Breaking news...there are changes on the Experience Columbus website.  It has a new look... it has a slide show.  It has  a calendar.  Much easier to navigate than the old site. 

The Columbus Dispatch about the new  Experience Columbus  "Visitors bureau retools Web site"

Go look... see what is happening in Central Ohio this weekend.  ExperienceColumbus.com

Bullseyes of hot spots only seem to go just north of OSU...  Easton is a hotspot but Polaris and Tuttle are not... hmmm... 

You can find restaurants in the Polaris area even if it's not a hotspot... and I assume shopping and entertainment... are on Experience Columbus even if they are not hotspots with Bullseyes on the map....  I guess Columbus is just too sprawly to show a big map with bullseyes...

"One early plan that was scrapped along the way: letting people post their own photos and experiences of Columbus on the site. Although it sounded like a good idea, the results turned out to be not as professional as Experience Columbus had hoped. "

Yeah! Interesting in this era of user generated media!  It could have been like watching someone else's vacation videos....

Copyright 2007 Discover Columbus and Maureen McCabe

Slainte Thursdays were the third Thursday in Historic Dublin according to Experience Columbus. The last SlainteThursday will be December 20, 2007, 4:00 to 9:00, put it on your calendar... especially if you aren't done with your Christmas shopping...

I wonder if Historic Dublin will continue Slainte Thursdays into 2008...

What are Slainte Thursdays? According to the Experience Columbus site an opportunity "to stroll, mingle and browse among quaint shops and attractive streetscapes." Historic Dublin is pretty.

According to the Experience Columbus here's how to pronounce Slainte and what Slainte means ...."Slainte, pronounced Slon-sha, is a friendly and welcoming Gaelic or Celtic Toast, meaning To Your Health."

Copyright 2007 Discover Columbus and Maureen McCabe

It's Gallery Hop in the Short North this Saturday..

In Dublin this weekend according to Experience Columbus:

"July 06, 2007 thru July 07, 2007      

25th Annual Arthritis Foundation Classic Auto Show and Cruise-In
Metro Center
Metro Place North,  Dublin"

There's a "Chautauqua" in Worthington:

"Chautauqua in Worthington under the big red and white striped tent at Thomas Worthington High School. "

Here's a file (.pdf ) that describes what a Chautauqua is and what the Worthington Chautauqua is about.

I thought this weekend was also the Worthington Home and Garden Tour but I can't find that... maybe on the Worthington Historical Society website? 

"I'm So Excited"... the Pointer Sister's will perform at Picnic with the Pops Saturday.  This Saturday... on the lawn at Chemical Abstracts. Copyright 2007 Discover Columbus and Maureen McCabe.  I'm So Excited" is one of the Pointer Sister's songs...

Sunday is the 8th Annual Merion Village Garden Tour and admission is Free!

About the Columbus Daylily Society Show according to the Franklin Park Conservatory site:

"Metropolitan Columbus Daylily Society Show
July 8, 2007, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. in the Atrium
This show features hundreds of daylily flowers, educational displays, and arrangements. This is the 4th largest daylily show in the United States. Youth, novice, and artistic categories are included. Learn from daylily growers and enthusiasts and visit the winners' table to see the "best of show." "

Roller Derby :  "07.7.2007 | Survival of the Fastest"

It's Kelton House Second Sunday, according to Experience Columbus:
"historical re-enactments focusing on the struggle for freedom on the Underground Railroad. A new theatrical presentation is given each second Sunday."

For more info about Central Ohio events  and a couple of mysteries from Experience Columbus .... What is Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG ?  And what Warehouses are being sold this weekend... there's a Warehouse sale??? Who's?

25th Annual Arthritis Foundation Classic Auto Show and Cruise-In
Metro Center
Metro Place North,  Dublin

Hours: Friday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday 7:30 a.m.-11 p.m"

There will be cat fanciers in Columbus this Saturday... .those cat fanciers from the Great Lakes region anyway... according to Experience Columbus:

"6th Annual Sternwheel Cat Fanciers Show
Veterans Memorial
300 W. Broad St.,  Columbus

Hours: Saturday 9 a.m.-6 p.m"

Farmers markets, music and more... vist Experience Columbus...