Believeland

I moved to Cleveland in 2002 for law school.  I stayed because I fell in love with this city, triumph and tragedy and tenacity in one.

After Cleveland got dumped on ESPN last summer, the Plain Dealer published a list of "100 things that make Cleveland the best."  The mission of The Cleveland Project is simple:  armed with a Nikon D90 and a sense of adventure, do each of the awesome things, photograph them, and blog about the experience.  Updates will be posted each Sunday and Wednesday (more or less).

Welcome to my year-long love letter to this city I'm proud to call home.


The List:
1.  Cleveland Metroparks
2.  Cleveland Orchestra
3.  Actual seasons
4.  Cleveland International Film Festival
5.  The Dawg Pound
6.  The Big Egg
7.  Progressive Field
8.  Cost of living
9.  "Hot in Cleveland"
10.  Severance Hall
11.  Great Lakes Brewing Co.
12.  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
13.  Cleveland Museum of Art
14.  Lake Erie (tall ships, beaches, Edgewater Marina, Goodtime III, the Steamship William G. Mather...)
15.  Terminal Tower
16.  Michael Symon
17.  World-class health care
18.  "A Christmas Story" house
19.  University Circle
20.  Playhouse Square
21.  Sokolowski's University Inn
22.  Cuyahoga Valley National Park
23.  West Point Market
24.  Pierogis
25.  The blimp
26.  Ice cream
27.  Blossom Music Center
28.  Little Italy
29.  Warehouse District
30.  Great Lakes Science Center
31.  Public Square
32.  Festivals
33.  Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
34.  West Side Market
35.  Polka!
36.  Lakeview Cemetery
37.  Big Fun
38.  Karamu Theatre
39.  Gallucci's
40.  Beachland Ballroom
41.  Cedar Lee Theatre
42.  Commute
43.  Edgewater Park
44.  Tremont
45.  Coventry Road
46.  Sweet corn
47.  Farmers markets
48.  Akron Civic Theatre
49.  Towpath trail
50.  East Fourth Street
51.  Cinematheque
52.  Melt
53.  Cedar Point
54.  Put-in-Bay
55.  Memphis Kiddie Park
56.  Amish country
57.  Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
58.  Boutique shopping
59.  IngenuityFest
60.  Parade the Circle
61.  Architecture
62.  Old Arcade
63.  Free July 4th concerts
64.  Higher ed
65.  Art walks
66.  Neighborhoods
67.  Rockefeller Park
68.  Phoenix Coffee
69.  Hot dogs
70.  Stadium mustard
71.  Diners
72.  Velvet Tango Room
73.  Bowling
74.  L'Albatros
75.  Parallax
76.  Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens
77.  St. Ed-St. Ignatius rivalry
78.  Toboggan chutes
79.  Feast of the Assumption
80.  The Great Geauga County Fair
81.  Gold Coast
82.  Nostalgia
83.  Apollo's Fire
84.  Downtown bridges
85.  Sense of history
86.  Diversity
87.  AsiaTown
88.  Bubba's Q - World-Famous Bar-B-Q and Catering
89.  Hot Sauce Williams
90.  Malley's
91.  Renaissance Hotel in Tower City
92.  Local authors
93.  Aut-O-Rama Twin Drive-In Theater
94.  Momocho
95.  Fish fries
96.  Community gardens
97.  Drew Carey
98.  Cartoonists
99.  Superman
100.  Byron Scott