All posts for the month April, 2016

Random objects of desire.

There were two Lamborghini’s valet parked on Walnut Street outside of the Aronoff Center after tonight’s performance of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast…

Some people have more money than they know what to do with, and they buy silly stuff like this. We park in the same garage as a Lamborghini that frequently shows up parked in front of nada at the corner of Walnut and Sixth Streets four blocks away from the garage. And here I thought the entire purpose of living downtown was being able to walk everywhere. Silly me.

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by Thadd F. on April 22, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, April, Cincinnati, Downtown, Lamborghini, Ohio, Random object of desire

Posted by Thadd F. on April 22, 2016

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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.

Tonight, we went to see the broadway musical version of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at the Aronoff Center…

We had really nice seats for the show…

It was really a pretty good show. Pretty true to the film. It made the jump from animation to live action pretty well. They added a few songs that were kind of annoying. The performer that played Gaston really stole the show for us. He was spot on. We were happy we got to see Beauty and the Beast live. But if it came back to town, we probably wouldn’t go see it again. It definitely wasn’t a Lion King. Next season, Disney’s The Little Mermaid is coming to the Aronoff Center so we’ll have to see where that one ranks amongst these two. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on April 22, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, April, Aronoff Center, Broadway Across America, Cincinnati, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Downtown, Ohio

Posted by Thadd F. on April 22, 2016

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Good evening.

Good evening from downtown Cincinnati. There were some big beautiful white fluffy clouds hovering all over downtown this evening…

🙂

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by Thadd F. on April 22, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, April, Cincinnati, Downtown, Look up in the sky, Ohio

Posted by Thadd F. on April 22, 2016

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Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day from Eighth Street in downtown Cincinnati! Taken with Instagram. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on April 22, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Central Business District

Tagged 2016, April, Cincinnati, Downtown, Earth Day, Holiday decorations, Holidays, Ohio

Posted by Thadd F. on April 22, 2016

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God save the Queen.

In celebration of Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th birthday today, Stylight created a fun puzzle that challenges you to spot the monarch amongst numerous corgis…

This quiz was inspired by Hungarian artist Dudolf’s original ‘Find the Panda’ puzzle that went viral at the end of last year. How long did it take you to find The Queen? 🙂

Via DesignTaxi.

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by Thadd F. on April 21, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, April, Cincinnati, Downtown, Ffffound, God save the Queen, Ohio, Puzzle

Posted by Thadd F. on April 21, 2016

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Cyclones hockey game #16: playoff edition.

CYCLONES PLAYOFF HOCKEY! :The quest for the Kelly Cup. Tonight was game 3 of the first round, best-of-seven series against the Fort Wayne Komets. The ‘Clones won the first two games of the series in Fort Wayne. The Cyclones could close out the series by taking two out of the three games at US Bank Arena between tonight and the two games this weekend…

Paul McCartney is coming to US Bank Arena in July…

Tickets are too rich for our blood. At least, we got to see him at GABP. Back to hockey…

A minute into the game, and the Cyclones were already trailing 1-0…

And at the end of the first period, the ‘Clones were down 3-0…

At the end of the second period, the Cyclones were getting thumped 7-0…

Yep. It’s not a mistake. Your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you…

In the third, the highlight was one of the plexiglass panels came loose…

And the game ended, 8-0. I don’t think I’ve ever been to a Cyclones game where they lost that bad.

Hopefully, they’ll be able to bounce back and take the series this weekend.

UPDATE: The Cyclones lost game 7 of the series 2-0 to Fort Wayne to end their season. 😦

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by Thadd F. on April 20, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, April, Cincinnati, Cyclones hockey, Downtown, Kelly Cup Playoffs, Ohio, US Bank Arena

Posted by Thadd F. on April 20, 2016

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#GCRWeek16: Prime47.

Tonight, we continued our Greater Cincinnati Restaurant by checking out Prime47 at the corner of Walnut and Sixth Streets downtown. We’ve walked by Prime47 a million times on our way here or there. But we’ve never stopped in. We always thought it would be wicked expensive. Restaurant Week was the perfect chance for us to finally check it out and see what we’ve been missing…

Come to find out that Prime47 has a really tasty-sounding Lounge Menu that seems pretty reasonable. We’ll have to give that a try some other time. Back to the business at hand, Prime47’s Greater Cincinnati Restaurant Week offerings. Three courses for $35 each. Let’s get this dinner started…

We both started with the Caesar Salad and bread with oil…

I was going to get the 80z. Prmie NY Strip with twice baked potato. But they said they were all out of it. So we both ordered the 6oz. Petite Filet with shallots mashed, julienne vegetables with red wine demi…

Just look at that gorgeous piece of meat…

The steak was the perfect temperature, the demi was amazing, the julienne vegetables were a just little peppery and delicious, and mashed are always the perfect accompaniment for any great steak…

And I would put that steak right there in the running for one of the best steaks I’ve ever had. Unbelievably good. Just perfect. For dessert, Genifer ordered the Grippo’s pretzel covered brownie with vanilla ice cream…

Just, wow! I ordered the half-baked chocolate chip cookie with vanilla ice cream…

I really don’t know which dessert was better. They were both so rich and decadent. We would go back just for the desserts alone. And we’re not even huge dessert people. But the best part was that we had a $50 gift certificate that FC Cincinnati sent along as an extra gift with our season tickets…

So it was very reasonable for such an incredible meal. Come to find out that the kicker is the exact meal we had tonight is part of Prime47’s Prime Seating Menu, available from 4-6 daily. So we could do this dinner all over again! And we’ll definitely be back to savor this amazing meal again. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on April 19, 2016 • Permalink

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Posted by Thadd F. on April 19, 2016

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#GCRWeek16: Pompilio’s.

Greater Cincinnati Restaurant Week (#GCRWeek) started today. Restaurant week consists of restaurants offering specially selected 3-course dinner menus with a price point of $35 for one or two guests. We found ourselves across the river over in Newport this evening, and decided to kick-off our Restaurant Week with some amazing Italian cuisine at Pompolio’s…

We sat in Colonel Pomp’s Tavern so we could watch some of the Reds game…

ps. They lost.

Apparently, I was sitting in the Commish’s Chair…

We wondered if Tom Selleck was going walk into the bar, stop, look at us and give us one of his classic disapproving sighs. We each started with a house salad…

The house Italian dressing was incredible. Genifer ordered the cheese tortellini. And I had the chicken parmigiano…

Really enormous portions…

Chicken parm you taste so good…

Incredibly delicious stuff. The leftovers were just as delicious for lunch on Tuesday…

And finally, we shared this gigantic tiramisu for dessert…

Delicious stuff. And all for just $35! It was a great start to our Greater Cincinnati Restaurant Week! 🙂

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by Thadd F. on April 18, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged #GCRWeek, 2016, April, Cincinnati, Greater Cincinnati Restaurant Week, Northern Kentucky, Ohio, Pompilio's, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on April 18, 2016

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Another lazy Sunday.

We just hung out around this morning. This afternoon we went over to enjoy our first grill out of the season with Randy and Allison on the Westside. And then we walked through a house we’ve been eyeballing over in Northside. But other than that, it was a pretty low-key Sunday. Lazy Sundays are the best. Taken with Instagram. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on April 17, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, A lazy Sunday, April, Cincinnati, Downtown, Ohio, Taken with Instagram

Posted by Thadd F. on April 17, 2016

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