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A Happy Ending Today was the perfect ending to my Lakewood A to Z challenge. My wife (Amy) and my son (Tim) completed the entire route with me, Mayor Meghan George met me at the corner of Wyandotte and Lakewood Heights Boulevard to walk the last street with me, and I was completely blown away…

Penultimate Parade Today was my second to last street, and we finally went international. Our family is hosting a visitor from India through our church (Dr. Nibedita Pramanik), and I convinced her this afternoon to join me on my route. Little did she know she would be biking to Detroit and Woodward, walking south over…

Small Packages Today was my last opportunity to jog to a street, as Woodford is less than a 1/2 mile from my house. My last two streets are Woodward and Wyandotte, and I will definitely be biking to both of them. I plan to do Woodward tomorrow and then wait until Saturday to walk my…

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…