I've heard about Amalia's for a few days, but a big ad was confirmation enough. "Mexican Cuisine."
I think there are more businesses to come...
NEW BUSINESS'S DOWNTOWN
Amalia's, Wall St. (Ciao Mambo space), 3/12/10
River Bend Fine Art, Bond St. (Kebanu space) 2/23/10
Federal Express, Oregon Ave. 2/1/10
***10 Below, Minnesota St. 1/10/10
Tew Boots Gallery, Bond St. 1/8/10.
Top Leaf Mate, 12/10/09
Laughing Girls Studio, Minnesota St. 12/7/09
Lemon Drop, 5 Minnesota, 11/12/09
The Curiosity Shoppe 11/5/09 25 N.W. Minnesota, Suite #7.
Wabi Sabi 11/4/09
Frugal Boutique 11/4/09
5 Spice 10/22/09
Cowgirls Cash 10/17/09
***Haven Home 10/17/09
Dog Patch 10/17/09
The Good Drop 10/12/09
Lola's 9/23/09
**Volcano Wines 9/15/09
Singing Sparrow Flowers 8/16/09
Northwest Home Interiors 8/5/09
High Desert Frameworks 7/23/09
Wall Street Gifts 7/--/09
Ina Louise 7/14/09
Bend Home Hardware (Homestyle Hardware?) 7/1/09
Altera Real Estate 6/9/09
Honey 6/7/09
Azura Studio 6/7/09
Mary Jane's 6/1/09
c.c.McKenzie 6/1/09
Velvet 5/28/09
Bella Moda 3/25/09
High Desert Gallery (Bend) 3/25/09
Joolz
Zydeco
900 Wall
Great Outdoor Store
Luxe Home Interiors
Powell's Candy
Dudley's Used Books and Coffee
Goldsmith
Game Domain
Subway Sandwiches
Bend Burger Company
Showcase Hats
Pita Pit
Happy Nails
BUSINESS'S LEAVING
Bend Home Hardware, Minn. Ave, 2/25/10
Ciao Mambo, Wall St. 2/4/10
***Angel Kisses 1/25/10 (Have moved to 'Honey.')
Ivy Rose Manor 8/20/09
***Downtowner 8/18/09 (moving into the Summit location)
Chocolate e Gateaux 8/16/09
Finders Keepers 8/15/09
Colourstone 7/25/09
Periwinkle 6/--/09
***Tangerine 7/21/09 (Got word, they are moving across the street.)
Micheal Cassidy Gallery 6/15/09
St. Claire Coffee 6/15/09
Luxe Home Interiors 6/4/09
Treefort 5/8/09
Blue 5/2/09
***Volcano Tasting Room 4/28/09** Moved to Minnesota Ave.
Habit 4/16/09
Mountain Comfort 4/14/09
Tetherow Property 4/11/09
Blue Moon Marketplace 3/25/09
Plenty 3/25/09
Downtown Doggie 3/25/09
***King of Sole (became Mary Janes)**
Santee Alley
Bistro Corlise
Made in Hawaii
EnVogue
Stewart Weinmann (leather)
Kebanu Gallery
Pella Doors and Windows
Olive company
Pink Frog
Little Italy
Deep
Merenda's
Volo
***Pomegranate (downtown branch)**
Norwalk
Pronghorn Real Estate office.
Speedshop Deli
Paper Place
Bluefish Bistro
Friday, March 12, 2010
Blogging under the influence.
I tried going without the pills all day yesterday, and I was miserable. Finally gave in after dinner-- and then everything was hunky dory.
The quality of sleep is pretty bad, but the dreams are vivid. I won't pester you with those this time.
On top of everything, I've caught a cold. Mommy!
I'll try to come up with something more intelligent to say when I get to work....
The quality of sleep is pretty bad, but the dreams are vivid. I won't pester you with those this time.
On top of everything, I've caught a cold. Mommy!
I'll try to come up with something more intelligent to say when I get to work....
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Pain pills and blogging.
So blogging and pain pills probably don't mix.
I had some weird dreams last night, though. I was in a neighborhood with a bunch of cafe's, and Bob Dylan is performing in one. He's looking at me like I'm a possible assassin, and I'm ignoring him. I'm going to read my poetry, by god, even if he thinks I'm a loser.
So the first guy up reading is totally hopeless, but he corners me, so I start giving him critique.
He shows me his handwritten version and his online version, and I'm starting to comment that his online version is more condensed, when it suddenly disappears off the screen.
