Local sister companies offer unique product line

A few weeks ago at Market Street Festival, I ran into a former student, Luanne Green, who is now Luanne Massey. After we reminisced about the old days at New Hope High School, I asked what she was doing with herself.

‘Time for a change’

There might be some truth to the adage that you can’t teach old dogs new tricks, but you can give an old dog a new bed. And he will appreciate it.

John Dorroh: Yard projects and produce

I have often fantasized about having a yard, which has been landscaped by a professional. It would take on a natural look, with lots of pools and stones with cascading water, cattails, water lilies, and whatever else my landscaper decided to place there.

John Dorroh: Scrapbooking, bistro dining in downtown Columbus

As it is shaping up, the debit/bank card is one of the handiest inventions ever. I seldom write a check anymore. However, it would be equally helpful to have yet another invention that would record each transaction in my ledger.  

New Market Street business caters to older crowd: Fuhgetaboutit

Have you ever had one of those days when you just wanted to throw in the towel, quit, and tell your boss what you really thought? We all have. Downtown Columbus has a new place for you to go and just forget about it. Located on Fifth Street in the old DC Music store, Fuhgetaboutit is the newest kid on the block.

John Dorroh: Pork and bugs? Water’s boilin’ at The Dooey

Everybody’s heard of pork and beans, but who has heard of pork and bugs? If you haven’t, you will.

The bugs, of course, are mudbugs — crayfish if you live north of Kentucky. Crawdads or crawfish if you live around here. Fat, red, juicy, spiced-up crawfish, in a boiling bath with new potatoes and corn. Mmmmm. Some like them so hot-and-spicy they burn the lips, fingers and hands. The Dooey does ’em just right.

Another unique Columbus business: Ashley Sling, Inc.

When my mother had cataract surgery back in the 1980s, she forgot that she was not supposed to lift any object heavier than a few pounds. Since it was Thanksgiving and she always cooked the meal for two families, she figured that that is what she would do.