There is an irony that shopping for those guys and gals in your life who are the biggest adventurers doesn’t require traveling much distance. Along a few-block stretch on Century Drive, there are three prime stops to completely equip a Sir Edmund Hillary expedition—or, to do even better. From high-tech compasses to high-end safety gear, […]
Phil Busse
Phil Busse has done his tour of duty with alt-weeklies, starting in 1992 right after graduation from Middlebury College as the first environmental beat reporter for San Francisco Weekly. After a brief detour through the University of Oregon School of Law, Phil returned to writing as the first Managing Editor for Portland Mercury. In 2006, he started the Media Institute for Social Change in Portland, through which he continues to host a summer program teaching college students to produce documentaries.
Until he was 25 or so, Phil thought that he would be a spy, and took scuba lessons to prepare, and learned to drive a motorcycle and an 18-wheeler. Perhaps, then, it is unsurprising that his favorite holiday is the Fourth of July (he loves blowing stuff up). He feels at home with Joseph Conrad's fictional characters.
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Humble, but Hearty
Dirksen Derby continues to grow, but stays the same
When Josh Dirksen first started the Dirksen Derby, it wasn’t intended to be a world-class event; it really was just meant to be a low-key community gathering, something to raise some funds for Tyler Eklund, who sustained a spinal chord injury while snowboarding. But over the past eight years, the two-day event has boomed—attracting top […]
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Beers To Stay Warm With
Second Winter Beer Festival builds an even bigger snowman
It took almost two months of back-and-forth text messages, but GoodLife finally named its winter ale, a special beer for the second annual Central Oregon Winter Beer Festival, a smooth ale with cinnamon and nutmeg undertones. “It just finally came to me,” says Steve Denio about the name they finally landed on: Yukon Cornelius, so […]
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Beers To Stay Warm With
Second Winter Beer Festival builds an even bigger snowman
It took almost two months of back-and-forth text messages, but GoodLife finally named its winter ale, a special beer for the second annual Central Oregon Winter Beer Festival, a smooth ale with cinnamon and nutmeg undertones. “It just finally came to me,” says Steve Denio about the name they finally landed on: Yukon Cornelius, so […]
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Bus lines for skiing! New stops, new great rates.
Press release: CASCADES EAST TRANSIT BEGINS SERVICE TO MEISSNER NORDIC PARK CET and Mt. Bachelor lower fares for Route 18 Mountain Service December 8, 2014 – Bend, ORE – Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council is pleased to announce improved service on Route 18 Mountain Service, now serving Meissner Nordic Park. Nordic skiers can take public transit […]
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Bend: Best Beer City! Is that really a surprise?
From the Livability.com . . . See the full article here. Bend, OR Named One of Livability.com’s 10 Best Beer Cities, 2014 Annual list ranks America’s top beer cities In recent decades, breweries have sprung up all over America – in towns big and small – evolving the art and science of brewing while enhancing […]
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Beers To Stay Warm With
Second Winter Beer Festival builds an even bigger snowman
It took almost two months of back-and-forth text messages, but GoodLife finally named its winter ale, a special beer for the second annual Central Oregon Winter Beer Festival, a smooth ale with cinnamon and nutmeg undertones. “It just finally came to me,” says Steve Denio about the name they finally landed on: Yukon Cornelius, so […]
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Snow is in His Blood
Local company expands into snowmobile gear
Last year was a miserly winter, with poor snow pack on the West Coast and brutally low temperatures in the Midwest and Eastern Seaboard—and those conditions dramatically crimped both the Nordic and downhill ski industries, with major dropoffs in nearly every measurable indicator of those sports. Yet, at the very same time, another snow sport […]
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Gift Guide: The Cook
The kitchen is an ever-expanding universe, with endless opportunities for welcomed gifts, from basic equipment for beginning chefs, like a collection of quality knives, to specific tools for the most advanced cook. Ginger’s Kitchenware (Old Mill, 375 SW Powerhouse) has a varied collection of knives, including everything from a paring knife to butcher cleavers ($29.99-$280, […]
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MORE proof that Redmond is the next “it” town: An ice rink!
The City of Redmond sent out a press release today announcing the opening of their ice rink: “Redmond, OR- The City and the Redmond Area Parks and Recreation District have put the finishing touches on the rink, the village houses, hung the holiday lights and cued up the music. The Redmond Ice Rink will open […]
