Apparently, the theme of the day is construction. It’s everywhere in downtown Cincinnati.
It’s on Fountain Square as they continue to put up the US Bank ice rink…

It’s over at Carew Tower as they break out the holiday decorations…

It’s definitely at the site of the new Dunnhumby Center on Fifth Street…



And it seems like it’s at almost every intersection…

“The road to success is always under construction.” 🙂

We got the very slightest dusting of snow overnight…

Just enough to make feel even chillier on a morning walk. Brr.

HalfCut will soon be Cincinnati’s source for the best local and rare craft beers. According
to their website, you’ll be able to sample beers in their shop and buy Growlers (32&64oz.)
to go so you can enjoy fresher, straight-from-keg beer wherever you want.


HalfCut will be opening soonish at Twelfth and Walnut Streets in Over-the-Rhine. 🙂

Every month, we’ve been getting vouchers in the mail from Horseshoe Casino. The
vouchers have always been $10 in free slots play, which is kind of cool. But not really
worth our time to walk up to the casino just to play their $10 and leave. In November’s
mailing, the sent us $20 in free slot play per week. Alright. Now we’re talking…

So this afternoon was really pretty outside, what better place to spend it than a place
without any windows? Off to the casino we go…

But first, Bobby’s Burger Palace for a burger. You can’t gamble on an empty stomach…

We shared the burger of the month, the Pacific Northwest Burger: White American Cheese,
Cremini Mushrooms, Red Wine BBQ Sauce. Delicious burger…

Sorry about the crappy photo. I didn’t take my camera with me. And just used my mobile.
We also shared some of their amazing onion rings…

These are damn near actual size. After we were done at BBP, we hit up the slots. We
didn’t break the bank. We’re not going to retire off this. Or Buy ourselves a private island
or anything. But we did parlay our $20 free voucher into $26.90 cash money…

Our goal going in was to walk with enough money to get ourselves a full slab of delicious
Moerlein Lager House ribs sometime next week. Mission accomplished. After we ran ran
out of free gambling money, we had a drink in the casino’s Rock Bar…

There was a really great acoustic band, Floyd and the Walkmen in there performing…


It was a fun evening. And thanks to our BBP rewards card, our next burger is free!
We also have three more $20 vouchers for free slot play to use this month. Chances
are you’ll be seeing a couple more posts just like this over the next couple weeks.
And thanks in advance for the Moerlein Lager House ribs, Horseshoe! 🙂

We were really tinkering with the notion of going to see The Features at the Taft Theatre
Ballroom tonight. But we ended up dragging our feet too long. And we couldn’t get our act
together. So we went back to The Penguin Dueling Piano Bar to listen to some live music
and have a couple of drinks instead.





The Penguin is always fun. Especially on Fridays. 🙂

Today at work, we had a lunchtime Deskey Chili Cook-off to celebrate all the October
and November birthdays in the office. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate.

There were plenty of pre-chili snacks…

While all the different chilis were slowly making their way to staging area…

While the final chili preparations were being made, the grilled cheese bar was in full effect.


Just waiting on a couple more chili entries…


Getting closer to tasting time…



Let the tasting begin!







And out the the eight entries, our chili came in second! Not too bad at all!


What a fun way to celebrate office birthdays! 🙂

Today at work, we’re having a chili cook-off to celebrate those with October/November
birthdays. Last night, Genifer and I went to the store to get some ingredients to make
our chili to enter in the contest. It simmered all high in the crockpot. This morning it
looked ready, and smelled delicious…


YUM! On a side note, having your home smell like delicious chili all night while you’re
trying to sleep produces some very odd dreams. But that’s a small price to pay. 🙂

We saved 40¢/gallon on gas when we filled up this evening thanks to our Kroger Plus Card!

You can’t bet that at all! Thanks Kroger Plus Card! 🙂

Nooooooo! 😦 Indeed.

Another plush from The Happy Groundhog Studios. 🙂