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Started 11 months ago by Serendipity
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Serendipity
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I'm VERY new to the area (N.W. Columbus) and feel a bit like a fish out of water. We moved here from a very small artsy village about an hour west of here. Needless to say, we can't realistically keep our doctors, markets, typical entertainment locations, etc. I would greatly appreciate recommendations wherever possible.

* We have three children, 8-15 years old, so we're looking for a great internal medicine/pediatrics office
* We're in need of a family dentist. Our daughters need braces. YIKES!
* We do our best to buy local whenever possible. Can anyone suggest the best farmers markets? Are any open year round?
* Where/when are the best places for live local music, preferably locations where 30 somethings aren't the odd balls and especially places where teens are welcome.
* Columbus has SO much to offer, any suggestions on where to begin so that we don't completely overwhelm ourselves? :)
* Local wineries with excellent (local)wine?
* Best places for a starving artist to begin checking options?
* Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated!

I know its a lot, I'd appreciate any help you can offer. Thanks!!!

Posted 11 months ago #
Wickham
German Village
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Welcome to the area.

I have gone to the Smiley Dental Group now for a couple of years and love the care they give me. Also it is NW Columbus so shouldn't be a far trek for your family.

Check out this Link for information on local farmer markets.

Posted 11 months ago #
AmyJ

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The Worthington Farmers Market is every Saturday from 8-12 and it's great. You can also keep driving south on High Street and hit the Clintonville Market on Saturday too. Both have small winter markets too I believe.

There are a bunch of good summer music series that are definitely family friendly -- Goodale Park, Columbus Commons, Whetstone, etc. What type of music are you into mostly? There is live music all over town every night of the week. Check out The Other Paper or Columbus Alive for weekly listings.

House Wine is great local wine shop in Olde Worthington. Camelot Cellars in the Short North bottles their own wine. You also may want to check the North Market Food & Wine Festival for tastings of local wineries. I'm not up on the Ohio wine scene.

Posted 11 months ago #
buckeyenation
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Welcome to Columbus. I'm not sure I can answer all of your questions, but as far as an orthodontist I can recommend Dr. Lightfoot. His office is on Reed Road between Bethel and Henderson. I just got my braces off and he was great. Very friendly office.

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lol... There seems to be plenty of hot to trot dentists on the CU trail. Majorly dissappointed with the last "Cap" services...but so it goes.

Posted 11 months ago #
buckeyenation
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? Are you implying that I'm a dentist trying to advertise for myself? Am I reading that wrong? That's not the case.

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I have no idea. I was referring to 'Capstone Dental'. My guess is that in your experience there is not much beyond that.

Posted 11 months ago #
buckeyenation
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Gotcha. In any case, I'm a teacher, not a dentist, but I had a wonderful experience with my braces at my Orthodontist so I thought I'd share that with the original poster.

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sigh

Posted 11 months ago #
BCNation
Franklin Park
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I know that Worthington has a summer concert series on their Village Green (High St/161), Clintonville has one at Whetstone Park (both are Sundays @ 7), Upper Arlington has one at the newly renamed Sunny 95 Park (right next to, yup, Sunny 95)- I don't know when that is usually.

Posted 11 months ago #
Pablo
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Serendipity wrote >>
* Where/when are the best places for live local music, preferably locations where 30 somethings aren't the odd balls and especially places where teens are welcome.

You might try ComFest next weekend...
http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/community-festival-program-guide-now-online#post-377485

Posted 11 months ago #
ehill27
Short North
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Sounds like the North Market will be right up your alley. Also, you may be interested in the Goodale Park Music Series this summer; Sundays and FREE.

The park is just down the street from the Market, so you can kill two birds with one stone. ;)

Posted 11 months ago #
alexs
Limestone bluffs of the Scioto
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An artsy village an hour west of here ... sounds like where my dad went to school in the 50s.

For a dentist, I'll recommend Steven Hart at 3rd & Grandview. If he doesn't do the work himself he can give you a good referral to a specialist.

Explore the parks! There's a lot to see, and some places around the Scioto will remind you of Glen Helen.

The conservatory is good and the zoo is almost too big to see it all in a single visit. You might like to walk the Short North and check out the galleries and shops, and +1 for North Market which is easy to find when you step out the rear door at Barley's.

We don't have Young's Jersey Dairy but we do have Jeni's ice cream. We have a lot of good local small restaurants and this board is a good place to research them.

Posted 11 months ago #
hungrywoolf
Victorian Village
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For things to do:

You can sign up for the Experience Columbus 'what's on' emails either weekly, quarterly or monthly. You can also visit their visitor center for discount tickets for the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and COSI.

You can follow the Mega Summer Weekend posts on the front page of CU. Here's last week's.

Here's a list of Columbus festivals this year.

Get a free SBB card for discounts at local shops and restaurants.

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Serendipity
NW Columbus
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Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I really appreciate all of the wonderful suggestions. :)

Posted 11 months ago #