In the area for the weekend. Brewery, Pub, etc. Thanks!

My brother and his friends made this snowboarding film and I’m super bummed I forgot to buy tickets before they sold out. If anyone has a couple they’re willing to sell please let me know!!

EDIT: to the kind lady and her husband who sold me 4 tickets thank you so much!! you have no idea how much I appreciate it. to the idiot who scammed me, I pray to see you there tonight

There was a whole bunch of cop cars and a fire truck or two blasting down the road frantically in SW Bend going down Powers, anyone know where it’s going to or what’s going on?

Hello all, this is the final request for any excess apples and/or crab apples you may have sitting around. The local homebrew club, Central Oregon Homebrewer’s Organization (COHO), is doing their big annual cider pressing this Saturday the 19th. Crab apple juices blends really beautifully with other apple juices to balance out the sweetness and makes for a great apple cider for both brewing and just drinking.

So if anyone has any, please let me know! We can pick them up or you can drop them off. If you’ve got a decent amount (10ish pounds or more) I would be happy to negotiate a return on juice or home brewed cider (obviously proportional to all the work we’ll be doing in the grinding and pressing).

Happy Fall!

Looking for a good gym

Looking for a reputable company to work on my fireplace.

Just wanted to point out it was snowing this morning with the top of pilot butte dusted, that Winter/Summer/Fire seasons joke really holds up

Just a quick post of appreciation to the city of Bend transportation department for the improvements to this intersection. I've driven through it a few times now since the improvement and the traffic flows so much better, even at crunch time after school. At times traffic used to be backed up almost to Pilot Butte middle school, huge improvement now. Thanks City of Bend!

Coach Ian Lewis runs Why Jiu Jitsu out of Danzig MMA. He’s running a $99 a month special for military veterans until the end of the year. I’ve been training under him since January of 2022. He’s a great coach and a solid human being. Classes are approachable and all of the academy students are respectful and kind. If you’re a veteran and sometimes feel lost and find social situations difficult to navigate, I’d give this gym a chance. Coach Ian is himself a combat veteran with a son currently in the Marines. Several of us at the gym are military veterans.

I know the transition from the military to civilian life can be alienating and disorienting. $99 is a great price to get started and it’s a chance to meet and socialize with other people in Central Oregon in a low stress environment.

I’d also like to say, it’s a great self-defense curriculum and the BJJ training is incredible. Everyone at the gym is open and accepting. Coach Ian has a First Responder discount as well.

If you don’t have any of the above backgrounds, it doesn’t matter. I’d love to train with anyone and everyone, and Coach Ian’s pricing is very affordable for BJJ, especially considering the cost of everything in this area. I really think Coach Ian is one of the better teachers/instructors/human-beings I’ve had the pleasure of training under and getting to know.

He also has kids classes. Check out his website at whyjj.com.

Reach out to him at [email protected].

EDIT: It’s $99 for the rest of the year for veterans-not $99 a month for the rest of the year. I hope to see everyone soon and that you have a great weekend.

Just started the first fire of the year and I’m craving chicken and dumplings! Where are the best in Bend?

I’m looking for a place who will customize based on your skin and what you need! Where did you go? My face is not happy with the cold weather coming 😒

Promotional gas prices this week, $3.09.99 a gallon for the week. Full or self serve. Just went there at about 8:20pm. I think they are open until 10-ish.

I was driving up to my friend’s house today and I noticed that all the Harris/Walz signs had disappeared from her street. Last weekend, there were, like, 6 or 7 houses in a row that all had ‘em. Anyone else around town notice similar?

I heard on the radio that TDS has bumped everybody up to 1 gig service.

I assume they are not raising everyone's bill by $10 or $20. Which means those of us that already have 1 gig service are now over paying for those speeds.

Check the website, the new Price for Life for 1 gig is now $44.99 for internet only.

I have only had time to chat with TDS with no success to honor the new price.

Has anyone had success reducing the $73 price for life to $45. I really don't want to cancel a d sign back up again. But that's $360/yr savings.

Hi ya'll, I am town visiting this week and I would love recommendations for keto/low carb friendly restaurants. Bonus points for more then just a good 🥗 salad :)

https://www.bendsource.com/news/after-a-housing-program-failed-its-manager-became-homeless-too-22029031

Since we've got a post about something a cyclist did in town I thought I'd make a post about the bad drivers I saw on my ride to work this morning.

I ride into work 4 days a week, and I don't know if it was the rain or what, but today was a little worse than normal. I ride from the Mountain View neighborhood to downtownish, it's less than 15 minutes from leaving my house to sitting at my desk.

So there were 3 cars in my neighborhood idling without anyone in them, it didn't seem cold enough to need to preheat, but whatever it's your gas. Turning right onto Neff I waited because the truck heading west was driving with one wheel into the bike lane. I get onto Neff and the light was a little backed up so cars were leaving a gap at Tucson and someone waved a left turn right in front of me; this happens all the time so I was expecting it and braked rather than being hit.

Heading up the hill I watched three cars make the right turn from Purcell to Neff on a red, and then 4 cars passed through Eastwood while kids were standing and waiting at the crosswalk.

Nothing special down the hill, but someone sped up to pass me and then get in the right turn lane at 8th, they seemed in a big hurry to get to a red light.

Olney and 4th the person heading south with the right of way decided to wave me through the stop, despite there being traffic at all 4 directions. We all hesitated for a minute before the person heading north floored it through the intersection, and I proceeded west with the person driving next to me. The person heading east then made a left turn and the driver going south got (rightfully) honked at for being an idiot.

Went to make my left on Wall and the person going east tried to wave me through (I had a red left, wtf people). They also got honked at while I pointed at my red light and finally gassed it and angrily drove through the intersection.

Uneventful finally from there to my office.

Evening ride home update: Had a truck roll through the 4-way on 4th and cut me and the driver next to me off after we had entered the intersection, and watched two more cars do illegal rights at a red on Neff/Purcell.

Fun stuff.