I wish that guy down there would stop staring at me…

Hey, can I get some privacy here please? Do you mind?
Ha,

We walked up into to Over-the-Rhine to check out the newly finished courtyard at Kaze…




While we were there we finally tried a few of their little bar bites…

We tried their Pork Buns…

And one of their Niku Sliders…

Awesome, delicious stuff!

We can’t wait for the weather to be nicer so we can hang out on their patio! 🙂

This morning was the Mercy Health Heart Mini Run/Walk…

It raised over $2.2 million for the American Heart Association.

As is tradition after the St. Patrick’s Day parade, we wandered around downtown to check
out some of the many St. Patrick’s Day festivities that were taking place…




The Kreellers were back on Fountain Square with their Irish Rock from Detroit…







And then we headed to Nicholson’s to get something to eat…


I had some of the best fish and chips that I’ve ever had in all my life…

And Genifer had an amazing Caesar Salad…

And then bagpipers showed up…




And then just the drummers went at it…



It wouldn’t be St. Patrick’s Day without seeing these guys do their thing!

Later, we met up with our friends Cory and Amy at Arnold’s for The Cincy Brass…






It was a very fun St. Patrick’s Day Saturday. 🙂

Last year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade route followed the normal route down Fifth Street,
but for some reason this year’s parade route went down Sycamore Street smack dab
right in front of our apartment…

And when a parade wanders right through your front yard, you go down and watch it…




























Parades are fun. 🙂

We went to check out the new Mexican restaurant downtown, El Coyote. They’ve been
around out on the east side of Cincinnati for the last thirty some years. I think we ate there once
way back. We were excited because there’s no such thing as too many Mexican restaurants…




I remember El Coyote’s food not being nearly as expensive but it was every bit as pricey
as going to nada but not anywhere near as good. Genifer ordered a chicken quesadilla and
I ordered a chorizo chimichanga. My mom said “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t
say anything at all.” So enjoy these photos…


New time we want Mexican food, we’ll stick with to Rio Grande, Bakersfield or nada.

It’s Thursday! That means once again that it’s time for some of Arnold’s deliciousness.

We had to sit inside because there was a retirement party taking place in the courtyard.


Genifer ordered their delicious Slide Burger, and I had Arnold’s Hot Brown…

Amazing amounts of turkey, fries and bacon all smothered in cheese sauce! YUM!
Oh, and Arnold’s 1861 Porter is making it’s return next week!

We love Arnold’s. 🙂

I hit a huge milestone on my Foursquare today… 25,000 check-ins!



I love my Foursquare! 🙂

This evening we walked across the Purple People Bridge…

Over to Newport on the Levee…

Go go bowling at Star Lanes on the Levee…









Genifer whopped me in the first game…

My two-handed bowling style wasn’t working nearly as well as it was to Western Bowl.
And it worked even worse in the second game we bowled…



I stormed back to win game three by the narrowest of margins…

And Genifer whooped me again in game number four…



We snacked on some soft pretzel sticks…

And they must have rejuvenated me because I took game five…

And Genifer took our final game…


Professional bowlers, we’re not. But bowling is fun!



🙂

There’s been a lot of negativity focused at the new Horseshoe Casino. But we still don’t
care. We’re not those downtown elitist “holy than thou” sort of people. Those people are
snobs and need to get over their own egos. We’ll give anything a try. We think the more
diverse dining and entertainment options there are downtown, the more people will visit.
The more people that visit and frequent downtown, the more new places keep popping up.
So the more the merrier in our opinion. We don’t judge. We just want to have bunches and
bunches of options in downtown Cincinnati and lotsa fun in all within walking distance of
home. So this evening we walked to the casino to visit Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville…












We started off with these amazing looking Conch Fritters…

And were delicious! They’re the best Conch Fritters I’ve had since being in the Bahamas.
And when we were at the casino for the grand opening celebration, we noticed the size
of Margaritaville’s Volcano Nachos, and had been thinking about trying them all week…

After stuffing our faces with their deliciousness for over a half hour, we hardly even
put a dent in them…

So good. But sooo filling.


After lunch, we wandered around the casino a bit…

After lunch we played some penny slots. Which was weird to us because it’s 20 cents
a spin. So how is that penny slots? Anyway. We played put $5 in the machine and at
our highest, we reached $35. When we finally cashed out, we made a whooping $20.02!
Whoo-hoo! Penny slots are kinda fun. I could see us spending five bucks on the slots
when stop in for a bite. The casino isn’t so bad. At all. 🙂