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Friday, October 16 2020

Friday, October 16 2020

This Wooded Westerville Retreat Is A Nature-Lovers Dream

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Happy Friday! Chelsea here.

Anybody else feel like daydreaming? It's Friday and that's the mood I'm in, so I'm kicking this morning off with this amazing, wooded property in Westerville. It's nearly 8-acres of beautiful nature and it would be a fantastic place to relax and enjoy all four seasons in Ohio.

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This Wooded Westerville Retreat Is A Nature-Lovers Dream

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Carfagna’s Is Moving Into A Massive New Space At Polaris

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I first visited Carfagna's about ten years ago, and I've been hooked ever since. The iconic Italian butcher/market/restaurant has been serving the Columbus community for 80 years and this new space marks the beginning of a new era. I can't wait to visit when it opens, but for now, these renderings will have to do.

Spend Your Halloween At A Spooky Burlesque Show At Forty Deuce

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Looking for some fun Halloween plans? Ivan Kane's Forty Deuce will be hosting a Halloween burlesque celebration all weekend long. Costumes are encouraged and the whole evening sounds like a grand old time.

Headlines 📰

I haven't spent much time

in Springfield, but this trip report

makes it look like a good time

. (Breakfast With Nick)

Two election related articles

I ready today and personally found interesting:

Democrats Could Flip The Ohio And Michigan Supreme Courts

(The Appeal) &

Ohio Has Reemerged As A Battleground State And It’s A Huge Problem For Donald Trump

(Buzzfeed)

I'm forever bummed

that we don't have a giant glass serpent over the Broad St. bridge, and I still have hope that maybe someday

this idea will be revived

. (Columbus Monthly)

Weather:

55 and sunny

Air Quality:

Good

Pollen:

Low (Ragweed)

Coronavirus Updates 💊

Another record setting day

. 2,178 new cases, 108 new hospitalizations, 5 new deaths.

New Ohio covid-19 data:
-175,843 cases (2,178 new in last 24 hrs)
-16,824 hospitalized (108 new)
-5,038 dead (5 new)
Highest new case day on record. Third record setting day this week.
— Jake Zuckerman (@jake_zuckerman)
6:04 PM • Oct 15, 2020

The positivity rate

for the state has

The positivity rate (% of total tests that come back positive) has doubled since mid-September. I.e., this isn't a "they're just doing more testing" thing
— Jake Zuckerman (@jake_zuckerman)
6:16 PM • Oct 15, 2020

(pre-empting the argument that the increase in cases is due to more testing.) It really is getting more dangerous out there, so be safe. (Twitter)

Franklin County is now "red"

in the state's COVID-19 warning system, along with 28 other Ohio counties,

also a new record

. (Dispatch)

You are probably getting tired

of me talking about aerosol spread of COVID-19 by now, but this kind of story is why I keep bringing it up - one asymptomatic gym goer has resulted in 69 cases of COVID at a spin studio in Ontario. The studio was following all the "rules", doing things like heavily cleaning the space, masking before and after class, and tracking attendance, but riders were allowed to take off their masks while exercising, and inevitably, a group of people breathing heavily together indoors led to a cluster outbreak.

More here

. (Kottke)