Stop the Presses! Bulletin Backs Republican!
What a stunner - The Bulletin endorsed John McCain this morning.
Mt. Bachelor Goes Old Timey for 50th Anniversary
This morning, the Blender caught wind that Mt. Bachelor (read about their off-season changes in this week's feature article) had released a video celebrating it's 50th anniversary so we clicked on over to YouTube and thought we'd share it with you.
A Long Day for Destination Resorts
It was a long day for destination resorts Wednesday. People who picked up their morning paper might have read today over a cup of coffee that Tetherow resort, which is located just outside Bend's city limits on Century Drive, had scrapped plans for its "luxury" hotel because of financing problems.
Bachelor has fixed lifts, prices, image and they’re letting you know about it
Behind mountain biking and pushing babies around in thousand-dollar jogging strollers, bitching about Mt. Bachelor is one of Bend's most beloved pastimes. Bendites complain about ticket prices, parking, grooming or staffing issues just like people in larger, more urban cities bitch about the coaching decisions of their local sports teams.
While this is certainly a…
Make It Count: Our 2008 city council and local measure endorsements
Position ONE: Peter Gramlich You know what Make It Count: Our 2008 city council and local we like about Peter Gramlich? Dude's a straight shooting, open-minded cool guy who believe it or not…gasp…actually seems to want to work for what's best for the city. This is a guy who, when discussing a proposed ban on…
Glass Slipper: Project Homeless Connect and Volunteers
It's no secret that tough times have settled on Central Oregon. Foreclosures are up and 401Ks are down. These are anxious days for our republic and for our town. But times are a little bit tougher for some and we as a community got a glimpse of that last weekend when more than 1,800 people…
Rock the Vote, Jailbait Style: Kids under 18 want a change, monster UGB, and “W”
Vote for Miley!Anyone remember tearing through the latest Scholastic News during grade school? Or maybe being forced to read it by a merciless second-grade teacher with frizzy hair? Either way, every four years, this youthful beacon of learning and news (yes, the same newspaper where you first learned that squirrels could, in fact, water ski)…
Bread & Circuses for All
This week's letter of the week offers another view on the current financial crisis and finds an interesting culprit behind the collapse - you and me. We're not sure if we totally agree with the premise.
Step Aside, Senator
After hearing so much in the news about the Supreme Court and our Senators in D.C.
Stop Face Paint Discrimination
As a regular reader I find your advice and opinions on our surrounding area quite to the point and very sound. For this reason I come to you with a simple story of basic acceptance.
The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild – by Craig Childs
Craig Childs, out talkin’ to the animals.The operative word in the title of this book is "Dialogues." Craig Childs doesn't just observe and report on 34 different animal species. He has conversations with them, albeit unconventional ones. Consider this passage in which he's followed a raven into a desert canyon only to find himself in…
Quit Nerding Up Football
I've been asked by the Left Field department to share my views on fantasy football and I'm glad to do it because fantasy football is eating up sports fans and turning them into soulless statistic chomping geeks. Last Sunday, I was jumping up and down in my sweatpants, spilling PBR Light (I'm watching my figure)…
Missing Moose and Gator naps: The Natural World road trip report
A stranger to Central Oregon, but common to Florida, the American Alligator. You'd think any Oregonian with a grain of sense would wait until January to fly off to Florida for a week or so but my son, Ross, called me last March and said, "Pop, for your birthday, I'm going to give you an…
All in the Family: Climbing an extended family tree and the nature deficit disorder
October snow on the WifeTHE WIFE Of course, we have the confirmed Bachelor in our midst. And everyone knows the Three Sisters. But, as holiday party season approaches, it can be good to embrace long lost relatives. So, are you familiar with the rest of our Cascades family? Last weekend, a small group of friends…
Is the Force Strong with This One?: Star Wars The Force Unleashed
Using the force since 1977.When the demo for Star Wars The Force Unleashed was released it looked like an incredible game. The thing I hate about demos is that they can set you up for disappointment if the game doesn't live up to the preview's promise. As a result, my approach to this game was one…
Puppy Love: Peter Sollett again captures awkwardness in Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Oh, how awkward.It took five years for director Peter Sollett to follow-up his sparkling feature debut Raising Victor Vargas with his adaptation of Rachel Cohn and David Levithan's novel Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. And while the road along the way surely was littered with Hollywood-typical stories of aborted projects and collapsing funding, he should…
BendFilm Roundup: Diverse films capture wide range of audiences’ attention
The New Year Parade shows strong at BendFilm.BendFilm's list of movies once again can be summed up in one word: Diverse. That seemed to be the overriding theme of almost every movie I saw
The New Year Parade (Best Director Award, Tom Quinn) was perhaps the most interesting, focusing on a divorce and the subsequent…
Happy Hour: The Bamboo Room at Hong Kong Restaurant
Enter the Bamboo Room and you'd never know that you were in a bar at the back of a Chinese restaurant-and you probably wouldn't guess that you were in the year 2008-but you know immediately that you're somewhere that is authentically, well, itself. There are some hints at the East, including plastic bamboo branches and…
Happy Hour: The Bamboo Room at Hong Kong Restaurant
Enter the Bamboo Room and you’d never know that you were in a bar at the back of a Chinese restaurant-and you probably wouldn’t guess that you were in the year 2008-but you know immediately that you’re somewhere that is authentically, well, itself. There are some hints at the East, including plastic bamboo branches and…
A Rose is a Rose: 12 O’clock Tart puts a spin on food delivery
It’s not take out, it’s delivery.Rose McKenna is a motivated woman. Growing up on Maui with a single mother on welfare didn't inhibit her drive to succeed. She knew from a young age that her life would involve food and went for it with a passion. Growing up poor meant no exposure to restaurants. To…
A Rose is a Rose: 12 O’clock Tart puts a spin on food delivery
It’s not take out, it’s delivery.Rose McKenna is a motivated woman. Growing up on Maui with a single mother on welfare didn’t inhibit her drive to succeed. She knew from a young age that her life would involve food and went for it with a passion. Growing up poor meant no exposure to restaurants. To…
CD REVIEW – Metallica: Death Magnetic
I've had several weeks now to digest the new Metallica album. But I'm still having trouble processing the notion that this band after the singing lessons, symphony collaborations, self-help videos and general not-kicking ass could put out an album worthy of their name.
KPOV Got da Funk
A couple of Free Thinkers.Things move a little funkier over at KPOV (106.
O Canada: Ohbijou and The Acorn bring a little slice of our neighbor to the north to Bend
They don’t smile much up there in Canada.Think for a minute. How much do you really know about the Canadian music scene? If you think that you maybe remember hearing that Alanis Morisette was Canadian (and who can forget Snow and "Informer") then probably, like the rest of the world, you overlook Canada's contribution to…
Screw Wolf Blitzer, Here’s Henry Rollins
He’s not joking around.Americans have watched Wall Street crumble to ashes bringing our economy to a dangerous low, gas prices that have skyrocketed to a point where soccer moms have to take out a loan to get the kids to school, an election parading forward with a lot of talk about everything but solutions, and…
Our Picks for the week of 10/16-10/22
Catie Curtis friday 17 This Boston native plays a sweetly blended mix of melodic vocals and crisp Americana guitar to produce a thriving brand of folk rock that you might have heard on Dawson's Creek. She's coming to the Old Stone as part of her national tour and for the female singer songwriter junkies out…
