A Moment On The Street

The prompt for Day 9 is to blog about a moment in your day with a picture and maybe some words. This is actually a moment from about a month ago. I took this picture on High Street in the Short North of Columbus. The Garden has been around for a long time. It opened in 1920 and has had an interesting life as a theater space for the last century. It was recently renovated and re-opened after lying vacant for years (and being used for drug and prostitution rings). Part of my dissertation research involves exploring some of Ohio’s historical landmark theaters and I’m hoping to include The Garden in that. And I’m just really into this cool sign on the outside of the building. This is the kind of thing that makes love Columbus.

love, elizabeth

Short North

While Columbus, Ohio is not my hometown, it is my home away from home home as long as I’m in graduate school. And after a couple years, I’m finally starting to feel like a part of the community. On my birthday weekend, Kyle and I had a chance to explore the downtown and Short North area a little bit. Thought I’d highlight a couple of my new favorite businesses today. And just so my readers know, this post is sponsor-free and totally sincere. I just happen to love these two places.

Saw this paper sitting here in some flower beds. The headline caught my eye…

Bakery Gingham is known in Columbus for its cupcakes. Which are, um, what’s the word, PERFECTION. I could seriously eat about ten Ultra-Violet White cupcakes in a day. I won’t. But I could.

My other new favorite spot is the floral shop, Rose Bredl. Go HERE to visit their blog and see gorgeous arrangements and inspiring ideas. My good friend, Meredith, works there and I recently stopped in and met the owner, Mary. What a sweet little place and what an awesome staff!

Just walking around the shop inspired me to go home and decorate. I will definitely be buying flowers here in the future…

What about you? What are some of your favorite spots in YOUR town?

love, elizabeth

A Birthday Wish

Today I turned 24. Madigan turned 3. And Kyle turned 6 (spiritually).

In honor of that, a birthday wish:

As we start another year…

May we hold one another tightly, never taking that impossible, aching, breathtaking kind of love we share for granted…

May the loveliness of the littlest things bring us joy…

If we feel ourselves slipping away into bitter cold and sourness, may we find the

sweetness all around us…

And share it with others…

May we treasure the seconds, minutes, hours before they fly away…

Make us better friends…

And lovers…

And now…

Just before we blow the candles out…

Teach us to care without fear of consequence, to love without limit, and to stretch out our arms to the universe and say, “I will live all the days of my life and I will savor every one.”

love, elizabeth