Posts
Central Oregon Laws of Golf
Whether you play golf at Tetherow, Pronghorn, Brasada Ranch, Broken Top, or any of the 30 or so golf courses in Central Oregon, this is hilarious. Laws of golf LAW 1: No matter how bad your last shot was at Tetherow (see new construction at Tetherow), you should have Inner Peace knowing that a shittier…
Real Estate in Bend . . . Sales Statistics for April 2011
Bend Real Estate The Bend Oregon real estate market, especially the low end, stayed active in April. 133 homes sold in Bend. That’s down about 14% from March’s figure of 155 (March . . . Homes In Bend), but still a number indicating fairly robust activity. Price Ranges for Homes in Bend The bargain for…
Who Owns My Mortgage?
Who Owns My Mortgage? A nice change of pace . . . rather than my complaining about the real estate market in Bend or bemoaning the lack of home sales, a little video from “60 Minutes.” It would almost be humorous, if it weren’t so pathetically true. If I were techie enough, I could even…
“Outdoor Life” Names Bend #1 Town In US
I feel a little like Mark Trail with this post. Outdoor Life Outdoor Life scoured the United States to find places where great hunting and fishing starts right at the edge of town. They came up with their top 200 towns for 2011. Quality of Life made up 40% of the criteria; Outdoor Score (Gun…
Tetherow . . . New Paradigm
A great review on the course at Tetherow by Jeff Wallach in Courses and Travel; this one is only for golfers. The Guys From Broken Top Don’t Like It I recently played Kidd’s Tetherow Golf Club, in Central Oregon. The course has been open for two years and I can honestly say that in that…
Homes in Bend . . . March 2011 Sales
March wasn’t just about the myriad of tremendous powder days at Mt. Bachelor . . . the Bend real estate market also showed a bit of early spring health. 152 homes sold in Bend, up a robust 34% from the 113 sold in February (homes in Bend); also, up about 3% from a year ago….
Bend Dog Park Etiquette
300 Days of Sunshine? Looks like the Bend Oregon real estate market isn’t cooling off with the weather . . . my master is certainly busy, and it seems that downtown is bustling. Maybe it’s the spring break shoppers. I love the snow; this 300 days of sunshine shit in Central Oregon (that the Chamber…
Musings of a mutt . . . Bend Oregon dog parks!
While I grew up in one of the swankiest gated communities and live in one of the nicest homes in Bend Oregon, at heart, I’m just a pooch. I know that my aristocratic air and erect carriage are a bit misleading. Reality is I’m a dog who likes to pee where he wants, scratch what…
“Love Your Life a Little More” . . . Bend Oregon
“Love Your Life A Little More . . . Visit Bend” Sure, we’ve got worries . . . unemployment, the economy, the earth quake/ tsunami in Japan. But, we’ve also got a pretty incredible lifestyle here in Bend . I focus on the positive and write about hamburgers and snow-tubing. Visit Bend has just produced…
Stuck in the Middle of Bend
Stuck in the Middle of Bend (Oregon) A cool song made the rounds this week in Bend. It was written by one Holly Hamilton to the tune of Stealer’s Wheel’s “Stuck in the Middle With You.” With lyrics like- Don’t know why I moved here at all; from California, this place feels so small I…