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Toledo, Oh
This
last November I was invited to join a client's Expo in Toledo Ohio. While
I thoroughly enjoyed the activities the client offered, which included
the release of a very important intranet project we'd been working on
for almost half of 2001, my stay in Toledo was somewhat less than fantastic.
Maybe it was that I enjoyed the company so much ... maybe it was the time of the year ... maybe it was just a slow weekend, but if ever there was a picture of a city in distress - Toledo, Ohio is that. Closed businesses line the downtown streets, and while the night life was reasonably active it wasn't anything like what I would have expected out of a medium sized city.
If anyone feels that they can convince me that Toledo is worth visiting again, please let me know. But barring that, I would encourage visitors to find somewhere else to spend your power-vacation.
| Travel: | Auto - Access to Toledo is easiest by the toll way I-80. Once you exit the highway the city is only a few miles off (and the only land mark in the flats of western Ohio). Easy/ well marked exits take you within a few blocks of downtown. Traffic is light-moderate for the weekend. |
| Sites: | Downtown - From my visit, I think the downtown
is really the only thing going on. Not that that is saying much. But
if there is life in the city, you'll find it there. In the Area - Toledo Zoo |
| Hotels: | Radisson - Now I've stayed in Radisson Inn's before, and considered it on the plusher side of available accomodations. The Toledo Radisson was awful though. Our rooms weren't ready until after dinner. Their meals had very minimal selections and were way over priced considering the quality. |
| Restaurants: | Radisson - Menus were printed on 8x11 pages and consisted of only 6 entrees. Way over-priced for the quality. The bar closed at 2am sharp. Dissappointing. |
| Clubs: | Although I didn't venture to the club scene as I was there Sunday-Monday nights, I did see a few chain-clubs in the area including a Banana Joes. |
