Who: Dana C. Crawford, PhDWhat: DANCECleveland (Wendy Whelan in Restless Creature)Where: Playhouse Square (1501 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115) Much to Mom’s dismay, we don’t have a newspaper subscription. We haven’t in years. In fact, I don’t think we’ve had one during our marriage. Between the internet and National Public Radio (Cleveland local affiliate WCPN!), […]
Who: Dana C. Crawford, PhDWhat: The Cleveland Cavaliers (All In!)Where: Cleveland, OH Have I seen the Cleveland Cavaliers (“Cavs”) play at the Quicken Loans Arena in person? No, not yet. Does that stop me from being excited about the 2015 National Basketball Association (NBA) championship series? Hell to the no!The excitement is everywhere. I see […]
Who: Dana C. Crawford, PhDWhat: Cedar Creek GrilleWhere: La Place Shopping Center, 2101 Richmond Rd, Beachwood, OH 44122 Shopping at Beachwood Place Mall, Legacy Village, or LA Place Shopping Center and find yourself hungry? Where do you go? I have already posted one of my favorite places to go in the Beachwood Place Mall, but […]
Who: Dana C. Crawford, PhDWhat: Sterle’s Country House (with Platform Beer Co.)Where: 1401 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 44103 My husband Steve is excellent with the map and directions. So much so, my sister calls him the human GPS. Steve loves to travel and live in new cities, so a move to Cleveland was just […]
Who: Dana C. Crawford, PhDWhat: The Music Box Supper Club (Secret Sisters/Striking Matches)Where: 1148 Main Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44113 As I previously posted, Cleveland offers art and music events almost on a daily basis. To take advantage of these opportunities this summer, I have been perusing the Cleveland events calendar every week. And that’s when […]
Who: Dana C. Crawford, PhDWhat: House of Blues (Lord Huron)Where: 308 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44114 No matter where you live, a universal truth remains: summer is for fun. The longer days and warmer nights are energizing, convincing your body that yes, you can stay up past 9pm tonight! To feed this urge to get […]
Who: Dana C. Crawford, PhDWhat: ProvenanceWhere: 11150 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106 The Cleveland Museum of Art is arguably the crown jewel of Cleveland culture. If at this point you are wondering I have mislabeled this post, no, you are in the correct place. The art gets you in the door, but then you discover […]
Who: Dana C. Crawford, PhDWhat: Cleveland Museum of Natural HistoryWhere: 1 Wade Oval Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106 One laid-back Saturday, Steve said, hey, let’s go to the history museum. I said, sure. I would love to go to the natural history museum. Would you believe the two actually exist along with other museums in the […]
Who: Dana C. Crawford, PhDWhat: Sixth & PineWhere: 26200 Cedar Road, Beachwood, OH 44122 Where do the ladies lunch? On the third floor of Nordstrom at Beachwood Place mall, that’s where.Mom and I often find ourselves shopping on weekend afternoons at the mall, and inevitably our shopping bleeds over into hours usually reserved for lunch […]
Who: Dana C. Crawford, PhDWhat: Wolfgang Puck ExpressWhere: 11100 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106 On campus and hungry? So am I! I usually bring my lunch, but occasionally I find myself sans left-overs or just craving something else. So, where do we go when we are hungry at CWRU?Surprisingly, there are few options very close […]
Who: Dana C. Crawford, PhD What: The Black Box Fix Where: 2307 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 As previously mentioned, many a Clevelander mourned when Sweetie Fry closed its doors in the fall of 2014. We had just moved to Cleveland, so we never had the chance to indulge in the local selection of […]
Who: Dana C. Crawford, PhDWhat: Lower Shaker Lake and Nature Center at Shaker LakesWhere: 2600 South Park Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44120 It’s 70 degrees without a cloud in the sky. So, what are you going to do? Go for a walk, I say!Steve and I are very fortunate to live near the Shaker Lakes, man-made […]