Archive
Archive for April, 2009
- GreenCityBlueLake: Roundup. A boatload of great information in this little post. I’m particularly intrigued by the Citizen Dashboard Project. It looks like Marc Canter (the guy who developed what ended up as Flash Player) is behind this. I think that places like Cleveland really need a kick in the pants on this kind of thing. There’s a lot of sitting around waiting for large organizations to get organized. Not happening quickly enough.
- The Urbanophile. Cleveland: What’s Wrong? Huge post by a guy who’s never been to Cleveland (it sounds like he’s from Indy), but is very interested in figuring out why Cleveland (and Detroit) are doing so much worse than other midwestern cities. Lots of extremely insightful comments from Clevelanders and non-Clevelanders.
- The Telegraph: Bacon Sandwich Really Does Cure a Hangover. No, really!
- Ruhlman: Homemade Pizza. Michael really does make it seem like much of cooking is so simple that you’re crazy not to be doing it. Truly mouthwatering photos here.
- The Greenhouse Tavern. Formally opened on Friday. I’ll be heading there tonight. I’ll let you know how it is tomorrow. Here’s the menu.
- Scene: Ed Hauser Way. They should rename the whole island after him.
- The White House: Cute dog pictures. This was a topic of conversation at breakfast today. Ned was explaining that Poodles and Portuguese Water Dogs don’t have fur, but, rather, have hair, and that’s what makes them good for people with fur-related allergies. It turns out this isn’t exactly the best description of the differences between different kinds of dogs. Here’s a more complete one from Dog Play.
- About: Best Burgers in Cleveland. The first two joints on the list are in Ohio City: Heck’s and Great Lakes.
- Bunnyland! Every year around this time we make a trip to Malley’s Bunnyland down at their factory on Brookpark Rd. The tradition is that we all become “Secret Bunnies”. Everyone draws names and we try to get a selection of candy that we think the person whose name we drew will like. Laura wrote a great story about this a few years ago.
- Posnanski: The Next Snuggie. You knew it had to happen: Another in-depth report on infomercials, or as Joe’s now referring to them, infocos, as he tries to predict the next sensation. I’m not totally convinced he’s found it, but read for yourself.
- Bridget Callahan: The Hidden Cleveland Tour. Definitely get to go to some cool places on these tours.
- Steven Litt: Architects recommended to design Cleveland’s new downtown waterfront. The Port wants to hire the guys who designed New York’s Battery Park City, which turned out pretty darn nice. Now the big problem is not hiring these guys (for $400K!), but rather the implication that sometime relatively soon we’ll actually get to build what they design. The Port’s current plans have them moving in 20 years. We need to come up with a plan that moves the port now, or as close to “now” as possible. And building an entirely new 200 acre landfill from Cuyahoga River dredgings is not that plan.
- NY Times: Whose Father Was He? Another fabulous Errol Morris investigation of a famous photograph. This time he tries to find out the truth about a picture clutched in the hand of an unknown Gettysburg soldier.
- FalconCam! There’s a webcam that keeps track of the pair of Peregrine Falcons that nest on the Terminal Tower. Cool! I had no idea that falcon’s eggs were purple like plums. I thought they were speckled. Or is she just collecting plums? Hmmm…
- Posnanski: Debuts. Joe writes about Roger Clemens’ first game in the majors, against the Cleveland Indians, on May 14th, 1984. Of course, this being Joe he goes on a major digression and gives us his thoughts about the complete Indians lineup that day. Lots of memories there for us old Indians fans.
- Plain Dealer: Cuyahoga County Reform Proposal Stalled. So everyone pretty much agrees that the local government situation here in Cleveland is broken, but nobody, and I mean nobody is willing to give up anything to fix it. In this one short article we get to see how “black leaders”, folks upset with certain “political advisers”, a “millionaire businessman”, the County Prosecutor, “business leaders”, “labor unions”, “Democrats — who hold nearly all countywide offices”, and “high-profile Republicans” are all out to get their say in how this reform plan is implemented. I’m pretty sure that list includes pretty much every power broker in town. If I didn’t know better, I’d say it looks like Bill Mason is just trying to bring so many competing interests to the table, that no possible reform plan could ever be developed.
- Crain’s: Cleveland Clinic & Cleveland Indians Team Up for Healthy Ballpark Eats. Here are some examples: Sweet potato fries, vegetable chili, Waldorf salad, salmon sliders, grilled chicken breasts, chocolate bars and frozen banana chips dipped in dark chocolate. This stuff will apparently only be at one stand in the non-hoity-toity part of the park, but it’s a start.