We Live in Ohio! September - November 2023

We had a pretty cool Thanksgiving, but before I tell you about that, I think I should show you some of the stuff Liz and I got up to between when I got there and when we took our Thanksgiving trip.

I was barely an Ohioan for a week before my folks showed up for a magnificent visit. Stop number one? Filipino wonderland Bonifacio, which immediately earned a spot on my list of Columbus Restaurants that Drive Me Wild. (And after dinner Liz gave us a tour of her music-teaching workplace)

The next day, while Liz was at her music-teaching workplace, I took Mom and Dad to Las Carnitas, another Columbus restaurant that Drives Me Wild.

And later that afternoon we went to Greekfest at Columbus’s big Greek Orthodox church.

The next day we visited one more Columbus restaurant that Drives Me Wild, the soon-to-close Meshikou Chicken. What a place! And from there we drove through downtown and down to the Bookloft bookstore. And then that night, we went for it and bought our tickets and booked our Air BnB for our soon-to-be-posted Thanksgiving trip!

The next morning we went to this bakery, Fox in the Snow—it was the first time for 3 out of the 4 of us and, Wow! What a bakery! Columbus is an amazing city!

Then we went back home, took some porch photos, and dropped Mom and Dad off at the airport (after a lunch stop at Brassica, of course)

Here is Cornelius.

Here are pictures from an early morning walk I took around our neighborhood.

And then that Sunday we had everyone over to celebrate Peter’s birthday.

That night Liz’s music teaching job had a concert.

A nice midweek walk at twilight.

Liz performed at Endeavor Brewery and the Ginger Rabbit — after that Ginger Rabbit show we got Bojangles! There was another night where we had Indian food and walked by the church below.

After church one Sunday we walked around the quarry park and visited the posh farmhouses that had recently sprung up there. I thought they were cool but don’t need a house that tells me I’m cool.

The next Friday was pretty exciting. We were going to go to a nice lil dinner to celebrate our 6 month anniversary buuuut I slammed my finger in our patio door so incredibly hard. Urgent Care date leads to a Cracker Barrel date and actually it’s bit of a nice night in its own way.

Cornelius and I saw a squirrel. And the moon. And now Cornelius just pokes around the house, thinking about that squirrel.

Took another nice evening walk. Liz was teaching me to read while walking. She’s real good at it.

The next morning we went to Aubrey’s soccer game and then the next day we helped with a big Gardner family photo shoot. And showed off cheerleading moves.

And the next week? A few more nice evening walks!

Then Liz went out of town for a few days. I kicked off my alone time with a trip to the Asian Buffet (a.k.a. “Heaven”).

The next night I went with the Gardners to a High School football game, it was so fun!

Then - this was wild - the next day my work hosted a tailgate before an OSU football game so I went down to soak in all the Ohio football energy. Wow! I’d never witnessed anything like it. I think I would be willing to go to an OSU football game. Yes, I would do that sometime.