Sunday, January 1, 2012
It's a new year, and time for new resolutions
Happy New Year! Can you believe it's already 2012? With each new year, many of us out there make new resolutions. Some may argue that you don't need a certain day of the year to decide to make a change, but what better day than today? It's a fresh start right? We want to know what your resolution(s) is/are. Did you decide that it's time to join a gym? Maybe you want to try a new food? Or maybe you want to stay in contact with your family better? Whatever it is, we want to know, so please share with us in the comments section. In the meantime, here are what some of us Patch editors resolved: Megan Rozsa, associate local editor: "I want to start believing in myself more. I'm my own biggest critic and I need to quit sweating the small stuff…
Monday, December 5, 2011
It was time to leave, but how could I?
Scanning the lush green horizon beyond the playground, I breathed in mountain air. How could a place captivate me like this? Or a people? In just one week? I considered my home. Our children are the fifth generation to live on our farm. We have family for neighbors, space to roam. Who gets to enjoy that kind of heritage? Ah. The children of the Dominican Republic. Maybe that’s why I fell in love. Families live simply: eating together, playing dominoes, talking. Most folks live all their lives in the village they were born in and have no desire to be elsewhere. I love my home. Why then, taking in the beauty of this vastly different place, did I feel that I could just stay? Perhaps it’s because I couldn’t go back. I would never be the …
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Families from Aish HaTorah prepared dinner for local departments
While many will soon sit down and enjoy a Thanksgiving meal with their families, some local police officers and firefighters are working. Channah Appel wanted to thank them for their service and make sure they could celebrate the holiday, too. She rounded up families from Aish HaTorah, an international organization based in Jerusalem and an adult and family Jewish Education program, and asked them to help prepare traditional Thanksgiving dishes and deliver them to the Cleveland Heights Police Department and the Beachwood and University Heights fire departments. “We thought it would be a great way to build our community of volunteers of parents and kids. There are so few opportunities for families to spend time together volunteering,” Appel…
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Whether you have Black Friday gift-buying plans or you like to wait until the last minute, our guide can help you buy for everyone on your list
With Thanksgiving around the corner, the holiday season is upon us. Starting today and running through the holidays, Patch is running a special page we hope will make your holiday gift-giving a little easier. The Holiday Shopping Guide, which appears on the tab at the top of this page, is the place for you to find local deals on gifts, holiday décor and more, plus all of your local Patch site’s holiday content like event listings and helpful articles. Local businesses will have the option to change their advertisements on this page daily, which means we will deliver to you the most up-to-date information on holiday sales, clearances and limited-time offers. The best part? You will not have to scour paper ads and drive around your city to …
What holiday events are going on this season? The Patch Holiday Guide provides all the answers.
The holidays are upon us. Prepare to eat, celebrate and be merry for the next seven weeks, until the calendar flips to 2012. We know our readers in Patchland want to know what holiday-centric events are going on in their communities, so we created the Patch Holiday Guide, a handy list of all the events— tree lightings, turkey trots, religious services and more— that are coming to your neighborhood this season. Did we miss a great event? Add it to the comments and we'll be sure to include it in the guide! We want to wish all of our Patch users Happy Holidays! We hope to help you make it the best one yet. *Click the links for dates, times and more information on each event!* Free Zoo admission on Thanksgiving Day Admission to the Zoo and The…
Friday, November 11, 2011
Eating enough samples qualifies as a meal, right? Head to the Solon or Montrose location Saturday to get your fill on Thanksgiving food for free.
Thanks for checking out our new feature. Every Friday, we will suggest one event or activity to do on the weekend that won't break the bank. Introducing Cheap Date. You remember when you were little and you would accompany your parents to the grocery store? A successful grocery store trip for you wasn't measured by the amount of groceries you carried home in the trunk of your car; it was all about the little samples you collected while meandering through the aisles. Invite your special someone to accompany you Saturday to the Mustard Seed Market's Holiday Taste Fair where you can relive that nostalgia and load up on sample after sample of Thanksgiving staples. Plus, there's no guilt involved with these samples; you can try everything. In …
Lori E. Switaj
12:46 pm on Sunday, January 1, 2012
Happy 2012 Avon Lakers (and all you Clevelanders)! Have a New Year's resolution you'd like to share? Add it in the comments section. more ›