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Tobin S.

(10,418 posts) Sun Jul 17, 2016, 06:01 PM Jul 2016

I don't know why they call it the Mistake by the Lake. (pics) [View all]

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Cleveland is a great city and I would like to live there. Jen and I went up there yesterday. The plan was to stay in a nice hotel by the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame and then visit the Hall today. We bought tickets last week as a part of a package deal with the hotel. Well, we didn't get to go to the Hall of Fame. At the last minute, Trump changed his travel route for the RNC convention which closed the Hall of Fame today.

However, we did get a refund and we had a nice time there last night. We went on a little mini cruise on the Goodtimes III on Lake Erie and up the Cuyahoga River. Big city culture is very different from small towns like the one I currently live in. There were black people, white people, Asian people, Latino people, gay people, straight people, beer drinkers, and pot smokers on that cruise all hanging out together and having a great time. Here are a few pics from our adventure.

From the pier by the Rock-n-Roll Hall of fame. Our cruise ship is on the left.

Sunset from the pier.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

From the boat.

Yours truly.

My lovely wife. That's the convention center in the background where the Trumpenfuhrer will be this week.

The view from our hotel room this morning of the blockade being erected on Lakeside Ave.

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I don't know why they call it the Mistake by the Lake. (pics) [View all] Tobin S. Jul 2016 OP

Well, they have made some improvements... Wounded Bear Jul 2016 #1

Thank you, Tobin S. Those are great pictures. Glorfindel Jul 2016 #2

Great pics! I visited Cleveland two years ago for a ballpark trip... First Speaker Jul 2016 #3

You went to the downtown library? awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #29

I'd be perfectly happy living there the rest of my life... First Speaker Jul 2016 #33

My grandmother was a legal secretary and worked downtown awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #34

Nice pics! Enjoy Cleveland. Then travel up to Erie... FailureToCommunicate Jul 2016 #4

Someones wrong on the internet. Springslips Jul 2016 #5

10-4 I'll correct that. Tobin S. Jul 2016 #15

It's nice you 2 got a weekend away. irisblue Jul 2016 #6

I"m so glad you had a great time, my dear Tobin... CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2016 #7

The MetroParks are fantastic. nt awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #12

I'm old enough to remember when the Cuyahoga River caught on fire because it was so polluted. catbyte Jul 2016 #8

I love Cleveland JohnnyRingo Jul 2016 #9

Some may recall the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra with George Szell elleng Jul 2016 #10

The roster throught the years have been astoundingly good: marble falls Jul 2016 #23

Yes it has been; elleng Jul 2016 #25

If you are still there awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #11

Better yet: marble falls Jul 2016 #24

I've gone to WSM awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #27

These are great photos, Tobin! Thanks for sharing! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2016 #13

I've always liked Cleveland. I used to visit it back in the eighties when I 'worked' for Compuserve qnr Jul 2016 #14

Great photos! IronLionZion Jul 2016 #16

And here I always thought it referred to Cleveland Muni Stadium... malthaussen Jul 2016 #17

Usually, it's because they are from Pittsburgh. :^) eppur_se_muova Jul 2016 #18

You'd be surprised awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #30

Yeah, only two hours' drive -- people move back and forth with the ebb and flow of the job market... eppur_se_muova Jul 2016 #36

Yep... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #37

Our family visit to the Rock & Roll museum remains one of the... PassingFair Jul 2016 #19

Grew up in suburb of Cleve - it's a very under-rated city. Culturally significant and way more fun blm Jul 2016 #20

C-SPAN had a show highlighting the history of Cleveland yesterday or Saturday. No Vested Interest Jul 2016 #32

Small bit of racing trivia A HERETIC I AM Jul 2016 #21

"Mistake On The Lake" is reference to a chain of events from the late 1960s though the early 1980s Auggie Jul 2016 #22

A friend from Erie PA used the term "mistake by the Lake" in the mid-50's, No Vested Interest Jul 2016 #28

It's likely neither city had much to brag about ... Auggie Jul 2016 #31

Fantastic Pics! DarthDem Jul 2016 #26

Never been but I'd like to go some day OriginalGeek Jul 2016 #35

As a lifelong Clevelander bvf Jul 2016 #38

It's a great town unless you have a job working outside mdbl Jul 2016 #39