http://www.walkerevanseffect.com/blog Ideas and opinions about all things in Columbus, Ohio. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:30:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, it's not any sort of "official" WOSU day, but it may as well be for me. I've been invited to return as a guest on All Sides with Ann Fisher this morning at 11am. This will actually be her first "on site" show, and seeing as the topic du jour ... http://www.walkerevanseffect.com/blog/happy-wosu-day/ During the week of March 8th - March 14th, Dine Originals restaurants will feature a special fixed price menu for either $10.10, $20.10 or $30.10. This is a great opportunity to enjoy a new restaurant or revisit a favorite! More information can be found here: Dine Originals Week http://www.walkerevanseffect.com/blog/dine-originals-week-march-8th-through-14th/ I've been tinkering around with Google Buzz a little bit over the past few days. Not sure if I'm sold on it yet or not. Always fun to play around with new toys though regardless, eh? http://www.walkerevanseffect.com/blog/are-you-google-buzzing-yet/ The first of three Downtown Strategic Plan Public Meetings was scheduled to be held tonight (the snow canceled it, and it should be rescheduled soon) but I can't help but think that yesterday's Dispatch article about the North Market by Robert Vitale was timed intentionally for this event. The article starts off by ... http://www.walkerevanseffect.com/blog/robert-vitale-makes-the-case-for-urban-incubators/ The commercial aired tonight during the SuperBowl. Impressed that it's already on Youtube: http://www.walkerevanseffect.com/blog/central-ohio-2015-a-community-visioning-project-by-wbns-10tv/ This has been available on OhioChannel.org for quite awhile now, but I forgot to post up a video link to it. So here it is. If you'd like to reminisce about the state of Downtown Housing back in June 2009, then click on the image below to watch. http://www.walkerevanseffect.com/blog/video-from-cmc-event-on-downtown-housing/ Walker Evans from Palestra Creative on Vimeo. The guys at Palestra Creative put this video interview together during an event I attended a few weeks ago. They did an amazing job, and I'm really happy with how it turned out. Check them out at palestracreative.com. http://www.walkerevanseffect.com/blog/custom-video-by-palestra-creative/ I'm going to be presenting the first annual "Arch Award" at Columbus' 198th Birthday Party on Feb 18th! This award will recognize a modern-day Columbus icon who is working hard at making the city a better place to live! If you have any good nominations in mind, send them to archaward@columbusunderground.com, ... http://www.walkerevanseffect.com/blog/looking-for-award-nominees-modern-day-columbus-icons/ This place just opened up in the old Pesto spot on Friday (Link:"Shish Kebab Express Opens at Gateway") and I decided to stop by on opening day to grab some dinner to take home. The layout is still pretty similar to the way Pesto was set up, but with the kebab'ed ... http://www.walkerevanseffect.com/blog/mini-review-shish-kebab-express-at-south-campus-gateway/ Last Week, the Urbanophile featured a great post titled "Want Talent? Drink at Lunch!" where author Aaron Renn proposed one small idea that he hopes could change corporate culture in the midwest and help to attract young talent to regional companies. Some additional commentary followed HERE on Columbus Underground, and ... http://www.walkerevanseffect.com/blog/changing-the-workday-lunch-culture/