Columbus Ohio real estate

Buckeye Chuck  the official groundhog for the state of Ohio will be predicting whether we get six more weeks of winter or have an early spring this year.

Buckeye Chuck is up in Marion Ohio, north of Columbus.  The News from the Marion Star about  Buckeye Chuck's appearance going into the big day, Wednesday, February 2, 2011.

 

If Buckeye Chuck sees his shadow we have six more weeks of winter.

If Buckeye Chuck does not see his shadow, he is predicting an early spring. 

We are supposed to have freezing rain Tuesday into Wednesday...  will Buckeye Chuck even want to come out of his den?

Do you believe in Buckeye Chucks ability to forecast Ohio weather? 

Columbus Ohio is Buckeye Chuck Territory

Happy Groundhogs Day 2009

Groundhogs Day 2008

The image of Groundhog Day decor is from _G2 and is licensed with a Creative Commons license.

Why do we celebrate Columbus Day in Columbus Ohio?

This was originally posted on Discover Columbus (a different blog) back in 2006... but it's name back then was Columbus Best Blog.

Why do we celebrate Columbus Day in Columbus? Because it is Columbus Day.  Because we are the biggest and best Columbus in the US,  Wikipedia says so.  Because until the state of Ohio changes the name of the state capital to something politically correct and oh so catchy like "Indigenous Resistance" we will remain Columbus Ohio.

We are just one of many US cities named Columbus after Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer... who sailed the ocean blue back in 1492... for the Spanish.  I saw an Ohio blog that called Christopher Columbus a "genocist."  I can not find genocist in an English dictionary or a Spanish dictionary... one online dictionary says:

"The spanish word 'genocist' was not found, have you entered the accents correctly?  If you think 'genocist' should be in our dictionary please contact us, and we'll try to add it."

I probably don't have the correct accent.  I don't think of Columbus being controversial  until a few days before Columbus Day each year.Instead of Columbus Day, some people prefer to celebrate "Day of Indigenous Resistance."  In Latin America some celebrate "Day of the Race" which if I am not mistaken is a celebration of the Spanish heritage. I think I always thought it was a celebration of the indigenous races.

A New York blogger, 'Brendan's Mommy' shares young Brendan's take on why to celebrate Columubus Day  on her blog:

"We celebrate Columbus Day because a man named Christopher Columbus sailed 3 ships - to Ohio to go to the capital. And the ships are called the Nina, the Panda and Santa Maria. "

According to Wikipedia:  "Italian-Americans observe Columbus Day as a celebration of Italian-American heritage."

Happy Columbus Day or whatever you celebrate... 

Ways to celebrate Columbus Ohio in 2009 include:

Experience Columbus Days -  through October 12*

50% off Central Ohio events like The Santa Maria, The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, COSI and more

The Columbus Italian Festival October 9, 10, 11 2009

Columbus Calendar of Events - October 2009

* There is no Columbus Day Parade in Columbus Ohio on Columbus Day....  if you need a parade this weekend there is a parade on Sunday afternoon at the Columbus Italian Festival!!!!!!

2:00 - 2:45 Columbus Italian Parade (Hamlet & 1st Streets)

Photo Credit 

The photo of the Santa Maria against the Columbus Ohio sky  -  tlarroww owner shared the photo with a Creative Commons license which allows commercial use.

 

Columbus Educational Event - win tickets on ColumbusBestBlog.com

Please visit ColumbusBestBlog.com if you want to win tickets to see celebrity Jeff Corwin of Animal Planet and snakes, reptiles, etc.   The Central Ohio event is October 15, 2009 at the Aladdin Shrine Center – 3850 Stelzer Road, Columbus, Ohio 43219.

Celebrity & Snakes in Central Ohio

Just use the contact form in the post and tell me the name of the celebrity snake who visited Central Ohio in 2007... I blogged about the huge snake more than once on ColumbusBestBlog...

The answer to the question is on ColumbusBestBlog.com !

Columbus Educational Event - win tickets

There are helpful herpetological (is that a word?) hints on ColumbusBestBlog.com about the 2007 slithery visitors name.

Helpful Herpetology Hints

#1  The  snake’s photo looked like a cinnamon roll.

#2 Another hint which will help you find a snake post on ColumbusBestBlog.com :

“______ is on loan to the Columbus Zoo. ____ is the largest snake in the world.  Even coiled up, _____ is one huge hunk of reticulated python.”

