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See Highland Cows in the Hocking Hills

Jan 13, 2025 | ohiomagazine.com | Kelly Powell

Matt Pfarr never imagined owning 14 Scottish Highland cattle. But today, he, his wife Renee and his son Teddy run Pfarr Farms Scottish Highlands in Laurelville, offering 1-hour experiences for visitors to brush, bottle feed and take photos with the lovable animals. Creating these experiences was not the original intention but one that grew from Matt seriously injuring his shoulder on the job in 2016. “After 22 years of law enforcement, I got hurt at work,” he says.
Boston Mills, Alpine Valley and Mad River Mountain Announce 2024 Opening Day

Dec 11, 2024 | ohiomagazine.com | Kelly Powell

If you’ve been looking to hit the slopes on skis or snowboard at northeast Ohio’s ski resorts in Summit, Geauga and Logan counties, the wait will be over at 3 p.m., Dec. 13. Peninsula’s Boston Mills Ski Resort and Chesterland’s Alpine Valley Resort and Zanesfield’s Mad River Mountain will kick off their seasons this Friday, celebrating with a first chair banner break, swag giveaways, music and free doughnuts while supplies last.
Explore Clutch Collective in Marietta

Nov 4, 2024 | ohiomagazine.com | Kelly Powell

For over a decade, Sarah Arnold has been celebrating artists across southeast Ohio and beyond. In March 2014, she launched Clutch MOV, an online magazine that highlighted makers, local arts and culture from the Mid-Ohio Valley — an area that encompasses Ohio’s Washington County and West Virginia’s Wood County. Two years later, Arnold’s mother, Laura Pytlik, opened Wit & Whimzy, an artisan gift boutique, in downtown Marietta.
The Handcrafted Leather Goods of Cincinnati’s Baqette

Sep 1, 2024 | ohiomagazine.com | Kelly Powell

Quinn McIlhargey-Nicholson entered the fashion retail world in 2012. At the same time, she began pursuing a smaller, more colorful, leatherworking project, which came to be known as Baqette. Her foray into bag-making began during a visit to her uncle’s Cumberland Furniture in Grand Rapids, Michigan. There, in the remnant pieces of leather, she saw the possibility to create items that stood apart from the mainstream.
5 Ohio Best Hometowns to Visit this Summer

Jun 30, 2024 | ohiomagazine.com | Gracie Metz |Kelly Powell |Jim Vickers

Grand Lake St. Marys • CelinaThis 13,500-acre lake provides plenty of space to spread out for those who want to boat, fish and bird-watch or just relax along the shore. The lighthouse near downtown Celina is just one sign that the city’s ties to Ohio’s largest inland lake go deep. Despite being surrounded by northwest Ohio farmland, there is a strong shore-town atmosphere.
The Colorful Creations of Cleveland’s Sun Parlor Studio

Jun 30, 2024 | ohiomagazine.com | Kelly Powell

Megan Young is an artistic triple threat. The Cleveland-based ceramicist teaches private lessons, instructs group workshops and makes pottery under the name Sun Parlor Studio. She produces a vibrant, multicolored lineup of mugs, cereal bowls, ring dishes and planters, among other pieces. After taking her first wheel-throwing class at the Cleveland Institute of Art, her love for pottery was solidified. She became hooked on the art of play and the joy found in everyday objects.
Sun Bent Studio Creates Rainbows for Your Home

Jun 1, 2024 | ohiomagazine.com | Kelly Powell

Columbus-based artist Nicole Derifield-West has dabbled in various artistic mediums throughout her life, from drawing and painting in high school to jewelry making in her late twenties. She eventually settled into metalsmithing to make suncatchers, which she now does professionally under the name Sun Bent Studio. Derifield-West says her attraction to suncatchers comes from memories of window crystals at her grandmother’s home.
Flowers Power Alisa H. Workman’s Beautiful Paintings

May 1, 2024 | ohiomagazine.com | Kelly Powell

Alisa H. Workman is a preschool art teacher by day and a painter by nights and weekends. Flowers are frequently the subjects of her works, a choice that comes from the Beavercreek resident’s memories of pulling marigolds in her grandmother’s backyard as a child. She embraces art in her own garden too, tiling birdbaths, crafting mosaics and painting terracotta pots.
White Turkey Drive-In, Conneaut

Jun 1, 2023 | ohiomagazine.com | Kelly Powell

Open since 1952, Conneaut’s White Turkey Drive-In offers a little slice of roadside heaven. Founded by Eddie and Marge Tuttle, who also raised white Holland turkeys, the stand serves up retro fare and frosty soda from Rochester, New York’s Richardson Root Beer. “We actually have a lot of the original root beer barrels, the original countertops,” says general manager John Mason. “A lot of the restaurant stuff is the same as the 1950s.
Ember and Art

Jun 1, 2023 | ohiomagazine.com | Kelly Powell

Nicole Kessel is fired up about pottery. She has been since 2018, when she received a small kiln as a gift. Soon, she was trying her hand at throwing clay on the weekends and experimenting with different glazes. Kessel, who had worked as a photographer for almost a decade before taking a job as an administrative assistant, realized she missed being creative.