“It kind of started off in a delicatessen, local-sourced view,” James Fink recounts, as he presses a bison burger into the flat-top grill in the kitchen of Wild Oregon Foods. Seven months later, he says, “it’s kind of more steered towards a diner—nostalgic, classic-style foods.” When you’re a rookie restaurant, shifting with the tastes of […]
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Lawnae Hunter
Advocating for stroke awareness in Central Oregon
Lawnae Hunter was careening down a twisty waterslide on the remote island of Turks and Caicos when her stroke hit. Hunter says it didn’t register that it was a stroke making her unable to breathe, but when her son approached her and saw one side of her face drooping, she says he knew right away. […]
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Light My Fire
Form meets function in sustainably sourced firestarter bouquets
Just a few months ago, sisters-in-law Allison Schultz and Julie Connell began making gorgeous bouquets of juniper, sage and other foraged materials, which, while beautiful, are also intended to ultimately be burned in a fire pit or fireplace. ‘Scuse me while I get all punny here, but it’s safe to say this new Central Oregon […]
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Branch + Barrel
Sourcing local, reclaimed materials—from industries Central Oregonians love most
Loving locally-made products is an ethos plenty of people in Central Oregon can get behind—but when those products are made from materials cast off by other locally-made products, it’s like Local Love, squared. Laura Nolan, also the artisan behind Tularoo Soaps, recently launched Branch + Barrel, a Bend-based jewelry company that uses wood sourced from […]
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Bruce Cummings
A world-class TV news producer enjoying retirement in Bend
“I like when people can see a range of things and they can pick and choose what they read. They are not just being fitted with a set of blinders.” It’s no secret that Bend tends to be a magnet for world-class athletes looking for a sweet spot to rest or retire. That trend apparently […]
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A conversation with artist Alejandro Salazar
The Source sits down with this week’s cover artist
Alejandro Salazar—originally from coastal Colima, Mexico—is a Santa Rosa, Calif.-based artist whose work is hanging in the At Liberty arts collaborative gallery in downtown Bend this month. He’s also this week’s cover artist. The Source sat down with Salazar to talk about his work. Source Weekly: Let’s talk about the body of work hanging at […]
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Go Outdoors, #LikeAGirl
Have lady parts? We do too—so we tried these “outdoor” related products to see what works in the woods
Ladies, have you ever been stuck in layers upon layers of snowboard gear and really had to go? Or spent the day on the trail during a particular turn of the moon? Or maybe your hands are so busy busting it up in the boardroom, killing it in the kitchen AND being the emotional sounding […]