The days leading up to Christmas are always so much fun, but they seemed even better this year. I love minimally and tastefully decorating our house, incessantly playing traditional and new Christmas songs, continually dreaming of snow for a beautiful white holiday, picking out and wrapping gifts for family and friends, and spending time just …
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Local Adventures: Hartville, Ohio
Work has been crazy pretty much since the day I arrived. I was nervous about making the switch from an agency to a corporate setting because everyone told me I would be bored. That suggestion is laughable. Since I joined, the university has: undergone a name and brand change (I started several months before this …
West Side Market: 100 Year Anniversary
I love all things Cleveland, not the least of which is the west side. I lived in Lakewood when I interned downtown and loved getting to know that side of the city. Since then we've been to the west side numerous times, more often than not to check out the food scene and night life. …
Motorcycle Diary: Local Trip to Chagrin Falls
Is there anything more amazing than looking across the couch at your significant other on a beautiful, cool Sunday morning--coffee and book in hand, cat rolling around on the floor--and realizing you have nothing to do that day? Bliss. Of course, I can only handle that feeling for a little while and then I feel compelled to …
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Local Adventures: Pittsburgh, Pa.
Our second local adventure took us to Pittsburgh, Pa., for a day-trip this weekend. I sent out requests for things to do and see, places to eat, etc. ahead of time and was excited at the response I received. It seems a lot of people have a lot love for Pittsburgh! We had too many …
Local Adventures: Cleveland’s East Side
The other night when we were at the lake, a friend was telling us about all these places I've never heard of in Cleveland. This really surprised me as I've lived in Northeast Ohio for almost 10 years and have lived all over Cleveland--the east, west and south. Also I have friends who like to …
Going Up to the Lake
Each year during the summer I've heard myself telling people my weekend plans are "going up to the lake." Usually this elicits confused looks. As though there are many lakes in Ohio and they don't know which one I'm referencing. It never occurred to me "the lake" could be anything other than Lake Erie. You …
Heather's Compass 