Top 5 Cheap Eats
Lets face it we're all getting strapped for cash. Still there's nothing worse than a long day in the mountains and coming home to a house sans food, piecing together some farce of a meal from a packet of ramen a week old hot dog and a carrot.
The Sawyer Case: Is The Bulletin AWOL?
Since last Friday, both local TV news outlets have been carrying the story of Bend Police Capt. Kevin Sawyer being put on administrative leave while he and his wife, a well-known local realtor, are under investigation by the FBI. But, curiously, there's been nary a word about it yet in Bend's Only Daily Newspaper.
The Metolius: Bulletin Goes Into Full Snark Mode
Some days The Eye wonders whether the members of The Bulletin's editorial board bother to read their own paper. Today is one of those days.
A Dogged Pursuit: In search of Chile’s “Hero Dog”
The video, to put it mildly, is incredible, and when belatedly posted on YouTube in December of 2008 it became an overnight sensation. In it a dog in Santiago, Chile, is hit by a car on the freeway at rush hour and another dog comes to its rescue, weaving between speeding cars, looking left and…
4 Peaks Fest on Tour
The Blender raved a bit about music festivals earlier this week, but we didn't touch on the state of our own outdoor music and camping fest: the 4 Peaks Music Festival. Word just came through today that 4 Peaks is planning a mini Oregon tour with two of the festival's stalwarts, Poor Man's Whiskey and…
Merenda Is Dead — Long Live 900 Wall
Jody Denton's showplace downtown restaurant, Merenda, has folded, but it's being reborn as "900 Wall." Can it survive in its new incarnation?
New Snow
We’ve finally been graced with a little snow fall in the mountains. The high pressure system that sat over our area for a month has dispersed and now we have some storm systems lined up across the North Pacific.
Willy Week Scores Again as The Big O Fumbles
Newsweek magazine has a piece this week lauding Nigel Jaquiss, the investigative reporter for Willamette Week who broke the sex scandal story about Portland Mayor Sam Adams - and also raking The Oregonian over the coals for dropping the ball on this and other tough stories.
Tweak Bird was here….and it was dark
A few members of the Blender crew were out at the Summit Stage and Saloon last night to catch Tweak Bird and Kandi Coated. Alas, it was dark and not optimal video taping conditions, but you can get a taste of the sound purveyed by Tweak Bird – a quirkily heavy duo consisting of two…
A Walk in the Park
This week's letter of the week comes from Thomas Ware who contemplates the fate of a recently felled tree. We're not sure if this falls into the philosophy or poetry category, but we liked it. Thanks for the letter Thomas. You can pick up your winner's spoils, a freshly ground bag of Strictly Organic coffee,…
American Mythology
The letdown after Christmas is a natural time to think about some questionable American customs and thought processes, and perhaps to see the fallacies therein. The following comparison list might be helpful in sorting things out. Myth: Santa Claus lives at the North Pole and has flying reindeer. Reality: Santa is a fantasy so he…
Do The Math
I thank Ken Czepelka (Jan. 29 issue) for responding to my Jan. 22 letter, "The Solution." I don't personally argue with Ken on what he presented, but it's in conflict with Robert Bryce's 2008 book, "Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence." Bryce deals extensively with the "solar" issue. In Chapter 16, "Solar,…
Stocking Stuffer
I have in my possession a document that ensured this Pittsburgh Steelers' victory in Super Bowl XLIII as of Christmas Day 2008. (As you are aware this was before the play-offs). The story is: As a Christmas tradition, our family always put little anonymous gifts in each others' stockings, these we call ''gifts from Santa.''…
Mid-Winter Stoke: A Postcard from Disney World
Dear Readers,
Greetings from sunny Orlando, Florida! Driving away from the airport through a dead flat sea of urban sprawl on a jam-packed highway tossing quarters into tollbooth baskets, I thought about how much I missed Bend already. I'm here with Meg and Dave Chun to spend four days at Surf Expo, the biggest trade…
Stalemates and Check Mate A city council showdown, Daschle dashed, and more!
The City Standoff
Heads or tails. Upfront has been entertained by the new Bend city council's standoff start to the new year. As of Monday councilors remained evenly divided over whom to tap for the seat recently vacated by Chris Telfer, who departed in early January for the state legislature. By law councilors have until…
Governor K’s Timely Flip-Flop
Back in the spring of 2007, alarmed at the prospect of two destination resorts being built near the Metolius River, then-state Sen. Ben Westlund and other lawmakers sponsored legislation to protect one of the state's great scenic and recreational resources.
Their bill died when Gov. Ted Kulongoski told them to back off, saying he wanted…
Taken to the Cleaners: Subpar revenge flick will have you begging for mercy
It says it's from Justin Timberlake. Taken completely lives up to its title. You will feel taken for every penny you spent and every second you wasted sitting through this movie. It definitely will make my top ten worst movie list for 2009. Taken will stretch your patience like a balloon to the popping point.…
Scared Skinny: South Korean thriller retread is good for token frights
Rub a dub dub. By the time young Emily Browning - the Australian waif who stars in The Uninvited - sees her 8th or 9th scary, decaying corpse come to life I begin to wonder if anyone ever considered late-stage anorexia as a cause for these hallucinations. Between last month's The Unborn (featuring the sharp-hipped…
Micro Cosmos: Silver Moon Brown Eyes
Tyler and the gang at Sliver Moon have served up another winner with this smooth-drinking specialty ale. Micro Cosmos isn't a huge fan of the brown style, which tends to lack the personality of other ales.
Micro Cosmos: Silver Moon Brown Eyes
Tyler and the gang at Sliver Moon have served up another winner with this smooth-drinking specialty ale. Micro Cosmos isn’t a huge fan of the brown style, which tends to lack the personality of other ales.
Après-Ski, Central Oregon Style: Slopeside dining at Bachelor’s Clearing Rock
Let's face it, Bend is no Aspen thankfully and Mt. Bachelor is no Snowmass. Sure, we've got top-tier dining and upscale boutiques in town. But our ski hill is for playing hard and, of course, throwing back a few between runs, but certainly not for posing. The Clearing Rock Bar at Bachelor's West Village Lodge…
Après-Ski, Central Oregon Style: Slopeside dining at Bachelor’s Clearing Rock
Let’s face it, Bend is no Aspen thankfully and Mt. Bachelor is no Snowmass. Sure, we’ve got top-tier dining and upscale boutiques in town. But our ski hill is for playing hard and, of course, throwing back a few between runs, but certainly not for posing. The Clearing Rock Bar at Bachelor’s West Village Lodge…
Straight Pimpin’
It's somewhat difficult to take a band with an intentionally goofy name like The Pimps of Joytime all that seriously. But you should because the Brooklyn-based troupe can seriously funk your face and ass right off your body. Seriously. Well, not literally, but you get the point.
Fronted by guitarist, vocalist and all around…
Our Picks for the Week of 2/4-2/12
My Own Two Feet
thursday 5 We thought we'd take another stab at getting the word out about the premiere showing of this snowboard flick that forsake flashy helicopter shots and snow cat transportation for simple human power…as in walking and such. A DJ will start spinning after the screening as ski and snowboard films…
Smoked Out: A look at the first month of a smoke-free Oregon
On the last Friday afternoon of January - which happens to be an unusually warm one - about a dozen folks are lined up at the bar and scattered around the tables of the M&J Tavern on Greenwood. The scene probably would have been the same a year ago. Sports highlights flash across the flat-screen…
A Bear Market for Weirdness
The Bend real estate market shows no signs of reviving yet, but the market for weirdness may have bottomed out.
