{"id":2930,"date":"2025-09-28T09:15:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T13:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=2930"},"modified":"2025-09-28T09:15:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T13:15:36","slug":"brandy-gleason-living-the-best-of-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=2930","title":{"rendered":"Brandy Gleason: Living the Best of Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/michael-bowman-S9TFpYtQ8pQ-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2934 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/michael-bowman-S9TFpYtQ8pQ-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/michael-bowman-S9TFpYtQ8pQ-unsplash-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/michael-bowman-S9TFpYtQ8pQ-unsplash-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;\u200aThe most important part about life is living it&#8221; &#8211; Ernest Hemingway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brandy Gleason, chief writer at <a href=\"https:\/\/gleasonfamilyadventure.com\/\">Gleason Family Adventure<\/a> and the creator of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/ohioroadtrips\/\">Ohio Road Trips Facebook group<\/a>, follows this Hemingway quote in life and in her writing. Her recent book <em>100 Things to Do in Ohio Before You Die<\/em>, explores the Buckeye State, recommending spots for families and couples. From Ohio zoos in Toledo, Cincinnati, Akron, and Columbus to retro pinball halls to Lakeside Chautauqua to the haunted history of Ohio cities like Marietta, Gleason has suggestions throughout the state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So get out and live life to the fullest in the state of Ohio!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Craft_2025-8-24-BrandyGleason.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@bowmanmc?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Michael Bowman<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/aerial-view-of-bridge-over-river-during-daytime-S9TFpYtQ8pQ?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_823\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2930-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Craft_2025-8-24-BrandyGleason.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Craft_2025-8-24-BrandyGleason.mp3\">https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Craft_2025-8-24-BrandyGleason.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Craft_2025-8-24-BrandyGleason.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2930-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Craft_2025-8-24-BrandyGleason.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Craft_2025-8-24-BrandyGleason.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;\u200aThe most important part about life is living it&#8221; &#8211; Ernest Hemingway Brandy Gleason, chief writer at Gleason Family Adventure and the creator of the Ohio Road Trips Facebook group, follows this Hemingway quote in life and in her writing. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=2930\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-original-craft-productions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2930"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2935,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930\/revisions\/2935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}