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“The hardest thing for me to leave behind was my book club,” a transplant bemoaned last year as we helped with her relocation to Cleveland. We get it! The sense of community and belonging that happens when you are invited to someone’s home to share dinner, wine, talk about life, children, current events – oh, […]

When I asked the office about their favorite things to do during the winter in Cleveland, it prompted a half hour brainstorming session of all the activities, events, and classes that happen when the temperatures drop. We’ve narrowed it down to about 42 activities (from close to one hundred), but if you have additional favorites […]

Last week, I was talking to a friend about our recent, unreasonably nice weather (almost 60 degrees in January? Love it!). He told me about a relative of his in Florida who told him that having no winter wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. When you live in a state without four seasons, […]

When most people think of movie filming locations, they think of LA or NYC. While Ohio isn’t your typical movie set location, there are still a bunch of talented filmmakers located here, and plenty of movies shot in our own backyard. We have the A Christmas Story house right in Tremont. The Avengers made big waves in […]

Twenty years ago when I became a property owner in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood, I thought it would be a short-lived stay…maybe a few years until I could talk my new husband into moving to a more established neighborhood. Back in 1999, Tremont was a little rough around the edges for a girl who grew up […]

With the holidays quickly approaching, you might need to find last-minute gifts for friends, family, co-workers, and otherwise. There are so many great pockets of stores in Cleveland, but since our office is located in Cleveland Heights, we wanted to create a hyper-local gift guide and encourage to buy local at independent shops. So we […]

Novelty residents are the only people who call it that. When I tell people about where I grew up in Geauga county, they’re usually surprised, “There’s a place called Novelty?” An “east-sider short commute, west-sider long commute,” 20-minute drive to Middlefield saw the rolling hills turn to farmland. Growing up, it was a common destination, […]

East or west, we have great independent bookstores. For our 40th anniversary, I wanted to point out a few of my favorites. Loganberry Books, Mac’s Backs, Fireside Book Shop, and Appletree Books dot the east side with both used and new book options. In the city, you’ll find Visible Voice Books, Horizontal Books, and The […]