Tonight, Reds played an exhibition ball game against the Reds stars of the future.
I picked up tickets this afternoon because it was a gorgeous day for a baseball game.






Oh, it’s sooo good to be home. 🙂


The new $225 million man got a huge ovation when he stepped to the plate…







We noticed a new Chipotle-like burrito stand…


And the new State Fair with Corn Dogs, Funnel Cake fries and other goodies…

And our favorite stand, Mr. Reds Smokehouse with all things Leinenkugel…


Click for a close-up of the Favorite Leinie Mixes. And they have Shandy again at GABP!


The Cuban Missile, Aroldis Chapman mad an appearance…





As it turns out, this exhibition game was only 7 innings. And the Futures topped the Reds
2-1. But since we both had full beers, we wandered around GABP looking for new additions.



It was a gorgeous evening to take in a baseball game.


Tonight was a blast. It was so amazing to be back at the ball park watching baseball.
We can’t wait for Opening Night on Saturday!

We found ourselves in Newport this evening so we picked up a couple of pizzas to eat
while we watched tonight’s big college basketball championship game…

And Milan got to tag along for the ride…

Now we’re ready for hoops!


YUM! Go Kansas!

One of the best parts of summer is grilling out. Burgers and dogs always taste the
best when they’re straight off the grill. And being around great people, family and
friends, make them taste even better. This afternoon we ventured over to Genifer’s
brother’s house for the first grill-out of the season…

We had burgers and three different kinds of dogs. It’s always so much fun to hang
out on the Westside of Cincinnati with her family. And her nephews are hilarious.
Good times. 🙂

We went to Blue Wisp to watch the second Final Four basketball game. While we were
watching, we started to get a bit hungry. Looking over Blue Wisp’s menu, we ordered
a house salad and the Meatloaf Minis. Both were very tasty but no where near the
small bites we thought we were ordering. As it turns out, we ordered a ton of food.
Genifer’s house salad…

And my Meatloaf Minis complete with mashed potatoes, gravy and onion strings…

And in the main room, there was a packed house to see a special Tango performance…

We love Blue Wisp. Great atmosphere. Great music. Great bar, terrific beer selection.
And great food. who knew? This place really does have it all.

I had lunch at Cincy’s on Sixth with coworkers on Thursday. I had this Cuban Wrap that
was just out of this world delicious. I told Genifer about it, and she wanted to check out
the new place too. We walked over today to grab lunch so she could see Cincy’s on Sixth.

We ordered a chicken quesadilla as an appetizer…


But to be honest with you, we ordered it more as a back-up plan because Genifer ordered
the Firehouse Burger. It had jalapeno’s, pepperjack cheese and special fire sauce…



The burger packed some serious heat but was absolutely amazing with all it’s flavor.
I ordered the triple decker grilled cheese. And it was just oozing with ooey-gooey
deliciousness. I’m usually not a fan of waffle fries but theirs were done perfectly.

The food is a just night and day from what it used to be at Cadillac Ranch. Combine
their menu with a decent beer list, and we have another place to add of list of new
restaurants we really like downtown.

Just in time for baseball season, I found a blast from the past at Party Source.

Old Style. What used to be the official beer of the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field.*
One of the predominant memories of spending many afternoons at Wrigley Field was the
beer vendors shouting, “Aye! Old Style ‘ere!” Old Style will always be linked to the
games I was luck enough to take in my baseball Mecca, Wrigley Field.

*That may or may not be true. But it’s how I remember it.

I had to drop off a DVD to 3CDC up in over-the-Rhine on Race Street at lunch today.
I grabbed my camera and decided to on a bit of a lunchtime wander. After making my
delivery, I strolled past Washington Park to see how their renovations were coming
along. It looked like they were making a lot of progress…



But it looked like they still have quite a way to go still…

I noticed this old ghost sign on Race Street…

I wandered past Herzog Studios where legendary Hank Williams recorded…

Weaver Alley has to be one of the streets with the most greenery in all of downtown…

I noticed that Blue Wisp was now open for lunch…

And their iconic sign was now out front…

There’s a new little garden in memory of Phyllis Smale just off Fountain Square…

Well, it’s new to me at least. But I don’t recall noticing it before a week or so ago.

It was a great little lunchtime wander. I got to see some places I don’t get to see
everyday anymore that my commute to work is only two blocks. 🙂

Looks like it’s going to be another pretty day.

It was another gorgeous evening, not too warm or too cool. Just perfect walking weather.










Gorgeousness. All the riverfront parks make it so incredibly easy to go on long walks.
And we walked 2.9 miles this evening. 🙂

We did pretty well with our walking again this week. We walked 22.8 miles.
And I think that’s pretty good. Especially when you consider that we’ve been
going on fewer long walks and just going to Fido Field dog park more. Milan
really seems to love going to the dog park. And I think it’s great that he
he has a place that he get off his leash and run until he can’t run anymore.
We love our walking. 🙂

This week we also tallied 182 check-ins at 57 different places on Foursquare.
And I love my Foursquare too. 🙂