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The term “beer bubble” gets tossed around a bunch—a concept that, like the housing boom that’s affected Bend for the past several years, translates into the economic equation that the market here is filling up too quickly with hot air and promises, and will soon burst. But really, the evidence is quite to the contrary. […]
Boneyard is one of those breweries that, despite its exceptional beer, flies under the radar. Perhaps it’s because Boneyard doesn’t bottle its beer and doesn’t have the same marquee appearances in grocery store coolers or on bottle shop shelves. Or perhaps it is because the Boneyard brewers/owners refuse to toot their own horns, instead allowing […]
“I love the fact that (Toronto mayor) Rob Ford admitted to smoking crack, and (French president) Francois Hollande admitted to an affair—and both their approval ratings go up,” says Will Durst, a 61-year-old political satirist with a guttural delivery, before delivering his punch line and advice to the president. “Obama needs a wild weekend.” Durst […]
Much like the perception of a motorcycle gang, for snowmobilers, there is the view from the outside looking in—usually snowshoers and Nordic skiers considering the noisy machines and their riders with some sort of combination of fear, awe and derision. And then there is the vantage point from within the group—most often a kinder, gentler, […]
The latest creation from 10 Barrel Brewing Co., a beer called 16 barrels, is not actually a new beer. In fact, it is over one year old. Intended to be a one-off, a version of this beer was made last year for a St. Valentine’s Day dinner. But the maestros at 10 Barrel loved it […]
In recent months, Bend city councilor and Mayor pro tem Jodie Barram has repeatedly faced the same questions. No, not Mirror Pond. And no, not the city’s surface water improvement project. Nope, not the sewer system overhaul. Give up? The queries Barram has fielded have less to do with her capacity as a city councilor […]
Last January, David Marchi loaded up his aluminum Fatback-brand fat bike and headed to Virginia Meissner Sno-Park with his three-year-old son. It was a sunny, but cold day and the snow was bulletproof. With a ski trailer attached to his snow-ready mountain bike, Marchi was hoping for some wintry father-son bonding time. Marchi, the mustachioed […]
The men behind Worthy Brewery aren’t expecting to ride the crowded waves of the craft brewing boom. Instead, their eyes are on the horizon. Already they’re out in front of trends, busily preparing and planning for that next set. In the nearly one year that Worthy has been open (its anniversary is this February), the […]
Lazily floating down the Deschutes, past the Old Mill and, after a short portage, into Drake Park near downtown Bend, has for years been a Central Oregon summertime ritual. But this year that casual cool down may be interrupted. City councilor Victor Chudowsky worries that the leaking Newport Avenue dam will mean a shallower river […]
Snow scarcity: Global warming or just a weather trend? Either way, the severe lack of snow—we’re inching further toward record lows—has shut down traditional winter. But, if Mother Nature won’t give us white stuff, she’s kindly offering the next best thing—warm days, clear skies and cold nights. The desert trails have rarely been more inviting. […]
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