http://MovingToEugene.net What it's like to live here. Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:52:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I live just south of town in the hills on five acres. I can't see any of my neighbors from my property. Last night a neighbor southwest of me had a party with great live music - marimbas and a singer. The singer was enjoying bouncing his voice off ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=187 I'm so excited! Next Saturday, January 23, my dance troupe, The DAC Nooners, will be performing at Dance for a Reason in the Hult Center Silva Concert Hall. We'll dance two numbers. "Hair", a 60's style hippy musical, has lyrics that make me laugh: She asks me why I'm just a ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=179 Saturday I took pictures around the Hayden Bridge neighborhood. It was raining, so not many people were out and about. The Hayden Bridge neighborhood is north of the I-105 freeway and east of I-5, bordering Eugene. Bordering it to the north is the Gateway Mall, the new Riverbend Hospital (a ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=163 The Eugene Celebration is this weekend. Yes, it's going to rain. So go inside The District at 1 p.m. to see Argentine Tango. Tom and I and some other couples will be giving a demonstration, also at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. The District is on ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=157 Owosso Bike Bridge to Greenway Bike Bridge Sunday I walked the 1 1/2 mile section of the West Bank Bike Path by the Willamette River from the Owosso Bike Bridge off Copping Street in River Road to the Greenway Bike Bridge in Maurie Jacobs Park. Here's a link to the bike ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=144 Last Sunday we had a freak summer thunderstorm. I have never seen anything like it this time of year. I was at the Oregon Country Fair and took a video of fun in the mud. The crowd was being egged on by Stephen of Utilikilts. He can ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=135 The building that housed the Tango Center has been purchased by the Lord Leebrick Theatre Company. We are sad to lose our big, beautiful space, but the Tango community is alive and well. There are still many opportunities to dance Argentine Tango around town. Saturday: Milonga Entre Suenos at Studio ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=115 Amanda, a friend of mine who is in my dance troupe, the DAC Nooners, recently went to India. There she met a group of classical Indian dancers who are visiting Eugene now! On Tuesday at the Tango Center they will be giving a lesson in classical Indian dance and performing ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=109 My daughter Loreen and I spent the afternoon touring the eight private native plant gardens and one of the four public native plant gardens in Eugene Sunday. It was hosted by the Emerald Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Oregon (NPSO). The homes all had impressive gardens made up ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=100 Yesterday our bees arrived! Tom put the hive facing south just outside of our woods. They were pretty sleepy when we transferred them to the hive. Here's Tom dumping them into the hive: We didn't get stung, but Tom tucked his long beard into his shirt just in case. I took ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=93 It's April 27 and the new poison oak leaves are just coming out, some red, some orange, some green. The leaves look a lot like blackberry leaves, but poison oak is shiney and smooth and blackberry leaves are a bit hairy or fuzzy and not smooth or shiney. Poison oak likes to ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=79 I noticed that a lot of you are searching my site for pictures of poison oak. I have one on my Mt. Pisgah blog. I went out today to see if there is any leafed out yet, but the leaves are just barely out, too small for a ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=76 I just listed a townhome at 2564 Brittania. I'm having an open house tomorrow, April 5th 1 to 4 p.m. Stop by and say hello! Directions: West on 18th, left on Hawkins, right on 25th, left on Brittany, 1/2 block to Brittania. http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=74 Well, things are happening! I'm hopeful. Here's an e-mail to the Tango Center mailing list I received today from Andrew Royal Dugas. He's working with Tom Kamis of Davis Restaurant on Broadway & Olive, one block from the Tango Center. ======================= Hello All, My name is Andrew Royal Dugas and ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=70 There were about a dozen people who spoke in support of the Tango Center to the mayor and city council. There is some hope that it can be saved, but it will be closed for now. Tomorrow we are removing everything, and we must be out by Saturday. The ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=64 Last night may have been the last dance at the Tango Center on Broadway by Charnelton. The place was packed with about 150 dancers. The owners of the historic 1929 building, Conner and Woolley, gave us notice to be out by the end of the month! The non-profit Tango Center opened ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=51 It was a partly sunny January day, and Tom and I decided to walk the west portion