Bend seems to have a connection with Hawaii. More than a few people I know have traded their surfboards and suntans for snowboards and four seasons (theoretically).
In the Mix: Solid Hawaiian Fare comes to the Old Mill
Posted inCulture
Our Picks for 8/25-9/2: The Dirty Words’ Farewell Bend Show, Bob Dylan and John Mellencamp, Art in the High Desert, Clink Black, and more
Bonnie & Clyde ends sunday 29 If you read last week's paper, you learned from Suzanne Burns' review that Bonnie and Clyde is one of the stronger musicals to hit Bend in some time. The two-person play is closing this weekend, so if you haven't had a chance to see Jessica and Jeremy Bernard depict the infamous couple, jump on it. Plays Wednesday-Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 6pm. $20/regular, $17/students, seniors, groups. Thursday, Aug 26. Bend Performing Arts Center, 1155 SW Division St.
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Kitzhaber and 3E: Where There's Smoke There's … ?
As if he didn’t have enough headaches being behind Chris Dudley in the polls and in the race for campaign cash, John Kitzhaber has gotten involved in a scandal.
On second thought, better put quotes around “scandal.
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Herman and Hal: Two legends pass on
In the past two weeks, two legends in their respective fields (photography and track and field) passed away without much notice unless you happen to read the major metro newspapers online.
For those who take or admire photos of musicians at work, Herman Leonard's images are the cornerstone of popular music photography.
Posted inFood & Drink
Chowhounds: Thirty dogs walk into a restaurant…
The menu this past Sunday at the Cascade Lakes Brewing Company Lodge was chicken and rice kibble and a canned chicken mixture, topped with a sprig of parsley. Desert was a bone-shaped biscuit dipped in a carob coating. Some diners ate from the table, while others were content to eat from the floor. Most everyone was done within a matter of seconds, returning to their previous socialization practice of sniffing their neighbors' butts.
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wRite: Peach Pie
My life is a whirligig. It is symptomatic of the plague of busy busy busy that has seized so many of us. Nonetheless, my daughter and I decided to write a two-woman story. Hers is hers, but mine is yours. We chose the theme Peach Pie. Here is what emerged from the multiple whirligigs of my childhood, my love for my mom and daughter, and my Now.
My mom died 15 years ago. She wasn't afraid to die. She told me so in her room in a little Finger Lakes, New York, hospital. She'd been drifting in and out – peacefully drowsing when she was out, lucid and tender when she returned.
A few years earlier, we'd come out the other side of decades of conflict – caused in part by circumstances over which neither she nor I had control. It was a joy to be with her in the peaceful room, to give her the small gifts of a shoulder rub, a fresh cup of tea, time for her to tell me the last remaining secrets she'd held a long time.
Posted inOpinion
This Week Upfront: Nude 32, Nude 32. Chan’s Heartburn, Election Watch and The Tradition
Nude 32, Nude 32… Hut, Hut, Hike
There's bad news for Oregon sports this week, and some of it comes from the “What are Those Dang College Football Players Going to do Next?” file. While the Ducks have been steadily embarrassing the state for the better part of the year, the Beavers just got into the action thanks to offensive lineman Tyler Thomas, who Corvallis police say they found drunker than Mel Gibson in a stranger's home… naked. But it gets better! When the cops told Thomas to get on the ground, they say he – still naked – got down into a three-point stance and lunged at them. So, of course, they had to fire a stun gun at the redshirt freshman, who, of course, has a mullet and, of course, has since been kicked off the team. So, even when in a stranger's home, horrifically intoxicated and not wearing a stitch of clothing, a football player will, at the very least, remember how to get down in his stance. Something tells us this is going to be an exciting season. (MB)
Posted inOutside
The World's Tallest Sparrow Nest: These birds can make a home anywhere
If you’ve driven the freeways between Brainerd, Minn., and Spokane, Wash., you will recall seeing the “World’s Biggest Turkey,” the “World’s Biggest Cow,” “World’s Biggest T-Rex Skull” and other “Biggest” this-and-that.
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The Water Log: Summer on Sparks, river and lake kiosks, and a Rogue reconnaissance
Suggested Flatwater Adventure: Sparks Lake
Even at the height of summer, this lake feels tranquil and pristine on a Sunday afternoon. Sparks is one of the more popular kayak and canoe destinations off the Cascade Lakes Highway partly because it is so close to town and partly because there is so much to explore on a relatively small body of water. Many claim it is the most scenic of the Cascade Lakes, and late Oregon photographer Ray Atkeson made a good living proving that with his stunning collection of postcards/posters/calendar shots of the area. From the rugged basalt shoreline to the hundreds of wildflowers, Sparks is a photographer's dream.
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A Week of World Wackiness
The author is gathering lawyers, guns and money for the launch of this new column.
Ten weeks from mid-term elections, when Republicans will supposedly sweep dozens of seats and maybe take back the House (according to pundits who get paid to enrage the public with unfounded rumors), the time has come to tally the damage done by this period of “hope.”