Friday, June 15 2018

TGIF. It's James.

The old Navigator office was nearly next door to the new Bexley Brassica and it has been paaaainful waiting for it to open. But the wait's over, with soft open hours currently underway and an official opening coming up Monday. Hit the link for a gallery showing what the new Brassica looks like - they really did a great job with this location. I especially love the mini outdoor patio.

Navigator full story: First Look: Brassica In Bexley 🥙

Friday Weather 🌡85 and sunny. Get ready for the heat this weekend. We'll have lots of sun and highs of 88 on Saturday and 94 (!) on Sunday. ☀️🔥

Navigator Originals ✏️The 13 Most Fabulous Ways To Celebrate Pride This Weekend 🏳️‍🌈It's a special Pride edition of Weekender, with everything going down for Pride in Columbus this weekend. Shop Local, Columbus : The 2018 Father’s Day Gift Guide 🛍Could be you're married to a father, or maybe you still speak to your own old man. Maybe you're even a father yourself and want to drop some hints. If any of these scenarios fit you (and much ❤️ if they don't; these days can get complicated, right?), here's a nice gift guide that'll keep your dollars local.Columbus Zoo And Aquarium Welcomes An Orphaned Gorilla, Zahra 🦍I honestly had no idea baby gorillas were cute overload until I saw Zahra. 

Around Town 🏘Were you a King's Island or a Cedar Point kid growing up? Check out this treasure trove of vintage King's Island photos, as well as the same for Cedar Point. [King's Island Extreme] and [Cleveland Scene - Slideshow]This was news to me: Miriam Bowers Abbott uncovers a scheme where small time local developers are using the Columbus code enforcement system in a predatory way to push long time owners out of their homes. The elderly are frequent targets, because a violation on a fixed income is often a final straw that causes folks to decide to sell. [Columbus Underground]The Franklinton Trade Board wants to pay homeless $10 an hour to pick up trash in Franklinton for six hours a week. They want $50,000 from Columbus City Council for the program. I'm a believer that most homeless programs that don't address the homelessness part of the equation (housing first) are band-aids at best. I think the idea here has good intentions, but you know what they say about good intentions. [10TV]

Coming Up 📆♣️   6/15-17: Origins Game Fair🎸 6/15: WALK THE MOON (Express Live!)🎧 6/15: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Newport Music Hall)🖼 6/15-16: Grove City Wine And Arts Festival🌳 6/15-16: Duck Creek Log Jam (Hocking Hills)🛍 6/15-17: Country Living Fair🏳️‍🌈 6/15-17: Pride Festival🎷 6/15-17: Gahanna Creekside Blues And Jazz Fest🤖 6/16: Columbus Children's Festival🏳️‍🌈 6/16: Columbus Community Pride 2018: Back to Our Roots Festival🎸 6/16:  Kenny Chesney (MAPFRE Stadium)🦁 6/16: Zoofari🇮🇳 6/16: Indian Food Festival🌳 6/16: Passport to Metro Parks Kickoff🖼 6/16-17: Worthington Arts Festival🎶 6/16: Jake Paul (Express Live!)🎷 6/16: Little River Band - Picnic With The Pops (Columbus Commons)🎸 6/17: Transviolet (The Basement)

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Longread 🏥The story here of what it was like to have to visit these Soviet sanatoriums is fascinating, but even if you're not interested check out the photos - they're amazing."Soviet-era sanatoriums are among the most innovative, and sometimes most ornamental, buildings of their time – from Kyrgyzstan’s Aurora, designed in the shape of a ship, to Druzhba, a Constructivist masterpiece on the Crimean shore that sparked rumours that a flying saucer had landed. Such buildings challenge the standard notion that architecture under communism was unsightly and drab. Sprinkled across the post-Soviet landscape, they survive in varying states of decay, with relatively few still in operation. But at their peak, these sanatoriums were visited by millions of citizens across the USSR each year, courtesy of the state."The Calvert Journal: Holidays in Soviet Sanatoriums

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