Ooooh that was when he or she (the snake ) was posing like a cinnamon roll.

#3  hint:   That snake visited Columbus in 2007 .

Columbus Educational Event - Ohio Dominican University Presidential Series

Just use the contact form to tell me the celebrity snakes name....

Name that snake!   The drawing of all correct answers will be after noon on Sunday, October 11, 2009.

The Central Ohio event is 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009.

The talk, part of Ohio Dominican University's Presidential Series - Jeff Corwin...  will be educational of course.

Ohio Dominican College provided the tickets for the drawing.

Maureen McCabe - Trick or Treat 2009 in Central Ohio

I hate writing events posts and I was putting off going looking for Trick or Treat for Columbus, Dublin, Grandview Heights, Gahanna, Hilliard,  Lewis Center, Powell, Upper Arlingto, Westerville and Worthington.

Procrastinate long enough and you can just link to a site like Columbus Parent's Magazine's Kids Linked who has the list of Columbus area Trick or Treat times!

Kids Linked - Trick or Treat 2009  and more

Trick or Treat 2009 in Central Ohio

You really only care about the Beggars Night date for where you live don't you?  Mostly?  Most of the suburbs I really care about Dublin,  Gahanna, Hilliard, New Albany, Powell,  Upper Arlington, and  Worthington are having Beggars Night (Trick or Treat) on Thursday October 29, 2009.  City of Columbus is Thursday October 29, 2009. 

Grandview Heights and Westerville have their Beggars Night (Trick or Treat ) on Saturday October 31, 2009, Halloween!

Trick or Treat 2009 - the mystery of Lewis Center

Lewis Center area? Lewis Center is not on the Kids Linked list but lots of further out areas are.  Lewis Center is not a city... EDIT Wrong I would bet Lewis Center  has Trick or Treat in the Orange Township area on Thursday October 29, 2009 like Powell, Worthington  the nearby suburbs... but Lewis Center is near Westerville which has a Saturday Beggars Night and Galena and Sunbury's Beggars Night are Saturday...

The Orange Township website shows - the Orange Township Trick or Treat is Halloween, Sunday EDIT Saturday October 31!

Trick or Treat 2009 in Central Ohio - outlying communities

I wrote "Most of the suburbs I really care about" it's not that I don't care about further out... and Columbus Kids Linked has the scoop on further out and parts of Central Ohio.

Really visit the Kid's Linked site... they have links to many of the community websites on their  local Halloween  calendar, you will want to double check for your kids...  I went to double and triple check Westerville. 

The Kids Linked list also has pumpkin shows, corn mazes, haunted houses, haunted train rides...

EDIT - Channel 10 TV list of Trick or Treat 2009 - more outlying towns

More Central Ohio Events

Central Ohio Event October 2009 Calendar

Columbus SCAR-A-TORIUM  a NEW Columbus Haunted House

Maureen_McCabe* - The Columbus SCARE-A-TORIUM is on the corner of 161 and Karl Rd. in the former Big Bear Store,  A new "haunted house." 

The address is 1501 E Dublin Granville Road, Columbus, OH 43229

The web site makes noise...  not sure you'd call it music but there is sound so be prepared:

Columbus SCARE-A-TORIUM

Do  you like haunted houses?  I am trying to decide between Sunday 5 to 7 with th lights on or Sunday 7 to 9 Family Lite Fright , Call me a scaredy cat!

From the SCARE-A-TORIUM site

Q. "If I chicken out, will I get my money back?
A. Unfortunately we cannot refund any tickets."

I found out about the SCARE-A-TORIUM via Twitter.  @SCARATORIUM

Edit September 2011 - Due to changes in our company website, the link to my website was redirected to a Real Living (the brand) website.  Link broken*. 

 

 

 

Columbus Calendar of Events - October 2009

Oct 3   North Market Harvest Festival

Oct 4  CBR Super Sunday Open House Affordable Housing Open House throughout Central Ohio  

Oct 10  Olde Worthington Business Association Fall Festival

Oct 9 to 11  Columbus Italian Festival

Oct 9 to 12 Experience Columbus Days

Oct 29 to 31 Haunted Ship at the Santa Maria

Check the Experience Columbus Calendar of Events for more about Boo at the Zoo,  Haunted Statehouse Tours, The Haunted Ship (the Santa Maria),  HighBall Halloween in the Short North and a  Halloween Pet Parade at Easton.

