<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>columbusalive.com:  RSS</title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com</link><description>The latest headlines from columbusalive.com</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2010,columbusalive.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:33:12 -0500</lastBuildDate><category>Newspapers</category><generator>RSS Generator v1.0</generator><image><url>http://www.http://www.columbusalive.com.com/live/export-content/sites/http://www.columbusalive.com/images/rss_logo.gif</url><title>Latest Local News Headlines</title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com</link></image><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[The List: Top 10 unsung TV dads]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_list.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_list.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=The+List%3A+Top+10+unsung+TV+dads</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:22:48 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Some TV dads (Cliff Huxtable) got all the credit for their parenting skills, while others were completely overlooked. Here's our list for the most underrated TV dads. They may have some flaws - they're definitely not Ward Cleaver - but at least they're not as bad as the dads on "Lost."]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dine Originals Week]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_dine-originals.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_dine-originals.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Dine+Originals+Week</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:13:03 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[If you need an excuse to get out and enjoy a meal at a local establishment - though really, you shouldn't need an excuse - it doesn't get much better than Dine Originals Week.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alive staff Oscar predictions]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_f_oscar-predictions-list.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_f_oscar-predictions-list.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Alive+staff+Oscar+predictions</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:02:09 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Alive's Brad Keefe and Shelley Mann share their predictions for the 2010 Academy Awards.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mactacular: Tasi Cafe]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_mac-tasi.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_mac-tasi.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Mactacular%3A+Tasi+Cafe</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:32:53 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[The reason people are willing to struggle with weekend Short North parking only to wait in line at Tasi is because it's worth it. This Euro-stylish counter-order/claim-a-squatting-spot operation (some tables are communal) sells top-notch, scratch-made goodies for damn cheap.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venture: Nature Notes]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_venture_nature.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_venture_nature.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Venture%3A+Nature+Notes</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:46:47 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[A.W. Marion State Park, Southern Ohio Wildflower Pilgrimage and more outdoors news from Central Ohio.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[EasyColumbus: Census on Campus]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_easy_census.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_easy_census.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=EasyColumbus%3A+Census+on+Campus</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:20:28 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[There's much more to count this year than 37 medals won by the U.S. Olympic team or Columbus' record 30 inches of snowfall in February. On April 1, every person in the U.S. will be counted for the 2010 Census, an event that occurs just once every decade.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Game On!: "Dante's Inferno"]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_g_dantes-inferno.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_g_dantes-inferno.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Game+On%21%3A+%22Dante%27s+Inferno%22</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:17:00 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Can a video game be created around a 14th-century Italian political satire? Well, no. But in EA's mind, apparently, it's not a bad idea to steal the title and some plot elements for a slam-bam "God of War" clone.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mactacular: Latitude 41]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_mac-latitude-41.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_mac-latitude-41.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Mactacular%3A+Latitude+41</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:33:39 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Latitude 41 can shatter your expectations of a hotel restaurant. Located in the opulent Renaissance Downtown, its swooping, airy and dramatic space is locally unique.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Headliners: Jay Electronica at BoMA]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_m_jay-electronica.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_m_jay-electronica.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Headliners%3A+Jay+Electronica+at+BoMA</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:55:42 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[More than any other genre, rap music feeds on hype. And no rapper in recent memory has come to Columbus with more hype than Jay Electronica, the burly hood shaman who'll rock BoMA on Friday after a comically long slate of local opening acts.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Movie review capsules]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_f_caps.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_f_caps.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Movie+review+capsules</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:10:25 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are you wearing? Meghan Willis]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_s_rack_meghan_willis.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_s_rack_meghan_willis.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=What+are+you+wearing%3F+Meghan+Willis</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:42:23 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA["I hate shopping for vintage stuff, because I'm not a scrounger. But I like that aesthetic, that 1950s look, where things are pretty fitted up top and there's a flare to the skirt."]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sensory Overload: Afortiori]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_m_afortiori.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_m_afortiori.