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These Halloween safety tips too are from Real Living… why reinvent the wheel…

“Here are some trick-or-treating tips for kids, parents and homeowners to ensure a safe and happy Halloween:

Trick-or-Treaters:
-Carry a flashlight
-Stay on the sidewalk
-Obey traffic signals
-Wear shoes that fit regardless of the costume
-Wear clothing with reflective marking or tape
-Approach homes that are lit only

Parents:
-Make sure your children eat dinner before heading out
-Accompany any young children
-Let your older children know a specific time they need to be home
-Inspect all the candy your children bring home
-Throw away anything that looks open or suspicious

Home owners:
-Make sure your yard is clear of an possible debris or obstructions
-Make sure pets are secured when opening and closing your doors
-Place any candles or lit pumpkins away from where children will be walking
-Include some healthy trick-or-treat options like packages of fruit rolls and raisons or crackers
-Include some non-food treats like coins, stickers and toys”

Gosh I am neglecting this blog… did not even post anything about the HighBall Maquerade here….
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Columbus Trick or Treat

Image and the safety tips are compliments of Real Living the brokerage I work for…. both are from ecards.  If you want to be spammed with an ecard each holiday let me know your email address, I’d be happy to oblige.

We went to Cafe Anatolia just before 8:00 Saturday night (OSU - Penn State game) and the place was deserted.  It is a tiny restaurant, there were two other couples there dining.

Cafe Anatolia is on the far north side of Columbus, in the Worthington area (north-east of Worthington, north of 270.) The restaurant’s address is 1097 Worthington Galena Road, Worthington Ohio 43085

The local Turkish restaurant, Cafe Anatolia has a website.  It’s an outdated website that does not do the restaurant justice but how important is a restaurant website??

Don’t believe the menu prices…. at least the dinner menu online is probably two generations old. The excellent Shepherd Salad is now $9.99 for the large.  The large salad should be labeled a huge.  We split one and I had the leftover salad for breakfast.

According to the sign in the window the lunch buffet is a dollar less expensive now than it was on the menu on the Cafe Anatolia menu on their website today, at $6.99.

This is probably the 4th or 5th time I have visited Cafe Anatolia for dinner.  This is the first time I’ve tried the Shepherds Salad (Coban Salatasi I believe ) but I could have had the same entree each time for all I know…  I do kind of get in a rut.  The entree pictured here is Doner Kebab… gyro meat.  I should have a ~ over the n in Doner….

Cafe Anatolia is never a fast place but the service is always very good.  Personally I believe Cafe Anatolia is just set at a different pace.

Trick or Treat is again on Halloween in Columbus this year.  For years “Beggars Night” or “Trick or Treat” was NOT on Halloween but was a day or so before depending on what day of the week the “holiday” fell on.

The Columbus Dispatch has a list of most Central Ohio Communities - Central Ohio Halloween 2008

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We went to Q2 Bistro an Asian restaurant at Polaris for the first time last Friday. We wondered if Q2 Bistro had just been open a couple of months… business was not booming Friday night but it was about 8:00. Maybe Q2 Bistro had an early dinner crowd.

No grand opening signs… so we guessed Q2 Bistro had been open three months or more… I guess not according to the Columbus Dispatch,  Q2 had their first Anniversary in January 2008.  I read that in the Columbus Dispatch “Cantonese cuisine an old-school treat” after eating at Q2.

Q1 is not all Cantonese. I like Cantonese although I started out eating just Hunan and Szechuan food, when I fell in love with Chinese food.   At Q2 Bistro I had Szechuan Shrimp.  It was tasty.  I wish I had paid more attention to the ingredients (vegtables) I might have gone with the Hunan version instead.  My dish was spicy.

The food was gorgeous, if I was a food blogger there’d be images here.  I think my plate was mostly clean before I remembered I could take a photo with my phone.  Duh.  Or maybe I was hungry.  The restaurant is gorgeous.  Very simple and contemporary.

How could I not know the restaurant was there almost two years now?  I don’t eat “Chinese” food much… and the stretch of Polaris Parkway east of Cleveland Avenue is a stretch I seldom travel. Q2 Asian Bistro is at 472 Polaris Parkway, Westerville, Ohio. Phone is 614-898-1988… in case you want to call ahead for a table… or for carry-out.  People came in for carry-out while we were there.

Do we have poverty in Central Ohio?  Are there people who go hungry in Columbus?

The  Mid-Ohio Foodbank is the 11th largest foodbank in the United States.  Mid-Ohio Foodbank serves Central and Eastern Ohio…. their business is up 14% from a year ago.

“Mid-Ohio Foodbank is dedicated to feeding hungry people by collecting and distributing food and grocery products, advocating for hunger-relief programs, and collaborating with others who address basic human needs.”

We can volunteer time, food and money to help feed the hungry people served by the Mid-Ohio Foodbank.  Local restaurants, kitchens and farmers work with the Mid-Ohio Food bank to provide food for hungry people.  Mid_Ohio Foodbank supplies 500 local pantries, soup kitchens, etc. in Central and Eastern Ohio.   Every dollar collected by Mid-Ohio Foodbank allows them to provide $8 dollars in food to local people who need it.  Lots of those hungry people are children.

Mid-Ohio Foodbank is a part of Feeding America,  “the nation’s largest non-governmental, domestic hunger relief organization.”

Mid-Ohio Foodbank is raising funds to move to a larger facility in Grove City.  They have  raised $10 Million of the $16 Million required to make that move.  Mid-Ohio Foodbank is presently on West Mound Street in Columbus.

Today is Blog Action Day.  This years theme is poverty.