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I thought it was a great article and touched on a lot more than just "The player that shall not be named".

sounds like vincenza's. no sit down service but everything else you mentioned. Can't get pizza DT better from anywhere esle, IMHO.

keep in mind 1 gallon of water weighs a little more than 8lbs. Even moderate sized tanks will have on order of 1000's of gallons. The structural constraints when designing larger exhibits, you know the ones people like to see, are complicated and more likely than not need to rest on actual footings of the building. The May Co building already has Tri-C Hospitality program on the first floor. So if an aquarium were to go tere it would only be the upper floors and I would imagine it would be very, very difficult to make any exhibit of any size on those floors.

Agree completely. And I've seen this happen in the Dawg Pound too. The key is to not be an @ss and no real problems. I will need to keep this in mind when I watch Carolina next weekend, but they are horrendous and I think we can guarantee a Browns victory there.

your telling me. we really could not stop talking about it while there.

Ok so here is the overall happenings of the weekend. Be mindful that this is mostly a pure tourist's view, and that I did mostly just touristy things. Thursday Dropped off at Hopkins where I had completely forgotten about TSA rules about liquids and aerosol containers. Luckily only one item had to be pitched, but everything got a good look over. Normally when we have flown we are going on ski trips, and the outfit that our club uses is based in Chicago. So I never have really been down C concourse and I have to say, it is much nicer than A. Much much nicer. LaGuardia on the other hand just makes you want to leave as soon as possible. Also, they have the second worse landing I have experianced (Jackson Hole at night was worse, by an order of Magnitude). Find where the MTA ticketing station is and buy two 7 day passes. This was insanely easy. I can't even describe it, maybe 5 touchscreen interactions and I was done. RTA you fail 1000 times in comparison, and that's being nice. Step outside and wait for the Q33 bus, taxis there seemed like flys. The Q33 was pretty good, Luggage racks were a nice touch, although the wife couldn't figure out how to use her metro card until after the 5th try. As we kept going more and more people got on until it was standing room only and even then pretty packed, I think it was around 11:00-11:30 when we got on. Nothing really exciting, its a bus. Get to the station and the wife is much more proficent using the card when just swiped. Down to the F train, I really liked that it listed the next stop and the ones after that. Definitely helped. About half hour later we arrive at Rockefeller Center. What can be said that describes that moment when you first walk out into Manhattan? Its Huge, Its Fast, Its Crowded, all at once. Walk over to our hotel and check in, the room...ehh its small and has no view. Doesn't matter, didn't really spend much time there anyway. But we are hungery, so back out to the street only now without the suitcases we had been lugging along. Over on Fifth Ave. is the Veterans Day Parade, just started making its way too us as we were walking up 5th, at 12:00. Watched the Biker gang of Veterans go by then continued searching for food. On 55th was a street fair of some kind. But most importantly, street food. I got the largest gyro I think I have ever had. Delicious! While walking around the wife found some scarfs, its almost winter season so time accessorize, or something like that. She eventually got a falafel and then we were off to see 50's kitchenware, painted wood blocks, and helicopters. MOMA. Modern Museum of Art. I think you can either find this place fascinating or boring, depending on how open you are to different forms of expression. The wife is a big fan of modernist paintings, drawings, and the like. I preferred more of using existing materials to make a statement about something else. We didn't stay terribly long, but it was a good time in the end. Walk back over to 5th and guess what, Veterans Parade is still going on. We are eventually headed to ESB, but are moseying along. Obviously there is some shopping to consider. Wife spends 30 or so min combing the Ann Taylor store with a fine tooth comb and finds one items she likes. Amazing, as usually she will end up with about 4-5 without even trying. Empire State Building. Really big, Really, Really big. With the CityPass we got the Audio Tour for free, which besides being cheesy was really helpful in identifying the different