Desperately Seeking Sasquatch
Stalking Eugene’s bigfoot bash
The Northwest is a hairy place. For folks raised in these parts, and especially in the boonies, the world was all hair — uncles with … Continue reading
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Sam Bond’s is Esquire Best Bar Again
Sam Bond’s has made Esquire’s list of best bars in America again. Here’s the magazine’s write up: Continue reading
New Noms in the Whit: Eddo Burger opens Saturday
Just look at that burger. Just look at it. Do you want to eat it yet? It’s vegetarian. But don’t let that stop you. Continue reading
Oregon Truffle Festival Grand Truffle Dinner: Five courses in 100 words each
When I last lucked into tickets to the Oregon Truffle Festival’s Grand Truffle Dinner, the event was still held at LCC. The dinner’s current location at the Valley River Inn is a better-lit, more comfortable space that manages, despite its cavernousness, to feel a little more intimate. Continue reading
OOPS. Let’s correct that Chow! moment
In this week’s issue of Chow! there are a few little “Word Is” tidbits – news we didn’t have time or space to cover in depth. One of them was meant to tell you that The Divine Cupcake, Eugene’s vegan cupcake company, is opening a retail location (on West 11th across from Ring of Fire) quite soon. March, we hear. It’ll be Eugene’s first dedicated cupcakery. And these are some tasty cupcakes. But the placeholder ran instead. That would be the little box of text that tells you that I hoped to have details soon. Continue reading
UPDATED: Marché’s Rocky Maselli to Open Sfizio
In a few months, Eugeneans will have a new Italian food option. Come spring, Rocky Maselli, the executive chef at Marché, is opening Sfizio in Oakway Center. Like Marché, Sfizio will use local producers “for almost everything,” says the press release, which describes the restaurant as follows: Continue reading
“Lift your head up and look in the camera.”
Did anyone else have a sort of dropped-jaw response to this slightly bizarre (and, alas, not in the funny-ha-ha way) SNL skit this weekend? Continue reading
Moist Celebration
Here’s a slideshow of the Eugene Celebration parade: Continue reading
‘Legion’: God is Tired of Your Bullshit, Man. Plus: ‘Battlestar Galactica’ 3.0?
I’m not afraid to admit that I think Constantine is totally underrated. I might go so far as to say it’s one of my top three favorite Keanu Reeves movies. There’s something fascinating about stories that take certain supernatural elements of the Christian Bible REALLY literally — without any lions or elves or metaphorical Jesus creatures. I’m talking demons in the streets of L.A., but not in the Left Behind sense (these stories are only interesting when religion is key to the worldbuilding, but not part of the lesson plan). Continue reading
Missivies from Pickathon, Part 1
It’s a strange thing, driving to Pickathon. You’re in the middle of Portland, tied up in its highway knots; you’re driving south on 205, trying not to feel like you’re heading home from the airport; you’re turning off an an exit that quickly begins to feel frighteningly like Agrestic, all matching complexes with intimidating names. And then you’re in the middle of nowhere. Continue reading