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I like Columbus
I Was a Fat Baby (I Think We’re Buying a House)
24March 12, 2009
by Abby
in I like Columbus
Yes, the baby is fat, but look at that bathroom! Isn’t it gross? But still, I turned out ok. Sort of. I say this because we’re buying a house with awesomely dated bathrooms. Maybe. You never know until you actually close. We have a closing date (March 19th), time, and location, so we’ll probably close. But still. It’s a great house, great location, just a little dated. The bathrooms are especially dated, with seashell-shaped sinks in one of them. The other one has a dark brown toilet. And those bathrooms always make me think of that old bathroom in that picture up there.
Oh, and! There’s a Florida room. My friends and I get to play Golden Girls in it. I get to be Betty White because she always had a story about back in St. Olaf and I always have a story about back in Chesaning. I’ll let those of you who know Lynne, Kristen, and Dawn guess who gets to be lusty Blanche, straight-talking, offensive Sophia, and steady-eddie Dorothy. It’s hard to pick because they’re all so slutty and offensive!
Anyway, I’m packing. All the time packing.
*sigh* Studio 35
7January 15, 2009
by Abby
in I like Columbus
Can you click over to Studio 35 and see why I love Columbus? It’s the little things. A Big Lebowski weekend? With a Wii bowling tournament? And the inauguration on the big screen? With a parade? Come on. The love bursts forth from my heart (not my loins, those are private).
It was hard to feel anything but cold about Columbus today, but then my friend AmazonMidwife emailed me about the inauguration thing at Studio 35 and my heart leapt. And then I clicked over to Studio 35′s website and saw the Dude-A-Thon and then I squealed (I don’t actually squeal with my voice, but in my heart I am a squealer). The Big Lebowski is my favorite. Now I don’t care about the weather; it will be in the 30s again soon and all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well, in the name of Jesus. Again, not that Jesus, this Jesus.
Yes, Dawn, I’m Going to Blog It.
3September 11, 2008
by Abby
in I like Columbus
I went to Skully’s last night to support Dawn in launching the Short North’s Highball Halloween event. It’s gonna be awesome! Like Mardi Gras. Columbus is a great place for something like this. Dawn did great, the whole thing was cool, and I met Dawn’s mentor who told me about this video. I laughed so hard and Dawn said, “You’re going to blog it, aren’t you?” And I said, “NO! I won’t blog it,” but then I remembered that my inlaws are coming tomorrow and I have to wash sheets and stuff, so here’s a video for you to enjoy.
Are You Experienced?
8August 2, 2008
by Abby
in I like Columbus
I think I’m supposed to talk about the Experience Columbus blogger thing that a bunch of us local bloggers were invited to the other night. The event was put together in order to show us big-mouth bloggers the new ad campaign designed to bring more leisure travelers to Columbus. We’re supposed to love it and then use our super-human blogging powers to get the word out to everybody in a 3-hour away radius that Cols is swingin’, baby! It was pretty fun except for the part where somebody without a nametag, read my very fancy pre-printed nametag and said, “So Abby, tell me about Sundays With Stretchy Pants,” and then I peed a little in my pants and said, “Der…I like dis here ice creams.” I didn’t know what to say about SWSP. I’m not a legitimate blogger; they told me there would be ice cream, so I showed up. Also, the lady didn’t have a nametag on and I felt that was rude. Was she above having a nametag? Did she not want strangers walking up to her and calling her by name because that’s just a little bit disconcerting? Uh, yeah, it is. Everybody knows that.
Ok, here are my thoughts on the campaign: I get the joke, and I liked it a lot at first, but now I just think there isn’t enough pointing to what Columbus has to offer. Look at the sidebar ad here. I like that because it makes you wonder where the hell the ad is going and then it pays off with a lot of pretty pictures of some fun things you can do here. The print ads are good, too. The videos? I’m not a fan. I like the premise and I get the joke, but there needs to be more indication of what we can do here. We like flashy, pretty pictures of stuff. Without flashy, pretty pictures of stuff, we find ourselves wondering, “Hm. Where do you suppose that cheese rolling festival is? Is it far from here?” Everybody at the shindig pretty much said all that, but I doubt the ads will change at all. But, we all got free t-shirts and ice cream and brownies (oops, I don’t know where the brownies came from) and mouse pads, so whatevs. And I really love Columbus, even if their youtube channel is kind of lame.
