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4/21/2023 Slavic Village Kinsman Full Cleveland walk Part one

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The Blue shoe walk!    The Full Cleveland Slavic Village Kinsman walk started at the Red Chimney restaurant, a long time staple of the area which has survived everything, including COVID. Great diner style breakfasts to be had here. We gathered here, a bunch of folks showed up early in order to get a full breakfast. It's a little harder to get served when 48 people show up! With each group that arrived, my heart lifted because there was a previous FC that had 20 people signed up, but the rainy forecast had only 3 show up for the trip.    Gathering for breakfast before the walk at the iconic Red Chimney Notice that the sign says walk! It's a bit rainy but we have a large contingent of walkers! Our first stop was the George Masaveg Art House. George has lived in these two houses for about 36 years. His ex-wife worked for a canvas print company, and they were going to throw out 4 art prints that didn't meet quality standards. (Cut in t...
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Parking for the next walk

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We'll be meeting at the Red Chimney restaurant at 8:00am on April 22nd. They have a small parking lot attached to the building, bit would be not nice to the restaurant owner park there for the 12 hour walk.  We had planned to park at St. Stanislaus parking lot which is only about two blocks away. I went there to test the distance and it's perfectly acceptable. They've agreed to let us park there all day if we like.  However, when I got to the restaurant, the owner waved me in and showed me his other parking lot across the street from his place, and in view of his own eyes while he works.  So that'll be our main parking lot and St. Stanislaus will be a backup.
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Getting excited about the upcoming walk!

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We had a meeting last week about the upcoming Full Cleveland -- Slavic Village and Kinsman. It was great to see everyone who wanted to help plan.  I am so grateful for everyone's help.  Special thanks to Steve Sefchik who printed out our potential list of stops and a map of the area. Without him doing that it would have been much more difficult.  Unfortunately I didn't get a group shot! But here's what I had to eat at the Red Chimney. 
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2023 Spring Full Cleveland-starting to plan for the Slavic Village/Kinsman exploration

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 I'm getting started on the nitty gritty of the next Full Cleveland walk and it's like taking a burden off of my back. I love working on these walks and bringing something new and special into people's lives.  The Full Cleveland has many benefits to all participants, but I think it helps me the most. It scratches an itch that doesn't seem to be scratched by most of my other activities.  I'm starting this blog to explore some of those revelations that come from the planning and execution of our biannual walk.  Today I'm joining you from a new coffee shop in Cleveland called The Judith Cafe. 5222 Lorain Road in the Ohio City/Detroit Shoreway section of the city. It was opened by some friends and neighbors that also own a small home goods store called Room Service on the east side.  We already had our first meeting a couple of days ago, attended by 10 of the people who've been on previous walks. It was at the Red Chimney in Slavic Village and I'm so mad at ...
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Some pictures of the day 10/22/2022

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Preparing the night before the walk

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We always want to get a good night's rest before the walk, but we've got to be prepared!  Here's our shoe setup 😁
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itinerary

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 Here's our first post, even though we are many years into doing this. This is our itinerary for our walk on 10/22/2022 Seeing with your feet! What is the Full Cleveland? A day of discovery, exersize, and fun at walking speed in one of the great cities in the world. We walk rain or shine, and you can join us or leave us anywhere along the way. The Fall 2022 Full Cleveland! Our 14th walk!  October 22th, 2022 Meet at Little Italy RTA Station, Cleveland OH. Paid parking on E. 119th nearby, street parking around but kinda rare.   8:00 Little Italy Rapid Station (RTA) 8:20 Head south along Murray Hill Road to Blue Sky Brews to fill up the tanks!!! https://blueskybrews.com/   8:40 Head towards Mayfield avenue entrance of Lakeview Cemetery via Overlook Drive 9:00 walk through Lakeview Cemetery Haserot Angel Garfield monument Elliott Ness/Harvey Pekar Rockefeller Mausoleums 10:00 Entrance of the Lakeview Cemetery Euclid head west to University Circle 10:15 Western Reser...
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