Ashland Oregon Local's Guide

Everyone should have a guilty pleasure. Some take delight in a chunk of dark chocolate. Maybe it is an extra shot in your already heavily caffeinated latté or a pint of Ben and Jerry’s. It might not be food at all! It may be snuggling up to a trashy novel filled with the stories of [...]

Dinner With a Side of Music at the Avalon Bar & Grill in Talent Last Sunday I ventured out to the Avalon Bar & Grill in Talent to check out the newly formed Charles Guy Quartet and have a fill my belly with delectable dinner. I have been a fan of the Avalon since its [...]

Over the past 12 years Lois and Roy Jorgensen have opened their home to take in foster children. There are currently more than 269 kids now in care with over 100 families in Jackson County.  Here is a little bit of their story. Lois, can you tell me a little bit about how you guys [...]

EcoTeas is an organic tea company that started out in a small house on Fifth Street in Ashland’s Railroad District back in March of 2000.  Childhood friends Stefan Schachter and Brendan Girard began blending loose yerba mate flavors in their kitchen and serving them at farmers’ markets and festivals.  Then one day, they managed to [...]

Yikes! The games afoot. The title of the movie says it all…Sherlock Holmes. Cast : Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams Direction: Guy Ritchie Genre: Action/ Thriller. Director Guy Ritchie really caught the sights and sounds of London 1891. Polluted, crowded, and populated with women of questionable character, scruffy street venders, and children that [...]

With Valentines Day right around the corner we find it timely to  share a special interview we conducted with Susan Kay Preslar MS FNP-C and her In THE BEDROOM PROJECT. Susan is a Family Nurse Practitioner with a specialty in Female Sexual Health.   She has a Masters Degree from New York Medical College/Pace University, and [...]