Thursday, March 15, 2018

Franklin County Will Have A New Metro Park By Year End 🌳🌻🍃

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Happy Thursday, it's Tracie.

Of all the great things about Columbus, the Metro Park system has to be in the Top 5.  Nearly each part of town boasts their own park, and if you head to certain corners of the city, you're able to hit up more than one in just a few square miles.♻

I tried to think of a downside to the Franklin County Metro Parks, and had a rough time. My family has been able to rent canoes 🚣 at Three Creeks, ridden the trolley 🚞 at Blacklick Woods, and had a great time getting dirty at the Sharon Woods Mud Run. But, then I remembered the turkeys. Oh god, the wild turkeys at Blendon Woods. There's your downside. 😬

Meanwhile, definitely looking forward to exploring the new park, fingers crossed for no wild turkeys.

Thursday Weather 🌡Partly ☀️, high of 43, but low of 23 ❄️ brrrrr!

Navigator Originals ✏️The Best Columbus St. Patrick's Day Celebrations To Get Your Irish On 🍀Although my St. Paddy's Day plans mostly just involve a "Shamrock Shake," you may be looking to drink some green 🍻 beer with a stranger in a cable knit fisherman sweater. We've got ya covered! Beer not your thing? Irish eyes are smiling 💚, and there's some family fun to be had, as well. Get Married For Free On Earth Day At Scioto Audubon Metro Park 👰👰Going to the...Metro Park, and we're gonna get married. Bells 🔔 will be ringing and birds 🐥will be chirping April 22. What a beautiful location, and you can't beat that price! 💵 The Columbus International Film Festival Is Back For Its 66th Year 🎥Presented by Columbus College of Art & Design, the International Film Festival is back, and with many family friendly events. Before we know it, Columbus will be among Sundance and Canne and we'll all be able to find work as paparazzi. 👓

Around Town 🏘Go West, 🐴 young man (and woman)! Franklinton has been in the spotlight lately (here) and (here) especially, for business related news.  And now, more housing is coming to the area. 'The Bottoms' is headed to the 🔝 [Columbus Monthly]Students across the nation, the world, and here in town, organized to join National Walkout Day yesterday, with some schools boasting over 500 participants. 👥 Ohio has just shy of 1 million residents aged 15-19 who recently became eligible to vote, or will soon. They've just proven that their voices will be heard. 📢  [Dispatch]

Coming Up 📆🧠 3/15-17: COSI Brain Week🍕 3/15: Slice of Worthington🎸 3/15: Blake Shelton (Nationwide Arena)🏀 3/15: Ohio State vs. SDSU 4 PM (TNT)🏎 3/15-18: Columbus International Auto Show☘️ 3/16: The High Kings (Lincoln Theatre)🎻 3/16-17: Mendelssohn’s “Scottish,” Copland, and Beethoven(Ohio Theatre)🎭 3/16-18: Peter Pan: Lost Boy of Neverland🏒 3/17: Blue Jackets vs. Ottawa Senators🌺 3/17: Franklin Park Conservatory Retired Plant Sale🐰 3/17: Easter Open House 2018 at Anthony-Thomas Candy🚀 3/18: The Columbus Toy & Collectible Show

Longread 🙌Idle hands are the devil's tool, or at least that's what Devon Sawa told us. I prefer to think in a more positive vein (ha!) and go with the theory that "hands are the windows to the soul." 💅  And also, while scrolling my feed for an interesting article today, I had a hard time finding something that wasn't depressing...or overtly political. 😕  While there's certainly a time ⌚ and a place for that (and the place for it can frequently be here), it felt appropriate to go with something a little bit light-hearted today.  Don't get used to it. More the birth of a new obsession and a string of captivating photos than a "longread" per se, you definitely want to add this instagram to your feed. 🙏Mashable: Hands Have Never Been So Interesting

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