Category: Blog

Hocking Hills fine dining surprise

Welcome my colleague Jason Lea, who blogs today to tell us about the wonderful food he found in Ohio’s Hocking Hills region, which is close to straight south from Mentor: On a...

ghost hunter

Join reporter Jason Lea, guest blogger who’s just back from a ghost hunt in Ohio’s Hocking Hills.. I’m standing in Ash Cave — the biggest recess cavern in the state — and...

Mentor’s Moreks and the Blarney Stone

“Today we took a walking tour of Kinsale, a lovely seaside town,” writes Debra Fitzgerald. “We have the most delightful group of people.” We’re sharing this blog with the tour she and...

Childrens Guild at Kirtland Country Club

Fall color blazed the way into Kirtland Country Club for the annual Children’s Guild craft show on Tuesday, a benefit for northeast Ohio children’s charities. The 74-year-old guild brings together 47 area...

Fitzgeralds and gang in Ireland

Debra and Tom Fitzgerald are now in Ireland with 38 folks who signed up to share with them a visit to the rural west coast, where the scent of peat fires, still...

Behind the scenes in restaurant kitchen

My risotto arm still aches, even after a good night’s sleep. Come to think of it, I can feel the muscle in my left arm too. But the folks who dined on...

dim sum in cleveland

The invitation to have dim sum with someone who knew what we were eating was too good to pass up. So I joined Molinari’s chef Randal Johnson, along with his son, chef...

Stay at Cedar Point Hotel Breakers disappoints

News-Herald sports reporter Theresa Neuhoff Audia is guest blogger with this account of her recent unpleasant experience at the Hotel Breakers during a family visit to Cedar Point.Janet Podolak For as long...

Vines & Wines at Farmpark

A backdrop of a perfect late summer twilight made the courtyard venue just about perfect for Friday’s annual Vines & Wines benefit by the Lake Parks Foundation. People mixed, mingled and got...

3 hour London visit

We only had a few hours in London by the time we checked in to our centrally-located City Inn in Westminster so the challenge was to do things quintessentially British. I’d been...