Munch N Music

Today is the first day of the annual Munch N Music concert series down in Drake Park. It’s free! Well, almost—you have to pay for your food and drink. But the music is free. Here’s the "three second explanation" I wrote on my other blog last year: Thursday evenings during … Continue reading

Pet Parade photos

The morning of the fourth found us downtown at the Pet Parade with a decent spot to watch across the street from Wells Fargo. It was pretty good this year, and everybody looked like they were having a good time. My brother was in it as well, carrying one of … Continue reading

Library book sale

Among other things happening this July 4th (which I’ll blog about separately), the Bend Public Library is having one of their big book sales on that day. It’s running from 10am to 4pm down at the Library Administration Building at 507 NW Wall Street (just south of the main library … Continue reading

Traffic lights at Bond and Oregon…

Here’s an odd thing: the traffic lights at the intersection of Bond St. and Oregon Ave. downtown this morning were off. We were driving through around 11, and they were dark—no idea what was going on; the other lights downtown were working. Anyone know what’s up? Was it just a … Continue reading

See Fiona Apple almost for free

Jake broke this news: Ticketmaster has a crazy promotion to see Fiona Apple and Damien Rice in concert at the Les Schwab Amphitheater for only $1! (The tickets are actually free, but Ticketmaster charges a "nominal" processing fee.) For a limited time, Ticketmaster is offering complimentary tickets* to see Fiona … Continue reading

Avoid Wall and Newport this week

Shannon sends along this tip: Avoid driving around the intersection of Wall and Newport in Downtown Bend this week. She says there’s roadwork going on that’s backing up traffic at least until tomorrow. (She also notes, "road rage city. poor guy that is running the stop/go sign is pissing ppl … Continue reading

Bendistillery $3 martinis

On Tuesdays down at the Bendistillery Martini Bar, martinis are only $3. $3!! That’s a great price. Ever been down to their bar? It’s located in the Brooks Street alley overlooking Drake Park, just past the breezeway. They’re open from 4pm til midnight Tuesday through Saturday. They’re a great place … Continue reading

Avoid the east side Safeway

Yep, I’m even blogging about things to watch out for. This time it’s the Safeway over in the Forum Shopping Center on Highway 20 and 27th. Why avoid it? Because every single time I go there, it takes forever to check out—they have what, 10 aisles? And it seems like … Continue reading

Bend Craigslist

No sooner than Jake invoked it and I pointed to BendStuff, craigslist has come to Bend. Not a lot on there yet, but expect that to change. Also, Dave and Shannon beat me to the punch.

The 11th Postcard

It was only relatively recently that I found out my friend Brian had written a book a few years back, called The 11th Postcard. Shannon recommended it, but said the only place you can get it is Amazon. So imagine my surprise the other day when I was browsing in … Continue reading