July 14 Day 26 BK pork sandwich Kerouac, Fox Sports online Sara approves pharmaceut testing Miles / Radley | July 15 Day 27 Kerouac tour Schmidt’s Sausage Haus in Jenni’s ice crm Goat chs/ coffee | July 16 Day 28 Best Western (near Chinese delivery |
Without another meal at 7 Brothers (sniff), we left Morton Grove and followed I-90 to where it intersects the beginning of I-65 near Gary, Indiana.
There Kerouac, a PBL graduate who lived awhile in my house, works from home for Fox On-line Sports. He's the on-line sports editor.
The Hyatt looms over the Capitol in the photo at the left.
Our room looked at a parking lot (soon to be a park with parking below), but the Hyatt's small but pleasant gym had a great of the capitol.
This was our 3rd (and final) time in a big city hotel. Once again parking was an issue. I think Hyatt wanted $24 per day to park, but the doorman kindly explained that one block away I could park for $7 per day. It ended up, the same underground parking area: an elevator up delivered me into the Hyatt, near the lobby!
Despite Kerouac's repeated offers to be a host for the evening, we were tired after driving and begged out.
Kerouac is married to Sara, a biochemist by training who free-lances from home consulting on drug-trial proposals for pharmaceuticals. They met when Kerouac worked for Alta Vista in the San Francisco area. Sara's dad is a Stanford University medical professor.
They joyously raise their two sons, Miles and Radley - ages ? 8 and 5?
Kerouac lived in Columbus before, and has family there. His uncle is a ?curator? at the large Franklin Park Conservatory. His house is in a pretty neighborhood, sharing those child-rearing years with similar families. Thursday morning, July 15 we met Kerouac et. al at his preferred breakfast spot (besides the usual: home), First Watch, on High Street, 2 blocks south of I-70.
I had to pay $14 to get the car! Only 14 hours, but considered to be 2 days!
Before going off with Radley, Sara put a child-restraint seat in our rental. Then, with Miles in tow, we got a city tour from Kerouac, saw his upscale neighborhood, and learned of encroaching gentrification of poor neighborhoods.
His house is actually in Bexley, a township entirely surrounded by Columbus, east of the downtown area. The governor's home is not far, notably marked by an unmarked police car.
We passed a fire station where Sara was still stopped with Radley, letting him be entertained by the fire fighters, their trucks and other equipment.
Renate returned to the hotel. Then Kerouac, Miles, and I checked out the North Market, had Jeni's ice cream (more later) and walked over to a park.
I finally drove Kerouac home, and found metered street parking before returning to the hotel. I could've gotten 25 cents per hour, but was disturbed upon seeing a guy sleeping on the sidewalk nearby. I moved to 75 cents per hour!
I used the gym before dinner, which would be at Schmidt's Sausage Haus in Germantown.Mirrors exaggerate gym.
Schmidt's poor neighbors have to endure diners' cars all around the place. Only the restaurant and related Fudge and Gift shops are non-residential. 
I bought licorice at the Fudge shop. The German food was good - better than we would have a few days later in Nashville.
Despite the hour, we weren't finished yet.
I wanted Renate to check out Jeni's ice cream, and another shop was near Wac's house.
Like many others in Columbus, Kerouac knows Jeni, who fell into a successful business of home-made ice-creams with emphasis on local, organic, seasonal varieties.
Photos from the web site are purportedly typical:
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