
Good morning from Northside. Taken with Instagram. 😀🌇❤️

Good morning from Northside. Taken with Instagram. 😀🌇❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on July 18, 2018
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Tonight was the MLB All-Star Game. With every All-Star Game, I’ll always think back to all the fun we had with the festivities that led up to the MLB All-Star Game three years ago when Cincinnati hosted the mid-summer classic…

Thanks for all the wonderful memories, Timehop. 😀⚾️⭐️🦕❤
Posted by Thadd F. on July 17, 2018
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Good evening from Northside. Taken with Instagram. 😀🌇❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on July 17, 2018
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Oscar decided to stop and take a little break on our walk this evening…


Don’t mind me. I’m just enjoying the view and this little patch of shade. 😀🐾❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on July 16, 2018
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Two years ago tonight, we went to watch our fledgeling new boys, FC Cincinnati play their very first international friendly against Premier League mainstay, Crystal Palace FC right in our backyard at Nippert Stadium…

There were so many highlights from that inaugural season of FC Cincinnati soccer. But the friendly against Crystal Palace at Nippert Stadium was definitely one of the top highlights of the inaugural season for me. Thanks again for reminding us of all the wonderful memories, Timehop. 😀⚽️🦕❤
Posted by Thadd F. on July 16, 2018
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After the World Cup final, we came home and ordered some delicious NYPD Pizza. We really love our NYPD Pizzas.
Posted by Thadd F. on July 15, 2018
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We made our way over to Higher Gravity this morning to watch the 2018 World Cup final between France and Croatia. We were pulling for France, they were our pre-tournament pick to lift the World Cup but mostly we just wanted to see a really terrific final match regardless of who actually won. We were surprised with how much Higher Gravity really filled in as the match was about to begin…


And boy was it ever a good match! The perfect end to a truly incredible tournament. The match ended 4-2 to France. SIX goals in a World Cup final, are you kidding me? Most of the World Cup finals are so conservative, defensive and boring. No one wants to make a mistake. This match was 90 minutes of end-to-end excitement. I didn’t want it to ever end. But all good thing have to come to an end… VIVA LA FRANCE!



And I finally got to get a photo with Jason from Higher Gravity’s Doggie the Dog…

I’ve been following Doggie on Instagram since right after Higher Gravity opened about a year ago. But what an amazing month of soccer and an outstanding World Cup! It was one of the better ones in recent memory…
We’re already starting the four-year countdown to the next incredible World Cup. The next one will be in Qatar. And we can’t wait for more World Cup excitement.

😀⚽️🏆❤️
Animated GIF courtesy of WorldSoccerShop.com.
Posted by Thadd F. on July 15, 2018
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IT’S FC CINCINNATI MATCH DAY NINE! We missed the last home match against Ottawa Fury a couple of Saturday’s ago because it was the day after my second hip surgery. And I wasn’t going much of anywhere. We just watched the match on TV. FC|C beat Ottawa 2-0 on goals by Danni König and Nazmi Albadawi. We also missed post-match FC|C fireworks. Bummer. And Emmanuel Ledesma was named USL Player of the Month for June. Tonight, FC Cincinnati was playing host to Tampa Bay Rowdies. They’ve never beaten the Rowdies. I was still a little bit sore but I was moving pretty well so we decided to give the match a try tonight…

















HERE WE GO…




At halftime, it was still knotted 0-0. And that meant it was time for… SPRINKLES!





And the second half is underway…

GOAL! FC CINCINNATI! In the 54th minute, Emmanuel Ledesma gave FC|C a 1-0 lead!






GOAL!! FC CINCINNATI! Danni König doubled FC Cincinnati’s lead to 2-0 in the 85th minute to tack on an insurance goal late on!



It wasn’t announced at the match but tonight’s attendance was 25,416. The match would end 2-0 to FC Cincinnati. And for the first time FC|C defeated Tampa Bay!

With the win, FC Cincinnati remains on top of the USL Eastern Conference! 😀⚽️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on July 14, 2018
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It was a good Saturday morning in Northside.
Posted by Thadd F. on July 14, 2018
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This afternoon we went up to West Chester to pick up Oscar. He’s been staying with Geri while I recovered from my surgery. It’s great to have him coming back home…

Every time we drive home along I-75 from up north, we pass this odd little building next to the train tracks that run alongside the highway. We’ve passed it a bunch of times since we’ve moved to Northside but I’ve never got to take a photo of it because I’m usually driving. Today, I got to be the passenger on our way home from picking up Oscar. And I finally got to take some photos of that odd little building…





I took a video out the window on our way home too with my new Polaroid CUBE+…
I don’t know why, but I just love videos taken out of the windows of cars. Just watching all the scenery go by, there’s something very en about it to me. I also took some photos with my CUBE+ on our way home once we got off I-75…












My new CUBE+ is fun. But it’s so good to have Oscar home again.
Posted by Thadd F. on July 13, 2018
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