Recently, Tim signed up to receive Office 2007 if he bought something from this online promotion. He told me all he had to do was buy a $9.99 Cuisinart coffee grinder and he would get Office 2007 for free. Hmmm sounded a little bit better than true, but we needed a new coffee grinder. Our poor coffee grinder had tumbled […]
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 […]
What do a librarian, a magician and a Broadway playwright have in common? They all lived in Cleveland and they’re all featured in this year’s Brooklyn Centre Garden Party—“Magic, Mystery, and Millionaires.” Come and see famous characters in Cleveland’s past portrayed by costumed narrators. Stroll through the grounds and see who’s who in our history. […]
Fourteen years ago, Rev. David Bahr the pastor of Archwood United Church of Christ and his congregation started a food drive with an unusual twist during the annual Archwood Avenue Garage Sale. Reverend Dave with the help of Fire Company #20 entered the steeple of his church high above the treetops on Archwood Avenue vowing […]
Each year one of our neighbors, Rick Nicholson, gathers a group of us from the neighborhood together at a small burial ground to commemorate Memorial Day. Amid the hubbub of all of the weekend activities we gather together in this small unobtrusive graveyard surrounded by war veterans dating back as far as the Revoltionary […]
I left this toothless grin comment on the Save Our Land Blog. Mike Gill’s Free Times article gives us a lot of food for thought. Preservation and rehabilitation should always be considered when redevelopment in a neighborhood is an issue. Thanks to the Cleveland Restoration Society for reminding us that school buildings were community centers and a […]
We just received this notice from Lou Tisler, executive director of Neighborhood Housing Services. Thanks for the heads up, Lou. Jim is receiving lots of national attention for his leadership in addressing the foreclosure crisis in our city, county, and state. His testimony in Congress on Wednesday sheds new light into a national problem that is not […]
Today the holiday season officially started in the Ferris household. We attended our friend’s Holiday Open House. She holds it the first Saturday of December each year, and I use it as my offical start to the Christmas season. She or her roommate graciously greet each guest and are sure to introduce them to people as they […]
The Fulton Road Bridge is scheduled to close as of 9:00 am on Thursday, October 5th.
Councilman Cummins sent out information on the meeting and asked everyone to further distribute the info to all interested members of the community. Since it is hard to know who will want to attend please let all of your neighbors […]
UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE!
THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC MEETING! I REPEAT: THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC MEETING!
Again, chances are the public will not be included in what should be a public process. This meeting has been designated too technical and nuts and bolts for the public. But I ask you where is our public meeting that we were […]