After a full day of snowboarding, skiing, snowshoeing โ or whatever other winter excursion you’ve ventured out to do in the beautiful slice of heaven that is Central Oregon โ these spots will let you warm your toes and chill out after a brisk outing. SPOKEN MOTO Have a passion for hand-roasted coffee and vintage […]
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Bend Hacks 101
It might surprise some readers to know that every Bendite didn’t move to the high desert independently wealthy, with an extravagant work-from-home-job, or with a silver pint glass engraved with their surname. Below is a peek into the world of the quintessential, avant-garde dirtbag, Central Oregon style. If you prefer to dine out of a […]
Top Five Cups of Coffee I drank in 2015
Scott Witham is the owner/head roaster at Lone Pine Coffee Roaster. A caveat: I don’t go out for coffee very often. Most of the cups I consume are at Lone Pine. Surely, I’m leaving out many worthy establishments and their delicious coffee drinks. You’ll also notice that my top five are all small espresso […]
New Cafe Also Does Pour-Over Coffee
Palate, A Coffee Bar is at 643 NW Colorado Ave. Pour-over coffee, and other manual brew methods, are the new French press. Coffee nerds like it because it’s pure, controllable and sorta easy to replicateโeven at home. You can read more about it in this week’s Culture section. There are a number of places in […]

