Last night’s CWSA planning meeting was a great success. We’ve had a lot of new faces, some of them traveled pretty far to attend. Some topics discussed last night:

Trying to advance standards in the local web and business communities without being the CSS gestapo.
Involving other industries in our group. (Maybe we can find a lawyer […]

The previews for this show frame it in such a way to suggest a lot of drama will happen each episode. But this is almost entirely gimmick, and very little actually happens. It took until the end of the episode before Kat decided to “lay down the law” with Pixie after being a big passive […]

I’ve dined at El Jalepenos on 117th twice since it opened. Both times the food was delicious, the service was friendly, and the drinks were massive. While not expensive, it’s a little pricier than the cheap Mexican fare I’m accustomed to from Akron staple El Mariachi’s (also known as Mariachi Loco’s, Mariachi Coco’s and Mariachi […]

Over the past few months Alana and I have been receiving some beautiful hand made cards from our friends. While my employer has many wonderful cards, all available to me at a generous discount, sometimes one prefers a card with a more personal touch. The illustrator in me has a soft spot for any great […]

Last night Alana and I checked out The Pub, on recommendation of one of my work friends. I was immediately struck by the great authentic old-style British atmosphere. I spent so long poring over the beer list I almost forgot to order food. I think they have something like 28 imports on draught? Notably they […]

The past two weeks my entire office has been abuzz with baseball talk. Indians pennants hang on cubes, everyone has their Indians shirts on. The prize in a contest last week was tickets to tonight’s game. It’s been really nice to see people excited about Cleveland. Let’s be honest, we get crapped on a lot. […]

Canadian psych/sludge rock outfit, Black Mountain, easily has the best live show I’ve seen in the last 3 years. They took Cleveland to the moon and back. It’s a shame they had to be opening for the Walkman, between this and the baseball game their set was cut down to about 30 minutes. This is […]

You might have already heard by now the Food Network is coming out with a new show called The Next Iron Chef (which should probably be called The Next Iron Chef America) in the vein of Top Chef and Next Food Network Star before it. Not one, but two Clevelanders will be on the show.