This is why people hate bike lanes, ”Marc Schlossberg yelled over his shoulder while riding a bike lane on E. 13th Ave., in Eugene. Schlossberg and a city planner from Redmond, Scott Woodford, were sandwiched between two lanes of traffic—a lumbering bus to the left, and a pack of sedans vying for territory in a turn lane to their right.
“My family in Japan has been in this gardening business since 1890, so I am bound to do the garden, I guess.”
Todd Nash is at home when he’s on his horse, herding cattle. Nonetheless, that’s just one piece of this cowboy’s life as a rancher.
Artist Sara Siestreem has several jobs, no cell phone and no car, allowing her to focus intently on what she cares about most.
“There’s a slower pace of life here, and it’s made its way into our process.”
Today, 1859 Magazine got the first look at the official designs for the James Beard Public Market (JBPM). Director of the JBPM project, Ron Paul, released the renderings, and the result is breathtaking. Plans for the new downtown food hub and cultural center have been fifteen years in the making and tomorrow’s JBPM Grand Reveal at OMSI will highlight the details of the designs.
The life of a luthier tells a story of discipline, detail and patience, in a world that is increasingly bent on instant gratification.
Heidi Berkman had an epiphany. The event planner resisted throwing out the large bouquets of fresh flowers from the weddings and events she coordinated. She also remembered how on a grey day in January 2002, a loved one and extended family member in hospice got an unexpected gift. “Flowers were delivered to the room,” said Berkman. “They were colorful, and they changed the environment. It gave us something to talk about other than the obvious. They were positive memories.” It was this sentiment that led Berkman to found The Bloom Project.
Brown Cannon III and K.C. Lockrem’s are siblings who collaborate to create mixed-media art.
