Category Archives: Cleveland
2 year blogging anniversary
We started The Beal World: Cleveland on April 11th, 2008 and this is the 303rd post. It’s a lot of work but I love doing it. I thought this was something that Kurt and I would both do but so … Continue reading
The 2010 Lenten season
Giving up coffee and soda made the 6+ weeks of Lent really, really long this year!! I made it though and was able to survive on tea. This year the Friday night fish frys were even better than 2009. We … Continue reading
Filed under Cleveland, Holiday, Restaurants
Our grownup night away
There are lots of places that we can visit from Cleveland by car. Last year we went to Niagara Falls and Niagara on the Lake and this year we decided to go to Lake Chautauqua and Salamanca, NY. I wanted … Continue reading
Bay Village named #2 on Forbes list
A lot of Clevelanders have been upset about a recent Forbes’ article, “America’s Most Miserable Cities”, that called Cleveland the most miserable city of all. Although Forbes may be wrong about that they did name Bay Village to another list - “Where … Continue reading
Filed under Bay Village, Cleveland
Cleveland Restaurant Week
Even though Forbes thinks Cleveland tops the list of “America’s Most Miserable Cities” there is a wonderful restaurant scene here. This past week was Downtown Cleveland Restaurant Week. On Wednesday I went downtown to meet a friend of mine, Joy, … Continue reading
Friday Fish Frys are back!
The best part of Lent is back – the Friday Fish Fry. We started this tradition back in Chicago but found that Cleveland overall has much better fish frys. Last year we tried Amber Oaks, Around the Corner, Jake on … Continue reading
Snow Days
This year February was the 2nd snowiest in Cleveland history. Henry is still a little too young to go flying down the Cahoon Sledding Hill in Bay Village but he does seem to really like the snow. We only let … Continue reading
New Year’s resolutions
It’s New Year’s resolution time. I have 2 NY resolutions that I’ve made for myself for 2010. The first is to run/walk at least 500 miles in my workouts this year (so far I’m not off to a strong start … Continue reading
Lighting of Public Square
We are members of The Club at Key Center but don’t get to make it down there very often for personal use. Fortunately, we did go to kickoff Winterfest 2009. The Club hosted a dinner for the Annual Lighting of … Continue reading
A week of visitors
Since Cleveland isn’t on most people’s list of top vacation spots, we are really happy when our friends come visit us. First because we miss our friends but also because it gives us a chance to visit our favorite restaurants … Continue reading
