Miso Coconut Veggie Soup
What to eat for a few weeks post-Thanksgiving is always challenging for me. With thoughts of more holiday food on the horizon, I can never figure out what my body is really craving so I spend a lot of time looking at recipes and pondering what would be nourishing and flavorful. This week I’ve landed…
Making the Holidays Merry and Bright… and Tidy
About a year and a half ago, then-20-year-olds Brett Williams and Adam Jorgensen had a pickup truck and a rickety old trailer, and the beginnings of a plan. With those assets at their disposal, Williams and Jorgensen started hauling away junk for people who were not able to do so themselves. Over time, the word…
A Call to Action
If there’s one person that you can feel safe and comfortable around, let it be yourself, because if the whole world is telling you that you can’t let it out, don’t beat yourself up as well. Be the one person who knows it’s OK.” —Ocean Robinson, “A Reflection of Self” Right as I sat down…
The Third Act: Left Right Center
Have you discovered this zany, too-much-fun game? Everyone brings one dollar. Chips work, too. Three dice, each inscribed with L, R, C and a dot. Gambling-lite. It requires no skill other than coming up with your own surefire incantations to guarantee a winning roll, e.g., “Show me that you know me!” or your version of…
New to the Backcountry? Embrace the Side-Country.
Ripped right out of the pages of “Zoolander,” everybody is talking about the backcountry. “Skiing and snowboarding in the backcountry is so hot right now.” But what exactly does it mean to be in the “backcountry?” Central Oregon has miles and miles of terrain to explore during the winter by ski or snowboard, and although…
Ready To Buy A Home Together?
Whether you’re newly married, just engaged or in a serious relationship without tying the knot, the question of home ownership may be top of mind for you and your partner. Most couples just starting out tend to be swayed by the excitement of their future abode together. And rightly so. Buying a home together is…
Go Here: Turkey Trotting Around Central Oregon
I Like Pie in Bend on Thanksgiving Day, Thu., Nov. 24 Starting the morning off with a slice of pie while supporting a local nonprofit is hard to beat. Cascade Relays Foundation and FootZone will host the 16th annual “I Like Pie” Thanksgiving Day run benefitting the Boys and Girls Club of Bend. Families and…
Letters to the Editor 11/24/2022
RE: Jury Reaches Verdict in Cranston Trial. Web version, 11/16 The jury heard all the evidence and had the proper instructions from the Court before going into deliberation – 2nd Degree Murder was a charge grandstanded by outgoing DA John Hummel – and the evidence to include video evidence from four stationary security cameras showed…
It Was Beer Before Liquor
While whiskey is essentially a distillate of beer, the primary difference in the contents of your last glass of beer and what goes into whiskey is hops. You have to search high and low to find a hopped whiskey—but otherwise, the mash used for each is quite similar. In the case of Black Butte Whiskey,…
Sheriffs Need to Follow the Laws. All of Them.
After an election, as voters, we hope to take a collective breath, look around at the changes on the horizon due to our collective decisions and as winners and losers move forward with those changes, knowing they came from our collective will. That’s democracy, plain and simple. Many had a collective sigh of relief after…
Gun Control Passes, Questions Remain
Oregon Measure 114, a bill that establishes a permit-to-carry system, limits magazine capacity to 10 rounds and closes a loophole allowing someone to get a gun without a background check if it takes more than three days to process, passed with 50.68% of the vote and is expected to be implemented on Dec. 8. Oregon…
El jurado llega a verdicto en el jucio de Cranston
Un jurado del municipio de Deschutes llegó a un veredicto en el juicio contra Ian Cranston, el hombre que disparó y mató a Barry Washington durante una pelea fuera de un bar en el centro de Bend en septiembre de 2021. “Estoy satisfecha por tener algo de justicia para mi hijo, ha sido muy difícil…
Shop Local: The Healing Power of Mushrooms
Part of this week’s Shop Local feature, a story on how local products get made. Manuka Mana’s products are made in Bend, but their origins stretch across the Pacific, to New Zealand. There, the manuka—or “tea tree” grows in abundance, providing the pollen that provides a type of honey known for its antibacterial, antiviral and…
Shop Local: Holm Made in Central Oregon
Part of this week’s Shop Local feature, a story on how local products get made. Holm Made Toffee got its start selling its homemade toffee at farmers markets in Central Oregon. Now, it ships thousands of pounds of toffee to both national and local vendors. Despite the company’s growth, the toffee is prepared largely in…
Shop Local: Mixed Metal Masterpieces
Part of this week’s Shop Local feature, a story on how local products get made. Marianne Prodehl has been piecing together and soldering jewelry for the last 10 years at The Workhouse in Bend. Each piece is uniquely made and has its own personality. Prodehl’s jewelry is composed of mainly recycled mixed metals, anything from…
Shop Local: Wrapping, Hammering and Bending Wire
Part of this week’s Shop Local feature, a story on how local products get made. It all started in careers class. You know, the one you take the quiz in to figure out what you’re supposed to be for the rest of your life? Some people are told they are meant to be doctors and…
Christmas in Hawaii with Jake Shimabukuro
In the world of stringed instruments, the four-string ukulele has a small and kitschy niche that was associated with the likes of the late Tiny Tim and vaudeville. More recently, it’s gotten a slightly cooler image as artists ranging from actress Zooey Deschanel to musicians Nellie McKay and Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder have been using…
Jazz At the Oxford Hotel
For 10 years now, Jazz at The Oxford has sold out every single one of the shows that happen just five times a year. For the past decade, the Oxford Hotel — boutique and luxury 4.5 star hotel in the heart of Downtown Bend — has brought talented (I’m talking Grammy Award-winning talented) jazz musicians…
Smash Burgers in Bend
Several years ago my family hosted an exchange student from Bend’s sister city, Belluno, Italy. Being the food family that we are, one of the first questions we asked her upon arrival was what American food was she looking forward to eating. “Hamburger,” was the immediate reply. Since it would take up this entire article…
Free In-Person Meals Return to Senior Services Center
Free in-person community meals for seniors return to the Council on Aging of Central Oregon’s Senior Services Center this week, after a long hiatus. CoA kicks off the return to in-person dining for seniors on Wednesday with a free Thanksgiving meal from 11am to 1pm. Following that, CoA will once again start serving midday meals…
Horoscope Week of November 24, 2022
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian comedian Margaret Cho dealt with floods of ignorant criticism while growing up. She testifies, “Being called ugly and fat and disgusting from the time I could barely understand what the words meant has scarred me so deep inside that I have learned to hunt, stalk, claim, own, and defend my…
