Cleveland Project

Fall in Cleveland is quite lovely. The iconic clock tower at the West Side Market makes a lovely contrast of the Orange bricks against the clear blue sky. Timing, especially in the fall, is everything. Cottonwood trees are among my favorites as they change colour in the fall. Just one tree can showcase green, red, orange, and yellow all spattered together.

After looking at how this image uploaded, I think I will tweak it a bit in Photoshop, and repost... The colors are far more vibrant in the original image... hmm.. We'll see.

Cleveland Project

The West Side Market... forget 'Whole Foods', that's for the eastsiders... but here on the West Side this is the place to go for whatever you need! Though it looks like it may have once been a train station, it has always been a market. I was watching a special on PBS focusing on Markets across the country, looking for one where they could buy a whole pig... they chose 5 markets from florida to Hawaii... but the last one... and the only one where they where successful was our very own.

Below is one of my favorite vendors, where I used to buy my herbs and spices... favorite guilty pleasure... Hawaiian lava salt!

CLeveland Project

I started the Cleveland project, partially because I lived there for so long... and partially because people seem to have a preconceived notion of Cleveland being some dirty, ugly, rust-belt, low-class kind of town. OK... at one time it really was (I mean, come on, they were so dirty they set a river on fire) but, after spending a decade there I have learned so much more. It really is a beautiful city. In fact... where else can you take a train from the suburbs into downtown and be in walking distance of an airport, Great lake, a science center, several museums and botanical gardens, a Hard Rock cafe, an MLB field, an arena (home to a major NBA team), an NFL stadium, and a harbor 'housing' a submarine?

Speaking of a submarine... you didn't think I was kidding did you?

Ladies and Gentleman: the USS Cod.

Cleveland Project

I have been diligently been working with my Cleveland Images and can't wait till I have a slew of them ready to post... Patience, I promise lot's of good stuff on the horizon.