of the Amazon off road bike trail that follows Amazon Creek. Amazon Creek starts in east Eugene at end of East and West Amazon Streets, and empties into Fern Ridge Lake, about four miles ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=40 Beatrix is 21 months old. Her great-grandmother gave her this wonderful cloth dollhouse with furniture and bunny Mom, Dad and child. http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=39 Right after Thanksgiving I did a tree for The Tango Center. This is the 4th or 5th one I've done. The year's tree is 12' tall. It will be up until sometime after New Year's. Here's a picture of Tom and me dancing at The Tango Center. Noah ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=38 Snow is a big event in Eugene. We get snow in town about once every two or three years that usually lasts a day or two. This time it looks like it will last all week. I live on a hill about 500' higher than downtown. ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=37 If the IRS has the wrong address for you, you only have until November 28 to update your address. Go to: http://www.irs.gov More than 100,000 refund checks have been returned to the IRS as undeliverable and about 280,000 economic stimulus checks have been returned to the IRS. In all, the IRS ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=36 It's Veteran's Day. My uncle Steve Campbell wrote this wonderful letter to my mother. She had made him two dolls, a Chief and his girlfriend, and sent them to him in the Phillipines. His description of the reactions of the people in the village are great! ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=35 Our daughter Noni was visiting us from Portland last week. We decided to take a walk on the Ridgeline Trail. The fall leaves were fantastic! Our daughter Noni: Our daughter Loreen: Taking a break for Tigger B Grandpa Tom and Tigger B var _wh = ((document.location.protocol=='https:') ? "https://sec1.woopra.com" : "http://static.woopra.com"); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + _wh ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=33 Better yet, we can drop our ballots in ballot drop boxes all over town for free! Thank you, Jesse Springer, for allowing me to use your cartoon! http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=32 I took a walk in my woods yesterday, the last chance before the rains. It was a beautiful overcast day. Here's a link to the pictures I took. One of my favorites is this vine maple: http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=31 If you are mailing your ballot, you will need 59 cents postage. You can drop your ballot off for free at an official drop site. Here's where they are in Lane County. Ballots with the wrong postage will be returned. Here's an article from KVAL about that. http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=30 Mondays Practilonga (Maggie Tryk) The Tango Center Alternative Music (DJed by Maggie) 7:30-10:00ish - informal practice time * $5 * sometimes begins with a guided practica 7:30-8:30pm with guest instructors ($2-5 extra for the first hour on these nights) Tuesdays Bailonga (Liz Foster) The Tango Center Alternative Music (DJed) w/ live set, usually starting around 9pm 8-8:30 - guided practica 8:30-11pm ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=29 Arthur and Anita of Fall Creek, Oregon were on the first episode of this season's Amazing Race. Fall Creek is a small town about ten miles southeast of Springfield and about twenty miles southeast of Eugene. I sold a home in Fall Creek last February, and fell in love with ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=28 Our mild climate lets us grow and harvest vegetables right through the winter! Here's a great article from the Register Guard newspaper on winter vegetable gardening with some useful tips. var woopra_id = '1317857697'; http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=27 Last night I went with some friends to Belly for dinner. The restaurant is on 5th Street, across from the 5th Street Market. It's tiny, but very friendly. There is outdoor seating on the raised sidewalk. Tigger B wasn't into sitting in her highchair for long (she ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=26 RiverPlay Discovery Village at Skinner Butte Park We had a picnic at RiverPlay Discovery Village at Skinner Butte Park. Wow! What a wonderful place! With Skinner Butte on one side and the Willamette River on the other side, the one acre playground has a village modeled on actual, historical buildings. There is an ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=25 The Tango Center now has a weekday farmer's market, plus some crafts. We also had a nice lunch of empanadas and espresso. There were three couples dancing on the dance floor, and Tom and I took advantage of that and had some lovely tangos. We had our daughter Loreen ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=24 I made another trip up to Portland, and on my way back on Wednesday I stopped off at the rest stop south of Wilsonville to take pictures of the Grove of the States. I blogged about this place last month. The trail through the grove is beautifully maintained. Here's some of ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=23 The Friendly Street neighborhood, is named after Sam Friendly, a 19th-century Mayor of Eugene. It's a popular neighborhood with home buyers, convenient