"I think I like the online version better," I say. "You've consolidated it. Fewer words is always better."
"That's what I've been telling him," his wife says, who I suddenly notice is gorgeous. "But he thinks that words are free and the more words the better."
"Yeah, but someone has to want to read them."
So, suddenly, the couple is asking me to go out to dinner with them and their grandma. "You want to date me with your grandma?" They laugh, and say yes.
So I'm thinking free meal, and off we go. And I'm telling a story about the last time I went out -- with the "other" grandma, who was Asian and couldn't speak English...and the story is hilariously funny, somehow.
About this point in the dream, the loser poet turns into George Clooney. We get the restaurant and it's still under construction. So then we're all checking into a hotel room -- and it's a complete shambles. I'm outraged, but George and the others are laughing, like it's a joke.
They tell me that from the corner of this room we can hear all the other patrons of the Hotel. I'm pretending that I'm overhearing Julia Roberts having torrid sex....and they're all laughing. I'm saying, let's go out on the town, but George has already passed out after a couple of drinks....Worthless, lightweight.
All the renovations in the dream match what's happening at home, as our son Todd is renovating the downstair bathroom and the landing. Everything is in uproar.
George Clooney and Bob Dylan and Julia Roberts? I knew I shouldn't have watched the Academy awards....
I had some weird dreams last night, though. I was in a neighborhood with a bunch of cafe's, and Bob Dylan is performing in one. He's looking at me like I'm a possible assassin, and I'm ignoring him. I'm going to read my poetry, by god, even if he thinks I'm a loser.
So the first guy up reading is totally hopeless, but he corners me, so I start giving him critique.
He shows me his handwritten version and his online version, and I'm starting to comment that his online version is more condensed, when it suddenly disappears off the screen.
"I think I like the online version better," I say. "You've consolidated it. Fewer words is always better."
"That's what I've been telling him," his wife says, who I suddenly notice is gorgeous. "But he thinks that words are free and the more words the better."
"Yeah, but someone has to want to read them."
So, suddenly, the couple is asking me to go out to dinner with them and their grandma. "You want to date me with your grandma?" They laugh, and say yes.
So I'm thinking free meal, and off we go. And I'm telling a story about the last time I went out -- with the "other" grandma, who was Asian and couldn't speak English...and the story is hilariously funny, somehow.
About this point in the dream, the loser poet turns into George Clooney. We get the restaurant and it's still under construction. So then we're all checking into a hotel room -- and it's a complete shambles. I'm outraged, but George and the others are laughing, like it's a joke.
They tell me that from the corner of this room we can hear all the other patrons of the Hotel. I'm pretending that I'm overhearing Julia Roberts having torrid sex....and they're all laughing. I'm saying, let's go out on the town, but George has already passed out after a couple of drinks....Worthless, lightweight.
All the renovations in the dream match what's happening at home, as our son Todd is renovating the downstair bathroom and the landing. Everything is in uproar.
George Clooney and Bob Dylan and Julia Roberts? I knew I shouldn't have watched the Academy awards....
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Hey, you want a smooth road or cheap ruts?
My prediction about gas taxes was wrong -- sort of.
I was convinced that all three would go down in defeat by a huge margin, and I was right about two of them.
Redmond: 73.8% No. That's about as big as a margin gets.
Madras: 67.6% No. Not as large, but a landslide by most measures.
What happened in Sisters? Well, a grand total of 316 people voted Yes, but that was enough to pass. I figure some major networking went on among the supporters, and it overcame the ennui of the rest of the voters....
Still, if Bend was thinking about doing the same thing, I think the message is pretty clear.
Don't know how I'd vote. I'm still perturbed by the money wasted on Juniper Ridge. BAT was mishandled. Regardless of the merits, I'm thinking there needs to be some accountability.
On the other hand, I think that waste and inefficiency are built into any bureaucracy, and it's the LAST to get cut, and it's like trying to get at the fat by cutting all the muscle first. So I often vote for tax measures despite my doubts. I don't want Bend to turn into a California suburb.
But I think in this case, it would be just be a waste of everyone's time and energy to even put it on the ballot.
My guess is, the results would more nearly approach the 73.8% fail in Redmond than the 107 vote margin in Sisters....
As far as the jobless rate is concerned -- I think that only the comparison with the same month last year is really valid. And it's worse.
Enough said.
I was convinced that all three would go down in defeat by a huge margin, and I was right about two of them.
Redmond: 73.8% No. That's about as big as a margin gets.
