BEND, OR — Despite what the calendar claims, residents say autumn didn’t truly begin until a smug Bend man in Patagonia over flannel strutted through Drake Park this weekend, clutching a $7 latte like it was the Olympic torch of fall. Witnesses describe the moment as a defining seasonal shift. “The second he walked by, a gust of crisp air hit me in the face, and suddenly every tree turned bright orange at once,” said Kelly Hart, a local who nearly dropped her Hydro Flask in awe.
