We decided to brave the heat, walk down to the ball park and watch the rubber game
of the interleague series between the Reds and the Twins this afternoon…



They had a new scoreboard game between innings, Press Your Luck!

Mr. Reds race…

Joey Votto put the Reds in the lead with a two-run blast in the eighth to make it 3-2!


And that means…

CHAPMAN!!!

Aroldis Chapman versus Joe Mauer…

And Mauer would win this battle with a double after fouling off at least 10 pitches.
The next Twin took Chapman deep to give the Twins a 4-3 lead that they wouldn’t give
back. I felt so bad for Aroldis. He just stood there with hands on this knees, staring at
his shoes. It was the second straight save attempt he’s blown. Back on Tuesday, the
same thing happened when the Indians took Aroldis yard in the ninth for a walk-off win
in the tenth inning. But all you can do is learn from your mistakes, and try to do better
next game. The Reds continue the home stand tomorrow as the Brewers come into
town for a three game set. And we’ll be back at the ball park Tuesday night. 🙂


Win or lose, you just can’t beat being at the ball park. Go Reds! 🙂

It was one of Genifer’s kids birthday party up at Swaim Park in Montgomery.






Another great Cincinnati park!


Happy birthday, Anna. We hope you had a wonderful day. 🙂

After the Midpoint Indie Summer, we got stopped at El Taco Azul, the taco food truck.

We got these chicken tacos that were awesome…

And not pictured is the chicken burrito we ordered. Quite possibly the best burrito
that I’ve ever had in my entire life. 🙂

I stopped by the Weston Art Gallery on my way home from work because I happened
to notice that there was a new installation called Built in the Digital World…












Always interesting stuff at the Weston Art Gallery. 🙂

Taken with Instagram.

A Good Week is a global celebration of all the Good that happens in the world.

Over seven supercharged days (June 18-24), a spotlight will shine upon on the people,
communities and businesses who do Good. The vision is a world where everyone can
Feel Good, Do Good and Live Good. And the desire is to have A Good Week help work
towards that goal. I thought this a really neat concept as so much focus is placed on
all that is wrong with the world. To focus on the Good and the positive seems like a
refreshing change of pace. For more information about A Good Week or how you can
get involved, visit their website at… A Good Week.




I hope everyone takes a little time out to celebrate all that is good in the world.
And have A Good Week. 🙂

After yesterday’s day and night photo bonanza at Smale Riverfront Park, I knew today
was going to be pretty relaxing and low key. And there weren’t going to be many photos
taken. At all. We walked up to the Oregon Street Steps into Mt. Adams to watch the Reds
as well as the final matches from the Euro 2012’s “Group of Death.”

We had lunch at Tavern on the Hill…



And then we relaxed on Tap n’ Go’s back patio. And I didn’t even take a photo of it. 😛

And then we headed back in to downtown…

What a fun and relaxing afternoon. 🙂

After photographing the park during the day, I needed to capture it’s splendor at night.






























It’s just one of those things you have to see in person, especially at night. Just wow.
Click to see all the photos I took at Smale Riverfront Park.

Another defining feature of the Smale Riverfront Park is The Black Brigade monument.
Cincinnati’s little-known Black Brigade was formed in 1862 to build critical barricades
and fortifications in Northern Kentucky to defend Cincinnati from Confederate attack.










Wonderful addition to park. 🙂

After Crave, we walked back to Smale Riverfront Park with Gretchen and Martin.


And we wandered around the Labyrinth at Smale Riverfront Park…



And we checked out the Cincinnati Bike Center…


Amazing park. 🙂