Splash Lagoon
By Elaine Kish Want to experience what it feels like inside a hurricane or a cyclone? Well, you can do just that at Splash Lagoon Indoor Water Park Resort in Erie, Pennsylvania. This indoor water park offers much more than just the normal tipping bucket, water slides and wave pool. With 97,700 square feet and […]
Christmas Tree Debate
Every family has dealt with it. The debate about which tree is better for the environment, which tree is more of a safety hazard, and which tree is more convenient — real or artificial? Lots of questions to explore and some surprising answers. When my children were growing up we hiked out to the […]
Dirty Dozen Bike Ride
By Doug Kish, MA Since 1983 bicyclists have met in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on the Saturday after Thanksgiving to ride some of the steepest hills in the United States. Originally organized by Dan Chew, Tom Chew and Bob Gottlieb, the Dirty Dozen bike ride started as five friends attempting the impossible. This annual bicycle competition is […]
Food and Family
By Hannah Alderfer, BA, CPT, FMSC Food is not only a fuel. Food is not just for your taste buds either. Food can do so much more. Being a personal trainer and having completed a degree in exercise science, I rarely go a meal without thinking what I might create to make it healthier for […]
Stress and the Holiday
By Joe Cartwright, BA, CPT, YES It’s that wonderful time of the year again – the holidays. Are you aware that the holidays are the most stressful time of the year? People are running around cleaning their homes so thoroughly for their guests, it’s like they are trying to make it look like a stage […]
Oglebay Festival of Lights
Recognized for years as one of the nation’s largest light shows, Oglebay Resort & Conference Center in Wheeling, West Virginia comes alive again at their annual Winter Festival of Lights starting November 11, 2016. Thousands of glittering lights will illuminate the night through January 1, 2017. Whether an annual outing for the family or the […]
Canton Charge Season 6
It finally happened. After decades of close calls, “rebuilding,” futility, and everything in between, sports fans in Northeast Ohio finally knew the feeling of what it was like to be winners. Not just the feeling of having a good season, but the feeling of having “the” season; the one that generations had been waiting for; […]
Holiday Swap Ideas
By Kim Wagler, BA, CPT With the commitment to surviving the holidays I want to really impress upon you the importance of portion control. You can trade out as many dishes as you want but without controlling those portions, you will still gain weight. That being said, I would like to share with you some […]
Studio Arts and Glass
Handblown glass, handmade jewelry, leaded glass art and glass decorations will be featured at the 35th annual Studio Arts & Glass Holiday Open House. Started in 1982 by co-owners Robert and Wendy Joliet, they are known for custom designed leaded glass windows and skylight creations. However, Studio Arts & Glass is also credited for restoring […]
Glazed and Amused Canton
What could be a better gift than a one-of-a-kind, hand-painted item created personally for someone special? There will be double fun as you see their excitement of receiving a “special” gift and they see your pride in having created that gift yourself. Locally owned and part of the North Canton community for 14 years, Glazed […]
Gain Confidence Not Weight
By Courtney Butterfield, RDLD Holidays tend to be extremely stressful for people; from making plans, to rigid obligations, overwhelming shopping crowds, and back-to-back holiday parties with food…yes…lots of food. I understand how easy it is to feel not so wonderful at this most wonderful time of the year. The best advice I give my clients […]
Great Lakes Science Center
By Doug Kish, MA Looking for a place where the kids can have fun and still learn something? Then the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio is the place to go. Our recent tour of the Science Center was a learning experience. Their mission statement is “To make science, technology, engineering, and math come […]