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The happy hour that’s downright joyful.
Although still sometimes referred to as a “new bar” in town, the Summit Saloon and Stage has actually now been open for an entire year.
The happy hour that’s downright joyful.
Although still sometimes referred to as a "new bar" in town, the Summit Saloon and Stage has actually now been open for an entire year.
Place your zen here.If Bend’s boom years produced Deep and Kanpai, then perhaps the fine new Japanese-style dining at Tomo is the product of our collective belt-tightening. From owners Howie and Di Long, also the proprietors of Central Oregon Asian-themed restaurants BaBa, SOBA and Szechuan, comes Tomo Japanese Restaurant, a really good, reasonably-priced sushi bar and an extensive dine-in menu matched by take-out options, including sushi ranging in price from $2 for Inari (tofu skin) to $10 for two kinds of Tempura rolls.
Tomo’s focus is traditional and modern Japanese dishes, like sashimi, Ramen noodles, Tempura shrimp and veggies, and Edamame, as well as the Bento lunch option, prepared with fresh, organic produce “as often as possible,” according to the restaurant’s web site. It also has a full bar.
Place your zen here.If Bend's boom years produced Deep and Kanpai, then perhaps the fine new Japanese-style dining at Tomo is the product of our collective belt-tightening. From owners Howie and Di Long, also the proprietors of Central Oregon Asian-themed restaurants BaBa, SOBA and Szechuan, comes Tomo Japanese Restaurant, a really good, reasonably-priced sushi bar and an extensive dine-in menu matched by take-out options, including sushi ranging in price from $2 for Inari (tofu skin) to $10 for two kinds of Tempura rolls.
Tomo's focus is traditional and modern Japanese dishes, like sashimi, Ramen noodles, Tempura shrimp and veggies, and Edamame, as well as the Bento lunch option, prepared with fresh, organic produce "as often as possible," according to the restaurant's web site. It also has a full bar.
1. Juniper Ridge Buyout: After earning the ire of the local business and real estate development community, the city of Bend cuts ties with its "Mater Developers" at the beleaguered Juniper Ridge high tech business campus. Juniper Ridge Partners agrees to hand over its "Master Plan" for the project in exchange for a roughly $2.6 million buyout and retains a portion of the profit from some future real estate sales. The deal follows reports that one of JRP's principals was negotiating side deals with property owners adjacent to Juniper Ridge. Who you calling "Good Ol' Boy"?
2. Merkley - Smith Campaign: In the most costly and arguably snarkiest campaign ever conducted in Oregon history, Former state representative, Jeff Merkley rides a wave of voter discontent with Republican rule to victory over Sen. Gordon Smith.
Careful what you wish for… Smith's name has been floated as the likely Republican candidate for governor in 2010 when incumbent Ted Kulongoski will have to step aside because of the state's term limit law.
3. Obama Mania: Okay so this isn't a local story per se, but the fact that Barack actually came to Central Oregon during the primary campaign stoked local Obama mania, helping "Obama 08" officially unseat Not Another Wal-Mart as the preferred bumper sticker of Bend progressives.
As a newspaper supported entirely by local advertisers (i.e. mom and pop businesses) we're not huge fans of Internet shopping, which serves as a giant cash vacuum, siphoning dollars out of the local economy to some faceless corporation. The notable exception is our annual Charity Auction, which turns the whole Internet cash vacuum model on its head.
Each year the Source, working with local businesses that donate all of the items for the auction, donates all the proceeds from the annual bid-fest to a local non-profit. This year the auction raised almost $4,000 for the Partnership to End Poverty, a local umbrella group that works to coordinate and fund local initiatives aimed at addressing the root of poverty in Central Oregon. It's an issue that's come into sharp focus as of late as the local and national economy falters, unemployment climbs to double digits and families are having a hard time making ends meet.
Pegasus Books owners and blogger Duncan McGeary spotted a fascinating graph on the Portland Housing blog showing that, while other Oregon and Washington cities also experienced a real estate bubble from 2005 to 2007, Bend's bubble was by far the biggest and baddest.
It's one of those "66" days in Bend - 6 degrees on the thermometer and 6 inches of snow on the ground - so it seems like an appropriate time to talk about Central Oregonians' stud fetish.
Oh so tacky.Great aunts, grandmothers and the overzealous knitters in your family
sometimes have the misguided idea that everyone should own a holiday
sweater. While some are more "tasteful" in their selection process,
others feel that nothing says "Happy Holidays" better than a blazing
red knit creation complete with three dimensional snowmen, glitter,
sewn-on ribbons and bells and, if you're lucky, some battery-operated
lights. While this attempt to spread holiday cheer is typically
well-meant, this nightmare apparel is about as subtle as Santa Claus
beating you over the head with a sack of broken Christmas lights
screaming "Merry Christmas" and about as desirable as an STD - until
now that is. Holiday sweaters have a new purpose in life and are a
reason for celebration with the increased popularity of ugly Christmas
sweater parties. So get excited when you unwrap the latest holiday
sweater from Aunt Gertie - you no longer have to fake acting thankful
and now have a perfectly acceptable way to show it off and even win
prizes.
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