What a show! The Drums drumming down Euclid Avenue led by Marcos Santos were incredible. Who knew that those drummers would exorcise the “rain demon” that plagued last year’s festival. A whirlwind flew down Euclid Avenue accompanied by its own drummers of pelting rain. Canopies flew and people ran but it was gone as quickly as it […]
This week’s CoolCleveland has a great wrap-up to the Cool Community Forum held last Thursday in the Louis Stokes Auditorium at the Cleveland Public Library. There are photos, there are comments, there are lists of issues and comments and questions. And, of course, there’s a link to the Meet.The.Bloggers podcast to give those of you unable to […]
While waiting to make one more attempt at working with upcoming.org, I came across this CNN Money article about Wal-Mart reaching into name brand electronic sales. The article cites that Best Buy, Circuit City and Target must be watching this collaboration closely since Wal-mart is known as a category killer. My first thought was much […]
Recent events in Cleveland regarding the arrogance of two County Commissioners is disturbing to say the least, and it is time the voters of Cleveland and the County send a message that they are no longer going to accept “business as usual”. When elected officials believe that they know better and that they no longer […]
I stopped in to see Sherry Perry at The Ugly Broad yesterday, and she gave me a menu for a new restaurant over on Memphis Avenue. She told me that two of her friends had opened the Memphis Eatery in the old Taco Bell at 6212 Memphis Avenue. After Taco Bell moved up the […]
I have tried to stay focused on the Cool Community Forum at the Louis Stokes Auditorium scheduled for noon on Thursday. It is now less than two days away, but Bill Callahan has been focusing on the foreclosure problem over on his blog. As I read his entry for July 8th, I remembered that Ray […]
Only three days until the Cool Community Forum takes place at noon in the auditorium of the Louis Stokes Wing of the Main Library. i suggest public transportation or carpooling. Parking downtown is not easy or convenient at that time of day. The intention of this forum is to allow the public to air their […]
A friend of mine late last week sent this link to her brother’s website. This quote hit me right between the eyes.
Once the city’s fate was largely in its own hands. Today, we have allowed it to become leaderless and balkanized, divided into class-based enclaves that pretend to be cities themselves at the expense of […]
Tim has been doing a great job of keeping everyone posted on how our son-in-law Geri is doing at the Island Games this year, but he says that I should add my two cents with this tidbit. I of course googled Geri’s name and came up with this mention in his hometown newspaper Bermuda Sun. They […]