Category: Cincinnati
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Loud
I tell myself it’s cool that only the sidewalk is in focus I could’ve listened to jackhammers all day long, but I decided to hang out for a spell at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to get my licensed renewed. I’m all set now and my photo looks less like a terrorist this time. The…
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Anchor Grill
This photo isn’t blurry, it’s like that in real life. If you ever close down a bar in Cincinnati and require food, check out the Anchor Grill in Covington Kentucky. Vittles are standard greasy spoon fare. The bacon cheeseburger I got was tasty with super thick crispy bacon. They also serve goetta, which if you…
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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
While taking a friend around recently, exploring restaurants and downtown, I realized we hadn’t visited the Freedom Center that opened in August of 2004. The building, quite ominous from the backside facing the city, emerged slowly between the newly built stadiums on the riverfront. There are few windows with curved walls of stone from Italy…
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Today: Snow
It’s beginning to look a lot like… salt on the roads ruining the paintjob Good thing I stocked up at the grocery yesterday. Of course, I was prompted after a news conference where they declared a snow emergency in advance. And our mayor, he said to not worry about the roads. Normally, I can exist…
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Fat
John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge Scalea’s Ristorante, Covington, KY—Where was that little trigger in my head that would’ve told me to put the fork down tonight? No, I had to get the pork chops that could’ve fed a small family. The other half will be lunch tomorrow. And I really needed that tiramisu, clueless it…
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Chili
Cincinnati style Have I mentioned how Cincinnati has an obsession with chili? Or was that some online conversation somewhere along the line? At this hour, my brain has no concept of what happened, what I’ve written or what I’m saying at this very moment. I really try not to repeat myself, but it’s all a…
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Dinner Club: Kona Bistro
Left: Grilled three cheese with tomato, red onion & chipotle puree on thick white bread Right: Butternut squash & pear soup How quickly a month has passed. Time to get with friends and celebrate each other without the challenge of gifts. Tonight we had fifteen folks convene at Kona Bistro‘s new location in Oakley. The…
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J&J Thrift Store
At the edge of the alley Down the street, late at night, the thrift store is open. The signs read FREE TOYS and FREE CLOTHING, and I wonder how that works. I’ve never gone in, and I probably shouldn’t. I might find something I think I need.
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Benihana
Extra ginger sauce please. We used to go to Benihana for everyone’s birthday. That fell to the wayside this past year, but we’ve all been having hankerings for it and finally were able to carve out a Monday where most folks could make it. So this was for all the birthdays, and it was good.…
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It’s not kinky, it’s gross
Found Magazine at Shake It Records Back in Cincinnati in one piece. So Paul mentioned that Found Magazine was touring the country and would be up the street tonight. We braved the rain all met up. Mark, Eric, Paul and myself got some low carb (for the most part) vittles at Unos and then made…