to local businesses, parks, and downtown. They have a very active neighborhood association and a very informative web site. The Friendly Street neighborhood is bounded ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=22 Portland is a handy two hour drive from Eugene. Tom and I and our daughter Loreen and granddaughter Beatrix took a trip to Portland to visit relatives. On our way home yesterday we stopped off at the southbound Baldock Rest Area just past Wilsonville. Beatrix (age 16 ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=21 A tree caught fire a few booths down from mine, behind the info booth across from the library. The fire went up the trunk and was very impressive. My first instinct was to get the heck out of there, so I made sure every got out of my ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=20 I'm at the Oregon Country Fair this weekend! I sell silkscreened greetig cards that I make that are scenes of Oregon. My booth (#398) is at the top of the eight on Abby Rode, next door to Cafe Layfayette Cajun Restaurant. I have four crafts in my ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=19 This afternoon I volunteered at the Windermere tent in the free-to-the-public pavilion. We have a great display of children's art work. Windermere ran a contest in the local schools, with 4 first prizes in different grade levels. First prize was 4 sky box tickets each! We were also ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=18 Saturday was my birthday, and it was wonderful! Tom and I went hiking on Mt. Pisgah with my daughter Loreen, her husband Damon and my 14 month old granddaughter Beatrix. The weather was cloudy, but pleasant. I recommend you do this on a cloudy day. Some of the ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=17 Update: If you're looking for poison oak pictures, see my blog about that at http://movingtoeugene.net/?cat=252. Yesterday was the first day of June, and I had a wonderful hike with my husband Tom, my granddaughter Beatrix and her parents: my daughter Loreen and her husband Damon. We started at edge of town on ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=16 I just did a study of solds, month to month, for the past year for condos in all of Eugene and Springfield.  This was not filtered at all, it's all condominium sales here in RMLS.  It shows prices are about the same as last year: Averages: Month      List$/Sq.Ft. | Sold$/Sq.Ft. | ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=15 In southeast Eugene, on the hill above Spencer Butte Middle School and Edgewood Elementary, there is a beautiful woods. Edgewood City Park is on 2.2 acres. Homes on Pinecrest Drive, Fox Hollow Road, and the dead end of Hilyard Street border the park on the north and east ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=14 As many of you know, Tom and I are avid Argentine Tango social dancers. This coming Sunday at 7 PM at The Hult Center for the Performing Arts, the show Forever Tango will be performed. As exciting as that is, even more exciting to me is what's happening ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=13 The Obsidians are offering a special schedule of hikes, led by Obsidian hiking trip leaders during the Olympic Trials and Oregon Bach Festival from June 23 through July 11. If you are going to be in Eugene for the Olympic Trials and Oregon Bach Festival, the Obsidians have a great opportunity ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=12 Tom and I had lunch today at Muchas Gracias at 15th and Willamette. We had fish tacos, and they were great! Only $1.80 each. One was enough for me, but most people would want two. The atmosphere is definitely not fancy, but the food is very ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=11 I have a new listing at 940 Clark Street in the Rose Garden neighborhood of Whiteaker. What a friendly neighborhood! I met many of the neighbors, and they all love living there. Quite a few people came that told me they have wanted to move to this ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=10 Located on the south edge of downtown, College Hill was the location of Lane County's first college, Columbia College (not the University of Oregon), founded in 1856. The college burned twice, and eventually closed. A large percentage of the homes are historic, some on the history registry. ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=9 Whiteaker, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Eugene, is on the northwest edge of downtown. The Rose Garden neighborhood of Whiteaker is by the Willamette River and Owen Rose Garden. For those of you who like to study maps, the Rose Garden neighborhood is just west of Skinner Butte ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=8 DANCE FOR A REASON On Friday, February 8 my dance troupe, The DAC Nooners, will be performing on the Silva stage at The Hult Center for the Performing Arts along with a variety of other dancers and dance troupes. Dance for a Reason is an annual benefit event that has, over the ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=7 My favorite thing to do in Eugene is Argentine Tango. For a small city, we have a HUGE population of Argentine tango dancers. You can almost always find Tom and me at The Tango Center on Broadway by Charnelton. We've been dancing Argentine Tango for about nine years. Here's ... http://MovingToEugene.net/?p=6