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Ramblin’ Rod Anders, The Guy With All The Buttons Who Made Oregon Mornings Amazing
The buttons are what I remember first. Before I can quite hear his voice, before the "Baby Elephant Walk" theme music starts up somewhere in the back of my head, I can see that sweater. All…
Pumpkins, Fire Pits and an 8-Acre Corn Maze Return to Oregon This Weekend
There’s something about a pumpkin patch on a cool fall afternoon that never really gets old. You wander out into the field looking for the right pumpkin, lose the kids somewhere between the corn crib and…
Eugene’s Free BRiGHT Parade Will Fill Downtown With Glowing Art This September
A book cart might seem like an unlikely starting point for a Saturday night out, but Eugene has plans for that. The Friends of Eugene Public Library are preparing illuminated books and rolling carts for this…
This Oregon Town Is Straight Out Of Bavaria, No Passport Required. Lederhosen Optional.
There are places in Oregon where you expect to feel transported somewhere else. Deep in the Wallowas, sure. Along a foggy stretch of the coast, absolutely. Lost in the Owyhee Canyonlands, 1000%. But then there’s Mount…
One of Oregon’s Biggest Pumpkin Festivals Opens Today With 30+ Activities and Cider Donuts
If your idea of a pumpkin patch involves quietly wandering through a field, choosing one respectable orange pumpkin, and heading home before lunch, Bauman’s is about to dramatically complicate your plans. Bauman’s Harvest Festival officially opens…
Portland Is Getting a Dolly Parton Day, and 9/25 Couldn’t Be a More Beautiful Choice
There are certain people who become so woven into American culture that it’s hard to imagine the world without them. Dolly Parton was one of those people. Now, just weeks after the legendary singer, songwriter, actress,…
Forget Pottery Class. This Oregon Blacksmith Lets You Forge Your Very Own Knife
There are plenty of ways to spend a day in Oregon. You can hike to a waterfall. Wander through wine country. Hunt for agates on the coast. Spend an afternoon poking around one of those wonderfully…