indoor Sports Center (as usual) but heads up: prices have gone up this year. It’s now $10 for general admission and $15 … Continue reading
Despite the (possibly) off-putting name, the Central Oregon Web Professionals Usergroup (COWPU, get it?) is having its next meeting this Wednesday, January 24th, 6pm at Edge Wireless. The topic seems to be "Browsers," although the "Meetings" page on the website is broken, so I can’t really give you any more … Continue reading
One of the things I decided to start doing on this blog was book reviews of books by local authors, or about the area in general. The first review covers both: High Desert of Central Oregon, by Raymond Hatton. Hatton is Professor Emeritus of Geography up at COCC, and has … Continue reading
The new 92.7 FM radio station I first blogged about in October of last year (and garnered a ton of comments for—mostly from people think that I am the radio station) has been going strong. So far it’s gotten mostly positive reviews based on comments and people I’ve talked to. … Continue reading