At lunchtime, I couldn’t help but notice the holiday tree on Fountain Square had been removed.


All that was left is just this stump and a few remnants of some branches.

Kinda sad. 😦 Click to see all the photos I took of the holiday tree at the Light Up and on New Year’s.

23-20. Great game. Go BLUE! HAIL!

[Photo by Brendan Gibbons :: AP]

My parents, Shannon and I took Milan on a long walk this afternoon…





And we walked a chilly 4.60 miles.

Whisky Bar. New spot opening up on Pete Rose Way.

And continuing the Fiala family tradition, my mom and Shannon made overnight coffee cake!







So good, so good, so good!

After doing her impression of Buddy the Elf in the revolving door…

I missed my focus. But it seems somehow appropriate after she went round and round.
🙂

Best view of the fireworks you could ever hope to have. 🙂

Tonight, I had to take photos on Fountain Square for 3CDC… So around 11pm, we all
headed down to the Square, and it was jammed pack with people wanting to ring it in.













And then arrangements had been made for us to go up to the roof of the Fifth Third Center
so I could get photos of the fireworks from a unique angle looking down on the Square…






















What amazing way to ring in 2012! I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Years!
Click to see all the photos I took of the NYE celebration on Fountain Square.

As you might have guessed from the previous post, my parents and sister journeyed down
from Michigan to hang out with us, and do New Year’s Eve up right… Fiala style. So that
means that there were lotsa great hors d’oeuvres. Like bacon wrapped water chestnuts…

And Polish mistakes…

Pigs in a blanket…


Lotsa of poppers…

And plenty of good beers…


This last photo was taken by my sister, Shannon. Be sure to check out her awesome blog!

I gave Milan a new toy today…