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The same Lake that chills you in the Summer keeps you warmer in the Fall. But, then Winter comes. Ouch.

Preaching to the Choir Cleveland gets snow,Chardon gets snowed in.Buffalo - fuggetaboutit - Lake Erie snow machine.Beats the hell out 3+ months of 95-105 though IMHO

110 today....

My kids frequently debate on who has the best breadsticks,  OG or Fazolis which of course have a shelf life of 90 seconds. 

I've been working between Ft Worth and OKC for the past 3 weeks and all I can say is F humidity. I still ain't used to it. I miss my scorching dry heat.

Agree.  Dry heat >> humidity.  I can take Phoenix/Las Vegas weather over Houston/New Orleans any day of the week.  Austin is somewhere in the middle, mostly good but occasionally brutal humidity.

It works the other way, too.  I was working in Minnesota through December many years ago and went out at 7:30 AM to start my car.  I was wearing jeans and short sleeves and it felt fine, I started my car, headed back into the hotel, grabbed a jacket and a mini muffin, a went to work.  It was 5 degrees F that morning.  But because it was cold but clear and completely still, I didn't really feel it.

On the other hand, if it's below freezing here (which obviously rarely happens) it's because a major front came through.  It's typically going to be windy, rainy, and it feels way colder than that calm, supercold morning in Minneapolis.  (Obviously staying outside for more than that 5 minutes, it would have started to feel a lot colder, no arguing that!)

Also please note I'm not saying Minneapolis doesn't have brutally cold weather, obviously it does.  There were other days when it was snowing, windy, blustery cold.  Overall those bits were miserable for this native Texican.  I was there from mid October through Dec 23rd and the day I was leaving the locals told me I was lucky to be going home before it got really cold.  I think it was about 10 degrees F and snowing that day.  And they were 100% correct, I felt lucky to be headed home before the really cold stuff hit.

Cincinnati chili is really just Greek bolognese

https://thetakeout.com/cincinnati-skyline-chili-history-greek-bolognese-1837878624

I told him what many people don’t realize is the “garbage” they speak of is actually immigrant food—Greek and Macedonian immigrant food to be specific. The city’s first chili parlor was Empress Chili, which was opened just next to the Empress Burlesque Theater by John Kiradjieff and Ilias Kiradjief, immigrants from northern Greece who came to America in the 1920s. Just as Lombardi’s is the first pizza parlor in New York City, Empress was the first chili parlor in Cincinnati. And, though its original location is long gone, we honor it with an equal amount of reverence.

My son is getting married at the end of the month in Cincinnati, I will definitely get some Cincinnati Style Chili before I go back him. Love to have a 5-way

Oldest Daughter serves and bartends at the local Olive Garden, it's always packed, she makes good $$$

I rarely go there, not a big Italian food guy and there are 2 other Italian places that are better, but when I do dine at Olive Garden I'm surprised at how good the sauces are.  Bread sticks and salad are well above average.

Ah, the 24 hr Greek family restaurants.  The bread basket with breadsticks and crackers.  If you're lucky a relish tray.  Huge menus.  Those are still around but not in the same numbers, and many are no longer 24/7.  Apparently gen Z and Millenials don't hang out there.

About the only times you see a relish tray anymore is a Wisconsin Supper Club.

an old school steakhouse here still has the relish tray.  It's a waeside that was established in 1949.

Best dry aged steaks in the midwest - haven't found better in Minneapolis, Des Moines, or Omaha