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11/03/2026

Today is a huge day for the state of Ohio. Get out there and exercise your right to vote.

Did you vote yet?

11/02/2026

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11/02/2026

We love Columbus, but sometimes the weekend needs a change of scenery.

ROCKMILL BREWERY outside Lancaster is a good excuse to grab your favorite people and make an afternoon of it. Take your time, catch up, and enjoy having nowhere else you need to be.

It’s also a wedding venue, so if your significant other casually suggests a visit, there may be a second agenda.

Send this to someone you’re overdue for an afternoon with.

10/31/2026

Start in Columbus, and you can reach the farthest drivable points in Ohio in about 3 hours and 40 minutes, according to this map.

Ohio has the country’s 5th-largest interstate system, with more than 8,000 lane miles. And the Columbus Region sits within a day’s drive of 45% of the entire U.S. population.

We’ve been well connected for a while. The National Road, America’s first federally funded highway, reached Columbus in 1833. It followed Main Street, turned north on High and continued west on Broad. Nearly 200 years later, you’re still driving parts of that route.

What’s one place in Ohio worth the drive?

Awesome Video by International Parks despite them for being from the state up north…

10/30/2026

Instead of spamming you with 1,569 texts we figured let’s compile everything you need to vote in Franklin County, all in one place. 🗳️

Early voting is open through Sunday, Nov. 1 at 1700 Morse Rd. Mail ballots must be received by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3. Polls are open 6:30a to 7:30p.

Swipe for hours, ID rules, drop box info, and how to find your polling location. Save this and share it with your people. 💛

10/29/2026

Columbus runs on running. And there’s a lot of money moving alongside those race bibs.

More than 15,000 runners from 49 states and 15 countries participated in the Columbus Marathon and Half Marathon on October 18. For local businesses, that means a weekend of hotel bookings, restaurant reservations, coffee stops, and post-race celebrations. A runner traveling here, brings more money to town than just their registration fee.

An earlier Ohio State Fisher College of Business study estimated the marathon’s annual economic impact at roughly $15 million. That’s a historical estimate, not a final tally for 2026, but it shows the scale of the event.

Then there’s Cap City. Its organizers estimate $7.5 million in annual visitor spending, while Columbus City Council cited more than $6.5 million this year across restaurants, retail, transportation, recreation, and lodging. Council also estimated the event brings about 45,000 people downtown.

Those estimates come from different years and methods, so combining them wouldn’t give us an official annual total. They do show why running deserves a place in the conversation about Columbus’ tourism economy.

And the calendar keeps going: the Columbus 10K, Ohio State 4 Miler, Arnold 5K, neighborhood races and Thanksgiving turkey trots keep people training, registering, and showing up throughout the year.

The charitable impact deserves its own mention. This year’s Columbus Marathon raised a record $1.5 million for Nationwide Children’s Hospital, bringing the partnership’s fundraising to roughly $16.5 million since 2012.

So yes, race weekends complicate your drive across town. They also give thousands of people a reason to visit, spend money here, and support children’s care.

Read “Columbus Runs on Running” in The Scarlet Letter at the link in our bio.

10/28/2026

Shoutout to Urbanist for this great video on a neighborhood Columbus once called a slum. Now it’s one of the priciest in the city. 🤑

I’ve been following you for a while now Urbanist if you’re still in town let’s chat!

In 1960, after the city bulldozed a third of German Village for urban renewal, a city worker and 183 neighbors bought the condemned cottages back in cash and restored them. Today it’s one of the country’s largest privately funded historic districts.

10/27/2026

Autumn looks good on you Columbus 🍂
📷 - Ron Schwind

10/26/2026

For nearly a month, Columbus has quietly been hosting the largest horse show in the world.

The All American Quarter Horse Congress wraps up this week at the Ohio Expo Center after running from September 26 through October 24. And the scale of this thing is kind of absurd.

Each year, Congress brings more than 28,000 horse show entries, attracts an estimated 500,000+ people to the Columbus area, awards more than $5 million in cash and prizes, and fills more than 20 acres with nearly 200 vendors selling everything from saddles and show clothes to trailers and Western art. Organizers estimate its annual economic impact on Central Ohio at roughly $426 million. (Quarter Horse Congress⁠)

It has also been a Columbus tradition since 1967, meaning generations of competitors have spent part of every fall hauling horses, trailers and entire operations into the Ohio Expo Center while much of the rest of the city goes about its day barely realizing one of the biggest equestrian events on Earth is happening a few miles from Downtown. (Experience Columbus⁠)

And this is not just people riding horses in circles. Congress covers everything from reining and barrel racing to jumping, roping and Western pleasure, alongside youth and collegiate judging competitions, horse sales and one of the largest equine trade shows anywhere. (Quarter Horse Congress⁠)

The final day is Saturday, October 24, with Professional Bull Riding closing things out that evening. General admission to Congress itself is free, although some special events require tickets. (Quarter Horse Congress⁠)

So if you’ve driven past the Fairgrounds this month wondering why Columbus suddenly has an incredible number of cowboy hats and horse trailers, now you know.

For a few weeks every fall, Columbus becomes one of the centers of the horse world.

10/25/2026