Visit Experience Columbus for more  details about these events and others

OSU Bukeye Football 5 October football games in 2009! One each of those Saturdays

Columbus Crew

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium events including  Dine with Diego (Who is Diego?),  Colo's Classic Car (what a gorilla!) and of course Boo at the Zoo of course.

COSI events

Columbus Landmarks Foundation -  2009 Village Walking Tour Series continues through October with more village tours,  Village of Riverlea, “Ohio Village,"  and Greenlawn Cemetery, a village for after.

Columbus Metro Parks October is always a fabulous month for walks in the parks

The gorgeous photo of the Santa Maria and Columbus  are from tlarrow’s photostream on Flickr.  The photo is licensed with a Creative Commons license.

 

 

Columbus - What are you doing today? It's too early to rake leaves...Washing the car?  Cleaning out the garage?

A poll brought to you by the pirate formerly known as Maureen McCabe

It is supposed to be a beautiful day and Central Ohio has plenty to do today.

Central Ohio Event Calendar

In Cleveland for the OSU Buckeye game?

Worthington for Market Days?

On the Scioto River at the Santa Maria for Talk like a Pirate Day? 

Columbus Zoo for Jack Hanna's Fall Fest?

Here's a poll: 

 

 

 

 

Columbus - What are you doing today?

 

Me?  Hoping to do both Independents Day and Talk Like a Pirate Day.

by Maureen McCabe  It's a poll about what is YOUR favorite Columbus Event this time of year. 

WaterFire, the Greek Festival, Native American Traditional Pow Wow, Gallery Hop, Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival, Patriot Day Ceremony, Taste the Future, Riverfront Arts Festival, Old Worthington Market Day Festival, Delaware County Fair, the Grandview Hop, Talk like a Pirate weekend, German Village Oktoberfest at the Ohio Expo Center, OSU football... Other?

Need a refresher of what to expect:  Columbus Calendar of Events - September 2009

 

 

 

Columbus Countdown to OSU Buckeye football season

 

 

 

Maureen McCabe Real Living HER Worthington

Maureen McCabe Columbus Calendar of Events September 2009

4 -  BalletMet and WaterFire  Genoa Park, downtown riverfront along Washington Blvd

4 to 7 -  Greek Festival The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral

5 -  Gallery Hop in the Short North

5 to 7 - Native American Traditional Pow Wow Hilliard

7 -  Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival Northam Park

7 to 13 - Dine Originals Columbus Restaurant Week

11 - Patriot Day Ceremony at Noon on the Worthington Village Green

11 to 13 Best of Fall Home Show

15 - Taste the Future - Columbus State Community College

16 - Ohio Statehouse -  Commemorating Lincoln's first visit to Ohio Statehouse September 16, 1859

18 to 20  Country Living Fair Ohio Historical Center/Ohio Village 1982 Velma Ave., Columbus, 43211

18 to 20 - Riverfront Arts Festival Genoa Park

19 - Independents Day Edit

19 - Talk like a Pirate Day Santa Maria - - 25 Marconi Blvd. Columbus Edit

19 - Old Worthington Market Day Festival

19 - Waterfire,  Gena Park in partnership with Riverfront Art Festival; performance by Opera Columbus

19 to 26   Delaware County Fair Delaware County Fairgrounds  236 Pennsylvania Ave, Delaware, 43015

26  -  The Grandview Hop

26 to 27 - Talk like a Pirate weekend, Santa Maria 25 Marconi Blvd, Columbus

Talk like a Pirate Day is August 19, 2009 and the Santa Maria will be celebrating it. Edit

25 to 27   German Village Oktoberfest Ohio Expo Center, thanks to Schmidt's Restaurant

Central Ohio and Columbus Calendar of events  throughout September 2009 also include:

OSU Bukeye Football

Actors' Theatre Company  'As You Like It' thru September 7

Columbus Clippers Schedule Season Ends Sunday September 6

Columbus Crew

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium events including Jack Hanna's Fall Fest

COSI events including the Egypt in Columbus Exhibit only through September 7

Columbus Landmarks Foundation -  2009 Village Walking Tour Series continues do you know where "Babyland" is?

Columbus Metro Parks

Visit Experience Columbus for more  details about these events and others

Maureen McCabe Real Living HER Worthington

 

 

 

 

 

Ohio State Fair Butter Cow 2009

and butter calf and butter people.... “the people behind the product”