Thursday, February 22, 2018

Happy Thursday, it's Tracie. 

So, it's within reason to believe that in the very near future, you'll be able to travel from Columbus to Chicago in just 29 minutes.  In a pod. Through a tube. 🚆

I know, this is some futuristic conjecture, but since Columbus won the Smart City Challenge (one of just 10 cities globally), the feasibility study is set to kickoff soon, which will take about 9 months to complete.  And after a follow up environmental study lasting 18 months, you could be a "pod person" by 2022. 

Navigator full story: The Midwest Connect Hyperloop is One Step Closer to Reality 🚅

Thursday Weather 🌡High of 45 today with a 90% chance of ☔.

Navigator Originals ✏️House Hunting? Here's What a $100,000 Budget Will Buy You in Columbus 🏡On a budget but have a desire to be a homeowner?  This roundup of properties from downtown to the suburbs has some great homes, some less than $90k 😮 The 5 Best Places to Get a Bagel in Columbus The latest instagram food blogger trend seems to revolve around Trader Joe's "Everything But the Bagel" seasoning, and for good reason: Bagels are awesome (also, that seasoning is the 💣). Cbus doesn't have a large selection, but what it lacks in quantity, it makes up for with quality. Two Columbus Restaurants Earned AAA's 2018 Four Diamond Award 🍴I for one, propose a name change.  Four Diamond Award? How about something with a food theme? Four Biscuits? Four heads of broccoli?  Oh! I know.  Officially requesting a change to the "Four Doughnut Award." 🍩

Around Town 🏘After 25 years in business, local favorite Acorn Bookshop 📚 is officially closing its doors. While local bookstores in general have a hard time keeping pricing competitive vs big box retailers and Amazon, this one hurts. Acorn has books on books on books.  They literally spill off the shelves, yet somehow, owner George Cowmeadow Bauman is able to find whatever you're looking for in the blink of an eye. If you've never been, or you're a devotee, you have just a few more weeks to pop in. [WOSU]After a vote by Westerville City Council, Officer Eric Joering's K9 🐾 partner Sam has officially retired.  He'll live out the rest of his days with Joering's family. [nbc4]Students at two different schools in Franklin County participated in peaceful protests Wednesday, hoping to shine the spotlight brighter on solutions to gun violence, both in schools and in general. Nationally, students are organizing walkouts in remembrance of the 17 victims from Stoneman Douglas High School and the upcoming anniversary of the Columbine Shootings. [Dispatch]

Coming Up 📆💲 2/22: The Price Is Right Live🎵 2/22: Valerie June (Riffe Center)🎵 2/22: COIN (Newport)🎵 2/22: Kelsea Ballerini (Express Live!)♱  2/23: Late Nite Catechism🎵 2/23: Gaelic Storm (Newport)🎂 2/23: 92.3 WCOL 24th Birthday Bash featuring Gary Allan 🎻 2/23-24: Beethoven Marathon (Southern Theatre)🎸 2/24: Columbus Ohio Record & Music Memorabilia Show❄️ 2/24: WOSU Kids Winter Party🏒 2/24: Blue Jackets vs. Chicago Blackhawks🏒 2/24: First Responder Face-Off📚 2/24-25: An Art Book Affair🍺 2/25: Juicy Brews Columbus🎨 2/25: Arts Fest Pop Up

Longread 💥Black Panther is the first Marvel movie with both a black director and a predominantly black cast. It also features women, black women, as fierce, independent and strong warriors. It's also just a really badass movie. Black people are shockingly under represented in film, so while it seems long past due, for a major motion picture from a headlining studio and franchise to feature the story of Black Panther, it's monumental. Not to take away from the message and the cultural significance of the film, but to expound on its greatness, this article takes a look at the internet fervor over just how thirsty the public is for these groundbreaking actors.Buzzfeed: A Deep Dive Into the Marvelous Black Panther Thirst 

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