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Sensory+Overload%3A+Afortiori</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:50:10 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[During my interview with Six Gallery about their worldwide record deal with German indie label Superball, they mentioned their fondness for Afortiori, the latest project from songwriter-about-town Daniel Erb. So of course Erb's ensemble was on the bill for Six Gallery's tour kickoff show at Ravari Room.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Locals Only: Guinea Worms]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_m_guinea-worms.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_m_guinea-worms.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Locals+Only%3A+Guinea+Worms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:55:50 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[When Guinea Worms' 2008 single "Box of Records" became the fastest-selling release in Columbus Discount Records' brief history, the label brain trust approached frontman Will Foster about clearing the vaults and finally releasing an LP.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mactacular: Salvi's Bistro]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_mac-salvis.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_mac-salvis.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Mactacular%3A+Salvi%27s+Bistro</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:28:16 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Located in Hilliard, Salvi's is a family-friendly Italian American stalwart with a long tradition of pleasing customers. Sprawled across three rooms, the large semi-upscale space contains lots of basic black accents, the obligatory pictures giving props to Italy and assorted visuals that casually say "Good Food Here."]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alive's Guide to winning your Oscar pool]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_f_oscar-picks.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_f_oscar-picks.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Alive%27s+Guide+to+winning+your+Oscar+pool</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:05:17 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Ah, the Oscars! The glamour! The glitz! The opportunity for not-quite-legal workplace gambling! We're here for some last-minute help before you circle your picks and throw your five bucks in the hat.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exhibit: "Share Your Story"]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_ar_share-your-story.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_ar_share-your-story.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Exhibit%3A+%22Share+Your+Story%22</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:08:35 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Do you remember Blue Cube Gallery? Ele_mental's Gallery Hop DJ sessions in front of Waterbeds N Stuff? The awesome cat in Lanning Gallery? If you do - and you have other fond memories, insights and revelations you'd like to share - then stop by Sherrie Gallerie during Gallery Hop this Saturday for WOSU's Share-Your-Story event.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Menu: Old Mohawk]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_menu_old-mohawk.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_menu_old-mohawk.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Menu%3A+Old+Mohawk</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:43:18 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[The extraneous "e" used to spell "Olde Mohawk" on that restaurant's awning is honestly earned (even if it's phased out inside). Open since the 1930s, this perennial German Village favorite is rich in history and a veritable local treasure.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Movie review: "The White Ribbon"]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_f_white-ribbon.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_f_white-ribbon.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Movie+review%3A+%22The+White+Ribbon%22</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:56:28 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[If German-Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke decided for some reason to make a zany romantic comedy, he would find a way to make it disturbing.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Movie review: "Brooklyn's Finest"]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_f_brooklyns-finest.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_f_brooklyns-finest.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Movie+review%3A+%22Brooklyn%27s+Finest%22</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:56:14 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[The gritty, ultra-violent crime drama from director Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day") follows three borough cops - a patrolman (Richard Gere), a plainclothes detective (Ethan Hawke) and undercover op (Don Cheadle) - unhappy in their careers and personal lives.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Locals Only: Electric Grandmother]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_m_electric-grandmother.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_m_electric-grandmother.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Locals+Only%3A+Electric+Grandmother</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:17:13 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Like Gil Mantera's Party Dream and the dearly departed Hugs & Kisses, Pete Faust's elaborate "sitcom-core" live show - featuring Faust's relentless enthusiasm and video projections by his wife Mary Alice! - seems like it wouldn't translate as a strictly musical venture.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Movie review: "Alice in Wonderland"]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_f_alice-in-wonderland.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_f_alice-in-wonderland.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Movie+review%3A+%22Alice+in+Wonderland%22</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:58:00 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[People who are easily distracted by bright, shiny things should surely see Tim Burton's re-imagining of the Lewis Carroll classic, "Alice in Wonderland." In 3-D. Twice.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Film: "Strongman"]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_f_strongman.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_f_strongman.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Film%3A+%22Strongman%22</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:11:23 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Assorted muscle-ly men are among the various attractions during this week's Arnold Sports Festival, but if you want to catch a different sort of manly strength, stop by the Arena Grand Theatre for the premiere of Zachary Levy's "Strongman."]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Undercooked: "Ace of Cakes"]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_ace-of-cakes.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_ace-of-cakes.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Undercooked%3A+%22Ace+of+Cakes%22</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:15:10 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Mary Alice Yeskey doesn't consider herself an ace of cakes.

