by Diana Flowers | Sep 13, 2023 | Food & Drink, Restaurants
The Sage Restaurant, first opened in 1976 has been serving locals and tourists for 47 years and has something of a cult following. Multiple reviewers avow that they’ve been regulars at the Sage for 10, 20, even 30+ years and it remains their favorite restaurant in...
by Diana Flowers | Sep 10, 2023 | Food & Drink, Restaurants
The Dear Mom Cafe is an impossibly cool Thai restaurant with impossibly cool owners that just opened in Bend. Jattalee (JJ) Chalernhinthong, the owner, is a mom herself and opened up the restaurant with her husband in honor of her own mother who still lives in...
by Diana Flowers | Aug 30, 2023 | Adventures, Lodging, Oregon Coast, Travel, Vacation Rentals
“Unique” doesn’t even begin to describe this unusual cottage that sits just steps from Tenmile Lake in Lakeside. The owner has described it as an “airstream clad in wood,” and that’s not far off from the truth. If you’re looking for a distinctive vacation rental...
by Diana Flowers | Aug 29, 2023 | Food & Drink, Restaurants
Brookings is the last town on the Southern Oregon coast before you cross over into California, and though it takes a while to get there, it’s completely worth a visit! And, one must-do stop when you’re there is Mattie’s Pancake House located right on Highway 101. ...
by Diana Flowers | Aug 27, 2023 | Food, Food & Drink, News
As a kid growing up in the Portland area, there were a lot of great school field trips to look forward to, but the clear favorite was visiting the Tillamook Cheese Factory (now just called the Tillamook Creamery). We’d pile into school buses and make our way to the...