Though a former employee at two different locations, I actually didn’t know until researching this piece that the restaurant chain Damon’s (a.k.a. “The Place For Ribs”) was in fact founded in Columbus in 1979. As far as I can determine, the last location remaining in town closed its doors in…

It isn’t all bad, however. Unfriendly HR is blessedly the next to turn in her notice, which means Jose Dominguez is now the lone human resources person for Bellwether’s Chesboro office and WSM both. While he still seems over his head and possibly scooped up from the discount bin —…

Smiling as he climbs aboard his two decades old, powder blue Honda Goldwing motorcycle, Lenny rolls down the short gravel drive, and waits until he’s on the street before firing up the engine. The roommates at this house where he’s been staying — unofficially, though chipping in for food, beer…

1992 would prove a fascinating, pivotal year in music history, particularly in my genre of choice, rock and roll. This marks the dividing line between one category of such, grunge, whose artists suddenly, unexpectedly find themselves pitted against the major label titans, in a battle for chart supremacy. However, this…

Located on High Street in the heart of Ohio State University, the Newport Music Hall was originally a movie theater, built in 1922 and used in that capacity for nearly fifty years. In 1970 it was refashioned and renamed as the Agora Ballroom, one in a chain of about a…

Once the smoke clears, it’s easy enough to figure out what just happened. Sorting it out and correcting it, however, is another matter entirely. And wrapping one’s mind around how this scenario could have even played out in this fashion to begin with would take a team of the nation’s…

This page is dedicated to fictional works which have either been set in or referenced dear old Columbus, or else nonfictional ones which mention our fair city, though not entirely set here (if interested in documents which were actually created here, and/or by C-bus residents, see my “C-bus Artifacts” tab…

On this page, I will be discussing noteworthy people who hailed from this fair city, or else made a significant impact upon moving here. I’ve been torn on what to do about OSU athletes, who typically blow into town for 3–4 years and then right back out again, though the…

As she shakes her head and exits the room, Edgar takes a moment to reflect on the recent pluses and minuses. On the topic of technology, it remains just about impossible to get a handle on what’s really going on around this place. He feels like either a Corey or…