Rendezvous in C-town

Victoria, Finley, and I were fortunate enough to meet up with some of our closest friends from our time in Korea, Rob Gordon and Johanna Haas.

Rob and Jo work at Seoul National University, where I worked until very recently, so we were not only friends and neighbors but also colleagues.  However, Jo's mother lives in Cleveland, so Rob and Jo were back in the States visiting her before heading up to Montreal to visit other friends and family.  They were kind enough to invite us to join their family gathering for brunch at Corky & Lenny's, a fantastic Jewish deli.

In the afternoon we braved the heat and walked around Cleveland's West Side Market.  We got there a little late, so many of the vendors had already closed down for the day, but some of the bakeries were open.  However, Finley was more interested in the camera than the fantastic loaves of artisan breads.

Then, for dinner, we walked next door to one of our favorite Cleveland establishments, the Great Lakes Brew Pub.  Unfortunately, the wait there was one and half hours so we headed to the newly opened Market Garden Brewery.

Rob, Gwen, & Johanna

The amber lager and the wheat beer were fantastic.