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I hate to disappoint everyone by posting about Swingo's Grand Tavern in Avon Lake - none of you will ever go, but I went there a couple times over the summer and I have to say in Avon Lake this restaurant is way out of place. Not that the prices are too high, but the menu and atmosphere is very "downtown" The place is ultra contemporary and really chic. It reminds me a lot of Sarava, Jaq's, or Three Bird, but the Grand Tavern in Avon Lake is located in a strip mall with a Tops! Its a real shame though that they didn't choose the city, because it would have fit really well. This has to be the most "downtown" type restaurant West of Lakewood that exists. Menu a good start for new Swingos Wednesday, August 30, 2006 John Long Plain Dealer Columnist Avon Lake's newest restaurant is the product of an old- line restaurant family. Matt and Dan Swingos, the third generation of the family in the business, recently opened Swingos Grand Tavern, 32858 Walker Road. More at cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com

So has anyone ever been inside the cuppola or Greenbriar Suite? I always wondered what it was like up there.

I saw some people a couple years ago in Oxford uptown during a horrific snowstorm. Most cars were having trouble getting around on the roads. These people pulled out of a parking space on High Street in a huge SUV with ease, hanging out the window shouting to my friends and me, "We're from Michigan!"

Well gelato is a little different than ice cream. Do you just not care for gelato? Has anyone tried the gelato at Presti's or Anthoney's in Little Italy? I can't decide which gelato in Cleveland is the best so I just picked Gelateria. I heard there was a gelato place in Lakewood, but I forget the name.

I was surprised to see that the "Oh in Ohio" movie is playing at their Athena Cinema.

La Gelataria on Cedar Road in Cleveland Hieghts (Cedar-Fairmount district).

What is planned for above Corner Alley? I can't imagine living or working above a bowling alley.

I read the transcript. The "suburban Cleveland residents" are both from Avon Lake. I know who they are. Anyway, I still really want to see the movie. I guess being a student I'd get a discount on the DVD, but do you think the Cleveland Public Library will carry it soon?

My experience in Detroit: I was at U of M one summer for a program before I was a sophmore in high school. My large group of friends and I took the Greyhound from Ann Arbor to Detroit for the Taste of Detroit- we skipped out of that day's activities to go. When we arrived in Detroit we began walking toward the festivities, which was a moderate distance. While we were walking there was no one on the city streets in broad daylight, and I remember the buildings looking very fortress like. A police car drove up along side of us and told us to get on a bus immediately. So we got on the next one and I think it took us where we needed to go. We ended up at the festival and it was fun, but it was a very strange experience; cops telling a group of people in broad daylight downtown to get off the streets.

This is really exciting news. I personally don't like the idea of the East Bank for law offices. So many office space (existing or potential) around Public Square and in the Warehouse District makes more sense just because it is within better walking distance to the courthouses. The Flats East Bank office building would be better to draw in a new consumer products company or something from outside the region.

I thought the development was in jepordy, but if the developers are planning a go-ahead for Phase II, then I would think the project is off to a good start, even though it isn't even really open yet. Occupancy rates in the apartments must be pretty high. I'm perplexed by the lack of announced retail tenants, but I bet a number of retailers have signed on we haven't heard about. I thought the development was kind of boring at first, but the more I see it the more I kind of like it. It will be interesting though to see what its effect could be on High Street and Tollgate Plaza.

This looks really cool! what about the legal implications though? do you need a permit to do this?

I loved the bit where Jones goes to WKYC studios and dramatizes the encounter with the receptionist.

I know a lot of people in the area who are really happy about this extension.

Carl Monday and his investigative reporting has spurred a national phenomena. The multiple segments on pornography/masturbation in public libraries has gained a large internet audience. Recently the Daily Show sent a correspondent to Cleveland to hunt down Monday. Its pretty funny. You have to watch this. There are a number of city shots included in the segment. I don't know why but I thought it was interesting that Monday appears to live downtown in the Warehouse District on W.10th. Here is a You Tube link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=kmYl_R5eb58 Jason Jones pleads for an interview with Carl Monday (via wkyc.com) Carl Monday inverviews Jones on WKYC: http://www.wkyc.com/video/player.aspx?aid=26989&bw= Carl Monday's Blog (http://www.wkyc.com/weblog/carlmonday/2006/09/john-stewart-crew-confronts-carl.html) Sunday, September 24, 2006 John Stewart Crew Confronts Carl Monday It's 7:30am...and a "reporter" and two photographers are camped out at the end of my driveway. Wait...isn't that my job? The "reporter" approaches and barks out something like this......"Carl, I'm a big fan of yours. How do you like going after sleeze bags?" This must be some kind of a joke. Well, in fact it is. The kind you find on Comedy Central. More to the point, the cable commedy icon....John Stewart Show. Yea, I know the guy is enormously popular...even hosted the Oscars....but at 11pm..I'm usually watching the local news and admit to not owning Tivo.

