This year’s Presidents Day Gala outdid itself with more than 200 attendees, many of them in period costume, true to the Lake County Historical Society’s Valentine theme “scandal and romance. ” The...

My son-in-law, Sean, got a rough start to his four-month tour of duty in Djibouti, a small African nation near the mouth of the Red Sea. Air Ethiopia not only lost his...

L’Albatros, Zach Bruell’s newish University Circle neighborhood restaurant, was the destination last night for me and eight members of my book club. It’s in the former That Place on Bellflower space, a...

No, I am not headed for this tiny African nation at the southern end of the Red Sea. I never heard of it until Tuesday when I learned that my son-in-law Sean...

It’s more than annoying, to say the least, to be assessed extra fees for checking bags, making flight reservations by phone, choosing a seat in advance and checking bags at curbside. Given...

Special occasion dining in Northeast Ohio has achieved a new dimension with the Jan. 23 debut of the Estate on Coffee Creek.I was among the 22 lucky people seated in three intimate...

Chocolate is almost certainly the most popular Valentine indulgence.It’s sensual — first teasing with its scent, then melting on the tongue to spread its flavor among all the sweet, sour, bitter and...

My first weekend home in a couple of weeks means lots of domestic tasks to stay on top of things. Just back from a midday run to Half Price Books where I...

Landing in Cleveland Monday after a nonstop USA3000 flight from the Dominican Republic was an abrupt reminder that Northeast Ohio is snow country. As we left, a small band serenaded us beneath...