There were some really beautiful clouds over downtown Cincinnati this afternoon…


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There were some really beautiful clouds over downtown Cincinnati this afternoon…


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Posted by Thadd F. on January 8, 2019
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When I ride the Metro 17 bus downtown, I get off the bus at the corner of Walnut and Court Street right across from theย new downtown Kroger tower.ย When it’s completed, it will be 18-stories tall and be home to aย two-story supermarket, 139 apartments, and a six-story, 555-space parking garage. And it gets taller with each passing day…


I just don’t know what they’re trying to accomplish across the street from work…

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Posted by Thadd F. on January 7, 2019
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I was running some errands around downtown Cincinnati this afternoon, and I was kind of shocked to see that the Tiffany & Co. at Vine and Fifth Streets had closed…



It’s real shame. A while back the downtown TJ Maxx moved across the river to Newport. Then the downtown Macy’s closed their doors. And now Tiffany has left. The only real place to any shopping in the Central Business District is Saks Fifth Avenue. It getting harder and harder to do holiday or birthday shopping in CBD. And that’s a real shame. Also a real shame is the huge, old beautiful pine tree they cut down to display on Fountain Square for a little over a month…

I wish they would just get a big fake tree or come up with some alternative to chopping down a very old tree every year. But in an effort to remain positive, downtown did recently get a Frisch’s Big Boy in Carew Tower on Fifth Street…

I’ll have to check out the new Big Boy soon. Honestly, I keep forgetting it’s over there.
I guess the world giveth and taketh away. It seems like CBD has been more on the taketh side lately. And that also is a real shame.
Posted by Thadd F. on December 18, 2018
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Tonight was the Deskey holiday party, and this year it was held at Deskey…




Musical entertainment was provided by Moonshine and Wine…

And dinner was provided by Gabby’s Cafe in Wyoming…

















It was another very fun holiday party. ๐๐โค๏ธ
Posted by Thadd F. on December 14, 2018
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Today was Deskey’s annual White Elephant Potluck Gift Exchange. And all sorts of delicious food made its way into the office for the event…








And of course, there were plenty of desserts too…

After everyone was done stuffing their faces, it was time for the main event…













The big foam fist beer koozie was brought in by our intern and was the hit of exchange. The pile of gifts kept getting smaller and smaller…

Finally, it was my turn. I ended up with this crazy detailed hippo serving tray…

And it goes perfectly with all the other items I’ve accumulated from the Deskey White Elephant Potluck gift exchanges throughout the years…

It was another very fun Deskey White Elephant Potluck. ๐๐โค๏ธ
Posted by Thadd F. on December 13, 2018
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I guess it’s better late than never to go get that Christmas tree…

And I bet they got a really good deal on it. Christmas trees on the super cheap. Unless they’ve just driving around with the tree on top of their vehicle for the last few weeks kind of like that other SUV we saw a little while back. ๐๐โค๏ธ
Posted by Thadd F. on December 12, 2018
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Remember when the temperature hit 72ยบ outside a few years back?

That was crazy. And we had the Deskey holiday party up at Rhinegeist…

We walked through the Holiday City Flea at Washington Party and then onto Rhinegeist and I remember to took me forever to stop sweating because it was so warm outside and I wore a jacket. Thanks for the fun memories, Timehop! ๐๐ฆโค๏ธ
Posted by Thadd F. on December 12, 2018
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Every time I’d walk by this archway on my way down a little alley to go to Dunkin Donuts in downtown Cincinnati, I was always kind of shocked that there wasn’t any graffiti on it…

And there you go… Tag! You’re it. ๐๐จ๐๏ธโค๏ธ
Oh, and I thought the light was really pretty between the buildings this morning on the way back to the office…

Posted by Thadd F. on December 11, 2018
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Posted by Thadd F. on December 7, 2018
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