Ilwaco, I miss you already
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Spent the day in beautiful Ilwaco Saturday. We’ll be featuring this emerging coastal city in the May 30 edition of North Bank, but I just had to give a shout out to Time Enough Books owner Karla Nelson, who is super-involved in the city’s renaissance and dished us all the great places to check out and sent us to the right people to get the scoop on Ilwaco’s push for sustainable tourism.
She also sent us home with an uncorrected proof of the new Kurt Vonnegut book, Armageddon in Retrospect, to be posthumously published next month on the anniversary of his death. Wow, what a gift. Thanks, Karla.
Putting together the story now, so if you have tips or ideas for stories about Ilwaco or the Long Beach Peninsula, send them my way. Remember North Bank Magazine’s mission – to support arts, culture, independent business and sustainable living in downtown cores.
J
Foodie altert: Farmers market in downtown Camas
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I know this blog is somewhat Camas heavy so far, but hey, there’s a lot going on downtown.
The Camas Downtown Vision Coalition is launching a farmer’s market on May 17 that will run every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. between Birch and Cedar streets on Fifth Avenue until October. I don’t know much other that, except they expect to offer organic produce, plants, fresh flowers and prepared foods — standard farmer’s market fare.
I hope they do make good on the promise to use organic growers — that is one thing the otherwise lovely Vancouver Farmers Market is sorely lacking.
Farmers and foodmakers, check out Camas Farmer’s Market online to get a vendor application.
Kudos to the CDVC for this great step in the right direction.
J.
It’s almost First Friday!
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Vancouver powerhouse gallery Art on the Boulevard will open Eric Jacobsen’s new exhibit “Quiet Places” this Friday, March 7. A decorated plein air oil painter, the Glenwood resident paints on site from images in the natural world and has received a number of national awards for his work. I just love this one, titled Lone Oak.
BTW, 10 percent of AOTB’s sales this month will go to the Confluence Project, a reimagination of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, honoring their visits to Native American sites.
So, you know, buy art.
J.
Fair trade olive oil in Camas
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Fair trade and olive oil. What two things make dinner taste — and feel — better? A few months ago, Mint Tea was taste-testing Canaan Fair Trade Nabali Tree Olive Oil. It was amazing (and packaged in these very cool tall skinny bottles) so I bought some and later featured it North Bank Magazine. During that process I found out the North American Sales office is right here in Camas.
If you are interested in Fair Trade or think a store in your neighborhood might want to support olive farmers in Palestine, you should definitely hook up with Diane Adkin, who coordinates U.S. sales. They have tons of products other than olive oil that also come from Palestine and they work with major natural products companies like Dr. Bronner’s, which uses Canaan Olive Oil in their soap.
Yum, yum…
J.
P.S. Canaan Fair Trade is going to be on Marketplace on Oregon Public Radio Thursday. Click on Local Air Times and then Marketplace.
Red meat on the menu at Viento
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Formerly Viento Kitchen, the much acclaimed restaurant on Steuben Avenue in historic downtown Bingen, was bought earlier this year and is now The Viento Burger and Steak Bar.
New owner Mandy Ross says this on their funky orange retro website: While continuing to focus on the bounty of fresh, local and seasonal ingredients of the Gorge and Pacific Northwest, the menu is now focused on down-home American food – burgers, steaks, fries, soups and salads.
So there you have it — dig in.
J.
