The Eyes of the Homeless Kids Hey kids in the alleyway, playing your music and jiving jokes for chump change on white lickity rich fancy pants Bendites. Yeah, you kids playing the homeless card, game. Squatting in perfumed sweat and piss, begging for a dime or spliff. I see you through your looking glass, smashed […]
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Posted inMusic
Album Review: Moon Mountain Ramblers, “A Little After Midnight”
“A Little After Midnight” is the first Moon Mountain Ramblers album since 2010’s “Live at the Tower” double album. Just like their live shows, “A Little After Midnight” is a freewheeling and eclectic bit of music that dances between genres without a care in the world. Every track on the record takes Jenny Wasson’s violin, […]
Posted inCulture
Picks 11/23-11/30
Thursday 24 Thanksgiving Runs TROT—Bendites, lace up those running shoes before loosening your belt with one of the two races offered Thanksgiving morning. Bend Thanksgiving Classic is a 5k or 10k supporting Girls on the Run of Central Oregon. FootZone’s I Like Pie Run/Walk offers a 2k, 5k or 10k option supporting NeighborImpact. // Both […]
Posted inFood & Drink
Bite Me
Tumalo’s food cart pods are legit
Food carts have been prevalent in Central Oregon for years now, but it wasn’t until the advent of The Lot that they started becoming almost omnipresent in Bend. Now it’s Tumalo’s turn. If you’re looking to do a food cart crawl outside Bend, this is your chance, as Tumalo now has at least eight food […]
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Quick Fit
Local shoe company lets Special Olympians and other athletes get their kicks on faster and easier
After recovering from a 2010 bike accident that broke his neck and back, George Pierce had another dilemma. The world champion duathlete wanted to make a comeback, but was losing a lot of time changing shoes during the races. “I asked myself, ‘How could I solve this problem? How could I get into the shoes […]
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More than Jesters
Nathan Brannon is a comic on the rise
There are a lot of bad stand-up comedians. The ones who get the HBO Specials and Comedy Central shows are usually funny enough to make it through the local, regional and national gauntlet intact, so the chaff has mostly been separated. For every Louis C.K, Mitch Hedberg, Hannibal Buress, Bill Hicks or Richard Pryor, there […]
Posted inFood & Drink
Going Inland
Breweries in Spokane worth exploring
When it comes to craft beer in the less-populated parts of Eastern Oregon, there isn’t much. Steens Mountain in Burns is one, a tiny outfit that received a glowing profile in BeerAdvocate magazine a few months ago. Beer Valley in Ontario, whose Leafer Madness IPA is a mainstay around Bend, is another. Otherwise, one might […]
Posted inOpinion
Letters 11/23-11/30
Poor Driving Etiquette Election season is here, and that tends to generate a lot of political “talking point” letters. But having just returned from Okinawa, where all things—including driving—are polite and mannerly, I wish to address a different topic: driving etiquette. We usually like to think of ourselves, here in Oregon, as pretty nice people. […]
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Don’t Forget the Water!
All summer long the farmers, gardeners, anglers, water skiers, swimmers and just about every insect and other animal on this beautiful Earth are using water to stay alive and enjoy life. In winter, the robins who pig out on juniper berries and other fruit must have water to go with their veggies or they will […]
Posted inFood & Drink
Little Bites: But Wait, There’s More!
Three more reasons to head to Tumalo
The Tumalo Food Court, located just off Highway 20 in Tumalo, takes two of Bend’s and one of Sunriver’s most beloved eateries and puts them in one easy location. There’s not a lot of information online about the spot (in point of fact, there’s none), so here is a quick look at the three carts […]