Madras: 67.6% No. Not as large, but a landslide by most measures.
What happened in Sisters? Well, a grand total of 316 people voted Yes, but that was enough to pass. I figure some major networking went on among the supporters, and it overcame the ennui of the rest of the voters....
Still, if Bend was thinking about doing the same thing, I think the message is pretty clear.
Don't know how I'd vote. I'm still perturbed by the money wasted on Juniper Ridge. BAT was mishandled. Regardless of the merits, I'm thinking there needs to be some accountability.
On the other hand, I think that waste and inefficiency are built into any bureaucracy, and it's the LAST to get cut, and it's like trying to get at the fat by cutting all the muscle first. So I often vote for tax measures despite my doubts. I don't want Bend to turn into a California suburb.
But I think in this case, it would be just be a waste of everyone's time and energy to even put it on the ballot.
My guess is, the results would more nearly approach the 73.8% fail in Redmond than the 107 vote margin in Sisters....
As far as the jobless rate is concerned -- I think that only the comparison with the same month last year is really valid. And it's worse.
Enough said.
A pain in the tooth.
Woke up at 2:00 A.M. with a raging toothache.
Finally went online and looked up home remedies.
Tried salt water, ice, Listerine.
Salt water seemed to work a little, Listerine at least maybe numbed things a big.
Vanilla extract is what worked best, but I had only the bottom of a tiny little bottle. Salt water -- which has worked in the past -- had minimal effect. Ice or any combination of cold, didn't hurt but didn't help.
So I did as much Vanilla as I could, followed it up with a bunch of massage around the gums, and that worked best. And then put a big glob of peanut butter nestled next the the tooth.
Finally fell asleep, to wake up the blinding pain three times. More massage, a glob of peanut butter, and back to sleep.
I've polished off the Vanilla Extract (we didn't have any Clove oil -- does any non-cook type have Clove oil?), but wangled an appointment with my dentist this morning. Lucky that.
Darn.
This is going to cost me.
Finally went online and looked up home remedies.
Tried salt water, ice, Listerine.
Salt water seemed to work a little, Listerine at least maybe numbed things a big.
Vanilla extract is what worked best, but I had only the bottom of a tiny little bottle. Salt water -- which has worked in the past -- had minimal effect. Ice or any combination of cold, didn't hurt but didn't help.
So I did as much Vanilla as I could, followed it up with a bunch of massage around the gums, and that worked best. And then put a big glob of peanut butter nestled next the the tooth.
Finally fell asleep, to wake up the blinding pain three times. More massage, a glob of peanut butter, and back to sleep.
I've polished off the Vanilla Extract (we didn't have any Clove oil -- does any non-cook type have Clove oil?), but wangled an appointment with my dentist this morning. Lucky that.
Darn.
This is going to cost me.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Went and done it.
Well, I went and did the dirty deed. Ordered everything.
Now I have until July 1, to pay off the credit cards...I made a deal with myself that I would order through regular channels for the foreseeable future, which should save me a couple hundred dollars a month in postage. I have a full store, after all. I can wait a few extra days for re-orders...
In this splurge I ordered regular books, 'sale' books, specialty dice, stand-ups, art books....all the material that I order less often. (It also has a whole different timing to it....it's taken two weeks for it to show up, and I'm still waiting for a couple of orders to arrive...)
Interestingly, most of the books came in, and filled every single space. I now have ZERO books face out; they are spine.
I filled a wall with dice. I still have some art books I'll need to find room for. In a sense, this is the highwater mark in my store's inventory. I've said that before, but this time....Well, there isn't another inch to be had. Even being creative, even piling it up. Only the ceiling is bare.
As I said, it's a little bit of an experiment; what would happen if I got everything in the store I ever wanted to get in the store, all at the same time. I figure I can let this stuff settle in over the next 3 months or so, and then hopefully start to see some returns this summer and Christmas.
I can afford it. And I've always wanted to try it.
Now I have until July 1, to pay off the credit cards...I made a deal with myself that I would order through regular channels for the foreseeable future, which should save me a couple hundred dollars a month in postage. I have a full store, after all. I can wait a few extra days for re-orders...
In this splurge I ordered regular books, 'sale' books, specialty dice, stand-ups, art books....all the material that I order less often. (It also has a whole different timing to it....it's taken two weeks for it to show up, and I'm still waiting for a couple of orders to arrive...)
Interestingly, most of the books came in, and filled every single space. I now have ZERO books face out; they are spine.
