Mike Bookey

Animal Planet doesn't run nature shows on human mating rituals because
they don't want to be confused with Girls Gone Wild. As all bartenders
know, courtship and mating rituals are among the most varied and
fascinating of all human behaviors. The sequence and variety differ by
age, but a few essentials are usually in place – cocktails, dim
lighting, and music.

Most courtship takes place in the evening,
starting with bathing and preening. The female of the species may spend
hours working on her plumage and makeup. The male concentrates on
shaving his facial hair into the desired effect to attract the right
mate: clean shaven for the girl who cares about success and prosperity,
a goatee for the woman who desires adventure, and no shaving to attract
the female who prefers life in a Volkswagen bus. Aromatherapy is
usually in play as well. The female douses herself with a bouquet of
floral or fruity aromas, while the male is drawn toward woody or spicy
scents.

Animal Planet doesn’t run nature shows on human mating rituals because
they don’t want to be confused with Girls Gone Wild. As all bartenders
know, courtship and mating rituals are among the most varied and
fascinating of all human behaviors. The sequence and variety differ by
age, but a few essentials are usually in place – cocktails, dim
lighting, and music.

Most courtship takes place in the evening,
starting with bathing and preening. The female of the species may spend
hours working on her plumage and makeup.The male concentrates on
shaving his facial hair into the desired effect to attract the right
mate: clean shaven for the girl who cares about success and prosperity,
a goatee for the woman who desires adventure, and no shaving to attract
the female who prefers life in a Volkswagen bus. Aromatherapy is
usually in play as well. The female douses herself with a bouquet of
floral or fruity aromas, while the male is drawn toward woody or spicy
scents.

chet dzienis pulls a slice from the oven at Pisanos. There is a new entry on the block in Bend's pizza-by-the-slice wars,
primarily a dogfight between Mondo's and Cibelli's until relative
newcomer Pisano's Pizza came on the scene last fall at Northwest
Crossing right next door to Riley's Market.

Pisano's is owned and
operated by Ed Barbeau, and it's the restaurant's second location in
Central Oregon - the original Pisano's is in Prineville, but Barbeau
said he plans to close its doors by the end of this month due to the
slumping economy. The Northwest Crossing location is doing fairly well,
he said, thanks to a steady volume of customers attracted to the
mixed-use neighborhood center, which according to its website has
20-or-so businesses whose doors remain open.

chet dzienis pulls a slice from the oven at Pisanos. There is a new entry on the block in Bend’s pizza-by-the-slice wars,
primarily a dogfight between Mondo’s and Cibelli’s until relative
newcomer Pisano’s Pizza came on the scene last fall at Northwest
Crossing right next door to Riley’s Market.

Pisano’s is owned and
operated by Ed Barbeau, and it’s the restaurant’s second location in
Central Oregon – the original Pisano’s is in Prineville, but Barbeau
said he plans to close its doors by the end of this month due to the
slumping economy. The Northwest Crossing location is doing fairly well,
he said, thanks to a steady volume of customers attracted to the
mixed-use neighborhood center, which according to its website has
20-or-so businesses whose doors remain open.

When the guys over at Cascade Lakes Brewing dropped Mirco Cosmos a line about their new winter ale with an offer to send by a sample we didn’t hesitate to take them up for, ah, research purposes. And we’re glad we did.

When the guys over at Cascade Lakes Brewing dropped Mirco Cosmos a line about their new winter ale with an offer to send by a sample we didn't hesitate to take them up for, ah, research purposes. And we're glad we did.

Mid-January probably seems like a strange time to bring up what you're going to eat this summer. But if you were a farmer, growing your own food, you bet you'd be thinking about it now. And if you want to buy into a local vegetable crop, now is the time to do your research and join a CSA.

CSAs (an acronym for Community Supported Agriculture) are a way for the food buying public to create a relationship with a local farm and to receive a weekly bag of produce, flowers, fruits, eggs, milk, meats, or combinations of different farm products during the growing season - typically late spring through early fall. By making a financial commitment to a farm, people loosely become "shareholders" - thus the term CSA share.