All posts for the month July, 2016

French Fry Heaven.

We were pretty hungry after the FC Cincinnati match, so we walked down Calhoun Street to check out French Fry Heaven for the first time…

French Fry Heaven just opened on University of Cincinnati’s campus back in April and is known for “having divinely inspired loaded fresh cut fries, chicken tenders, baked potatoes and fresh cut chips.”

We both ordered loaded fries because it’s called FRENCH FRY Heaven…

It was surprisingly empty for being a Saturday night right after a soccer game…

Then our number was called and our spuds were ready. Genifer ordered the Chili and Cheese fries…

And I ordered the Buffalo Chicken fries…

It was delicious stuff. The fries were pretty awesome, and there were smothered in toppings as you can see. But we ordered way too much food. Again…

I couldn’t help think while we were eating our delicious loaded spuds that we’ve had something like this before but I couldn’t place it. And then it finally dawned on me. I was eating a bigger, tastier version of FryBox down at Great American Ball Park!

I can definitely see us being back, especially after a FC|C match. Genifer said next time she would just get a small order of fries with cheese sauce dip. I’d really like to try the Taco Loaded Fries or some chicken tenders. See you soon French Fry Heaven. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on July 30, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Uptown

Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, French Fry Heaven, Ohio, University of CIncinnati, Uptown, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on July 30, 2016

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FC Cincinnati versus Charleston Battery.

This evening we hopped on the Metro 17 bus over to UC to watch FC Cincinnati take on fourth placed Charleston Battery at Nippert Stadium…

SPRINKLES!

At halftime, it was still nil-nil. SPRINKLES!!

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The match ended 1-1, and we missed both goals.

FC Cincinnati’s next match is away to last place FC Montreal at 2pm on Wednesday, August 3rd. The match was listed to start at 7pm but was moved to 2pm because of Montreal’s MLS friendly against AS Roma. FC Cincy’s next home match isn’t until Wednesday, August 24th when they take on Rochester Rhinos at Nippert Stadium.
It’s the only home match in the month of August. We’ll see you there! 🙂

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by Thadd F. on July 30, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, FC Cincinnati, Sports

Tagged 2016, Charleston Battery, Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati, Nippert Stadium, Ohio, Soccer, University of CIncinnati, USL

Posted by Thadd F. on July 30, 2016

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It’s Skyline time!

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It was Skyline time today! It’s been way too long! Taken with Instagram. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on July 29, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY

Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, Downtown, It's Skyline time!, It's what's for lunch, Ohio, Taken with Instagram, Takeout, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on July 29, 2016

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The Bus Stop.

I made my way over to the arcade in Mercantile Center this afternoon…

I was going to The Bus Stop. My 30-day rolling pass expires on Sunday. So I needed to get a new pass…

This month I’m going to try Stored-Value Cards instead of the 30-day rolling pass since Genifer and I have been riding to work together a few times a week. She drops me off downtown and then continues on her way to Covington and beyond…

I love riding the bus. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on July 29, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Central Business District

Tagged 2016, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Metro, Downtown, July, Mercantile Center, Ohio, The Bus Stop

Posted by Thadd F. on July 29, 2016

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Cincinnati T-Shirt Expo.

While out running some errands, I wandered through Fountain Square this afternoon to check out the Cincinnati T-Shirt Expo…

Remember when the Cincinnati t-shirt fest encompassed all of Fountain Square? Yeah, not this year. There were just a small handful of booths, and they were tucked away in the far northwest corner of Square…

But there was still some good stuff. Quality over quantity, I guess.

I almost got one of these Northside t-shirts…

Almost. $25 seemed a bit steep for it.

I got Genifer FC Cincinnati leggings she’s being wanting from Cincy Shirts. And I got three cool t-shirts and a pullover from Loyal Clothing all for $40. You can’t beat that. Good stuff. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on July 29, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Central Business District

Tagged 2016, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Cincinnati T-Shirt Expo, Downtown, Fountain Square, July, Ohio

Posted by Thadd F. on July 29, 2016

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Downtown details.

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Everyday, my bus goes by this great Artworks mural on Back Street in Over-the-Rhine titled Brewing Heritage: Grain to Glass, designed by Jim Effler. It was created back in 2015. Everyday, I also get to stare at what I consider hands down the worst mural Artworks has ever executed. And it stares right back. Relentlessly. With so many great Artworks murals around like Mr. Dynamite, Ezzard Charles: The Cincinnati Cobra, Charley Harper’s Homecoming (Blue Birds), or my favorite: Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon, it’s just very unfortunate that we got the really short end of the stick.

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by Thadd F. on July 28, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Over-the-Rhine

Tagged 2016, Artworks, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Downtown, July, Mural, Ohio, Over-the-Rhine

Posted by Thadd F. on July 28, 2016

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Northside Farmers Market.

We returned to the Northside Farmers Market at Hoffner Park this week. I could see the market as the bus pulled up to the park…

🙂

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by Thadd F. on July 27, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Northside

Tagged Cincinnati, Hoffner Park, July, Northside, Northside Farmers Market, Ohio

Posted by Thadd F. on July 27, 2016

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#TBT Pause to paws.

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There isn’t a day that goes by that I still don’t miss my bud dog. He’s never very far from my thoughts. It’s really hard to believe he’s been gone for nine months. I know he would have loved our new house especially our backyard. I miss you, bud. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on July 27, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Odd & Ends

Tagged #TBT, #Timehop, 2016, Cincinnati, Dogs, July, Milan, Ohio, Pause for paws, Pets

Posted by Thadd F. on July 27, 2016

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Taken with Instagram.

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We had the laziest Sunday of all-time. We didn’t do anything all day long and it was wonderful. Oscar gets his haircut on Tuesday. He’s going to look so handsome.

Taken with Instagram. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on July 24, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Northside

Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, Dogs, Home Sweet Home, July, Northside, Ohio, Oscar, Pause for paws, Pets, Taken with Instagram

Posted by Thadd F. on July 24, 2016

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FC Cincinnati versus Louisville City FC.

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Yesterday, FC Cincinnati handed first placed Louisville City FC just their second loss of the season, ending Louisville’s 17-game undefeated streak. FC|C shutout LouCity 2-0 in front of 20,151 to hoist the inaugural River Cities Cup. It was FC Cincy’s 11th straight USL match with over 10,000 fans. And FC|C’s third match this season with over 20,000 fans.

Click to see all the photo we took at CINvLOU.