Category: Cincinnati

Take a good look, it will never be this clean again Moving day was a workout. Even though I hired professionals for the heavy lifting, I managed to create aches in my hands and legs by toting boxes up and down the steps. Some big pieces couldn’t fit in the door through the alley, so…

Mt. Adams The sun came out today, and that was really, really nice. Fun fact about Cincinnati: One moniker for the town is the Queen City. Why? Because there are seven hills surrounding the downtown, forming neighborhoods like Mt. Adams. They represent the points of a queen’s crown. Popularized by a poem “Catawba Wine” by…

Saving quarters The best part about New Year’s Day is that parking meters are free. Other good parts include: Seeing the movie Lost in Translation, eating chinese takeout, and hanging with friends out in the country.

Relatively harmless and pretty. It’s still coming down a little. Just a nice fluffy white snow. It is Sunday and after hunger pangs gnawed at me, and scouring the cabinets, I went out and stocked up on all sorts of soups, frozen dinners and supplies for a proper dinner. I normally don’t get the Sunday…

Plus a star sighting: Bruce Vilanch! (Worst photo ever) Last night – an evening with Wendy, Tom and Anne. They had a spare ticket to hear John Waters talk about his work and the musical Hairspray. The theater was largely empty and we picked seats comfortably away from others, but within good viewing distance of…

Found crumpled up in my mailbox I stepped out into the cool night to force myself awake, to eat when I wasn’t hungry, to battle the fatigue and shakes of being totally off-kilter from time zone leaps. This note was stuffed in my mailbox, haphazardly. The response to the homicide (as it has been ruled)…

On the back fire escape The leaves will surely be rattled by the heavy rains and blustery winds. Work is taking forefront as I try to catch up from incoherent days. Every time I look up, another hour has passed.