Best Local Distillery
Thinking Tree Spirits
Thinking Tree Spirits opened about a year ago last solstice, founder Emily Jensen says. “We’ve been busting our butts, and it’s exciting to hear people … Continue reading
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Best Cocktail
Anything with whiskey in it
Jameson Sour, old fashioned, hot toddy, whiskey ginger. We admit we were looking for specifics when we asked you for your favorite cocktail in Lane … Continue reading
Best Bar to Watch Sports
Wetlands Brew Pub and Sports Bar
When Darci Lien started work at Wetlands more than five years ago, being a sports bar was more of a target than a reality. “I … Continue reading
Non-Alcoholic Drinks Are Cool
Sodas, mocktails and teas in Eugene
Alcohol is expensive, and putting its detrimental health effects aside, sometimes you just need a refreshing drink — one that won’t impair your driving abilities. … Continue reading
Best Bar
The Pint Pot
I used to live right across the street from The Pint Pot Public House, and although I don’t miss the crappy student housing I had, … Continue reading
The 20-Second Hug
The keys to a long marriage are communication and kindness
I’ve been with my boyfriend for almost three years, so I feel like I’m starting to get the hang of this whole relationship thing. We’re … Continue reading
Swiping While Black
The woes of online dating as a person of color
I’m a shy dater, and a picky one. At least those are the excuses I like to wield for my lack of romantic history — … Continue reading
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex
But didn’t ask a sex coach like Jane Steckbeck
Popular culture is flooded with the mating call of sex, and yet very few people speak openly and directly and maturely about how sex is … Continue reading
I Married A White Supremacist
How my husband went down the rabbit hole of Neo-Nazism
When I woke up that Wednesday, flicked on my phone and read the local news raging like a California brushfire across my Facebook feed, my … Continue reading
It’s About Time
Digging our fingers in garden dirt distracts us momentarily from the grim prospects of global warming.
Although spring does not begin officially until Equinox in March, Eugeneans might well pronounce that spring begins on Lunar New Year, Feb. 16, this year. … Continue reading