I wish we had some snow like this for Christmas Eve. Instead, we have rain.

Today was Deskey’s white elephant party…





This most hilarious gift was this Diesel speedo…

And the most fought over gift was an analog clock framed Last Supper print. And I forgot to snap a photo of it. I unwrapped this solar powered animated chicken…

Awe. Some. Until it was taken from me. I ended up with a bluetooth speaker. Which wasn’t all bad. But the whole gift exchange was still a bunch of fun. And isn’t that the whole point? Good times. 🙂

Hello from downtown Cincinnati! 🙂

We used two of the tickets from the wonderful 8-Pack of tickets gift we just received from my parents. So yeah, it didn’t take us very long at all to start putting those tickets to good use. We really like our Cyclones hockey! Off to US Bank Arena for some ‘Clones hockey on Ugly Sweater Night…



Here’s my free Cyclones ballcap that came with our 8-Pack of tickets…


Pretty sharp!




That’s a good-lookiing ballcap!










At the end of the first, it was knotted at zero…

At the first intermission, there was pee-wee hockey…







SANTA!

I know him!





This guy took the prize for ugliest sweater…






At the end of two, the ‘Clones led 1-0!

Time for Chuck-a-Puck!

2-0 CYCLONES!!

SANTA!!

Wait, you’re not Santa. You sit on a throne of lies.

The Jackals pulled their goalie in the third…



AND THE CYCLONES WIN! 2-0!







We really enjoy our Cyclones hockey at US Bank Arena! Especially when they win! 🙂

We had lunch at El Rio Grande, our favorite Northern Kentucky Mexican restaurant…

Cheese enchiladas and ground beef chimichangas for days. So good. 🙂

My parents got us an 8-Pack of tickets to the Cyclones! We’ve already been studying the schedule to see which four games we want to go to!

And the 8-Pack came with a voucher for a free Cyclones ballcap!

That’s an awesome gift! Thanks mom and dad! 🙂

Tonight after work, we walked up Vine Street to check out the latest addition to The Gateway Quarter, Kreuger’s Tavern. It gets its name from Kreuger’s Brewing. The New Jersey brewery that was the first to sell beer in cans all the way back in 1935. Kreuger’s Tavern is the latest project from Thunderdome Restaurant Group, who also own OtR darling’s, Bakersfield and The Eagle Beer and Food Hall.





We thought the framed moss on the walls was really pretty cool…




You won’t find any draft beers here. Kreuger’s thing is canned beer. In fact, they have 88 different cans of beers in all varieties on the menu…

Genifer got Kreuger’s signature drink, a gin & tonic. I just got a Miller Lite. It tastes great and it’s less filling…

Speaking of tasting great, that was the best gin & juice I’ve ever tasted. Soooo smooth. Genifer spied beer cheese in the Snacks section of Kreuger’s menu…

BAM!



Oh man. I could literally eat that beer cheese EVERY single day. It was amaaazing!

Genifer ordered the house-made Lincolnshire Sausage on mashed potatoes…

It was delicious! And I ordered Kreuger’s Burger. Our server described the burger as a Big Mac on steroids. It was incredible!



Genifer ordered a Western Row beer cocktail…

Who would have that bourbon and beer would have been so tasty together? We knew Kreuger’s was going to be terrific just based off of how good Bakersfield and The Eagle are. But we had no idea of just how incredible it would be. We can’t wait to get back to Kreugers very, very soon. And you should too before there’s a three-hour wait on a Saturday night like there is at Bakersfield and The Eagle. 🙂

It was a big day for Cincinnati Music Hall. Music Hall received Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits in the amount of $25 million to put the historic venue one step closer to the amount needed to do a full renovation and be preserved for many generations to come.

Cincinnati ♥’s Music Hall. 🙂

It was a cold and chilly night in downtown Cincinnati. Perfect hockey weather. So we walked down to US Bank Arena to take in our sixth Cyclones game of the season!


It was $1 beer night. Check out this guy’s beer holder…










At the end of the first it was 1-0 Greenville…













At the start of the third period, the ‘Clones were down 2-0…




And Greenville added an open-netter to take the game 3-0.


Oh well. Hopefully, the ‘Clones will do better next time. 🙂

‘Tis the season… Adorable penguin season. Taken with Instagram. 🙂