Tomorrow (Tuesday, March 1st) Lone Pine Coffee Roasters is celebrating their second anniversary with a customer appreciation day where they’ll be giving out free cappuccinos. Can’t go wrong with that! Lone Pine is located in Tin Pan Alley—the alley just sound of the parking garage and Thump Coffee downtown—at 845 … Continue reading
The Ice Crit is one of my favorite events in the winter. The event used to be held in the Swampy Lakes parking lot but moved to Wanoga a couple years ago. Sometimes it’s downright balmy and there’s little or no snow anywhere, let alone on the course. This year, … Continue reading
Got a dirty dog? Is bathing your dog a chore? Let Muddy Paws Bathhouse help you out! Muddy Paws is a self-serve dog wash opening today. They also provide grooming services if you don’t want to be a part of the cleaning process at all. They’re located on Century Drive … Continue reading
Bend WinterFest starts today: the Old Mill will be taken over with Rail Jam, ice carving, the WinterFest Wine Walk, WinterFringe, the marketplace, and more all weekend. Festivities start tonight at 5pm and run until 10; on Saturday it’s 11 to 10, and Sunday is 11 to 6. There’ll be … Continue reading
File under “random stuff I saw on Twitter” … via @johnny72k. Since I’m not a skater, I tend to forget about Bend’s Indoor Skatepark… Truck Stop Skatepark. I drive by it on the parkway, wonder who goes there? And why? But just keep speeding along. Well, their upcoming Movie Night … Continue reading
If you’re familiar with the Spice Box—an Indian-cuisine restaurant over on Century Drive—you might be interested to know they’ve apparently been having some troubles of late, according to their Facebook page. (Brian, a reader, pointed this out.) Apparently they were closing on February 1st for spring cleaning, and (according to … Continue reading
I got this nice little note to pass along to all those parents who register their kids for activities through Bend Park & Recreation District. Big News! …..Bend Park & Recreation District is opening up summer registration for their recreation programs online on March 17th for district residents and April … Continue reading
It’s not quite a snow day, but the Bend-La Pine School District is running on a two-hour delay this morning due to the snow, and morning kindergarten classes are canceled entirely. Update: And as quick as I posted this, the School District updated their notice with a full closure. Now … Continue reading
It was on Twitter yesterday and in the Bulletin today: DiLusso Bakery is closed. (The article is behind the Bulletin paywall however—no linkage.) It sounds like a fairly sudden closure, although from the article I read this morning (actual paper, not online) it sounded like the owner was planning to … Continue reading
The winner of the drawing for the two free Ignite Bend tickets was Alan Brandt; overall there were 16 comments and Alan’s name was drawn from a hat (literally!). Congrats Alan! Also, if you weren’t able to get a ticket, the Ignite Bend folks forwarded me the details for the … Continue reading