Somehow Nelly’s “Hot in Herre” appeals to a generation that I’m quite positive he did not intend to appeal to. I’m contemplating saying, “No shirt, no service,” but I’m still caught off guard that a doughy 58-year-old man has decided to dance half-naked at the service bar.
Welcome to the Grindhouse
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Wrap and Roll: Parrilla Grill makes for dependable dining
Hustle and bustleWhen I first moved to Bend I had a hard time trying to figure out what exactly was going on at the Parrilla Grill, located at the 14th Street and Century Drive roundabout. It looked like a neighborhood bar, but outside in the parking lot there was a massive clothing sale going on, so for a few days there last year I thought it sold skiing apparel.
A couple of weeks later, when I peered through the windows and noticed people were eating inside, I decided to venture into Parrilla and see what the place with the "Sorry, We're Open" neon sign was all about. After spending the better part of seven years living in North Carolina, where good Mexican food is about as easy to come by as good home-made fried chicken is in Bend, I was pleasantly surprised to learn Parrilla offers an experience of epic proportions.
Posted inFood & Drink
Wrap and Roll: Parrilla Grill makes for dependable dining
Hustle and bustleWhen I first moved to Bend I had a hard time trying to figure out what exactly was going on at the Parrilla Grill, located at the 14th Street and Century Drive roundabout. It looked like a neighborhood bar, but outside in the parking lot there was a massive clothing sale going on, so for a few days there last year I thought it sold skiing apparel.
A couple of weeks later, when I peered through the windows and noticed people were eating inside, I decided to venture into Parrilla and see what the place with the “Sorry, We’re Open” neon sign was all about. After spending the better part of seven years living in North Carolina, where good Mexican food is about as easy to come by as good home-made fried chicken is in Bend, I was pleasantly surprised to learn Parrilla offers an experience of epic proportions.
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The Man In The Middle : The Source Weekly Q&A with soon-to-be former Mayor Bruce Abernethy
Abernethy describes the last 15months as “low-grade” burn outMayor Bruce Abernethy steps down this week after an eight-year run on the Bend city council that has spanned four city managers and just about every major issue that's worth recalling, from the Bill Healy Bridge to an equal rights ordinance for the LGBT community, to Juniper Ridge and the current urban growth boundary imbroglio.
A Harvard management school grad, Abernethy ran almost a decade ago for city council on a slow growth platform, but has carved out a legacy for himself as a principled moderate who could work with all councilors on both sides of the aisle. In the process he alienated some of his ardent supporters on the Left but earned a reputation as an accessible and reasoned politician. We sat down with Abernethy to survey where the city has come during his tenure and what his plans are for the near and not so near future.
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Crazy Destination Resort Love
Welcome to the boomtown.Deschutes County is just CRAZY in love with destination resorts.
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WTF?: Winter Wonderings
Upfront realizes that the city of Bend catches a lot of crap from the community over its snow plowing practices. If the city isn't plowing enough, they're money-wasting morons who dumped all the city's nest egg into pet projects like bridge proclamations.
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Big, Bad, Bend: Council approves kitchen sink UGB, |Bend Living lay-offs
Bend’s next super subdivision? Most folks have lost track of how long the Bend City Council has been working to expand the city's UGB - long enough for the anachronistic term "UGB" to actually resonate with any partially informed observer of local politics. Earlier this week the city council put the finishing touches on what it hopes will be a blueprint for the next 20 years of growth in Bend - a roughly 8,500-acre expansion of the city's geographic footprint which is intended to add more land for housing and commercial development.
By a 4-2 vote councilors opted to finalize the plan known as Alternative 4A, which Upfront likes to think of as the "kitchen sink" alternative - as in it includes everything that landowners and developers wanted plus the kitchen sink for good measure.
The plan has no shortage of critics, including some skeptical state regulators that have balked at the size of the land grab, which they see as a recipe for sprawl.
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Reinhard’s Replacement: Center-Right or Just Right?
The Oregonian's replacement for conservative columnist David Reinhard, who left the paper last fall to become a shill for the tobacco industry, calls herself "center-right," but to The Eye's eye she looks more right than center.
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World’s Awesomest Winter Sports Blog!
Is here! Stay tuned for upcoming posts about backcountry romps, snow conditions, renegade tobogganning, plus the occasional Steelhead Falls slip and slide.
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Sign of the Times: Front Page Ads for Sale
Things are tough all over, but they must be really tough for the New York Times: The venerable daily announced today that it has begun selling display ads on its front page.