Tuesday, June 5 2018

Welcome to Tuesday. It's James.

Truly, we live in blessed times, with distilleries, beer gardens, gastropubs, and tap rooms popping up all over the Columbus area.

The latest is High Bank Distillery in Grandview, and it is pretty awesome. The patio is enormous and it's an awesome space overall. Check out our photo gallery and first visit at the link.

Navigator full story: High Bank Distillery Is Open And Totally Awesome 🍺

Tuesday Weather 🌡76 with a 50% chance of thunderstorms, mostly after 2pm. ⛈

Navigator Originals ✏️This Is Where Columbus Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Will Be Located Columbus will initially have five medical marijuana dispensaries. Hit the link for locations, including a map, as well as a list of applicants that didn't make the cut.Flying Allegiant Airlines Was The Best Travel Decision I’ve Ever Made ✈️If you have't flown Allegiant yet, you'll want to read about Chelsea's recent experience. It's a little different from flying out of John Glenn, and it can even be a little tacky (you'll see why), but the savings? Makes it all worth it.Local Businessmen Have Proposed A Second Swensons Location 🍔Akron's cult burger joint hasn't even hit town yet, and they're already talking about a second location. 

Around Town 🏘Ever feel like getting dressed up and having some Downton Abbey style afternoon tea? Columbus Culinary Connection has your five best options, all of which look pretty lux. [Columbus Culinary Connection] 🍵Breakfast With Nick continues his Gahanna adventures, (the last time we visited he was hitting up a sweet Airstream), this time visiting Upper Cup Coffee. Upper Cup also has a location on Parsons in Olde Towne East. Maybe you're not into coffee? Well hit the link anyway, because I know you're into extremely fancy donuts. [Breakfast With Nick] ☕️🍩Ohio lawmakers are discussing ending cash bail in the state, which from what I understand would be a major improvement in policy. Two GOP reps testified earlier this year about a case in Dayton where a man was charged with trespassing at a bus hub, and sat in jail for nine days while his mother scrambled to find a loan to pay $150 in bail. Taxpayers paid over $500 to jail the man, and studies show "even short stays in jail before trial lead to an increased likelihood of missing school, job loss, family issues, increased desperation, and thus, an increased likelihood to reoffend". [WOSU/Welsh-Huggins] 💸

Coming Up 📆🎸 6/5: Primus (Express Live)🎤 6/6: Lea Michele & Darren Criss (Ohio Theatre)🎭 6/6:  Aspects of Love⚽️ 6/6: Columbus Crew SC vs. Chicago Fire🎸 6/6: Gin Blossoms with Tonic, Vertical Horizon (Express Live)🍺 6/8: June Sommerfest💥 6/8-6/10: Wizard World Columbus🎨 6/8-6/10:  Columbus Arts Festival🎬 6/8-6/10:  Hidden Figures - Summer Kids Film Series🎵 6/9:  Lesley James at Little Rock🎤 6/9: Hayley Kiyoko (Newport Music Hall)🛍 6/9:  The Moonlight Market on Gay Street🏡 6/9: Westgate Home and Garden Tour🎷 6/9: PBJ & Jazz Family Concerts⚽️ 6/9: Columbus Crew SC vs. NY Red Bulls🎵 6/9: 2nd Annual CAN YOU DIG IT 70’s SOUL JAM🌈 6/9: ABSOLUTly Fabulous Pride party🚋 6/9: BYOB Summer Saturday Trolley Crawl🏡 6/10: Old Oaks Home & Garden🎸6/10: Steve Earle & The Dukes (Newport Music Hall)

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Longread 📚Columbus has built some very beautiful libraries in the last few years, making us similar to Finland, a country that might love libraries more than any other country on earth.CNN Style: Why Finland is home to the world's most radical libraries

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