Sure, she's learned a lot as office manager at Charm City Cakes, the Baltimore bakery whose extreme pastry designs have been featured on the Food Network's "Ace of Cakes" since 2006.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foot Notes: "Carmina Burana" and "Coming Into View"]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_ar_foot-notes.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_ar_foot-notes.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Foot+Notes%3A+%22Carmina+Burana%22+and+%22Coming+Into+View%22</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:56:02 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Columbus native Christine Mangia stopped dancing long enough recently to tell Alive about the two works she and the rest of BalletMet are working on for their March concerts. Currently in her ninth season with the company, Mangia can talk authoritatively about each piece, having worked with the choreographers behind both productions.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mactacular: Starliner Diner]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_mac-starliner.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_mac-starliner.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Mactacular%3A+Starliner+Diner</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:30:22 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[No wall space is wasted in the Starliner Diner. This fun and funky place is crammed with a nutty amalgam of garage sale, thrift store and vintage-shop clutter that riffs on '50s and '60s motifs. And I love Starliner's fanciful murals -like the one where the smiling sun and the man in the moon share outer space with short-order favorites. But all of that wacky ambience would be for naught if the Starliner didn't consistently deliver on massive plates of diner fare spiked with zesty Latin verve.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[City Limits: Columbus High Five]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_columbus-high-five.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_columbus-high-five.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=City+Limits%3A+Columbus+High+Five</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:20:04 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Long starved for a citywide branding image, five Columbus entertainment districts have collaborated on a new campaign to highlight the diverse lifestyle offerings along a five-mile stretch of High Street.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mactacular: Leaders of the Mac]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_mac.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_mac.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Mactacular%3A+Leaders+of+the+Mac</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:53:30 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Mac and cheese - it's a familiar and beloved treat that we learn to eat in high chairs and continue to reach for throughout life to receive a healing dose of comfort. In its barest form, the dish is a tummy-pleasing pasta enriched with mouth-massaging dairy - what's not to love? These restaurants seek to playfully remake the simple stuff into works of art.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remote Patrol: "Parenthood"]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_tv_parenthood.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_tv_parenthood.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Remote+Patrol%3A+%22Parenthood%22</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:14:43 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[In the Braverman family, everything that can go wrong usually does.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music: Woody Pines at Thirsty Ear]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_m_woody-pines.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_m_woody-pines.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Music%3A+Woody+Pines+at+Thirsty+Ear</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:18:17 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[During his two-year stint in Columbus, traveling musician Jonathan Woods came into his own under the guise Woody Pines at modest gigs like the Thirsty Ear's open-mic night.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mactacular: Dragonfly]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_mac-dragonfly.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_mac-dragonfly.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Mactacular%3A+Dragonfly</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:33:15 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA["Thank you James Beard," is written on a mirror in Dragonfly Neo-V. Why? Because Magdiale Wolmark, Dragonfly's highly talented vegetarian kitchen specialist, has been honored as a semi-finalist for the Best Chef: Great Lakes category of the James Beard awards, i.e. "the Oscars of cooking."]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[City Limits: Columbus2020]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_city_columbus-2020.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_city_columbus-2020.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=City+Limits%3A+Columbus2020</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:19:57 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[A forward-looking new initiative announced at the Columbus Chamber's annual meeting last week seeks to draw new businesses to Central Ohio.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crew Cuts: Champions League Quarterfinals]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_crew_champions.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_crew_champions.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Crew+Cuts%3A+Champions+League+Quarterfinals</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:47:06 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Welcome back to Alive's weekly Crew Cuts column, where I'll again chronicle the Columbus Crew throughout the season - assuming there is a season. There was so much uncertainty at press time regarding Major League Soccer's labor situation that I considered presenting this week's column in alternate realities, "Lost" style.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extra Points: Arnold Sports Festival]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_arnold-sports-festival.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_arnold-sports-festival.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Extra+Points%3A+Arnold+Sports+Festival</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:19:50 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[No matter how athletic you are, you won't be able see everything this weekend at the 2010 Arnold Sports Festival. If you're keeping tabs on the event's exponential growth, this installment will feature five venues, 44 sports, 18,000 athletes and roughly 170,000 spectators. To help sort things out, here are five sporting events you can get into with your $10 daily admission to the 700-booth Fitness Expo.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mixologist: Gretchen Worthington of Stooges]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_n_mix_stooges.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_n_mix_stooges.