This holiday season I’m encouraging everyone to shop smart and shop locally for their gifts. When you spend money on locally made products, that money stays within your community. You support small independent businesses and help the regional Columbus economy stay strong. If you’re having trouble coming up with gift ideas, well… this guide is [...]
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15 Local Holiday Gift Ideas: #3 – Earrings from Anne Holman
This holiday season I’m encouraging everyone to shop smart and shop locally for their gifts. When you spend money on locally made products, that money stays within your community. You support small independent businesses and help the regional Columbus economy stay strong. If you’re having trouble coming up with gift ideas, well… this guide is [...]
15 Local Holiday Gift Ideas: #2 – Ohio Coffee Sleeve from AmyD
This holiday season I’m encouraging everyone to shop smart and shop locally for their gifts. When you spend money on locally made products, that money stays within your community. You support small independent businesses and help the regional Columbus economy stay strong. If you’re having trouble coming up with gift ideas, well… this guide is [...]
15 Local Holiday Gift Ideas: #1 – Beltbuckle from Tigertree
This holiday season I’m encouraging everyone to shop smart and shop locally for their gifts. When you spend money on locally made products, that money stays within your community. You support small independent businesses and help the regional Columbus economy stay strong. If you’re having trouble coming up with gift ideas, well… this guide is [...]
What’s to become of the Kingsdale Shopping Center?
It was announced last weekend that the Kingsdale Shopping Center is being purchased by two local developers (Frank Kass and Mark Catalano) with plans on revamping the aging strip mall. No concrete plans have emerged yet (that I can find anyway) but judging from what’s been said in the local media, it sounds like we’re [...]
Need some tips on how to not get caught speeding?
Need help in developing a strategy to illegally speed on the highways in Central Ohio without getting caught? Well, The Dispatch is here to help you today with their article “How fast is too fast?“, which gives you the inside scoop on how to avoid tickets. Some tips from the Dispatch include staying away from [...]
AEP charging more? Need a solution?
This right here is a perfect example of what I love most about ColumbusUnderground.com: A news story gets posted from the Dispatch about how AEP will most likely be passing along their costs from the recent wind storm power outages along to consumers through price hikes on upcoming electricity bills. You know, because they can’t [...]
Drive By Review: Louisville, Kentucky
After an overnight rest in Elizabethtown, Louisville was the next major city on our long journey home. Louisville is very similar in population sizes to Columbus, but seems to have a bit more in common historically with Cincinnati. Must be the riverfront. We got off the highway (I-65) near the University of Louisville and make [...]
Drive By Review: Nashville, Tennessee
The next major city we drove through on our trip was Nashville, Tennessee. I actually lived outside of Nasvhille for a brief period, but I was only 3 years old, so I don’t remember a whole lot. Otherwise, I’ve never spent much time in this city, despite driving past it over 100 times over the [...]
Drive By Review: Birmingham, Alabama
The first major city we drove through on Sunday was Birmingham, Alabama. I have a lot of family that lives approximately 70 miles from the city, so I’ve spent a little bit of time here off and on over the years. It’s always reminded me a little bit of Columbus, actually. Big enough to be [...]