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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Here's how you can host a Columbus shelter dog in your home for the holidays 🐶

Happy Wednesday, Columbus. It's Chelsea.

Nothing makes you feel better during the craziness of the holiday season quite like lending a helping hand. Thanks to the Franklin County Dog Shelter, you have the opportunity to host an amazing shelter pup in your home over the holidays. The new Holiday Sleepover program gives the dogs a chance to spend this special time of year out of the shelter and surrounded by friends and family to offer them unlimited cuddles. Come on, you know you wanna snuggle some pups!

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You Can Host A Dog From The Franklin County Dog Shelter For A Holiday Sleepover

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Astronaut Terry Virts Is Bringing His Inspiring Space Photography To Columbus

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I think you all know by now how much I love space. Combine that with my other hobby, which is photography, and you'll definitely get why I have plans on December 14. If you've never seen any of Terry Virts' photos, be sure to click through. They're stunning.

Watch: Ellen Does A Terrible (But Hilarious) Impression Of Central Ohioans 😂

Ellen Degeneres teamed up with Mark Wahlberg to make a commercial for his Columbus car dealership. Even though her accent is clearly not representative of Columbus, it's still adorable.

Talking Points ❤️

The machine rolls on...

Columbus City Council will be appointing two new members over the next two months, as has been their habit in recent years. This has been a controversial practice leading to ballot issues and talk of lawsuits. One change this round will be the addition of a public meeting/hearing to the appointment process.

[Find out more]

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World class salsa in Columbus...

Alton Brown recently raved about Tomatillo Avocado Salsa salsa from

Cosecha Cocina

Best Thing I Ever Ate

, saying it's the only salsa he's ever had that changed his homemade salsa routine.

[Watch the

4 minute

video]

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Cultural tourism and gentrification...

This article entitled "

The Other Columbus: The Columbus I don’t trust you with

" has been resonating with people I follow online, particularly this quote:

"You can have a good life here if you ignore what’s not working. "

[Read the rest here]

A blessing in disguise?...

Columbus didn't win Amazon's hq2, but turns out nobody did. It was apparently never going to be a true second headquarters, more like satellite offices as Amazon ended up splitting it into parts, one in New York City, and one in Northern Virginia. There seems to be a growing backlash to these corporate giveaways (the

Foxconn debacle in Wisconsin

may have played a part in Governor Scott Walker losing re-election), with some even calling for these sorts of dog-and-pony exercises to be made illegal, due to the massive amount of waste and lost tax dollars involved.

[Read more]

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Weather

🌡36 and mostly sunny during the day, but we could see some snow tonight ahead of a wintry mix on Thursday. 🌤❄️