Archive for the 'Film Locations' Category
“Squeezed and Pulled and Hurt My Neck” – Lunch at Pompilios
Sunday, October 19th, 2008
Among my many favorite films is the 1988 Academy Award winner for Best Picture Rainman starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. My friend Garry from work had clued me in that a restaurant that appeared in the film was located in the greater Cincinnati area. So when I drew up the plans for my day-long Cincinnati tour a full ten months or so before actually embarking on it, I made sure that a stop to this restaurant – Pompilios – was included in the itinerary. Read the rest of this entry »
Columbus and Northward
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
On Saturday morning, August 2, 2008, Bob and I departed Denise and Aaron’s house in Westerville for the final leg (or rather legs) of our road trip journey around Ohio. This was a day trip I had long planned as part of my “website-driven re-visits of places I’ve already been but have to see again because I was too stupid to take photos of myself by the landmarks when I was there the first time” tour. I was mostly interested in the Presidential stops, but Bob added a couple of additional places to visit to round out the full day. Aaron recommended an interesting restaurant at which to dine for lunch…and off we went. Read the rest of this entry »
“A Christmas Story” in July
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
The classic 1983 film A Christmas Story has become ingrained in my mind – and I’m sure on the minds of anyone else under the age of 40 – as a necessary staple of the holiday season… especially now that it seems to play on a continuous loop for the entire month of December. In fact if you looked up ‘holiday film’ in the dictionary, you might find a picture of the leg lamp. As part of our Ohio tour, on July 27, 2008 Bob and I visited the primary house in the slums of Cleveland that was used in the film as the home of the Parker family.