Category Archives: Good stuff

Hello Kitty Love

My first love as a child were the Care Bears.  Not far behind was Hello Kitty.  Fortunately for me, there are many people, mostly women, who share my Hello Kitty passion.  What’s not to love?  She’s so cute!  In addition, her form is so simple that it’s easy to create a personal tribute to this [...]

More Cleveland Love

This weekend Dave and I visited the Tall Ships at HarborFest.  I know, it’s no NBA championship but those ships are pretty cool!  Dave and I were just in Toronto and they only had 2-3 of the ships that were at our festival.

If you need a championship, try this nugget on for size. [...]

100 Things That Make Cleveland The Best

Cleveland.com is following my lead and has published their own list of 100 Things That Make Cleveland The Best.  It’s a great list of some of the most obvious things in our area people should know about and take advantage of.

The Decision

Well Cleveland the time has come…
I consider myself a basketball fan.  Anyone who knows my brother understands that I must have watched a considerable amount of basketball in my life.  Several years ago I also managed the Cavaliers account at the ad agency I worked for.  So not only am I a born and bred [...]

Food, Glorious Food

Anyone who has spent even a bit of time with me knows that I quite like food.  One of the many unique and wonderful things that I’ve discovered about our fair city the past few years is that there is a wonderful food community here.  I’m not just talking about foodies who are interested in [...]

Sustainable Cleveland 2019

Many people are surprised to learn that Cleveland is ranked 16th in the SustainLane 2008 City Rankings of sustainable cities.  Well there are lots of exciting things happening in Cleveland and I’m excited to share about one.
Next week, from Wednesday to Friday we will be attending the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Summit.  The summit will be [...]

Tweeting for Tacos

Finally, a reason for Twitter I can understand.

 
 
Embedded video from CNN Video

Food Party Premiere!

If you haven’t seen Food Party yet, then you better find a friend that has IFC (Independent Film Channel), break into their house Tuesday night, fix yourself a fried bologna doughnut sandwich and watch the cable premiere at 11:15pm. Food Party is the creation of a team of recent Cleveland Institute of Art grads, which includes our [...]

Sharing, Caring and Designing

Our sister Jessica was recently featured in an Associated Press article on the rise of communal home products. One result of the economic downturn is that people are looking to save money by sharing products, tools and appliances. Reducing consumption not only makes financial sense for individuals, but it also seems like a necessary step towards reducing global [...]

Coffee…coffee…coffee…ahhgh!

*Nerd alert!*
Remember that scene in Moscow on the Hudson when Yakov Smirnoff’s character is in the grocery store?  He’s looking at all the brands of coffee and is so completely overwhelmed that he falls and knocks down a bunch of coffee?  Sometimes I feel like that about stationary supplies.  Except it doesn’t usually happen in [...]