A power hitter

A power hitter

In a month that millionaire baseball players can’t find common sense ground with billionaire baseball owners, WKYC’s stepped up to the plate and hit it out of the park. As we close out Black History month, invest less than three minutes to learn more about Cleveland’s...
50 Ways to Leave a Greeting

50 Ways to Leave a Greeting

What better way to wish a Happy 50th Birthday greeting than to order take away treats from a local, beloved local business? Especially a restaurant – margins are skinny in the best of times, the public’s tastes are fickle, the workforce is transient and that’s...
Absence, presence, proximity?

Absence, presence, proximity?

Lower Shaker Lake The old adage advises that when an object of affection is “out of sight,” that affection isn’t diminished—it’s multiplied. For us, we believe that it doesn’t need to be that way. For example, if the object of affection was a...
On thick ice

On thick ice

Lower Shaker Lake, on the border of Cleveland Heights/Shaker Heights, OH. “No ice is safe ice.” “It’s never worth the risk.” Sober counsel from parents and public officials, but . . . after several nights of temperatures in the single digits, and daytime highs in the...
Cold steel, warm craft

Cold steel, warm craft

Machines might seem to be merely cold steel, cut gears, flowing grease and winding pulleys. But in the hands of a craftsman like local elf Shadi Ayoub, a machine can seemingly also possess a soul. The O’Hare family was looking for a family gift that could be local,...