Today, we went to check out our first Cincinnati Bearcats and Big East basketball game.
The Bearcats were taking on the Villanova Wildcats at Fifth Third Arena.





Our seats were pretty awesome…

And we all got free Bearcats t-shirts…




During the first half, I went to get a drink of water and saw this guy…

And when I turned around UC football coach Butch Jones was standing behind me.
I wish I would have snapped a photo, but I just shook his hand and congratulated him.


At halftime, the Bearcats football team was honored for their terrific season.


The best part of the halftime festivities was when Coach Jones said, “Last time I checked,
there is only one nationally-ranked football team in the state of Ohio.” LOL. It’s funny
because it’s true. And speaking of funny, then there were these guys…










And the Bearcats hit their free throws down the stretch to win the game 82-78…




Great game. Great afternoon. Click to see all the photos I took at the Bearcats game.

Today, I noticed that they were putting up the awning at Silver Ladle…


Silver Ladle is the latest addition to Restaurant Row and will be opening soon.

Back on New Year’s Eve, my sister gave me this amazing piece of pottery that she made.
I love everything about this piece… the color, the shape and how it’s perfectly imperfect.




It reminds of that scene from Fight Club… “Even the glass dishes with tiny bubbles
and imperfections. Proof that they were crafted by the honest, simple, hard-working
indigenous peoples of… wherever.” Only I know where mine came from. And that’s
straight from the hands of my sister.

Thanks Shanu! I love it.
🙂

My sister sent me this photo from my baby book…

We stopped at Holy Grail to watch some football and grab some lunch.

Did you know you can get a growler of Holy Grail’s incredible Blueberry Ale?
We just discovered that gem this afternoon. We really like Holy Grail. 🙂

I’m not really sure what happened with the photo. I was trying to take a photo
of the P&G Towers with the moon in the background. And this is what I got…

Still looks kind of cool though. 🙂

Our friends Gretchen and Martin came over to watch the Bengals playoff game with us.
And before the game, we made some stuff to snack on…


Of course the Bengals lost. But it was still fun to watch the game with friends.

We ran to get a few groceries at the store, and outside was the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.



You never know what you’ll end up stumbling across around here. 🙂

On our way to Fido Field Dog Park.