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The cup never lies.It seems pretty simple: A pint equals 16 ounces. So when you go into a bar, pub or restaurant and order a pint of beer you'll get 16 ounces of beer, right?
Well, maybe. Or maybe you'll get only 14 ounces. Or 13, or even 12.
Like most naรฏve beer drinkers, I always assumed that when I paid for a pint I got a pint. It was only after stumbling across Portlander Jeff Alworth's "Beervana" blog that the hideous truth began to dawn on me.
James Balog
Wins Rowell Award
The powder returns and luckily there are brave souls to ski it.The Rowell award is given out each
year to celebrate the lives of Galen and Barbara Rowell, who died in a
plane crash in 2002. The Rowells, with their athletic abilities and
adventurous spirits, traveled and climbed all over the world. They
captured awe-inspiring photographs wherever they went. When traveling
through Bishop, Calif., stop in at the Rowell Gallery to take in
hundreds of their breathtaking images. Lupine fields in front of Fitz
Roy in Patagonia, gnarled Bristlecone Pines in California's Sierra
Nevada 'Range of Light,' skiing in the Alaska Range, and cultural
photos of Tibetans, Pakistanis, and Nepalese are just a few of the
images chronicling the Rowells' lives.
Is that the new i-Phone?I really wanted to like this movie. It just wouldn't let me. I spent almost the entire second half aching for it to be over.
The
opening montage was nice. The old-school credits in the beginning,
reminiscent of '40s-style movies, were refreshing. The colors and
photography were close to captivating. There's nothing wrong with the
acting.
Then there's the story. Somewhere hidden in this mess is
a cool concept. Steeped in ambiguity, I just can't figure out where the
legendary director stashed it.
A taste of the wonderment that is the Mountainfilm fest.This is your chance to vicariously scale the globe. Mountain bike
through an old growth forest, ascend Colorado's Black Canyon, or go fly
fishing in Baja, all from the comfort of your Tower Theater seat.
Bend-based nonprofit reSource hosts the touring film festival,
Mountainfilm on Tour, as a fundraiser for the organization. With an
emphasis on sustainable living, the event is also intended to encourage
Central Oregonians to make everyday choices that reduce our impact on
the environment. Play lists include 7-8 short films per night. Here's
are some particularly eyebrow-raising films from the weekend schedule.
When I was a young lad growing up in Redmond I never paid much attention to food – partly because I didn’t care, and partly because I was too broke to walk in the door.
Returning again as an adult and a professional cook, however, I was constantly reminded that I didn’t miss much. Redmond feels like a culinary wasteland, filled to the brim with mediocre restaurants squeaking by on barely passable food. In every wasteland however, there are always oases. I found one in the Cross Creek Cafe. Nestled behind Redmond City Hall on 8th Street, this gem has become one of the shining lights. Hell, they even serve real pastrami – something I’d completely given up on finding anywhere in Central Oregon.
When I was a young lad growing up in Redmond I never paid much attention to food - partly because I didn't care, and partly because I was too broke to walk in the door.
Returning again as an adult and a professional cook, however, I was constantly reminded that I didn't miss much. Redmond feels like a culinary wasteland, filled to the brim with mediocre restaurants squeaking by on barely passable food. In every wasteland however, there are always oases. I found one in the Cross Creek Cafe. Nestled behind Redmond City Hall on 8th Street, this gem has become one of the shining lights. Hell, they even serve real pastrami - something I'd completely given up on finding anywhere in Central Oregon.
The best bangers and mash in town at the Summit.Local legend has it that downtown Bend’s O’Kane Building is haunted by
the voices of long departed souls. But it’s a different kind curse that
has vexed many of the recent tenants who have struggled and ultimately
failed to gain a foothold in what should be a prime location.
Stuft
Pizza had a good, long run in the huge restaurant space facing Oregon
Avenue. But when rents went north they hightailed it to Highway 97 and
died a slow death. Legends, while always packed on weekends, seemed to
struggle with consistency and imaging problems. Then came the
short-lived catastrophes of On the Rocks and Bend City Grill.
The best bangers and mash in town at the Summit.Local legend has it that downtown Bend's O'Kane Building is haunted by
the voices of long departed souls. But it's a different kind curse that
has vexed many of the recent tenants who have struggled and ultimately
failed to gain a foothold in what should be a prime location.
Stuft
Pizza had a good, long run in the huge restaurant space facing Oregon
Avenue. But when rents went north they hightailed it to Highway 97 and
died a slow death. Legends, while always packed on weekends, seemed to
struggle with consistency and imaging problems. Then came the
short-lived catastrophes of On the Rocks and Bend City Grill.
Sublime Corn Turns on the Thayer HeadwallEvery year I write down a list of goals to accomplish in the outdoors.
The past two years, climbing and skiing from the top of the Thayer
Glacier Headwall on North Sister has ranked among the top five on the
list. Last season, I was unable to check off the Thayer Headwall, but
not for a lack of trying. I skied into the east face of North Sister
three separate times, only to be denied access to the mountain's upper
reaches due to avalanche conditions. One memorable occasion, after
deciding the avalanche conditions were too dangerous, I witnessed two
big slides tumbling down the east face while eating lunch a safe
distance away.
The Thayer Glacier Headwall is a very natural and
aesthetic climbing route. Looking out my window at North Sister, I have
scanned the face with binoculars hundreds of times eyeing the potential
for ski mountaineering. The route begins just above a tarn sitting at
the base of the east face. It climbs the lower portion of an hourglass
through a constriction, pinching down to only a couple ski lengths
wide, before reopening. Instead of continuing up the upper hourglass,
the route bends to the right aiming directly toward the summit.
He doesn’t seem to mind those critics.The funniest thing about this documentary is Johnny Carson's plaid leisure suit in the film's opening scene. Aside from that, the film is a sobering lesson on the ongoing struggle between Israel and Palestine and Jimmy Carter's three-decades-long involvement in the conflict.
From the honest, jovial, straight-forward way he handles things, cutting to tiny bits and pieces defining glimpses of Carter's real persona to details you'd never know about him-he swims daily, reads from the Bible to his wife every night (in English and Spanish) his favorite poet is Dylan Thomas, he believes in science and evolution along with his devout Christianity-he's like the Mother Teresa of politics.
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