OK, is it just me or did the subfreezing temperatures kind of take the fun out of the first day of spring?  I have the sense that everyone/everything is waiting like a filly at the gate during its first big race [...]

This is just a quick shout out to the excellent team at The Refectory Restaurant and Bistro.  Congratulations on your recent ZAGAT award for best service!  Chef Richard Blondin has shown once again that he has the chops… and delicious ones [...]

I’ve warned you before but you continue to read; so here I go again.  Now that all the figures are in for 2012, we can rest comfortably knowing the central Ohio market is the place to be for another year.  [...]

Last week I had the distinct pleasure of partying with the Bad Girls – Bad Girls Ventures (BGV) that is.  For those of you unfamiliar with the organization, I suggest you jump here to see what it’s all about.  To [...]

Time and Change will surely show How firm thy friendship, OH-HI-OH. These are the words we sang Sunday afternoon after four hours of waiting and speeches as our oldest daughter passed out of Ohio Stadium for the first time as [...]

Columbus is so cool.  I work with people from all over the country and they are often surprised at how much we have going on in Columbus.  I am still reminded of the conversation I had with an editor from [...]

Some of you are already getting ready for the half marathon.  I am not.  But as a Central Ohioan, I will benefit from the marathon.  I was discussing the event with a former student of mine, Kurt Roush, who is [...]

You all know I don’t hide my jingoism for Columbus and Ohio; so here’s some more.  This Business First article discusses the fact that Ohio added the third largest number of jobs in a December to January tally, behind only [...]

It will be no surprise that I love Columbus and am an unapologetic fan.  Now that I’m part of the Columbus Chamber’s Small Business Council you can expect it to be worse.  Hopefully not insufferable. I saw recently that Columbus [...]

New is cool.  But so are decades of predictable excellence.  That’s what I was privileged to experience at the Refectory Jazz Night Saturday, January 28, 2012.  My sister, Bobbi Fisher, and her husband Fred treated my wife, Trel, and me [...]