December 2002 Update Eugene, Oregon Travel Guide Holiday Market Shoppers and holiday cheer junkies are on their mark as December arrives and Eugene’s cup of spirit begins to overflow, letting loose a multitude of events. Possibly the most anticipated by locals is the Holiday Market, an indoor holiday-themed craft smorgasbord that is the winter counterpart [...]
Eugene, Oregon Travel Guide Florence Getaway to the Oregon Coast I was born and raised in the quaint and historical state of Massachusetts, where I spent many a happy childhood summer on Cape Cod and other Atlantic coast areas. My afternoons were spent making drip sand castles and gorging myself on mass amounts of saltwater [...]
October 2002 Update Eugene, Oregon Travel Guide October, a month that is usually characterized by the approach of dark foreboding clouds and the gradual appearance of umbrellas, was ushered into Eugene with spirit and warmth this year. Eugenians welcomed another wet winter with the grand reopening of Broadway Street, a main thoroughfare in the downtown [...]
Picnic Spots Eugene, Oregon Travel Guide Clouds lazily float across a deep blue sky. They are in no rush to get anywhere, and neither are you. A soft breeze skips through the grass, bending each blade consecutively like sports fans doing the wave. In the distance you hear a dog bark, a child’s shriek of [...]
Lauren Saxton BootsnAll Photojournalist Lauren’s keeping track of what’s on for travelers in Eugene, Oregon. Lauren Saxton can boast that she began her journalism career early and in a top position. “In the sixth grade I was the editor of my own paper,” she says of her entry-level newspaper position. “My paper was called the [...]
Lauren Saxton BootsnAll Photojournalist Lauren’s keeping track of what’s on for travelers in Eugene, Oregon. Lauren Saxton can boast that she began her journalism career early and in a top position. “In the sixth grade I was the editor of my own paper,” she says of her entry-level newspaper position. “My paper was called the [...] 