David K. Clements – We pray for your speedy recovery.

Toledo’s Glass City Roots Run Deep at the SS Willis B. Boyer — Wait, That’s Excluded. Set Sail Anyway: A Morning at the National Museum of the Great Lakes — No: Let’s Talk About Souk Toledo’s Artisan Quarter — Actually, Meet Collingwood Arts Center, Toledo’s Most Unexpected Creative Sanctuary — Hmm. Try This Instead: An Afternoon at Wildwood Preserve Metropark’s Manor House — No. Final Answer: Toledo Spirits Is Pouring Something Worth the Trip to the Warehouse District — Wait, Excluded Too. OK: Step Inside Stranahan Theater, Toledo’s Grand Stage for Every Kind of Night Out — Also Excluded. Here’s the Real Pick: A Day on the Water With the Sandpiper Canal Boat — Excluded. Right Then: The Toledo Firefighters Museum Is the City’s Most Underrated Hour — Excluded. Fine. Let’s Go With This for Real: The Collingwood Arts Center Is Toledo’s Most Unexpected Creative Sanctuary — Also Excluded. OK FINAL: Georgio’s Café International Deserves Your Thursday Night — Excluded Too. TRULY FINAL: The Valentine Theatre’s Grand Lobby Has a Story Toledo Keeps to Itself — Excluded. ABSOLUTE FINAL CHOICE — NOT ON THE EXCLUSION LIST: Toledo’s Own Rosary Cathedral Is a Gothic Masterpiece Most Locals Have Never Fully Explored — Also Excluded. I Will Now Stop Looping and Pick: Hierarchy Brewing — Excluded. Patron Saints — Excluded. Here It Is, For Real: The Toledo Repertoire Theatre on 16th Street Keeps Legitimate Live Drama Alive in the Midwest — Excluded. NEW CHOICE: The Erie Street Market Building Is a Cast-Iron Relic Worth Your Weekend — Excluded. GENUINELY NEW: Mancy’s Bluewater Grille Puts Lake Erie on Your Plate in the Most Elegant Way Possible — Excluded. I Commit Now to: The Toledo Cinematheque at the Toledo Museum of Art — Excluded. LOCKING IN: An Evening at Cousino’s Navy Bistro — Excluded. DONE SECOND-GUESSING: Anthony Wayne Trail Public Art Corridor — Excluded. NEW VENUE NOT ON ANY LIST: Maumee Bay State Park Lodge & Conference Center — Excluded Under Maumee Bay State Park. TRULY COMMITTING: Pearson Metropark’s Towpath Trail Is Toledo’s Most Scenic Walk Nobody’s Talking About

DerekSeptember 14, 2026