First, the snark, since this is the Internet:

Blade - Fight against blight needs fresh ideas - "City's abandonment, ugliness must be reversed"

Fresh idea: Toledo should transition toward being the Venice of the Midwest.

Jun 24, 2014 - NY Times - Bigger Than Baseball: 25 Million Watch U.S.-Portugal World Cup Match - "TV Ratings in U.S.-Portugal Tie Show World Cup’s Draw"

(my June 2014 ToledoTalk.com comment in this thread )

"What they can not do is use any assets owned by the schools in a levy campaign like their web site, email to communicate with employees, school sign boards, newsletters, phone system, etc."

For an example, Chris Myers at Swamp Bubbles is gnawing on the Sylvania school district for its apparent illegal campaigning prior to the school district's May 2014 levy vote.

Evening photos with a mostly cloudy sky, so the light was poor.

On Sat, Jun 21, 2014, after shopping at the Toledo Farmers Market and the nearby Libbey Glass outlet store, both located in the Warehouse District of downtown Toledo, we bought a Garbage Salad and a cookie from the new Grumpy's truck.

And it continues ... Attempting to correct, improve, and manage reply mechanisms, attached to media-created content.

(my June 2014 ToledoTalk.com comment)

"The Blade just ran a story on something that Econcat already pointed out."

Over the past year, it was fascinating to use the old dumb/feature flip phone with the Opera Mini Browser for using and testing my web apps to ensure some progressive enhancement and general usefulness on lower-scaled phones. I wish that I could keep a feature phone around for testing. Maybe an inexpensive Trac-phone-like device could work for me.

No shock that Burris is fawning over Jack Ford's alleged ideas to help Toledo.

Opening someday in the Toledo area.

https://www.facebook.com/BlackFrogBrewery

"A Toledo native trying to open a local Nano Brewery"

• ToledoTalk.com event post
• Facebook event page post

The festival ran from Friday evening, June 6 through late Sunday afternoon, June 8.

We visited the festival on Saturday and Sunday with our neighbors who had never attended. They loved it. We had a great time too.

"SMaSH (single malt and single hop) brewing is a way to cut down on various brewing ingredients and appreciate what each aspect of a recipe brings to the table."

SMaSH and DMaSH seem like a good way to learn more about the key ingredients and the process of brewing beer.

Thu, Jun 12 - Glass City Mashers meeting at The Attic

my jun 15, 2014 tt post

"So when Econcat88 does it, it's negativism that will set this town back 100 years. When the Blade does it, it's journalism."

Amateur versus professional.

http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/6081467-74/noll-football-steelers