

Thanks for the memories, Timehop! 😀🦕🐾❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on June 11, 2019
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We saw a couple more Northside sidewalk snails this morning when we were out on our morning dog walk…



Snails are so neat. And we see quite a few of them on our morning walks. 😀🐌❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on June 10, 2019
https://tplusg.com/2019/06/10/more-northside-sidewalk-snails/
For just the seventh time, I went over 3000 points for the week on my Swarm…

Posted by Thadd F. on June 10, 2019
https://tplusg.com/2019/06/10/i-still-love-my-swarm-2/
This afternoon our United States Men’s National Team was playing host to Venezuela at Nippert Stadium as a warm-up to the upcoming Gold Cup…

We should have known what was in store for us when the USMNT starting lineup was announced. No Christian Pulisic. No Michael Bradley. We didn’t even recognize half of the names in the starting eleven. But it’s the USMNT, right? In Cincinnati. At Nippert…












And here was the best part. The team’s walkout and Sam the Bald Eagle and our National Anthem with the National Team in Cincinnati…

The USMNT had a couple of good chances at the beginning of the match…




Then it pretty much went downhill from there really fast…

The USMNT was down 3-0 after just 36 minutes…


And that’s how the match would end 3-0 to Venezuela…



If you really wanted to thank your fans, you wouldn’t play a complete B team that mailed in their performance.

It’s stupid hard not to be ridiculously disappointed with both this team selection, the performance and the outcome of this match. I was really looking forward to seeing the USMNT in person. There were a lot of people who paid a lot of money to watch this team for the first time at Nippert Stadium and this happens. Not us, we just had general admission tickets. But now we’ve seen the National Team and I don’t know that we’ll ever need to see them again.
After the match, we went to Mac’s for a pizza…


And we saw this…

And it’s funny because it’s true. What a disappointing afternoon. At least the pizza was really good. 😀🇺🇸⚽️🇻🇪❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on June 9, 2019
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On the way home tonight, we stopped at the Sam Adams Taproom in Over-the-Rhine…


We shared one of Sam Adams famous and delicious giant pretzels…

But we didn’t realize The Italian Truck was out on Sam Adams patio…

We had to give them a try. We don’t get to try food trucks like we used to. So who knows when we’d get another chance. We ordered a Meatball Burrito, which was very good…

And Mozzarella Sticks because who doesn’t love Mozzarella Sticks?


And we took home a couple of cannoli for later…

It was all really good stuff. Speaking of stuffed, we definitely were.
And look at that gorgeous sky…



Dang. So pretty. It was a very tasty Friday evening! 😀🍺🥨🇮🇹❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on June 7, 2019
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We really like sharing a Whip Classic and fries at QCR on Thursdays. 😀🍔🍟❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on June 6, 2019
https://tplusg.com/2019/06/06/thursdays-are-for-sharing-whip-burgers/
Posted by Thadd F. on June 6, 2019
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After work tonight, we stopped to check out the Northside Farmers Market…

We hadn’t been to the Farmers Market yet this summer. After checking it out, we crossed the street to have a slice of Chameleon pizza and some spicy cheese balls…

Chameleon cheese pizza is soooo good.

It was a pretty good Northside Wednesday. 😀🍕🧀❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on June 5, 2019
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I just love all the trees and greenery and rolling hills we see when we’re up on top of the hill at the end of our street…


It’s very pretty on top of the hill. 😀🌳❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on June 4, 2019
https://tplusg.com/2019/06/04/good-evening-from-northside-103/