Bad headlines

Wow, there’s spam blogs, and then there’s just… wrong blogs. When the Round About Bend "blog" first appeared on my radar, it almost looked like a spam blog… you know, the kind of blog that just posts canned (and often lifted from other sites without telling) content to get the … Continue reading

Sisters: Three Creeks Brewing

It was about six months ago when I blogged about the plans for a brewpub in Sisters (part of the FivePine development). Well, yesterday the Nugget reports that they’ve broken ground: Three Creeks Brewing Company (TCBC) broke ground on its new brew pub facility on Monday, January 7. Kallberg Construction … Continue reading

Disclosures, possible conflicts of interest

I realized on Friday that this was a post I needed to write, not because I’m (currently) running into any conflicts of interest—that I know of—but to head off any future potential ones and establish a line. Also, to put down in writing the "policy" I’m following. Read on… If … Continue reading

The Source community photos

The Source is trying something new: they’ve created a Flickr group called "Light Meter" for use as a community photo album: Welcome to Light Meter, the Source Weekly’s interactive photo feature. Here’s how to participate: 1. Join Flickr, if you haven’t already. 2. Join the Light Meter Flickr Group. 3. … Continue reading

Coffee and free wifi

Been sitting on this link for awhile—okay, I actually forgot about it—but Jen posted several places in town to get coffee and free wifi awhile back. She’s come up with seven items for her list, which is two or three more than I would have. I’d also add McMenamins Old … Continue reading

Why make my own "Best of 2007" lists?

Especially when everyone else is doing it for me, and I’m going to point to them! The Bulletin: Readers’ choice top stories of 2007 The Bulletin: Most clicked articles online Bend Restaurants: Best of 2007 That’s what I see for now… more pop up, I’ll point to ’em. Happy New … Continue reading