Being sick is no fun. And I have one doozy of a cold…

It seems like I always get sick when I get back from holiday. And it’s making me feel a bit sheepish today…

Believe it or not, I have never eaten at an International House of Pancakes before. We had planned to eat at the new IHOP at Newport Pavilion when we landed after our redeye back from Phoenix. We landed twenty-five minutes later than scheduled and then it took forever to get our luggage. So long story short was that we just ran out of time on Wednesday for breakfast. But we had plenty of time today…


Look all the choices for syrups…

But I’m just going to go with regular good old-fashioned syrup…

The classic. Genifer got the 2 pancakes, 2 eggs and 2 sausage combo…

And I got the Belgian waffle with 2 eggs and 2 sausage combo…

Awesome stuff. It’s been forever since I’ve had pancakes or a Belgian waffle. And I had forgotten just how delicious they are. Light and fluffy and sweet with syrup. The eggs were delicious and the sausages were perfectly done. We’re going to have to go out for breakfast more often! 🙂

We stumbled across another one of the 2015 Canstruction exhibits. This one was in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency downtown. And recreated some of Charley Harper’s famous bird artwork…




Pretty neat stuff. It’s amazing what people can create with just a bunch of cans. 🙂

This afternoon we walked down to Yeatman’s Cove at Sawyer Point Park to check out the current height of the Ohio River. I kept getting all sorts of notifications and alerts while we were out of town that the river has been creeping up well over flood levels…











Click to see all the photos I’ve taken of the flooded Ohio River throughout the years. 🙂

Our 2015 Reds Season Tickets arrived in the mail today, and they are magnificent!

The ticket Opening Day got a page all to itself…



Each game ticket features a different Reds All-Star…







Just 17 days until Reds Opening Day! 🙂

I just uploaded my 70,000th photo to my Flickr…

That’s a lot of photos since October of 2006! 🙂

Incidentally, my 70,000th photos was of these three six packs of the incredible Sonoran Wht Chclt Ale that will be making their way back to us in April. Also hiding behind the Sonoran is a six pack of the delicious Orange Blossom Ale Wheat from Papago. Mmmm, beer.

I ordered this Tall Boy Pint Cup from Cool Material a little while back…

And today, a new water cooler was installed on Deskey’s sixth floor just a few feet from my office. I love it when a plan comes together. 🙂

We found ourselves across the river in Bellevue this evening. And we stumbled across The Elusive Cow. I remember when the Cow was just a booth at the Tuesday Strauss Troy Markets on Fountain Square. I knew they opened up a bricks and mortar place on the other side of the river but I was never sure where. Well, now we know…






Mad Tree’s Black Forest Milk Stout…

I got their burger with Dill Harvarti cheese and onion rings…

I loved how their burger was seasoned. And just look at those onion rings…

But Genifer totally out ordered me with this massive BLT with avocado…


It was one of the best BLTs that I’ve ever tasted. The bacon was perfect. Not too crispy.


We can’t wait to visit The Elusive Cow again for that amazing BLT! 🙂