Salutations! Is it Spring yet? It is my birthday week and I am currently fighting a cold. I have regretted not making a Florida trip this winter at least a thousand times by now. A week in Florida does wonders when you live somewhere where winter feels like it lasts a year. [Update: It is April 1st and I started this post a few weeks ago. Other than I'm no longer sick and it's not my birthday week, winter hasn't officially left because it's in the 30s today.] A lot of people were interested in our Ashland post, so I wanted to run an experiment. I am not sure if it was the fact that it was a historic downtown or a college town that intrigued people, so I decided to try the historic downtown route and see how it goes. One of my favorite towns to spend the day is in Medina, Ohio. It is designed to look like a New England-style small town with the original buildings and architecture. The public square holds events like art festivals, weekly farmer's markets (Sp...
Welcome to 2025. I hope you're all hanging in there. Whether you're starting fresh with goals, aspirations, and motivation for the new year or you're just hoping to get through it, I send you the best. I'm going to start the year by talking about one of my favorite things: tacos. I happened upon Agave & Rye in Columbus, Ohio on a whim with a friend while we were driving around trying to figure out what to eat. I enjoyed it so much that when I heard there was a Cleveland location, I told my friend we had to go. This Kentucky original restaurant boasts EPIC tacos, tequila, and bourbon with a mix of street art and fine art. The words that came to mind in both locations were punk, graffiti, gothic, Cyndi Lauper, 90s, urban, eclectic, etc... There's even a disco ball in each bathroom stall. It looks like the kind of place where you can enjoy tacos, a great cocktail, and get a tattoo in the back if you're nice enough. Both locati...