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Seeing The Columbus Sights And Lights

12/18/2021

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​SEEING THE COLUMBUS SIGHTS AND LIGHTS

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      Last Sunday, December 12, my sister Romaine flew into Columbus from Oregon for a six-day visit.
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       Tommy and Emily came over Sunday night to help us welcome her  with a celebration dinner,  
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...of rice and vegetable casserole, Parmesan baked squash, green beans almondine and hot rolls.   
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     Romaine and I spent the next five days taking in some of the local sights and holiday lights. 
      On Monday we visited the Franklin Park Conservatory, 

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...a vast greenhouse,
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...where botanical environments from around the planet share space with special exhibits and the glass sculptures of artist Dale Chihuly.
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      Among the holiday exhibits were a pointsettia  display, 
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...a gingerbead house contest,
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...and an outdoor display which is reputed to be quite beautiful at night when all the lights are lit,
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...and where the idea of a Christmas arch just might have originated.
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     The following day Romaine, my daughter Theresa and I went to the Columbus Immersive Van Gogh exhibit, my second time around (See post from 11/22/2021,  https://www.ailantha.com/blog/immersed-in-van-gogh).
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       Romaine and Theresa were charmed and enchanted by the show, as was I, as much this time as my first time. 
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   And, like the first time I saw this Van Gogh exhibit, it struck me once again that there is more than enough material in the ordinary  things and people to inspire any artist,
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...or, for that matter, any writer.
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      After the Van Gogh we had lunch at a cute little restaurant I happened to spot along Polaris Parkway called Mimi's Cafe.
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...where Romaine and I had the delicious Chicken and Quinoa Mediterranean Salad,
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...and Theresa had the Brown Rice, Quinoa and Farro, which she also liked.
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     That night Romaine, Tom, and I went to Easton Town Center to walk around the outdoor light displays,
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...and the indoor displays, too.
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     On Wednesday night Romaine and I walked the mile-and-a-half from my house to Creekside Park to see the holiday lights there.
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     Apparently Christmas arches are more of a thing than I had realized. 
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     On Thursday night we went downtown for dinner at the Spaghetti Warehouse,
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...followed by a riverfront walk along the Scioto Mile. 
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      At one point it occurred to me that if Columbus, Ohio doesn't have a white Christmas,
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...at least we'll have a bright one.
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