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Weird Central Oregon

Some oddball facts on what might be the quirkiest state in the nation

Yet another reason to love where we live: The weird stuff among us. -Portland is home to more strip clubs per capita than any other cityโ€”even Las Vegas. An article published in Willamette Week in 2015 reported that fact. Tampa, Florida, rang in second. โ€ข Over the years, Oregonians have witnessed many seemingly unnecessary laws […]

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The Drinking Issue

Cocktails, beer, and pinball

Drinking is hard business. No, really, it is. We have dedicated a lot of work-hours to pull together our semi-annual Cocktail Compass, calling to check happy hour times and offers and, in this issue, expanding our coverage to include a Beer Booklet. Sort of a no-brainer, right? Um, hello. We live in, like, the beer […]

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Flipping Out

A rundown of Bend’s pinball machines and bar games

With reporting (pinball playing) by Kayja Buhmann I am terrible at arcade games. Really, really bad. But the string of curse words that spewed into Reed Pub after one of my in-play balls ricocheted off the Temple of Doom and straight back into the gutter of the Indiana Jones pinball machine last weekend would convince […]

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