Posts from ‘July, 2008’
Walk Score - How walkable is your house? (Take Two)
I just realized that I never plugged the new home into WalkScore.com. Our old apartment in German Village is pulling up with a score of 80 (slightly up from the score of 78 when I last tested it). I felt that our new neighborhood isn’t quite as walkable, as there’s not a whole lot of [...]
And now for some brief Saturday comedy…
I just spotted this article and thought I’d mention that terrorists are afraid of rail transit. If we build it, they won’t come.
ColumbusUnderground.com is TOP’s Best Blog of 2008
Despite The Other Paper’s mean-spirited article about Columbus Blogging back in May, their readership still thinks Columbus Underground is the best online blog in town:
Best Blog: Walker Evans and his ilk from Columbus Underground edge out Robert Duffy’s Donewaiting by a few votes. There’s at least one vote up for grabs next year, as one [...]
Columbus Mega Summer Weekend 2008 - Vol. 7
The 29th Annual Jazz & Ribs Festival kicks off downtown today and runs through this weekend that is mostly dominated by smaller Independent Art events (we are the capital of that, after all). Cow Tipping will be happening at Junctionview Studios on Saturday, and on Sunday there will be an Artists Reception for a show [...]
The Book Suite coming in September to King Lincoln District
I just received word this morning via email that another new business will be opening up on Long Street soon in the up-and-coming King Lincoln District.
The Book Suite is scheduled to open the first week of September at 887 East Long Street, next door to the Urban Spirit Coffee Shop. Few details are available on [...]
Who wants to be our neighbor? #10
Hooray! My 10th installment of “Who wants to be our neighbor”! If you’re just joining us, you can click on the little tiny text link above to the “Home Improvement” section to find all the past installments of this ongoing series. I’m not a realtor or anything (I recommend Joe Peffer). I’d just love to [...]
Photos from “People to Watch” Party at Spice
Ok, this is going to be my final post about all this “People to Watch” stuff. The Alive has a whole ton of photos on their website from the party last week, and I thought I would share the links since there’s a lot of good photos in there. Here’s Gallery One, and here’s Gallery [...]
Zanzibar Brews now open in the King Lincoln District
A second coffee shop called Zanzibar Brews just opened on Long Street in the King Lincoln District, a mere five months after the first coffee shop (Urban Spirit) opened just a few blocks away. Is this up-and-coming neighborhood ready to support two independent coffee shops?
According to their website, Zanzibar will serve a variety of breakfast [...]