C'est la Vie by Jennifer Babcock for June 22, 2022

As nearly as I can tell from Mr. Google, they put chili on their spaghetti.

It’s been decades since I lived there, but that nasty habit is sometimes encountered as far away as Columbus. Love Clumbus though.

In Cincinnati, a three-way or four-way doesn’t necessarily involve the swinging lifestyle, but yeah, it can be a bit exotic depending on how the topping is spiced.

It’s 95 degrees in Aruba. And 95 degrees in Peoria.

I’m really starting to feel like we are missing a bunch of comics in between the ones we get to see

We just saw friends visiting from the San Francisco area and one thing they kept bringing up was how green it is here in Michigan.

From Wikipedia: "Cincinnati chili is a Mediterranean-spiced meat sauce used as a topping for spaghetti or hot dogs; both dishes were developed by immigrant restaurateurs in the 1920s. In 2013, Smithsonian named it one of the “20 Most Iconic Foods in America”."

I made the mistake of ordering a plate there once thinking I was going to get an actual plate of spaghetti. I made a bigger mistake by complaining to the waitress when she brought it out…. I was in essence told “like it or lump it” – it was late at night and I was starving. Not bad actually…

I’ve lived at times in a couple of Ohio cities, including Cincinnati. Prejudiced coastal elites don’t know what they’re missing (nor do they deserve to)….