Girl About Dayton
Girl About Dayton is all about celebrating the restaurants, shops, shows, salons, spas, products, events, businesses, hotels, and more that I love in the Dayton area. In addition to this blog, I publish a weekly newsletter. You can sign up here.
Articles are grouped into Food & Drink, Beauty & Shopping, and Arts & Entertainment. Does everything fit neatly into one of those categories? No! But I do my best.
Who am I? My name is Lauren Rinehart, I was born in Dayton and have lived in the region ever since.
Why do I do this? I started this blog originally in 2011 as an answer to the deafening chorus of people at the time saying Dayton was dead, there’s nothing to do here, etc. I thought if I could share what I love about Dayton, it could help people see its potential.
Thanks to the momentum of a huge grassroots effort, Dayton is experiencing a revitalization and you just about never hear anyone complain there’s nothing to do here anymore.
How do I do this? All writing and images are by me unless otherwise noted. I use 100% grey matter to write my articles and I take all my photos with an iPhone.
Occasionally very kind people feed me or offer me nice things in exchange for promotion, but I disclose it and I would never recommend something that I wouldn’t revisit or purchase otherwise. I mostly follow my own curiosity to think of topics and places to try. If you have any questions, check out my FAQs or drop me a line.
Lauren Rinehart
I’m in my late thirties, my pronouns are she/her, and I live in the Centerville area (or what I grew up calling ‘south of town’). I work in marketing and I’m an ENFP. If I’m not crafting copy for my clients or writing here, you can find me working out at Rinse Cycle, sipping a sangria at Old Scratch, or enjoying some self care with Dayton beauty products.
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Some Favorites
Spend the Night at Historic Grinnell Mill in Yellow Springs
Dayton Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Heedfest 14
