{"id":1594,"date":"2007-07-21T20:24:16","date_gmt":"2007-07-22T01:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/cleveland-rocks\/"},"modified":"2007-07-22T10:10:34","modified_gmt":"2007-07-22T15:10:34","slug":"cleveland-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/cleveland-rocks","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/sets\/72157600939699292\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland slideshow<\/a> &#8212; goofy captions and all &#8212; is up at flickr, dear reader! Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>It was a hurried trip, landing at noon on Friday and departing at noon on Saturday. But I got to sample a little of the nightlife and took a ton of pix in the morning. The city is trying to rejuvenate its downtown area, but I don&#8217;t know what factors are at play in determining its success. When my hostess mentioned &#8220;University Drive,&#8221; it struck me that I couldn&#8217;t think of any universities in Cleveland. There&#8217;s an arts scene, but I&#8217;m not sure how that gets sustained without college kids everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, there were, of course, weird moments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The woman across the aisle on the flight to Cleveland trying to hit on me despite my lack of interest, my wedding ring, and my oversized Bose noise-canceling headphones. It was the latter that really should&#8217;ve dissuaded her.<\/li>\n<li>The van that passed me on 480 W, in which the driver brandished a crude cross at me; he did the same thing with the next car he passed, so he was either trying to convert us or he was afraid that there was a plague of daywalkers.<\/li>\n<li>The 18-wheeler beside me that had to brake suddenly, filling my car with the smell of burnt rubber as it fishtailed and nearly smacked my rental into another lane of traffic.<\/li>\n<li>The number of youngish women who wore evening gowns to the hipster restaurant where my host &amp; I went for dinner.<\/li>\n<li>And finally, an example of missingthepoint.com: a brand-new Ford Expedition sporting the bumper sticker, &#8220;Don&#8217;t let the car fool you, my treasure is in heaven.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In all, I had a good time, but my sleep has been so erratic lately that I&#8217;ve been running on coffee and experiencing tension headaches that feel like my occipital lobe is trying to escape my skull.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/sets\/72157600939699292\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"525\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1118\/866026427_f5456a5662.jpg?fit=525%2C450\" alt=\"IMG_1193.JPG\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland slideshow &#8212; goofy captions and all &#8212; is up at flickr, dear reader! Enjoy! It was a hurried trip, landing at noon on Friday and departing at noon on Saturday. But I got to sample a little of the nightlife and took a ton of pix in the morning. The city is trying &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/cleveland-rocks\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cleveland Rocks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","category-urban-issues"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-pI","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16624,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-576-aaron-lange","url_meta":{"origin":1594,"position":0},"title":"Episode 576 &#8211; Aaron Lange","author":"Gil","date":"February 13, 2024","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 576: Aaron Lange \"As I researched more and more, Peter Laugher just stood out from the pack. 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