My Last 24-Hours
I often like to tell people that I live a “Manhattan-influenced life-style” in Cleveland. Meaning I am out and about in Cleveland and that there is always, and I mean always, something to do. The past 24-hours go a long way in highlighting this fact. Consider this my own personal “twitter” for the masses:
· Posted “Re: The Medical Mart” on Tech Czar Notes (gets posted on Brewed Fresh Daily and a lot of dialogue continues on the Notes site –good stuff!).
· Some quick dialogue with George Nemeth; we talk “about absolutely nothing.”
· Rachel buys us tickets for the Hives – (“Hate to say I told you so….” Kick ass music).
· Call best friend John Heaney – we score some duckets to the opening game for the new Cleveland arena football team.
· Help secure a condo in the Pinnacle Building for a class at the Cleveland Institute of Art for an art show. Very cool stuff.
· Met with Joe Marinucci of the Downtown Cleveland Alliance (great conversations on the history of Cleveland).
· Parked my car for meeting with Marinucci in the Tower City parking garage (reminds me something out of 1970’s movie about a New York Cop) – essentially the garage is the old Union Terminal train facility.
· After meeting with DCA drive over to Little Bar in Warehouse District. Share a few good pints with Gina Nicola as we discuss next steps with our cool e-commerce concept – LemonPudding.com.
· Left Gina at Little Bar to head over to Union Club to host a fund-raiser for Joe Cimperman (www.joecimperman.com). Raised some coin.
· Quick conversation with Henry Gomez of the “Pee-Dee,” he thanks me for calling him “the hardest working man in the Fourth Estate.” He is and deserves the props.
· After fund-raiser a little dinner at the Union Club – short-ribs in a rich Kansas City sauce and chicken pot-stickers. A few Kettle One gimlets.
· A quick martini at Budapest Blue on W. 28th near Detroit Avenue.
· Get home/crash on my comfy couch.
· Wake up early in the morn – run!
· Head on over to Zen Salon and get my head shaved. I look like a fresh, new Marine recruit at Paris Island.
· Going to meet Rachel at Gypsy Bean.
· Another meeting with Gina Nicola and crew over planning launch of LemonPudding.com
· Some quick dialogue with George Nemeth; we talk “about absolutely nothing.”
· Rachel buys us tickets for the Hives – (“Hate to say I told you so….” Kick ass music).
· Call best friend John Heaney – we score some duckets to the opening game for the new Cleveland arena football team.
· Help secure a condo in the Pinnacle Building for a class at the Cleveland Institute of Art for an art show. Very cool stuff.
· Met with Joe Marinucci of the Downtown Cleveland Alliance (great conversations on the history of Cleveland).
· Parked my car for meeting with Marinucci in the Tower City parking garage (reminds me something out of 1970’s movie about a New York Cop) – essentially the garage is the old Union Terminal train facility.
· After meeting with DCA drive over to Little Bar in Warehouse District. Share a few good pints with Gina Nicola as we discuss next steps with our cool e-commerce concept – LemonPudding.com.
· Left Gina at Little Bar to head over to Union Club to host a fund-raiser for Joe Cimperman (www.joecimperman.com). Raised some coin.
· Quick conversation with Henry Gomez of the “Pee-Dee,” he thanks me for calling him “the hardest working man in the Fourth Estate.” He is and deserves the props.
· After fund-raiser a little dinner at the Union Club – short-ribs in a rich Kansas City sauce and chicken pot-stickers. A few Kettle One gimlets.
· A quick martini at Budapest Blue on W. 28th near Detroit Avenue.
· Get home/crash on my comfy couch.
· Wake up early in the morn – run!
· Head on over to Zen Salon and get my head shaved. I look like a fresh, new Marine recruit at Paris Island.
· Going to meet Rachel at Gypsy Bean.
· Another meeting with Gina Nicola and crew over planning launch of LemonPudding.com
Just how exciting is all this cool stuff! I am a blessed man. And remember, my friends, you can do this too!
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19:55:23
Mike, Rachel sounds like the best part of that day. She’s a doll, and I’m glad I met her.
John Ettorre
Great stuff mike! Now all you need to do is dump your car for an RTA pass + CityWheels + a good pair of all season walking shoes. I’d recommend Birkenstock’s Footprints line.
As you are likely well aware, it’s not the drinking that’s the problem with drinking & driving, it’s the driving. leave the driving to someone else and hop on a free trolley. The trolley would have worked perfectly for the following four appointments + saved you some coin on parking.
· Parked my car for meeting with Marinucci in the Tower City parking garage (reminds me something out of 1970’s movie about a New York Cop) – essentially the garage is the old Union Terminal train facility.
· After meeting with DCA drive over to Little Bar in Warehouse District. Share a few good pints with Gina Nicola as we discuss next steps with our cool e-commerce concept – LemonPudding.com.
· Left Gina at Little Bar to head over to Union Club to host a fund-raiser for Joe Cimperman (www.joecimperman.com). Raised some coin.
· Quick conversation with Henry Gomez of the “Pee-Dee,” he thanks me for calling him “the hardest working man in the Fourth Estate.” He is and deserves the props.
· After fund-raiser a little dinner at the Union Club – short-ribs in a rich Kansas City sauce and chicken pot-stickers. A few Kettle One gimlets.
If you were really in tune with local transit, you could have taken anyone of FIVE different busses from public square to the OC (Budapest Blue) including the #’s 20, 22, 25, 26
& 35. Of course you’ve got the redline rapid as well.
On energy consumption, keep in mind that every mile you drive your vehicle solo, you are consuming about 4000 BTU’s of energy. If you take the bus, it’s in the 2000 BTU range, but for every mile you WALK, it’s on 0.3 BTU’s. biking at 10mph is only about 1/10 of a BTU!
peace and keep up the great work!
best,
john mcgovern