12,000 miles to New Zealand
After a 17-hour, 12,000 mile flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, Kathie and Dick Purmal now are in New Zealand with their son Brett, a digital animator on the film AVATAR. “Our...
Janet's Jaunts Blog
Vegas now, avatar bound
Brett Purmal,son of Kathie and Dick Purmal of Mentor, was a digital animator for the hit film Avatar. His parents will spend the holidays with him in New Zealand where the film...
festival of trees – a grownup prom
We began calling it “the Prom” as we decided what we would wear to Friday night’s Festival of Trees fundraiser for BigBrothers BigSisters of Northeast Ohio at Quail Hollow. The formal night...
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...
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