If you want some Ohio adventuring inspiration, look no further than @KrisofOhio. Seriously, this girl gets around. If you follow Kristin on Instagram you know she is always up to something fun - concerts, wineries, food tours, historical sites, parks - and she always looks super cute while adventuring! She also blogs about her adventures over at Once Upon A Stylish Life, and is even working on a fun 101 Cool Places and Things in Ohio series. Definitely check out her site and Insta feed. You'll learn about new places and find lots of things to add to your to do list.
And now, meet @KrisofOhio... Where from? I always tell people I wave two flags because I am originally from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but was raised in Columbus, Ohio. I spent my summers in Florida and the rest of the year, I was here in Ohio. They are both home to me. I lived in Los Angeles for a year while I studied fashion design at FIDM. I took a year off and came back to Ohio. Then I transferred to the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, where I finished my degree ten years ago. I currently reside in Columbus. Favorite Ohio Adventure? This is hard because I have had many Ohio adventures that I love. One that sticks out in my mind is from last holiday season. I participated in the Christmas Cookie Tour of Inns in Amish Country. It is an annual charity event where hotels, lodges, cabins and bed & breakfasts get to show off their holiday decorations and sell themselves to the participants. Last year the theme was 12 Days of Christmas. The twelve inns that participated were given one of the 12 days to use as their theme for their decorations. At each stop I received a different cookie that was made for the event. Some Inns used the theme to create their cookie and others made their house specialties. Some of the hotels went all out with their decorations. There were also lots of snacks and hot cocoa bars at the stops. Since I received a souvenir book before the event, I was able to plot out the course of travel before the date and the book also included the recipes for all the cookies I received. I have made a couple of them. The event was so much fun but it literally took an entire day. http://christmascookietour.com/ What do you love most about Ohio? It's funny, I used to kind of hate Ohio, coming from Florida where I adored the quick access to the ocean and it only took a few hours to reach Disney World. I only started to really appreciate Ohio about five years ago when I started doing more traveling in state. I love that you can find anything in Ohio. We have castles, the largest Amish population in the United States, islands and more festivals than any other state. There is literally a festival covering just about any food, hobby or music you may be interested in. You would never know about a lot of this stuff unless you make the effort to research. Ohio has something for everyone. Favorite Ohio Company? I am a foodie so my favorite Ohio company is Columbus Food Adventures. I have been on five different tours. The last three years I have gone on a tour in October around my birthday. I am currently trying to figure out which tour I am going to take at the end of the month. I have enjoyed every tour but my favorites have been the Dessert Tour, the Taco Truck Tour and the Breakfast Tour. I love that they partnered with my favorite breakfast blogger Dr. Breakfast/Nick Dekker for the Breakfast tour. The great experiences I have had with Bethia, Nick and the rest of the CFA family made me want to venture out to take my first out of town tour with Cincinnati Food Tours a couple weeks ago. http://columbusfoodadventures.com/ Favorite Ohio drink? I love wine and Ohio has a great wine presence. My favorite is Dandelion wine from Breitenbach Winery in Dover, Ohio. I'm also a fan of any drink Cris Dehlavi has ever made for me at M. She makes some of the best cocktails I have ever had. http://www.breitenbachwine.com/ Favorite Ohio City? I have a few favorite cities I adore. I love Cincinnati. I am just always excited to go there. I also really love Put in Bay and Yellow Springs. When I want to party I go to Put in Bay. If I want to relax and wander around, I enjoy the artsy feel of Yellow Springs. My Ohio Adventure to do list? My ultimate goal is to visit all 88 counties in Ohio. To accomplish this, I make seasonal lists quarterly and some things get relisted when I don't get to them during a particular season. I do a lot of research on attractions and hidden gems all over Ohio. This is an abbreviated list from combined seasons... 1. A Christmas Story house http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/ 2. Canton Food Tours http://www.cantonfoodtours.com/ 3. Geneva on the Lake 4. Hamburger Wagon in Miamisburg http://www.hamburgerwagon.com/ 5. The Shawshank Redemption Trail http://www.mansfieldtourism.com/what-to-do/the-shawshank-trail Favorite place to visit outside of Ohio? I always love going back to Florida. I just took a trip to Disney with my family. My nephew had never been and it was one of my favorite past times with my father who is no longer with us. Outside of that, I love going to New York and Chicago for the food and museums. |
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