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In the Cleveland area next week, with mostly unstructured time. What are your favorite fun and interesting things a couple of 50-ish adults could do, that could be decided more or less in the moment, and require very-little-to-no lead time or advance planning? [more inside]
posted by I_Love_Bananas around Cleveland, OH at 4:48 AM - 19 answers

I am off to Columbus for a few days this summer without a car, staying in the downtown area - what should I do? [more inside]
posted by gemutlichkeit around Columbus, OH at 11:58 AM - 6 answers

College age son has a summer engineering internship in Beaver Creek, OH. I and wife and high school junior son plan to take a road trip from Rochester, NY to visit in early July. We’re looking for suggestions of weird or awesome museums, hikes, bike trails, record stores, book stores, used-clothing shops, local famous foods, etc in the Dayton and larger area. We’ve not found too much at a first pass of research - what are we missing?!
posted by chr1sb0y around Dayton, OH at 7:33 AM - 12 answers

My family (me, wife, 16-year-old son) will be spending a weekend as tourists in Cincinnati in August. What part of town should we stay in? [more inside]
posted by ShooBoo around Cincinnati, OH at 11:04 AM - 7 answers

Due to travel weirdness I will have a layover day in Cleveland next week. Besides staying at the hotel, where should I do a mostly regular computer-y workday? [more inside]
posted by hijinx around Cleveland, OH at 6:35 PM - 7 answers

I'll be in Cleveland for a conference in mid-April and am looking for some restaurant and bar suggestions in the area around my hotel and the convention center, and maybe some nearby sights I can check out quickly. [more inside]
posted by ryanshepard around Cleveland, OH at 10:29 AM - 16 answers

I will be in Cincinnati for approximately 24 hours next month as part of a larger effort to show my mom different Midwestern cities that she might like. What should I show her? [more inside]
posted by julen around Cincinnati, OH at 8:09 PM - 12 answers

I bought this vehicle 2 weeks ago. It's got 148,000 miles, Carfax report showe regular maintenance, and it was in very good condition. I took it to my local mechanic, (not a Subaru expert, but an experienced mechanic). He replaced the front brake pads and rotors (when I test drove it, brakes were spongy and dull. Dealer said there was "sufficient"pad surface left.) My mechanic also rotated and balanced the tires, and that made a huge improvement in how it drives. [more inside]
posted by LaBellaStella around Ohio at 7:56 AM - 8 answers

It has just been decided that we should meet up in Columbus, OH next Saturday, the 13th for my mother's birthday. Where should we eat? We'll have my parents who are in their 70s, my wife, sister and I who are in our 40s and my sister's children who are 7 and 10. [more inside]
posted by mmascolino around Columbus, OH at 2:13 PM - 8 answers

What to do in Columbus, Ohio after work? [more inside]
posted by ian1977 around Columbus, OH at 6:30 AM - 8 answers

I will be visiting Columbus, and probably Springfield, Ohio for family stuff. What should I do, visit, see, that I missed when I grew up in that area? Not a huge amount of free time, but I take for granted that I know the place when I don't anymore. [more inside]
posted by theora55 around Columbus, OH at 7:21 AM - 6 answers

Normally, my partner and I would be spending this Thanksgiving with our three teenage children from our previous marriages, our parents, our friends, or a combination thereof -- but we just discovered today that a last-minute change of plans means that this year for the first time ever, it's gonna be just the two of us. Help us figure out what to do? [more inside]
posted by pinkacademic around Ohio at 8:16 PM - 20 answers

Hey MeFi! I'm going to be in Cincinnati shortly and am a bit of a snowflake as you may know from my prior asks. It's going to be a short trip but I'm not at all familiar with the area. Under the cut for more, any advice appreciated. [more inside]
posted by bile and syntax around Cincinnati, OH at 7:26 PM - 12 answers

Which (non-touristy) Cleveland hood should I stay in for a night? [more inside]
posted by tummy_rub around Cleveland, OH at 12:50 PM - 7 answers

Next weekend, my wife and I are visiting Cleveland for a family college graduation. On Monday, after the festivities, we'll have a day to ourselves before a late evening flight home. I'm looking for activity suggestions for the day. We haven't really been there before, so even the obvious is welcome. We like museums, and fine dining, not so much shopping, though a small amount is OK, if there's something not-to-be-missed unique. We will use Uber, most likely, and are staying at the downtown Marriott in the Key Center.
posted by cameradv around Cleveland, OH at 1:02 PM - 10 answers

I'll be in Cleveland this weekend starting this weekend and going into next week, trying to keep the world safe from the forces of neo-fascism. I'll be staying downtown and traveling to the Board of Elections, and I'm trying to figure out my transportation options. [more inside]
posted by holborne around Cleveland, OH at 8:37 AM - 6 answers

My parents will be driving this weekend from Chicago to Ithaca, New York. They'd like to spend the night somewhere between Cleveland and Eerie, PA. They are hoping to find inexpensive lodging and something interesting to do, see, or walk around. [more inside]
posted by wyzewoman around Ohio, OH at 10:52 AM - 16 answers

I'm fulfilling my childhood dream of seeing the Monkees - at the Hard Rock Rocksino in Northfield Park this Sunday. I was planning to go with a friend, who was going to drive us there and back, but she had an emergency and can't make it. I can't drive at night, so now I need to pick a hotel with a shuttle to the Rocksino, and it's making me a bit crazy. Details inside. [more inside]
posted by FencingGal around Cleveland, OH at 1:27 PM - 5 answers

Trying to get to a job interview an hour away. [more inside]
posted by Aranquis around Toledo, OH at 6:31 AM - 11 answers

We're going skiing at Beaver Creek, and we're probably staying at an airbnb property. We hate schlepping skis, boots, poles, etc., to and from the mountain. Do you have any tips? [more inside]
posted by starkraven around Beavercreek, OH at 8:40 AM - 1 answer