Happy New Years Eve, everyone! We stocked up for the night at Joseph’s Beverage Center. It’s bonkers out there!
Josephs Beverage Center | 4129 Talmadge Rd | (419) 472-1421
ps. Don’t drink and drive! ABCO services is offering free towing and a ride home from midnight to 3 a.m. The number is 419-536-6123. Jot it down.
We enjoyed dinner at Calvino’s last night. I had only visited once before for lunch, several years ago. It was pretty great! I ordered a small white pizza with sausage and D. had a stromboli. We also asked for a small garlic bread as an appetizer, but it was unnecessary as the Calvino’s house bread was totally tasty.
I’m eating cold, leftover pizza for lunch today. Yum.
Calvino’s | 3143 W Central Ave | (419) 531-5100
The Rosary Cathedral was on the Tours de Noel OWE home tour this year. It was beautiful, moving and I’m surprised at myself for not visiting earlier. We arrived in time to catch the beginnings of their Advent Lessons & Carols Service.
Whitaker-Casper Home
A little over a week ago D. and I took our first home tour in the Old West End. Tours de Noel is an annual event produced by The Women of the Old West End featuring 7 homes and sites in one of this country’s largest historical districts.
Our first stop was Mansion View, a property the Old West End neighborhood association owns and runs as a bed and breakfast and is rented out for parties and events. It is a beautiful house, like many in the neighborhood, featuring amazing architectural features like woodwork you simply don’t see in cookie-cutter modern homes.
We enjoyed each stop on the tour, including Our Lady Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral and the Park Lane Luxury Apartments which held a holiday boutique and “cookie walk” as part of the event. I did have a favorite… the Whitaker-Casper home (pictured above).
Keep an eye out for the home tours that usually accompany The Old West End Festival in June of each year!
More about The Women of The Old West End.
Visit our local animatronic utopia and cacotopia combined.
It’s all sorts of epic. Including wonderful antique diatribes.
And injection molded toy machines. Wow. Kids love it.
Children’s Wonderland | Lucas Co. Rec Center in Maumee | Runs through New Year’s Eve.
