Photo by Cheryl Landes For the second year in a row, the July 4 fireworks show at the Diamond Lake Resort has been cancelled. The 2020 show was cancelled because of COVID-19, but this year's reason is a different story. The resort cannot find enough people to help with an event that draws a large … Continue reading 2021 July 4 fireworks show at Diamond Lake cancelled
Image by Alexander Antropov from Pixabay McMenamin's Hotel Oregon has postponed its popular UFO Festival in McMinnville, Oregon, from mid-May until Thursday-Saturday, September 23-25. Plans are underway for a COVID-safe event, according to the statement on the festival's home page. "Since we’ve been living the plot of a sci-fi movie for over past year now, … Continue reading 2021 McMenamin’s UFO Festival in McMinnville rescheduled to September
Photo credit: Disneyland via Facebook Disneyland is reopening in Anaheim, California, on Friday, April 30, with limited capacity and restrictions on some attractions. Disneyland Park and the Disneyland California Adventure park will be open to California residents only because of the state's COVID restrictions. Park reservations are required, as is admission for visitors ages 3 … Continue reading Disneyland reopening April 30, with limitations
Photo credit: LePigeon restaurant and Jupiter Next hotel in Portland, Oregon One of the silver linings of the pandemic is that it has inspired many businesses in the hospitality industry to new levels of creativity. Among them is the partnership with the LePigeon restaurant and Jupiter Next hotel in Portland, Oregon. They've teamed up to … Continue reading Bring the restaurant to your room at Jupiter Next in Portland through early April
A bald eagle perched on a pine branch overlooking Lake Coeur d'Alene in northern Idaho (photo by Cheryl Landes) Every year in December and early January, hundreds of bald eagles stop at Lake Coeur d'Alene in northern Idaho during their migration to Alaska for the summer. They congregate at Wolf Lodge Bay at the north … Continue reading Watch bald eagles on a Lake Coeur d’Alene cruise
The 2019 gingerbread display, Portland's Union Station, in the lobby of the Benson Hotel in Portland, Oregon (photo by Cheryl Landes) So much has changed in our lives since the lockdowns started from the COVID-19 pandemic in March, and now how we celebrate the biggest holidays of the year will be affected. Organizations have found … Continue reading The Benson Hotel’s 2020 holiday events move online
The Corwin Castle, one of the previous annual holiday gingerbread masterpieces displayed in the lobby of the Benson Hotel in Portland, Oregon Photos by Cheryl Landes Every year since 1971, the Benson Hotel in downtown Portland has displayed a snowy scene in its lobby with a large building made from gingerbread to celebrate the holidays. … Continue reading The holiday gingerbread masterpieces at the Benson Hotel in Portland
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