im KINDLED! finally...

I've been contemplating purchasing the kindle for some time now... (since xmas at least) but finally did it yesterday!  YAY! It took some time to research and debate but thankfully the boy's pretty handy at this sort of stuff too, these were my final thoughts supporting the decision: I did not want to see advertisement at the bottom of the screen so the special pricing was out, I wanted to be able to download books without a computer on the other hand did not feel I needed to spend an extra 50 bucks to get books wherever and whenever, soooOOOOoooo...

I went with the kindle wifi :)

super iDia, kindle

I so esiding(!) to get back into leisure reading, it's definitely an essential that's been looooOOoong ignored in my life. Now comes the difficult part, what to read first? I should tell you too, my other intent in purchasing the kindle is to read to increase my intel. yup, u heard it (here first :)

Here are a couple of books I've logged away to read one day to achieve both entertainment and upping my IQ:

• don quixote
• jane eyre
• les miserables
• women in love
• utopia
• the bible
• a brave new world
• guilliver's travels 

I won't exhaust the list today (yes, this post is getting rather bland) however before I get off I have to say thank you to all the amazing volunteers who've spent the time to convert these and other classic novels over to digital format so all can enjoy. (and best of all, enjoy them for freeeeEEeee)

iDia

eat cleveland!

i'll be Cleveland for my first OIT project (currently slated for 3 months). the foodie i am, searched out Cleveland's most treasured restaurants. my biggest source was CHOWHOUND, and other food blogs. i'll add to it as i go. the only qualifier for this list is, NO CHAINS, maybe limited chains. maybe.

the other thing I'll have to do one of these nights is to organize this list by area, so I can easily pick out a restaurant in the area. 

1. Ha Anh Korean (korean) small, cramped, ghetto, food was aite.

2. superior pho (vietnamese)

3. saigon (vietnamese) - warehouse district

4. sasa (japanese)

5. koko bakery (asian) sweeeeet bakery, sweet buns, cakes, smoothies (not real fruit though), i'll have to come back for a cake.

6. Phnom Penh (cambodian)

7. umami asian grill (asian fusion)

8. seoul hot pot (korean), across the street from koko's in asianville

9. Velvet Tango Room in Ohio City

10. Pacific East on Coventry BOMB sushi!!!! This is one of my fave sushi places ever, it's cheap and great quality. They also serve malaysian food, haven't tried it yet. There's another Pacific East on Eton.

11. Flying Cranes

12. Taqueria La Loma in Akron

13. El Senors at La Mexicana grocery in Painesville

14. i Pueblo on Lorain ave @ 128th

15. crop 

16. pier w

17. Bier Markt (love beer!)

18. Sokolowskis

19. fire, food, drink

20. El Tango in Lakewood

21. El Jalapenos

22. Bar Cento and The Flying Fig

23. chianto (Italian)

24. siam cafe

25. moxie, went here for lunch one day, it's super close to the hilton. had the beef asian salad, it was aite, think: viet bun. nothing special, i've had much better asian salads. good atmosphere though.

26. melt not that great. went with about 7 others, didn't seem like anyone else was that fond of their dishes. the fries were awesome though.

27. Lucky's cafe

28. The Greenhouse Tavern

29. Paladar- close to hotel in the Eton mall

30. Momocho on Fulton- in ohio city

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On Sunday I visited a friend in Akron and checked out El Rincon a great Mexican restaurant. They had super large servings! Stayed stuffed the whole day from this lunch. They also had awesome magarita's, the 4 of us shared a half pitcher of magartas for 10 bucks!