neighborhoods you were looking at, otherwise it is a sea of building. Very crowded up there, but it was dusk so the views were pretty good. Afterward the wife realized we were right next to Macy's so in we went. This actually turned out good for me. This Macy's is huge. But after walking around for a bit, we ended up in Men's Shoes buying a pair of causal black shoes for me! :-D Did not expect that to happen. Ended up wearing them for pretty much the entirety of the trip. The KickMap app was fantastic. Quickly able to pull up the entire subway system. Used this to get back to the hotel before dinner. Which was at Eamon's on 45th. Nutty time getting there as we couldn't decide on a place and walked all over the place. But it was beer, food, and a bit more beer. Then Sleep. Friday Right next to the Hotel is a little Bakery. Not bad, not great by any means either. But there was coffee so the day could begin. We were going to the Circle Line Cruise, 2 hr edition. They leave from 42nd st and 12th ave, I do not want to walk this. Planned on taking the M50 (which leaves from 49th st :?) but as we were walking over to 49th st and 6th ave we saw it leaving. Neither of us wanted to sit and wait the full 10 or so min for the next bus. Que the "there's an app for that" guy. google maps out, M42 at 42nd and 6th, leaves in 7 min. Off we go. What the hell did we do before cell phones?? I mean really? I feel like we should have been in caves. We are actually a bit early so we go to the Pier 84 Park, get some good pic of the Intrepid, then board for the cruise. Could not have gotten better weather for the entire weekend. I mean, 62 and sunny ever day...fantastic. We sat on the top deck, out in the sun, I may have gotten a bit burnt. I'm really Irish, as in I can burn anywhere. Anyway, the cruise was really a good time. I highly recommend it for anyone who has never been to NYC. After the cruise we take the M42 to the Port Authority Terminal and A/C to Greenwich Village. Stopped down in there and had a slice for lunch. Place was very hole in the wall-y, needless to say the food was good. We were going to do a walking tour of the Village, but when we got to the meeting place the guide was dealing with having her wallet/credit cards/something stolen. Didn't seem like a good way to start a walking tour so we bailed. It was a free tour where you tip heavily, so no commitment. Mad our own walking tour. Going from Washington Square Park and the Arch down to Grand St. weaving a bit as we went. Stopped in a lot of stores and generally really liked the area, but never bought anything. Really the point was to get to McSorleys. McSorley's Olde Ale House. That place is something. Sawdust, little mugs, 2 kinds of beer. Good stuff. Looks like the Chandelier hasn't be cleaned in, ohh ever. Found a table and just happened to be sitting next to a group from Cleveland. Small World. So the beers were bought in sets of 2, $5 for 2, after spending about $40 in 45 min. we realized that we were going to be in trouble quickly if we didn't move on. Luckily the wife's friend that we were meeting at Serafina (much to MTS' chagrin) works in real estate and offered to show us one of the places she was selling. 53rd, between 9th and 10th. Met her friend and she showed us the one bedroom condo that they were selling for a cool $1 Million. The units were nice, really nice. But that's still a lot for a 1 bedroom condo. Walked over to Serafina after viewing the condo. Serafina was nice despite what MTS will try to tell you. Was it the most amazing pasta I've ever had, no. Was it still really good without overkill on sauce? Yes. The wife's friend recommended stopping at the Hudson Bar, not far so figured we'd stop in for a drink. The bar really is something. I'm not even sure how to describe it, http://www.hudsonhotel.com/#/explore/?id=hudsonbar. Enjoyed it, but truthfully not really our scene. At this point I can't remember, but I'm pretty sure we went back to the hotel. However, we weren't done for the night. Needed to find a good dive bar. PJ Carneys. After deciding that we weren't quite done we kinda just wandered, but from the SW corner of 57th and 7th ave. I spied a little slice of divey heaven. Walk in and it looks like a place only locals would go to, even by Cleveland standards. Somehow get into a conversation with a couple, he teached PE at some super expensive private school. She is a Nanny for someone with a ridiculous amount of money. We drank and conversed until 3:30am. I didn't realize beforehand that NYC bars stay open until 4:30am. I love dive bars. Time for a break I'll get to Sat. and Sun. in a while, arguing with Jets fans is fun btw.

