List #16 STUFF TO SEE IN COLUMBUS, OH

Interesting topic for today! I'm going to list the places I always take friends when they come to visit me. This may not be a typical list, but I'm not a typical tour guide!

If you were to visit Columbus, I'd show you:

• Main Library of the 2010 Library of the Year! Built around a refurbished building originally built with money from Andrew Carnegie, it is truly a beautiful library.
  
• The Deaf School Park and the Topiary Garden of the Seurat painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Isle of La Grande Jatte
  
• The Village Book Shop
  
• The Book Loft in German Village
• Drive or walk through some of German Village
• The Linden Branch Library (that I helped design), and whichever branch I'm currently serving
• Thurber House where my son, an official docent, can give you a private tour
  
• The Zoo (rated #1 in America by many)
• The Old King Cole statue in the Brewery District
• Drive down Broad St, going East out of downtown to see the old buildings
• Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream
• Barley's for great craft beer
• Knitter's Mercantile (although if you're not a fiber fan, I'd try to restrain myself from making you go there with me)
• Franklin Park Conservatory

Those of you who live in or near Columbus - where would YOU take people?