So last Sat. night we packed up all the kids headed down to Cleveland's Lakefront for
Ingenuity Cleveland.
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| Three kids, two parents, no stroller. What up. |
Which was so neat. I've never actually been to it before. I'm
really glad we finally made it this year. It's the type of event where
you just never know what you're going to find:
Art! Music! Food! Innovation! = Lots of awesome.
The food trucks were out in force but we only tried
Donut Lab Cleveland. Which the kids were fascinated by:
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| Machine making mini donuts. YUM. |
Other highlights included the thing that was set up where you press a button and make a giant fire burst:
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| FIRE FIRE FIRE |
And the
Boogie Board booth:
My
kids were SO into it. Especially my daughter... and my husband. (they are more and more alike as she grows up. It's crazy) To the point where the woman running the booth told us this "I only have a few of these
to give away but it seems like your kids would really appreciate them"
Um.. YES! So she gave us 2! Amazing. And I love moments like that
where they learn that being good is rewarded. Very, very cool.
The
Boogie Board is an LCD tablet that is meant to replace paper. You can
write notes, lists, drawings, whatever on it. It doesn't take any
batteries and is super smooth to write on. LOVE.
Seriously. We've all been playing with them constantly since we got them Sat night.
Super cool idea, and perfect for kids. I'm thinking something like
this would be wonderful for a long road trip. And alot easier to pack
than the art bin I usually lug along! The version we have is basically
just a notepad. But the version coming out this Christmas (
available for preorder on Amazon) can sync with the ever note app. WANT. So many possibilities for paperless organization of life!
Anyways! Sorry for that ad interlude. Just wanted to throw a shoutout to a cool Northern Ohio company / product.
On the other side of that spectrum the Cleveland
Monorail oops I mean
Skylift also had a booth:
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| Monorail, Monorail, MONORAIL! |
I...
don't get it. Maybe I'm just too pragmatic and not visionary enough.
But wow does it seem like a waste of resources. I don't see people
commuting via skylift. And I don't see a skylift being a big enough
attraction to draw in a booming tourist trade on it's own. I do however
see our city being vastly enhanced by improving and expanding our
already existing transportation system. For example - adding a Rapid
line through the already existing rail infrastructure in Lakewood.
Wouldn't that be amazing? Maybe not as sexy as a monorail/skylift but something to think about...
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| MONORAIL! |
Although I am happy to see crazy ambitious ideas being discussed for our city no matter what they are. Go big, right? Because we live in a really awesome city.
With pretty boats.
Anyways!
Ingenuity is a great festival. I was nervous about bringing the kids -
the walking, the crowd, the later at night factor. But all of it was
fine. Yay for Cleveland innovation!
