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Rating dating apps, a new column on intimacy, speed dating and other stuff you’ll love to read about love Browse the stories in the 2022 Love Issue: Rating Dating Apps: Understanding Intimacy: Finding Love Fast: Valentine’s Day Events:
After spending several days with Central Oregon winemakers and wine shop owners, I fully understand the difference between an enthusiast and an oenophile. Sarah Worley, owner of Good Drop Wine Shoppe, doesn’t just love wine; she lives, breathes and drinks it. Cindy Grossman, who co-owns Faith, Hope & Charity Vineyards with her husband, Roger, proudly […]
February in Bend can feel like winter is never going to end. Why not bring some color into your world with some easy Valentine’s Day kitchen table crafts? Both of these cute and budget-friendly projects are suitable for pre-K (with help from an adult) through school-aged children. I have a suspicion that older siblings might […]
Use it to get home from the bars. Use it to shuttle your errant relatives to and fro while you’re at work—or on the mountain. Or, use a ridesharing service to take you and your bae out to dinner. Since ridesharing apps began to be allowed in Central Oregon in 2017, plenty of people have […]
Entry into the Disneyland Frat Getting recognition as a female in an outdoorsy community By MW Hill Bend’s version of girl meets boy is often played out under the veiled equality of the outdoor industry—where women are totally included, “as long as. …” My gender cohort and best friend describes the “as long as” clause […]
You’re in love and you live in one of the most beautiful places on earth—so really, you don’t need to go anywhere to get the type of getaway you and your partner deserve. Check out these romantic staycations this V-Day. Unplugged! For the outdoors couple If your love intensifies when cutting through snowdrifts or hiking […]
It wasn’t luck that during your senior year of college, the person capable of igniting your passion sat next to you in class. It was divine intervention that brought you and your true love—no—your soul mate, together. The years have passed since the first time your eyes locked in a long, lusty gaze. You’ve bought […]
On average, about 11,000 children are conceived on Valentine’s Day each year. Source: thehobbeehive.com 52% Greeting cards, as usual, will be the most common Valentine’s Day gifts. Fifty-two percent of U.S. consumers plan to send at least one. Source: news.nationalgeographic.com $130 On average, men spend double the amount of money on Valentine’s Day gifts than […]
Be Mine: perhaps these are the loveliest of all words, for who doesn’t want to be loved? In an ode to Valentine’s Day, The Source Weekly presents the Love Issue. “What is Love?” Men and women of Central Oregon passionately respond to this question and the answers are profound. Explore the faces of love in […]
Lilli Ann Linford-Foreman 55, Professor of Theatre and Communication at COCC “This reminds me of a former Supreme Court Justice’s definition of pornography. I can’t define it. I know it when I feel it.” Bri Rain 24, student “Romantic love is butterflies in your stomach. My parents once told me it’s like cocaine. It feels […]
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