coming back to cleveland

decisions

nobody@vox.com(jackie) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:52:54 -0700

i'm torn. cool cleveland has listed two events i want to go to equally badly tonight. my choices are: 1. Fifteen Cleveland women are profiled in a documentary film for TV Slovenia. 100% Slovenian: Stories of Slovenian Women in America makes its C...

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biking 100 miles in a day

nobody@vox.com(jackie) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:17:21 -0700

i just signed up for the eddy's bike shop sweet corn challenge, which takes place july 27th in richfield. there are four rides to choose from--all start and finish at the same point: the 10-mile family ride, the 25- and 50-mile routes, and the ...

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obama rama, and my personal ambassador of india

nobody@vox.com(jackie) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:30:48 -0700

in the past few weeks, three friends from nyc have told me independently that they are coming to cleveland to campaign for obama. (edit: make that four. my old co-worker in ny just told me she is taking a leave of absence from her job in belgium t...

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addendum: cambodian in cle?

nobody@vox.com(jackie) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:18:57 -0700

i am very excited to be going to cambodia and vietnam this october. i've been wanting to try cambodian food. my fiance said he and his co-worker almost ate at phnom penh on w. 25th st. once, but they were wary of its emptiness so they crossed the ...

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a quest for spanish food

nobody@vox.com(jackie) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:02:49 -0700

my fiance frank is half-puerto rican, half-cuban. he is a spanish/caribbean/south american food aficianado, and had been missing his plato montanero and arroz con pollo pretty badly since we moved. cleveland's culinary scene seems to be lacking...

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why it's good to be back

nobody@vox.com(jackie) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:22:55 -0700

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car culture shock

nobody@vox.com(jackie) — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:13:12 -0700

it's been weird acclimating to spending so much time in a car again. i haven't driven this much since i was 17 and blasting my crash test dummies tape all over mentor in my dad's chevy sprint. that car had this button horn you pressed like a c...

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first-time cleveland visitors, sailboats, taxi lines that snake to jersey, and broken boilers

nobody@vox.com(jackie) — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:55:26 -0700

so, my new job and home remodeling projects have officially rendered me useless when it comes to updating this blog. i have a couple of things, though: our good friend from new york and his girlfriend are coming to visit us in two weeks. they h...

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finds in that neighborhood everyone's talkin' about

nobody@vox.com(jackie) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:59:13 -0700

i had yesterday free after a morning meeting, and without thinking much about where i was headed from downtown, i ended up in detroit shoreway, in all of its sun-transformed glory. i felt like doing some exploring beyond my drive-bys over the ...

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any opinions on electronics recycling in cleveland?

nobody@vox.com(jackie) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:50:26 -0700

one of my friends in new york is working on a story about consumer electronics recycling. its aim is to show how easy, awkward or costly it is in different parts of the country. she asked me if any of you out there may have any anecdotes about ho...

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