On our way to work this morning, we dropped Oscar off at the groomers to get him a haircut. He was starting to look pretty fuzzy again…




Now he looks so handsome again with his summer cut…

😀🐶❤️
On our way to work this morning, we dropped Oscar off at the groomers to get him a haircut. He was starting to look pretty fuzzy again…




Now he looks so handsome again with his summer cut…

😀🐶❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on July 10, 2017
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Taken with Instagram. 😀
Posted by Thadd F. on July 10, 2017
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IT’S FC CINCINNATI MATCH DAY TEN! FC Cincinnati was hosting Richmond Kickers…

We ended up talking to a couple that always sits at the table next to us at Mac’s Pizza Pub before the matches and as a result, we missed the teams walking out onto the pitch. And we missed Djiby scoring the opening goal for FC Cincinnati just three minutes into the match…



And at the half, it was 1-0 FC|C. SPRINKLES!




They announced the attendance of 21,769 but they never put it on the scoreboard…




PENALTY TO FC|C!



Aodhan Quinn buried the penalty, but the referee called it back after an FC|C player encroached the penalty box before the kick. He’d have to retake the penalty. And he buried the penalty again!




At the full-time whistle, it was 2-0 to FC Cincinnati…













Walking to get our Uber, we noticed these crazy gargolyes sitting at ninety-degree angles off of one of the UC buildings…


AND… it was announced on Thursday that the US Women’s National Team will be visiting Nippert Stadium this fall to play the second match of a two game set of international friendlies against New Zealand!



How exciting is that? 😀❤️⚽️
Posted by Thadd F. on July 9, 2017
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We woke up this morning and still didn’t have any power. We walked Oscar and then headed off to find someplace with food and air conditioning. When we got to the end of the street, we got our first real glimpse of what knocked out our power last night. It was this huge tree limb that fell on the power lines…







We walked down to Second Place to hang out for a bit. We got some lunch at Second Place. Genifer got Second Place’s awesome Cuban sammich and I got the smoked pork belly lunch special from The Littlefield…

And my pork belly was served with buttermilk biscuits, warm peach compote, and a Jalapeño buttermilk slaw!

We hung out at Second Place for a while, watched the USMNT play Panama in the Gold Cup and then came home to our house without power. Apparently, Duke Energy says power should be restored by noon tomorrow. Thankfully, it was a pretty comfortable evening that wasn’t too hot…

It’s weird and kind of spooky trying to navigate your house without lights…

UPDATE: After spending the night in our surprisingly cool second guest bedroom, we woke up at 6:30 Sunday morning with power! HOORAY FOR POWER! 😀❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on July 8, 2017
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We were sitting on our back patio this evening and watched a storm roll in…





It poured and poured with really strong winds…



After the storm was over, there was a pretty spectacular post-storm evening sky…




We were sitting on our back patio watching the Reds game, and we heard a loud crack. BOOM. All of a sudden our power went out. Pitch black. We walked down to the end of our street to see if we could figure out what happened. We couldn’t see a lot. But it looked like a huge tree limb had fallen on some power lines…


We were hoping that our power would be back on when we woke up in the morning.
😀🌘🕯️🔦
Posted by Thadd F. on July 7, 2017
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We had some burgers from Tickle Pickle for dinner this evening…

YUM! Tickle Pickle burgers sure are delicious. 😀🍔❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on July 6, 2017
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Genifer made BBQ chicken with baked beans and crescent rolls for dinner tonight…



YUM! I don’t think there’s anything she’s made that hasn’t been delicious! 😀🐔❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on July 5, 2017
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A couple of weeks back, we met with some of the very talented kids at Elementz up in Over-the-Rhine. Today, they came to our office to present their inspirational work using the creative medium of their choice to develop concepts that represent community…





Those are some very super talented kids. 😀
Posted by Thadd F. on July 5, 2017
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I rode the Metro 17 bus into work downtown for the very first time…

Cincinnati Metro has made it so easy to get to and from work every day over the last year. Thanks, Timehop! Taken with Instagram. 😀🚌
Posted by Thadd F. on July 5, 2017
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Good morning from Northside. Taken with Instagram. 😀
Posted by Thadd F. on July 5, 2017
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