Monday, March 18 2019

Your Guide To The Best Furniture Store In Columbus 🏡🛋🌱

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Happy Monday! James here.

There's a

about a couple buying a rug as if it's a more serious step than marriage that has always hit home for me, because who are these people spending thousands of dollars on rugs anyway?

How ... how does it even work? You need rugs everywhere. Is the expense why wall to wall carpet became such a thing? I think I was over 30 before I felt like I had most basic housing needs taken care of, but I'm still not there when it comes to rugs. I may never be.

Anyway, rugs aside, Tracie is here to talk about how she finally feels (maybe) grown up enough to make adult decor choices (vs. the kind of furniture you put together with an IKEA Allen wrench) and blesses us with a guide to Elm & Iron, quite possibly the best home goods store in Columbus.

Navigator Feature Story: 

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Navigator Originals ✏️

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Maybe buying a reasonably priced house is the way to alleviate some of the pain that can come with furnishing it. Even in this lava-like housing market, there are still some fun choices at the $135k level.

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A weird thing in American politics is talking about the suburbs as if only white professionals live there, instead of acknowledging that it's no longer 1955. Every type of person lives in the suburbs now. Jon runs down the five most diverse suburbs in Columbus - see if any surprise you.

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Nasia Morgan, of

, watches

, the 2003 cinema verite documentary about Olde Towne East and the conflicts that arose when gay white professionals moved into a working-class black neighborhood and reflects on systematic racism and the personal effects it has had on her family.

Talking Points ❤️ 

Selection Sunday 🏀

Ohio State men's basketball just managed to squeeze into the NCAA tournament

- they'll take on Iowa State Friday in Tulsa. Portions of the

of the tournament will be played in Columbus and will include teams like North Carolina, Cincinnati, and Tennessee. 

21 Is A Magic Number 🛑

Governor DeWine is proposing

, saying “Our smoking rates in Ohio are driving a lot of our Medicaid costs. They are harming families. Second-hand smoke is harming people. This is a public health issue.”

Good God, almighty; that killed him 🏒

A Blue Jackets cannon firing goal celebration

, which led to NHL.com

. The Blue Jackets are in the home stretch of the 2018-2019 season with ten games left, and they'd be a wild card playoff team if the season ended today.

A 100-year-old reconstruction 🏗

Just trust me - you'll want to see the photos of the restoration of Cleveland's 100-year-old Masonic Temple.

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Weather 

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41 and mostly sunny. 🌤

Not Another Home Show: It's like HGTV meets Pinterest (with a side of education on how to be an adult. Just on house stuff, you're on your own otherwise). Buy your tickets here! 

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Coming Up 📆

🎭 3/19-24:

(Palace Theatre)

🍕 3/21: 

🎭 3/21-24:

(Short North Stage)

🏀 3/22:

🐜 3/23:

🏀 3/24:

🖼 3/24: 

Concert Calendar 🎸🎧🎷

3/19:

(Schottenstein Center)

3/20:

(Southern Theatre)

320:  

(The Basement)

3/21:

(Newport Music Hall)

3/21: 

(Lincoln Theatre)

3/21: 

(Ohio Theatre)

3/22:

(Ace of Cups)

3/23: 

 (Ohio Theatre)

3/23: 

 (Newport Music Hall)

3/23: 

 (Southern Theatre)

3/23:

(The Basement )

3/23:

(A&R Music Bar)

3/24:

(Rumba Cafe)

Today's Photo 🤳

Here's a unique downtown view you don't see very often. From

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