Getting younger is probably a good thing. Hopefully with the reinstatement of the Reserve League there can be more development as well. Also that caused the rosters to be bumped up to 30 players, with up to six being from the club's development academy.

Cuyahoga County Building. worst building in DT.

My wife loved hers until she got it stolen at work (stupid restaurant people, they left her crappy texting motorola phone)....Although her functionality mostly consisted of facebook, Scrabble and "Words w/Friends". I do believe that she did use a checkbook app on it. I have played with the ipad and it is just too big to easily slip in and out of your purse/pocke. It would rock to have one at home. This is the reason I like the samsung tab. Small enough that it's easily mobile, but big enough for all your apps/games/video. In addition it has dual cameras. It's a larger version of the HTC Evo. I've been playing with it and for the apps I like it fits my needs. Some of the games I played seem like they need to be optimized for the larger screen but I think there are updates coming shortly. The iPad seems like just too much of an entertainment device not good for much else. Especially if one already has a smart phone. I want something that can at least do simple documenting tasks. So this seems perfect. http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/11/16/dell.hybrid.tablet.mashable/index.html Really interested to see what all the features will be, but like the physical keyboard. It is not that much fun to type our a long email, or take minutes at meetings on the virtual keypad.

Nah I was planning on it. Just the first part of this week is kinda busy.

Well at least you were kind enough to include the smiley. Ok by Friday.

Well there are the Div. I Cincinnati Wolfhounds.

I have been to the patio and it is really really nice. It always seemed to do pretty well while it was warmer out. I had lunch there in the summer as well, which was pretty good. The service was a bit spotty, but I cant remeber any specific problems so it must not have been terrible. I'm not terribly suprised that the service was a bit spotty, they had just opened and were working things out. Hopefully it has improved as I really was liking that patio and cant wait til spring.

Agreed, I've never felt the need to get a large gelato anywhere. Two scoops, I don't think Ive ever seen anyone just do a regular scoop either always overflowing, is perfect as you can usually mix the flavors.

RFA, unless there is a labor agreement. Actually unless there is a labor agreement there won't be any football next year. Regardless if Wright is a RFA then we can get some kind of compensation I think.

Not bad scenarios but the NFL trade deadline already passed. Actually about a month ago, Oct. 19th. So no trades during the season. Although I wouldn't be surprised to see wright dealt for a 5th rounder or so. Delhomme becomes a FA after the season.

Come on mts don't act like we aren't listening to your sage advice. I mean we are going to four seasons and lukes lobster. Burger joint ehh. I like the sound of that. Also just landed and now I realize how terrible rtas payment system is.

Apparently now it's "Manny's". But I think the Browns Backers still congregate there. Yes it is, but it might be hard to celebrate with the Browns Backers with full suitcases. More difficult will be correctly finding our way back to LGA in whatever state we emerge from. So that may be out. We will see though.

No Boo, that doesn't, did you read my list and google the locations? (raised eyebrow) :? The only areas that you will find DECENT casual restaurants on your walk back from ESB will be off of 5th or 6th Ave. which leaves you going to the Grand Central or Times Square areas. I might Suggest Keen's or DB Bistro. Yeah I did, wife didn't want any place dressy or expensive for Thursday. So that basically threw out all the places you mentioned. Besides, I really wasn't asking your opinion on this one. I needed Ram's or others advice. People that are more salt of the earth types. Really looking to a Bar, a Burger type place. So if you got something MTS I'd be interested in hearing it cause it would probably be a Kobe Beef burger with truffle oil and arugala.

Also, being the hardcore Browns fan that the wife is, she was wondering about finding the local Browns Backers. And it just so happens that we could stop in there watch some of the game then taking either a bus or the 6 to the M60. Have any of you fine people ever ventured out with the NYC Browns Backers?

Thursday night is going to be more casual. So I think this disqualifies all MTS suggestions. I was wondering what Casual joints would be good to stop into as we walk back from ESB (toward Rockefeller Plaza)? Hell we may make it into our own little pub crawl if you recommend some good ones.

Multiple articles and the letter from Secretary Lahood responding to Kasich say that he was asking to repurpose the funds for roads and freight rail. Thank you, all, for clearing that up for me. I was under the impression that he was killing this just to kill an "Obama program", not to repurpose the funds. No... you had it right. He is a former congressman. He knows, and always did know, that the funds cannot be repurposed. That request was pure subterfuge, designed to provide political cover for him and faux talking points to his supporters. Which sounds like he is going to use the cover to accept the money. Well at least thats what the optimist in me says.

I admitted, or thought I did, that there was probably more going on than was mentioned. Not arguing that. I simply would not roll Cavs games, a trip to CMA, Rock Hall, GLSC into a Thanksgiving weekend event discussion unless they were doing something specific regarding holidays/thanksgiving/etc. Point in case the DCA blog does not mention any of these when listing their holiday events http://downtowncleveland.org/blog/index.php/2010/11/down-aroundtown-holiday-events-specials/

With all due respect regarding what is going on Thanksgiving weekend, I wouldn't consider some of those to be specific to that weekend. Cavs, CMA, Rock Hall, GLSC, and the Bodies Exhibit aren't specific to Thanksgiving Weekend. They are ongoing events that happen to fall over that time period. I would consider Winterfest, Snowdays, and Santaland Diaries to be specific though. So there is more than just Winterfest for sure, but I would be hard pressed to include events that have been or will be going on for 6 months or more.

I think point 2 could be becoming more moot by the day. There are a large number of companies that are actively encouraging their employees to work from home. With the amount of work that is done on computer's these days there are very few reasons to actually go to, or have a physical office. The concept of "hoteling" for office workers is becoming more and more wide spread. I believe this is what Key is doing with their renovation of the Higbee building.