I filled a wall with dice. I still have some art books I'll need to find room for. In a sense, this is the highwater mark in my store's inventory. I've said that before, but this time....Well, there isn't another inch to be had. Even being creative, even piling it up. Only the ceiling is bare.
As I said, it's a little bit of an experiment; what would happen if I got everything in the store I ever wanted to get in the store, all at the same time. I figure I can let this stuff settle in over the next 3 months or so, and then hopefully start to see some returns this summer and Christmas.
I can afford it. And I've always wanted to try it.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Beardapolluzza!
All right, Blazers.
I've had it.
Next time draft the 'best player available'.
Period.
**********
I don't know, Sandra Bullock seems like the same actress I first saw in DEMOLITION MAN.
That is....a lightweight.
Man, I really enjoyed Jeff Bridges winning, man. Really, man.
And we were saved from a giant ego speech by Cameron who is an Ego with Feet. All he's done is make the two biggest grossing films of all time....
Will they rerelease the Hurt Locker to the theaters?
**********
I ordered 30 copies of the TWILIGHT graphic novel.
Seemed like a good idea at the time, and now it's just seems crazy. It's easy to get carried away when you're trying to predict.
I'm getting some Mad Hatter Depp standups, which is going to be eye-catching, at least.
Also, a couple of copies of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VAMPIRE HUNTER.
**********
There's a hilarious review of SPARTACUS on Salon, which says -- in a much funnier way -- some of the same things I've said; especially about boobies (she says boobs, I say boobies. Same thing.)
**********
I think every man in Bend should grow a beard.
That would be pretty cool. Visitors to Bend would be treated to a Beardland. A Beardtopia! A Beardfest!! Beardapolluzza!!!
The Beardiness would be spectacular. We'd be the hairiest town in North America. We'd be Yetisvelle. Sasquachs Unite!
What say you?
**********
Watching T.R. Reid, a journalist and author I was not aware of, for 3 hours on C-Span. (Yes, I lead an exciting life...) He very calmly and commonsensically diagnosed the health care system, and yet, two and a half hours into the program you still had nitwits calling in with questions he'd answered ten times already.
And, I'm not being political to point out that all the nitwit questions came from the right. No one is so deaf as those who refuse to hear.
Also, it was refreshing to see him at his desk and for him to say, "Turns out.....writing is hard."
Yep.
**********
Respect for the National Enquirer.
Sure...but has the mainstream media moved toward them or have they moved toward mainstream media?
************
Blogs are out of date?
Unhip?
Good. I'm back where I started.
I've had it.
Next time draft the 'best player available'.
Period.
**********
I don't know, Sandra Bullock seems like the same actress I first saw in DEMOLITION MAN.
That is....a lightweight.
Man, I really enjoyed Jeff Bridges winning, man. Really, man.
And we were saved from a giant ego speech by Cameron who is an Ego with Feet. All he's done is make the two biggest grossing films of all time....
Will they rerelease the Hurt Locker to the theaters?
**********
I ordered 30 copies of the TWILIGHT graphic novel.
Seemed like a good idea at the time, and now it's just seems crazy. It's easy to get carried away when you're trying to predict.
I'm getting some Mad Hatter Depp standups, which is going to be eye-catching, at least.
Also, a couple of copies of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VAMPIRE HUNTER.
**********
There's a hilarious review of SPARTACUS on Salon, which says -- in a much funnier way -- some of the same things I've said; especially about boobies (she says boobs, I say boobies. Same thing.)
**********
I think every man in Bend should grow a beard.
That would be pretty cool. Visitors to Bend would be treated to a Beardland. A Beardtopia! A Beardfest!! Beardapolluzza!!!
The Beardiness would be spectacular. We'd be the hairiest town in North America. We'd be Yetisvelle. Sasquachs Unite!
What say you?
**********
Watching T.R. Reid, a journalist and author I was not aware of, for 3 hours on C-Span. (Yes, I lead an exciting life...) He very calmly and commonsensically diagnosed the health care system, and yet, two and a half hours into the program you still had nitwits calling in with questions he'd answered ten times already.
And, I'm not being political to point out that all the nitwit questions came from the right. No one is so deaf as those who refuse to hear.
Also, it was refreshing to see him at his desk and for him to say, "Turns out.....writing is hard."
Yep.
**********
Respect for the National Enquirer.
Sure...but has the mainstream media moved toward them or have they moved toward mainstream media?
************
Blogs are out of date?
Unhip?
Good. I'm back where I started.
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