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In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt,” wrote Margaret Atwood in an early ’80s short story. Fair enough. But as a Canadian and one of our greatest living authors, you’d think she’d know better. HOW CAN WE SMELL LIKE DIRT WHEN THERE’S STILL SNOW ON THE GROUND?! Or […]
Last Saturday, bathed in crisp springtime sunshine, Redmond hosted its first city-sanctioned St. Patrick’s Day party. The main grid that runs along Fifth and Sixth Street, and traces out a Norman Rockwell-quaint downtown, was bustling with residents young and less young. Several men in kilts wandered on the street, presumably members of the High Desert […]
On Monday morning, area residents interested in the future of medical marijuana jammed inside a Deschutes County meeting room to listen and testify at a county commissioners business meeting. But pot wasn’t the only item on the agenda. “What a turnout for the road department today,” joked the day’s first presenter, who was speaking about […]
Like Crimea’s Wikipedia page, Smith Rock State Park has seen plenty of action this season. During fall, it was the French who once again laid siege to the park (the French established a number of Smith’s hardest routes, including, in 1986, America’s first 5.14a, To Bolt or Not to Be). Gerome Pouvreau completed a number […]
Last Wednesday Pacific Power gave city and park district officials an exclusive tour of the beleaguered Newport Avenue Dam. A few media representatives were also allowed to tag along, but with a few caveats. First, we signed our lives away with a waiver and were required to wear steel-toed boots during the tour. Before entering […]
In Bend, and throughout the Pacific Northwest, hops hog the spotlight. It is an understandable phenomenon. The lush Willamette Valley is home to a healthy collection of hop farms. And nearby breweries in Washington and Oregon produce some of the best IPAs in the world. Hops deserve high praise. But let’s also give credit where […]
Saying a beer tastes “watery” isn’t saying much at all. “About 95 percent of the final product of beer, give or take, is water,” said Deschutes Brewery assistant brewmaster Ryan Schmiege. It is true that paler beers, like pilsners, often contain a little more water while bigger, darker beers have less water and more sugar […]
In late February, Bend’s Sarah Max, a 39-year-old working mother of twins, braved single digit temperatures, massive crowds and 50 kilometers of Nordic ski trails to finish 10th among all the women at the American Birkebeiner, the country’s largest Nordic ski race. For context, more than 10,000 others competed in this storied event, which for […]
Bend loves beer. Bend also loves the outdoors. Adding the two together is a sum greater than its parts. Hash Runs: A simple, community-building, beer-drinking, fitness-oriented event, Hash Runs have been picking up momentum for years. A pack of runners follow clues/directions left on the ground, usually in flour. Runners follow the markings, often misleading, […]
Experimental beers are brewing at its best. It is only through trial and error that brewers arrive at the recipes that become the tried and true. Some experimental beers may prove interesting, but not yet ready for prime time. Others become classics and find their way into bottles, cans and kegs. Sampling all the local, […]
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