For a long time, Columbus and Indianapolis were viewed as very similar. Both were white-collar Midwestern cities that managed to avoid the rust belt fate of fellow Midwestern cities that were built around the steel, rubber, glass, and auto industries. Both had a reputation for being white bread, straight down the middle, boring towns. If [...]
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Indy Envy
Posted in Columbus, tagged Columbus, Indianapolis, NCAA Tournament, Super Bowl on February 20, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Rose Run, February 19, 2012
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, tagged Columbus, New Albany, Ohio, Photography, Rose Run, Streams, Water on February 19, 2012 | 2 Comments »
It’s been a mild winter — but a wet one. The waterways in our neighborhood are full to the banks, and during our recent walks Penny and I have often heard the rush of water. Rose Run, which zigzags in close proximity to old State Route 161, is typical of the creeks and streams in [...]
What To Do With A Road Rage Warning?
Posted in Columbus, crime, tagged Columbus, crime, Driving, Life, New Albany, News, Police, road rage, This Week New Albany on February 8, 2012 | 3 Comments »
The most recent edition of This Week New Albany — our local suburban newspaper — has a story about a road rage incident in our community and a warning from the police. The incident involved two cars stopped at an intersection. The drivers exchanged words — the police don’t know exactly what was said — [...]
Lunch At The Goody Boy
Posted in Columbus, Food, tagged Columbus, Food, Goody Boy, Michael's Goody Boy Diner, OSU Campus, restaurants, Short North on February 3, 2012 | 2 Comments »
One of the most iconic signs in Columbus is that of Michael’s Goody Boy Drive-In, located in a transitional neighborhood at the northern edge of the Short North. It’s a neon classic, with a tow-headed kid eying a big cheeseburger. Even though I’ve lived in Columbus for decades, I’ve never been to the Goody Boy [...]
Hoping To See A Snowy Owl
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, tagged birds, Columbus, New Albany, Ohio, Snowy Owls on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not a birder. New Albany doesn’t seem like a great place for bird-watching. We share this space with the native Ohio birds, ducks and swans, and the flocks of dreaded, honking, crapping Canadian geese — but not much else. But now my bird-sighting hopes are up, because there are reports that Snowy Owls have [...]
An Update On “Occupy Columbus”
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, tagged Columbus, Occupy Columbus, Occupy Movement, Ohio, Ohio Statehouse on February 2, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday was a beautiful, spring-like day, so after lunch The Bus-Riding Conservative and I decided to take an extended walk. To our surprise, when we walked past the Ohio Statehouse we learned that “Occupy Columbus” is still there. To be sure, the tents have moved since I last visited Statehouse Square months ago. They used [...]
The Blizzard Of ’78 At Ohio State
Posted in College, Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged Blizzard of 1978, College, Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State University, weather, Winter on January 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I was reminded today of the Great Blizzard of 1978. It was a devastating Storm of the Century, but I remember it fondly — and, I suspect, other Ohio State students of that era do as well. The Great Blizzard struck on January 26 and 27, 1978. It blanketed Ohio with huge amounts of snow, [...]
The Clarmont Closes
Posted in Columbus, tagged Columbus, German Village, Jai Lai, Kahiki, restaurants, Suburban Steakhouse, The Clarmont, The Florentine, The Top on January 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The Clarmont, one of Columbus’ landmark restaurants, unexpectedly closed its doors today. The announcement ended 65 years of serving food and drink to hungry and thirsty central Ohio patrons. No reason was given for the decision. The Clarmont was one of the anchors on High Street in German Village. From its dated, Jetsons-like sign, to [...]
Snow On Pine
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged Columbus, New Albany, Ohio, Photography, sports, weather, Winter on January 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday morning the snow was still fresh when Penny and I took our walk. We passed one pine tree where the snowflakes had been caught by the clusters of pine needles like a baseball is caught by a catcher’s mitt. It looked like ice cream cones or cotton candy. The snow was so new, and [...]
Frost-Covered Sunrise, New Albany, January 15
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged Columbus, New Albany, Ohio, Photography, Sunrises, weather, Winter on January 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
It stopped snowing yesterday, the sky cleared, and of course the temperature dropped. This morning it was frigid. On our morning walk we noticed that everything was covered with a delicate layer of frost. On this little tree, the coating of frost looked like fine white hairs in the refracted light of the sunrise.
Adrift Against The Fence Line
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged Columbus, Fence, Ohio, Photography, Snow, weather, Winter on January 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
There really wasn’t a sunrise this morning. It’s still snowing, and the sky was gray and heavy with clouds. The light was filtered, leaving the snow-covered landscape a study in white, gray, and black. Along the Yantis Loop in New Albany, the wind had done its work, sculpting the drifted snowbank into a delicate, curving [...]
Snowing, Blowing, Drifting
Posted in Columbus, weather, tagged Columbus, Commuting, New Albany, Photography, Snow, weather on January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a mild winter so far, but last night the weather turned. By this morning we had snow on the ground, more is falling, and a sharp wind is pushing the snow into drifts and turning the falling snow into little cutting blades that prick your face as you walk. It’s not great weather for [...]
Chickens, Eggs, And Downtown Grocery Stores
Posted in Columbus, tagged Columbus, Downtown Columbus, Hills Market, Urban Living on January 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A local grocery store, Hills Market, has announced that it will open a store in downtown Columbus. The store is to open this spring in a 12,000 square foot facility at 95 North Grant Avenue, right next to the Columbus College of Art and Design and the residential development along Gay Street. This is great [...]
Christmas In Columbus
Posted in Columbus, tagged BalletMet, Christmas, Christmas In Columbus, Columbus, Ohio Theatre, The Nutcracker on December 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the longstanding holiday traditions in Columbus is BalletMet’s performance of The Nutcracker at the historic Ohio Theatre, in the heart of downtown Columbus. Every year central Ohioans pack the theater to enjoy Tchaikovsky’s classic holiday music and the dance stylings of Columbus’ local ballet troupe. And tonight, Christmas Eve, the children will nestle [...]
Christmas In Columbus
Posted in Columbus, tagged Cameron Mitchell, Christmas, Christmas In Columbus, Columbus, Gingerbread House, St. Stephen's Community House on December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What’s Christmas without a gingerbread house? Every year our firm helps to get into the holiday spirit by buying a gingerbread house, with the proceeds going to charity, and then displaying the creation in our first floor lobby. This year’s elaborate creation, prepared to benefit the St. Stephen’s Community House, was prepared by Cameron Mitchell [...]
