Author: dasoadmin

Shoutouts & Poop Art Winton starts out like most other streets at its southern end. It connects with Madison and heads due north. What makes the street unique is that is doesn’t connect with Detroit at the other end. About 10 houses before you get to Detroit it starts curving at a 45 degree angle…

Fantasy Land I have passed a lot of Little Free Libraries walking the streets of Lakewood. My original intent was to count them all, but I lost track around 50 after walking down several streets that had multiple Little Free Libraries in their front yards. Well today I think I found my favorite one of…

Me and My Shadow I asked about a dozen Lakewood residents yesterday if they knew where Williamson was and not a single one recognized the street name. One person even accused me of making it up. Well, unless you have a storage unit at Cube Smart, I’m not surprised this street is a mystery. Williamson…

Pairs of Chairs The Adirondack chairs were multiplying like bunnies on Wilbert. Wilbert is one of the streets that heads north from Lake and ends at a cliff overlooking Lake Erie. In fact, Wilbert connects with Cliff Drive at the northern tip of the street. As I was walking closer and closer to the lake…

Hungry For Knowledge I rode my bike to Whippoorwill this morning, but after researching the bird it was named for I think I should have waited until night time to walk the street. A Whippoorwill is a nocturnal bird that has a haunting call that sounds like its name. Pretty spooky! The street itself is…

Bowler or Dancer? Westwood is kind of like a middle child. There are three sections of one continuous street that runs all the way from Lake Erie to Delaware Avenue near the highway. The northern section from Lake Erie to Detroit is called Summit, and the southern section from Madison to Delaware is called Morrison.…

No Debate My mouth was watering when I arrived at the corner of Westlake and Detroit. Cleveland Bagel Co. opened a Lakewood store at this location in late June, and I know our family has patronized the business several times since then. For me there is no debate – my favorite poppyseed bagel in the…

Making Lemonade There is a phrase, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. Well someone near the intersection of Summit and West Shore Court has embraced that philosophy. West Shore Court is a tiny street that juts west off Summit at the northern end by Lake Erie. There are only three houses on the street.…

Surveyor Within a 1/4 mile radius in the northwest corner of Lakewood, there are a trio of streets that would be confusing to substitute mail carriers and pizza delivery drivers alike. I passed them all on my jog this morning. They are Forest, West Forest and West Clifton – and they all dead-end into Clifton…

Rounding Third & Heading Home West Clifton Road is a short “No Outlet” street less than a mile from my house. It peels off of Lake at an unusual intersection that also has the street I will be walking tomorrow (West Forest Road). There are probably less than 10 houses on the street, but they…