Celestial Vibe

Vegan and gluten-free chocolate donuts.   Alex Moon has worked in the restaurant industry for 20 years, but it only recently occurred to her that she could open up her own place. “It’s a relatively new idea for me,” she says. Continue reading 

Word Is

* Want to grocery shop online? You can do it locally at Lane Local Foods, an online farmers market operated by the Willamette Farm and Food Coalition. Online shoppers can login at lanelocalfoods.com, or access it through the market’s mobile app, and order groceries any time from Wednesday morning to Sunday night. Farmers post their products and shoppers can choose what they want, anything from okra from Mountain View Farm in Junction City to feta cheese from Ferns’ Edge Goat Dairy in Lowell. Continue reading 

Exploring the Region

A mole in a pout is a sight to behold, rare, and slightly scary. Thinking I was early, I had ridden the wheezing Otis to the 15th floor of Eugene’s oldest high-rise, shuffled down the hall to our office, Wine Investigations, found Mole already in our lab, in a mope. “Hey, Sleut’,” he said, “whatcha got from all yer trackin’ wit’ out me?” Continue reading 

Blue Blossom and Friends

Few things in the plant world are as blue as the flowers on the bluest ceanothus. Otherwise known as wild lilac or California lilac, shrubs of this genus (which are not lilacs at all) are native to the Americas, mostly California and south to Guatemala. The majority are evergreen. That and their often stunning flower color makes the genus popular in gardens. Wild lilacs with the deepest blue flowers mostly come from California species, but Oregon has several species well worth growing.  Continue reading 

Summer Guide 2015

Welcome to the next four months of your life. It’s finally time to pack away the umbrella (if you even have one — what kind of Eugenean are you?) and break out the sunglasses. Consider this guide your roadmap for the summer. Within this issue that you’ve wisely chosen to pick up, you’ll find wonders galore, from weeklong stargazing parties to kite-flying extravaganzas to wild three-day music festivals. Sounds fun? Continue reading