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Continue reading →: Costume Holiday House: Your Local, Year-Round Halloween StoreAre you looking for a local Halloween store that isn’t operating out of a vacant retail building that will mysteriously become a costume shop for six weeks and then disappear into the night? Columbus, we have another option. Costume Holiday House, a year-round local costume shop that has been helping…
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Continue reading →: Aardvark Wine & BeerI’m going to be honest, I don’t know wine. I had a bad wine night in college that took me a while to recover from, and for years I pretty much avoided the stuff. I do have wine people in my life, and occasionally I need to buy a bottle…
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Continue reading →: Tensuke Market: A Little Taste of Japan in ColumbusI studied abroad in Japan so when I’m craving a favorite Japanese snack Tensuke Market is one of my first stops. I have a particular weakness for anything that reminds me of wandering through a Japanese grocery store and checking out what new snack I definitely need to try. Tensuke…
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Continue reading →: Pierogi Mountain: Life is short, eat one of everythingPierogi Mountain is a Columbus staple and if you’ve watched Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, you may already know them. As a Cleveland native, I have strong opinions about pierogies. Somehow, despite living here and ordering from them plenty of times, I had never actually been to the restaurant. We finally…
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Continue reading →: Fran Ryan Center: A Seriously Cool Place to Make StuffThere are some places in Columbus that make you stop and think, “Wait… why didn’t I know this existed?” The Fran Ryan Center is one of those places. We recently stopped by the Fran Ryan Center for Demo Day, which gave us a chance to peek inside the different studios,…
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Continue reading →: Lupita’s Mexican Cuisine & BarI first discovered Lupita’s while walking to Craft Raccoon. I knew the building as the former home of the Explorer’s Club, and I hadn’t even realized a new restaurant had moved in. After checking out their social media, I knew I had to give it a try. Now, Lupita’s has…
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Continue reading →: Dragonfly BookshopWe recently checked out Dragonfly Bookshop in Hilliard, and I may have found another bookstore that is dangerous for my wallet. Dragonfly is the kind of bookstore that makes you want to wander around and look at everything. It has a really cute, cozy feel, and there are plenty of…
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Continue reading →: Try Chinese barbecue at Zhu Shi FuI lived in China for a year, so I have a serious soft spot for Chinese street food. Thankfully, Columbus has been spoiling us lately with a wave of new spots serving authentic regional cuisine. The summer heat has me reminiscing about my time in Shenzhen, and suddenly I found…
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Continue reading →: Raising the Next Generation of Kind Humans with Seeds of Caring
If you’ve ever looked at your kid and thought, “I wish there were more volunteer opportunities for little ones,” you’re not alone. It turns out someone else had that exact thought and instead of just wishing for it, they built an entire nonprofit around it. That’s how Seeds of Caring…
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