So, East Side or West Side? I'm an East Sider myself.

It appears my family has guaranteed a mild winter to northeast Ohio by attempting to build a rink for the first time this year. I'm in the eastern suburbs of Cleveland -- "East Side or West Side?" is the first question Clevelanders ask one another. ("How 'bout those Browns""...

OK, rink-construction newbies here. Started filling last night. However, our rink's not exactly level -- due to not knowing Joe's excellent leveling method at the time and the actual rink location not exactly matching up with the planned location, we've got a deep corner. So I stopped filling when t...

Thanks for the assists!

Kevmac, wouldn't you know, the first thing my DH said to me was, "You closed the outside tap?" Apparently, I won't be doing that again. And, yeah, "spigot" does sound funny -- like it should be a curse word or something. :)

We're expecting a snowstorm later today, and the ice isn't bearing weight yet. I can shovel the edges from the outside, but what do I do about the inside? Is leaving that snow there going to trash the ice? Or does the fact that we haven't finished flooding it yet mean that we don't have to worry too...

Aw, man! No fair! (Good for you, though.) Here in Cleveland, the 7-day forecast is for highs in the mid- to upper 30s (F, of course), lows in the mid- to upper 20s. Would probably be decent (if slightly wet) skating weather if we had any ice to do it on. I think we had skatable ice for one day befor...