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Since it’s President’s Day, I thought a fitting theme for today’s post would be something about one of our Presidents. There were some obvious presidential choices, but never being one to make the obvious choice, I looked at some that might typically get overlooked. And that led me to President Warren G. Harding, the 29th [...]
Japanese artist Itchiku Kubota’s colorful exhibit of painted kimonos is on the last leg of its US tour, opening today in Canton, Ohio. Each of these beautiful over-sized kimonos took nearly a year to create, and the 40 in the exhibit make up a life’s work. Kubota died in 2003, and his family now carries [...]
If you’re a fan of eating (and drinking) local, you’ll want to be traveling through Cleveland during the holiday season. That trip will give you a chance to tipple a little Christmas Ale, a holiday beer from Great Lakes Brewing Company. This limited production brew is only available from November through December, and in past [...]
Nearly 10 years after her death, Princess Diana still casts a spell over people around the world. We saw her beauty and glamour in countless photographs. We saw her compassion and grace as she traveled the world for causes that she believed in. We saw her poise and pain as she struggled through a very public breakup and [...]
Today is Admission Day for Ohio, our 17th State, admitted to the union on March 1st, 1803. The date of admission was actually determined retroactively, because no formal date of statehood was set by the original legislation. It wasn’t until 1953 that the date of admission was set as March 1st, 1803, the date that [...]
In addition to traveling, Mary Jo likes lingering over a cup of coffee, wandering in a museum, sipping wine at a cafe, enjoying a relaxing massage, and sharing it all with friends and readers.
Her most recent travels were to Portugal and Italy.
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