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Mixologist%3A+Gretchen+Worthington+of+Stooges</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:52:41 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA["Our karaoke crowd is a wild bunch. It's one of the best nights to work because the karaoke in this bar is great. We have some really great singers, and the ones who aren't the best singers just have fun."]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mactacular: Betty's Fine Food & Spirits]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_mac-bettys.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_mac-bettys.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Mactacular%3A+Betty%27s+Fine+Food+%26+Spirits</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:30:51 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[My mouth always arcs upward when I look at all the tchotchkes, bric-a-brac and knickknacks that adorn Betty's in the Short North. That daffy pack of pooches canoodling above the bar looks like it might've escaped from the kitschy ceramic kennel of schlock-loving mega-artist Jeff Koons.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marquee: Warpaint at The Summit]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_m_warpaint.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_m_warpaint.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Marquee%3A+Warpaint+at+The+Summit</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:18:04 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[I don't know anything about applying warpaint, but I imagine the process is ominous, ritualistic and somewhat haphazard. 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While I was at the Central Ohio Home & Garden Show last weekend (the show continues through Sunday at the Ohio Expo Center), I saw a pretty appealing gadget - the Husqvarna Automower. 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On their sophomore release, "The Monitor," Jersey's most verbose and vociferous young guns, Titus Andronicus, offer their take, with all the requisite big guitar bombast: "Tramps like us, baby we were born to die!"]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off the Rack: Columbus shopping news]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_s_off-the-rack.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_s_off-the-rack.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Off+the+Rack%3A+Columbus+shopping+news</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:18:45 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Brittany Kress keeps up on the latest in local retail so you don't have to.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curtain Call: "Gin and 'It'"]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_ar_gin-and-it.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_ar_gin-and-it.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Curtain+Call%3A+%22Gin+and+%27It%27%22</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:56:08 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[In May 1924, two wealthy friends at the University of Chicago carried out what they had planned as the perfect crime. 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But anybody with a trace of appreciation for hip-hop history should kiss the ring.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Window Shopping: Tailfeathers Boutique]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_s_window_tailfeathers-boutique.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_s_window_tailfeathers-boutique.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Window+Shopping%3A+Tailfeathers+Boutique</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:41:25 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[As its name alludes, Tailfeathers Boutique first opened with a focus on flashy accessories - handbags and jewelry.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marquee: Golden Triangle at Cafe Bourbon Street]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_m_golden-triangle.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_m_golden-triangle.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Marquee%3A+Golden+Triangle+at+Cafe+Bourbon+Street</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:17:20 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Somewhere between Vivian Girls' sagging eyelids and Sleater-Kinney's furrowed brow comes Golden Triangle. The Brooklyn art-punk combo specializes in Bangle jangle, shoegaze haze and a twinge of riot grrrl rancor, all wrapped up in an art-school aesthetic that will deflect some listeners and cause others to swear immediate allegiance.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Daily Show: Extra credit]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_daily-show.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_daily-show.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=The+Daily+Show%3A+Extra+credit</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:20:21 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Congress is finally trying to rein in some of the worst abuses of the credit-card industry. Will the new Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act help consumers? 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Steiner Salon]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_s_skin_j-steiner-salon.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_s_skin_j-steiner-salon.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Skin+Deep%3A+J.+Steiner+Salon</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:45:42 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[You could get a French manicure. You could get a full set of acrylics. Or you could get Minxed.

The colorful nail coverings, which began as a West Coast phenomenon, are offered at select salons in Columbus. One of those is J. Steiner Spa & Salon, which just opened in October.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alive & Unedited: Benjamin Kent]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_unedited_benjamin-kent.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_u_unedited_benjamin-kent.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Alive+%26+Unedited%3A+Benjamin+Kent</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:05:58 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[With his Oh Art campaign, Benjamin Kent wants to transform COTA buses and shelters into mobile galleries by plastering them with work by local artists. He's hoping to be in the running this month for a $250,000 grant from Pepsi Refresh, a program that funds good ideas across the country. Either way, Kent's a man with a plan.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mactacular: More Mac & Cheese]]></title><link>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_mac-more.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108</link><guid>http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/04/ca_fo_mac-more.html?type=rss&amp;cat=&amp;sid=108&amp;title=Mactacular%3A+More+Mac+%26+Cheese</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:33:56 -0500</pubDate><author>online@columbusalive.com</author><description><![CDATA[Do these picks have you hungry for more? Here's a taste of some other interesting offerings around town.]]></description></item></channel></rss>
