$5 weekend breakfasts

Kina doesn’t even live in Bend anymore, and she’s still finding good deals. Today she posted about Sidelines‘ weekend breakfast specials—for only $5. Saturday and Sunday from 9am til 1pm, you can head down to Sidelines Sports Bar, on Wall Street next to the old Penney Galleria, and grub up … Continue reading

The Great! Drake! Park! Duck! Race!: This Sunday

This Sunday (the 14th) is one of those signature Bend events: The Great Drake Park Duck Race. $5 buys you a rubber duck (up to 30,000 maximum) that will be dumped into Mirror Pond downtown and the winning ducks at the finish line win a variety of prizes. Here’s the … Continue reading

Press Release: September Golf Event Benefits Pregnant Women

Pregnancy Resource Centers of Central Oregon (PRCCO) is holding a benefit golf event, "Golf Fore Life" on Saturday, September 20 to benefit women and teens living in Central Oregon who may be pregnant. Golfing begins at 9:00 am on Saturday, September 20 at Missing Link Family Golf Center in Redmond. … Continue reading

Insulin Pump Support Group

This is one of those thing I’d never heard of; but I imagine for people with diabetes, it’s a pretty vital thing. Hosted by BMC, this is basically a press release in flyer format: For children, adolescent, adult patients and their families. Thursday, September 25, 2008 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. … Continue reading

COWPU meeting, October 1st

The COWPU blog has the details on the latest usergroup meeting: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 4:00pm Topic: The ultimate web balance between brand, search, content Location: McMenamin’s Old St Francis School – Rambler Room Agenda: 4:00pm – Doors open, networking 4:30pm – Announcements and door prizes 4:45pm – Presentation … Continue reading

Last year (or two) in September…

More interesting retrospective to the past couple of Septembers here on the blog. Scintillating reading, I tell you! In 2006: A short rundown of used book stores in Bend (still mostly the same) First notice of COWPU (which started in October ’06) Excitement over the announcement of Transit (and a … Continue reading

The best beer deals in town

Everyone should know by now that when I mention beer, I’m almost always talking craft beer and/or microbrew. This weekend we had family in town and spent a good portion of it introducing them to the various breweries here, some of which they knew, some they didn’t. So I can … Continue reading

Press Release: WebCyclery Movie Night @ McMenamins

This is kind of a cross between a press release and a McMenamins event listing, but what the hey. I like WebCyclery and I’ve noticed that they’ve been doing these movie nights for awhile. TRANSITION 2 – ‘Cross The Pond’ 9:00 p.m. | $5 per person | 21 & over … Continue reading

Bend’s newest park?

I don’t know the name of it, but some friends clued us in to what has to be one of the newest (if not the newest) park in Bend, located in the brand-new Pahlisch development in Northeast Bend. It’s sandwiched in between Comet Lane and Wishing Well Lane (an area … Continue reading