After breakfast we walked through the little shops of the Gateway Quarter like MiCA.




And then we walked along the little shops of Main Street.

We walked through link textPark+Vine…



And we peaked in the back patio of Iris Book Cafe…





And Atomic 10…

This morning my dad and I got got up early to go gather the rest of my family from CVG.

My sister, Shannon and her boyfriend, John were waiting for when we got there.

We had a hour wait while we waited for Josh and Jeannette to arrive. Time to explore CVG…










Still waiting…

And still waiting…

Josh and Jeannette finally arrived and I was so excited that I forgot to take a photo.
Oh well, at least the gang’s all here now! HOORAY!

Tonight, my parents and I went to see the Reds and the Cubs play at GABP.




And it was Bark in the Park night again. But Milan didn’t get to go…







And the Reds ended up winning 7-2 in one of the fastest baseball games I’ve ever been to.

My parents came down to spend Oktoberfest weekend in Cincinnati. And they brought
just a little bit of stuff with them for the big fun party weekend…

The rest of my family will arrive tomorrow.

I never get tired of seeing these big paddlewheel boats on the OHio River.

At lunch today, I went to the Strauss and Troy Market on Fountain Square.



And I got this amazing pulled pork bbq sammich with mac&cheese and baked beans…

SuperYum FTW!!

I walked by Passage on the way to work this morning and saw that tore the facade off
of their marquee and had brand spanking new graphics on the door.

Apparently, it will be called something with an L when it reopens. Hopefully, the name will
something original and catchy that doesn’t contain the word Lounge. But more than likely,
it’s going to be something like Lame.

Tonight, Genifer and I went to see the Reds play the team I grew up watching, the Cubbies. Her brother’s girlfriend let us use her family’s season tickets. And we got to sit in the second row, directly behind the Cubs dugout. These seats were even better than the seats I had for that one game I treated myself to when the Cubs were in town a ways back. Amazing seats!


One of my favorite pitchers, Dontrelle Willis was on the hill for the Redlegs.




























The Cubs won the game12-8. There were 7 home runs in the game including this monster
blast by Juan Francisco that completely left the ballpark and two by Brandon Phillips.




And we watched Jim Day do his thing for a little bit after the game.


Great game. Great seats. Great nice. Go Cubs, GO!
Click to see all the photos I took at Reds-Cubs game.