This was written in the Miami Student by a good friend of mine. He is extremely conservative and I was very surprised to read it in the paper. Constitution must not be warped to stop gay marriage Brain Graney Miami Student 9/26/06 When State Representative Tom Brinkman traveled to Miami last semester to discuss his lawsuit against the university, a questioner out of the crowd asked the politician to explain his opposition to a bill in the Ohio legislature that would have recognized the Fourth Amendment as a guarantee of legal rights. Brinkman explained that his opposition to the Fourth Amendment rested on a judicial interpretation of the amendment that led to a safeguard of abortion rights and a trampling of states' rights in the matter; a philosophy eventually summarized in Roe v. Wade. Yet while many conservatives criticize Roe v. Wade endlessly and articulate a position of states having the natural power to regulate a social matter like abortion, the inverse stance is taken on gay marriage. Social conservatives in Congress have proposed a constitutional amendment to nationally define marriage as only between a man and a woman. No legal precedent exists to support this amendment or any reasoning as to why it should be adopted. For a party so devoted to prevent federal encroachment on states' power, it is disappointing to see the Republican Party endorse a constitutional amendment that is not only unnecessary, but also targeted to prevent states from reaching their own legal conclusions on the matter. Opposition to gay marriage rests primarily on moral and religious grounds. As much respect as can be paid to the long tradition of marriage, secular law cannot properly evaluate such arguments. Proponents of same-sex marriage are not asking churches and specific religions to endorse or even recognize their legal union. Opponents of gay marriage can still refuse to accept its validity in their religions. But the Constitution should not be used as an obstacle to equal rights. Vice President Dick Cheney recognized the significance of equal legal access when he said, "With the respect to the question of relationships, my general view is freedom means freedom for everyone ... People ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to." Gays and lesbians are productive members of society with long and meaningful relationships with their partners and it is unclear how same-sex marriage would lead to moral deviance, societal chaos or even Armageddon as some ridiculously claim. ... http://www.miamistudent.net/

Citizens Against New Taxes - lol.

I'm pretty sure they aren't asking the doctors to park in the muni-lot

The Clinic, and more employers for that matter, should just buy RTA passes for their employees, rather than build parking garages.

Yipee Horay! SmokeLess amendment OK'd for ballot Thursday, September 28, 2006 T.C. Brown Plain Dealer Bureau Columbus - SmokeLess enjoyed more support Wednesday after the Ohio secretary of state's office certified signatures to put on the Nov. 7 ballot a constitutional amendment to allow smoking in selected areas. Link unavailable.

This new parking policy seems very odd to me.

It would be extremely expensive to replace the bridge, and the bridge poses a huge inconvenience to the ideal shoreway boulevard plan. This is what I overheard from a drunk guy at a bar downtown who worked at the Downtown Cleveland Alliance. I know he worked there, but I don't know how credible he was. He was also talking a lot about how Jane Campbell was a closeted lesbian.

As many times as I go to W.25th, I've never stepped a foot inside the bookstore.

Damn. Looks like I'll have to stop lighting up on empty rapid cars.

The CVB is restoring the Higbee building for a walk-in visitor center that is on schedule to open in the Spring. On a side note the CVB recently ended up with a lot more bed tax revenue than was anticipated and they are in a good financial position. Any work in the May Co. building is probably related to Exhibit: Cleveland; the organization that gets in touch with property owners, cleans up their vacant storefronts downtown, and lets artists display their work in the windows. There are some spaces on E.4th and Euclid that participate in this as well. Other than Exhibit:Cleveland I can't think of anything going on. I think the May Co. bulding was almost bought back in November by a real estate investment firm called Keystone, but it didn't work out. Key Bank has some offices there on several upper floors. I could be wrong, but I don't think it is likely that you would see this turned into a residential building. The building is huge and only has windows on the front. I don't understand why a bookstore wouldn't be interested in the first couple floors of the May Co. building, since it has been my impression that bookstores tend to do really well in any high traffic pedestrian area (unlike department stores or apparel shops in my opinion). http://www.exhibitcleveland.com/index.html