All posts for the month April, 2019

Urban Artifact’s 4th birthday party.

Today was Urban Artifact’s 4th birthday party…

We tried the two Kaleidoscope variants, Pineapple Salsa and Pineapple Luau Spice…

They were outstanding! We took our beers and headed upstairs to the sanctuary…

UA had the space filled with a whole bunch of carnival games…

Our photo made on the Cincinnati Enquirer’s website…

And we ordered some Wildfire Pizza Kitchen…

We tried their new stuffed mushrooms…

And they were awesome! We love stuffed mushrooms. We also ordered some of their cheesy bread. Sooo cheesy, so good…

And we ordered a small Dad’s Favorite pizza…

Ohmigosh. Their stuff is really incredible. Everything is always just amazing…

UA also brought in a cotton candy machine. So I had some cotton candy…

And we had our first Keypunch of the season. Keypunch is what summer tastes like to me. It’s one of my all-time favorite beers. I’m excited that it’s Keypunch season…

It was a really fun afternoon, Happy birthday, Urban Artifact! You’ll always be one of our very favorite breweries. We’re so happy you’re in Northside. 😀🍺🍕❤️

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by Thadd F. on April 20, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2019, April, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Happy birthday, Home Sweet Home, Northside, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Pizza, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, Urban Artifact, Wildfire Pizza Kitchen

Posted by Thadd F. on April 20, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/04/20/urban-artifacts-4th-birthday-party/

FC Cincinnati versus Real Salt Lake.

Tonight, our FC Cincinnati was playing host to Real Salt Lake…

It was another cold and rainy evening for FC Cincinnati soccer this time the match was on a Friday night. At least, it wasn’t another Sunday game.

We saw FC|C’s mascot, Gary…

And we headed around to the other side of Nippert Stadium to find our friend, Kathy…

Turns out Kathy had some pretty amazing seats…

There’s Kathy…

The match ended 3-0 to Real Salt Lake. I still don’t understand why almost everyone in Cincinnati was so hyped about joining MLS. I loved the USL version of FC Cincinnati so much. The MLS FC|C has now been outscored 8-1 in their four matches. 😀⚽️❤️

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by Thadd F. on April 19, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, FC Cincinnati, Odd & Ends, Sports

Tagged 2019, April, Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati, MLS, Nippert Stadium, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Rainy, Real Salt Lake, Seen and noted, Soccer, Thunderstorms rainy overcast grey, University of CIncinnati, Uptown

Posted by Thadd F. on April 19, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/04/19/fc-cincinnati-versus-real-salt-lake/

My last day at Deskey.

After six years, today was my last day at Deskey. This is what my office looked like at the end of last week before I accepted the offer for my new position…

And here’s what it looked like this morning…

I’m going to miss being able to see Carew Tower out of my office window…

I’m not going miss that terrible ArtWorks mural of the pale lady staring at me all day…

I’m really going to miss watching the construction across the street take shape…

You know it’s time to move on when that’s the thing you’re going to miss the most…

Thanks for a good six years, Deskey. Best wishes for your continued success. Say what you will, it’s definitely been an experience…

Turning the page, and onto the next chapter. We’ll be staying in Cincinnati. I’m joining the Midwest office of the Grey Group as a Senior Designer. I’m sooo excited about this new adventure. My first day will be next Wednesday. 😀👋❤️

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by Thadd F. on April 19, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Central Business District, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2019, April, Artworks, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Constructing Cincinnati, Deskey, Downtown, Downtown details, Goodbye, Last day, Mural, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted

Posted by Thadd F. on April 19, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/04/19/my-last-day-at-deskey/

70,000 check-ins!

This evening I racked up my 70,000th check-in on Swarm…

I still really love my check-ins on Swarm! 😀⭐️❤️

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by Thadd F. on April 18, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged #Swarm, 2019, 70000, April, Check-ins, Cincinnati, Ffffound, Home Sweet Home, Northside, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted

Posted by Thadd F. on April 18, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/04/18/70000-check-ins/

Northside Country Club.

On the way back home, we stopped back at Northside Country Club this evening…

We shared a BLT…

I love BLTs. This one was really good, nothing fancy just really good. And we shared an order of tots. Their tots are just out of this world…

It was a pretty good little dinner. 😀🥪❤️

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by Thadd F. on April 17, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2019, April, BLT, Cincinnati, Home Sweet Home, It's what's for dinner, Northside, Northside Country Club, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Tots, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on April 17, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/04/17/northside-country-club/

Constructing Cincinnati.

And they’re on to the next floor on the construction across the street…

😀🚧❤️

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by Thadd F. on April 17, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Central Business District, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2019, April, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Constructing Cincinnati, Downtown, Downtown details, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted

Posted by Thadd F. on April 17, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/04/17/constructing-cincinnati-39/

Seen and noted.

Last summer, we saw a rather surprising number of snails around Northside. This morning Genifer pointed out my first Northside sidewalk snail sighting of the spring…

Taken with Instagram. 😀🐌❤️

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by Thadd F. on April 17, 2019 • Permalink

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Tagged 2019, April, Cincinnati, Home Sweet Home, Northside, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Sidewalk snails, Snail, Taken with Instagram

Posted by Thadd F. on April 17, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/04/17/seen-and-noted-73/

Two years ago.

Two years ago, Genifer snagged us our only MLB Reds foul ball at GABP…

Good job, baby! And thanks, Timehop!🤪⚾️🦕❤️

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by Thadd F. on April 17, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Reds baseball, Sports

Tagged #Timehop, 2019, April, Baseball, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Downtown, Ffffound, GABP, Great American BallPark, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Reds, Reds baseball, Seen and noted, Two years ago

Posted by Thadd F. on April 17, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/04/17/two-years-ago-3/

Sam Adams Taproom.

It was gorgeous this evening. We wanted to go sit out on a patio and have a beer. So on the way home, we stopped at Sam Adams Taproom on Central Parkway…