Local Places

The latest about Benton County from Hines Sight

Great deal on used Nissan Leaf -- here in Salem, Oregon

The all-electric Nissan Leaf is a terrific car. It's just turned out to be a less-than-ideal fit for our lifestyle. We live about six miles from the Salem city limits, so we use up twelve miles of range just getting... »

OSU setting traps to kill wildlife needlessly

Why, Oregon State University? Why would you contract with the federal government's animal killing machine, Wildlife Services, to indiscriminately set traps for fawns, racoons, coyotes, dogs, cats, and any other creatures able to crawl under the OSU she... »

In

"Portlandia" needs a comedy makeover

My wife and I live in Salem, a.k.a. "So-lame," Portland's dowdy, plain, uncool neighbor to the south. We wish our city could be half as ravishingly interesting as Portland is. No, one-tenth as interesting. Heck, give us any little slice... »

Salem's Pringle Square development: ugly, unwanted, uninteresting

Oh, man... just what I didn't need so early in the new year -- another reason to be depressed about the prospects of Salem, Oregon being able to ditch it's well-deserved nickname, So-Lame. Today the Statesman Journal newspaper revealed what... »

Visualize a Cafe Yumm in Salem, Oregon

Hey, my 2007 "visualize" blog post about Trader Joe's worked -- Salem has a store now. So I'm turning my New Age powers into manifesting a Cafe Yumm here. I've got a perfect location in mind: right next to Trader... »

Outside.in for Bloggers

Drive traffic to your site.

Reach new readers near you and across the US.