Phil Busse | The Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon

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    Phil Busse on 12/12/2014 at 9:30 AM
    The Most Hop-Heavy, Brew-Centric Calendar on the Planet: The Bend Brew Daddy 2015 Calendar

    The 2015 Bend Brew Daddy is unlike any calendar ever made. You won't find Moon phases or Groundhog Day in this bad boy. We start with beautiful beertography and brewery info, and we don't stop there! We tap the grid area with beer history, beer events, and beer factoids along with Central Oregon’s most famous craft breweries, including Deschutes Brewery, GoodLife Brewing, Silver Moon Brewing, BackDrop Distilling, Humm Kombucha, and more.

    Bend Brew Daddy will be releasing official beer-soaked calendar at every location in his calendar. At these events, he will be signing calendars and selling them to the public.

    So far, the release dates include:
    Dec 16th, 5-7pm: Deschutes Brewery
    Dec 17th, 5-7pm: Silver Moon Brewing
    Dec 18th, 5-7pm: Wild Ride Brewing

    Bend Brew Daddy follows two passions in Bend, Oregon: photography and beer. With each balancing of a bottle, and every reflection shot, Bend Brew Daddy continues to push the limits of what’s possible in the beautiful relationship between beer and camera.

    For those not able to make the release dates, calendars are currently being sold on his website. Discounts are being offered to those wanting to buy in bulk as well:
    http://bendbrewdaddy.com/

    For more information on Bend Brew Daddy:
    541-706-1286
    [email protected]
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    Phil Busse on 10/14/2014 at 4:20 PM
    Re: “Fools Rush In
    “The city council in Ashland — which sees an influx of tourists each year during the Oregon Shakespeare festival and other events — voted last year to keep in place a ban on the short-term rental of entire homes in residential areas, and additionally made it illegal to advertise such rentals on sites like Airbnb.” – Oregonian, January 31, 2014

    “Pressured by Ashland Lodging Association, last September (2013), Ashland’s city council approved laws that people who rent their homes for periods of time shorter than 30 days must get land-use approval, city business licenses and fire inspections and be registered to pay the city’s lodging tax. Those are onerous barriers to a casual renter—especially someone hoping to make just a few hundred extra dollars to make ends meet.
    In October (2013), scores of cease-and-desist letters were sent to local homeowners who were posting their homes on AirBnb. Over the past six months, there have been a reported 90 investigations into homeowners running afoul of the regulations, with another 70 still under investigation. Some AirBnB renters even complained that they were subject to sting operations, in which hoteliers allegedly posed as potential renters and forwarded the homeowner’s name—and the correspondence—to the city’s code enforcer if the homeowner tried to sidestep the new regulation.” - Rogue Valley Messenger, April 9, 2014
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    Phil Busse on 10/04/2013 at 7:48 PM
    Re: “An Unlikely Pair
    Joe. Thanks for your comment. I recognize that you may be under a lot of pressure to crank out haughty blog comments, so may not have time for reading comprehension, but in no way does the review say that Martin sings on the songs. It is his banjo that is one of the distinct voices.