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Our new dehumidifier.

Good morning from Northside…

This afternoon we worked on reorganizing our basement…

Now we just need more shelves. And we finally got to turn on our new super industrial strength dehumidifier…

If we turned the dehumidifier in too soon, it could have pulled the moisture out the setting concrete and it wouldn’t have cured correctly…

And that would probably have been bad…

But omigosh, I was so excited to finally get to turn this thing on. And it drains straight into our new sump pump. It’s all so excited. We’re hoping the dehumidifier pulls all the moisture out of the air in our basement and eliminates that old musty basement smell. But we finally get to see how it works.

Later, we ventured out to West Chester, and we picked up Sonic for lunch…

We took our Sonic over and had lunch with Geri. Sonic was surprisingly good. We had cheeseburger meals. And Sonic also has corn dogs. I got a couple of corn dogs for a snack later. Gosh, I love corn dogs. And corn dongs can be surprisingly hard to find. The corn dogs from Sonic were really good.

Back in Northside, it’s starting to look a bit like autumn…

It was so gloomy, grey and overcast all day today…

And good evening from Northside…

This evening we planned to watch my Minnesota United play Dallas but the match was postponed due to positive tests for COVID-19. So we watched FC Cincinnati lose 1-0 to Toronto instead. FC|C is really tough to watch play anymore. It seems all they do is defend, eleven guys behind the ball and then park the bus. It makes for really boring soccer. And I’m really surprised they could pull over seven minutes of highlights out of this match.

But other than that, it was a pretty good Sunday. 😀🌄☁️💧🍔🍟🍃⚽️❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 11, 2020 • Permalink

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Posted by Thadd F. on October 11, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/11/our-new-dehumidifier/

Taqueria 251.

A new taco shop just opened up in Northside called Taqueria 251. And this afternoon we walked down Hamilton Avenue to check it out the new place in the neighborhood…

I’m digging their murals…

Taqueria 251 was still waiting for their liquor license…

We sat out on their very spacious patio…

We started with some chips and salsa…

The trio of salsas came in these half-full little squeeze bottles…

We thought it was kind of an odd presentation. Especially in the middle of a pandemic. But the salsas were all pretty good. The green was the mild and the one on the right was really spicy. The middle one was my favorite. But they all had really good flavors.

We ordered the Esquite as an appetizer. The Esquite is sweet corn cut off the cob brought to the table in a cup served with a side of spicy mayo, cotija cheese, Mexican cream, tajin and lime. And it’s all mixed right at the table…

And as soon as our Esquite was prepared, our tacos arrived…

We ordered the Al Pastor, Papa and Chicharron…

We also ordered the Gringa with the cheese crust…

The tacos were just okay. They were really just meat on a tortilla. The meats were really flavorful but a little dry. The Gringa was good. I enjoyed the cheese crust. The Papa was my favorite because it actually had a crema and cotija cheese on it. The Esquite was so dang good. It was the best thing I’ve eaten in a minute. The flavors were just amazing.

We also ordered their churros because I love churros and they don’t show up on a lot of menus. So we almost had to order them…

The churros were amazing too. They were served with a side of nutella, goats milk candy, condensed milk and sugar and cinnamon blend…

The Esquite and the churros were out-of-this-world incredibly good. I would definitely stop back at Taqueira 251 just for those two items, and maybe a Papa taco. It was pretty tasty too.

It’s always fun when a new place opens up in our neighborhood. 😀🇲🇽🌮❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 10, 2020 • Permalink

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Tagged 2020, Churros, Cincinnati, COVID-19, Esquite, Home Sweet Home, It's what's for lunch, Northside, Oct10, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Tacos, Taqueria 251, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on October 10, 2020

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And the rest of our Saturday.

It was a grey and overcast Saturday morning in Northside…

Good morning from Northside…

We ran over to the grocery this morning…

They had both the panda bear and the train again today…

And they had lots of my new favorite BBQ Chicken flavor ramen…

There were some great balloons this morning too…

We stopped to get our Saturday morning Mad Llama coffee…

We had this shelf in our kitchen…

Genifer ordered a new sideboard to go in its place…

It took a bit to put together but it turned out pretty nice…

It took too long for Oscar. He was out…

For lunch, we walked down Hamilton Avenue to check out Northside’s new taco shop called Taqueria 251. It was pretty good stuff. I don’t know that we’ll be rushing back. They had this corn appetizer called Esquite that was out of this world good. And they had incredible churros for dessert. I think we’ll still be satisfying our taco cravings at Django Western Taco. But I think our perfect meal would combine the best from the two places.

And good evening from Northside…

And from our backyard…

Before we headed upstairs, we stopped to admire our new sideboard…

It looks really nice in our kitchen. We like it a lot.

then we soldiered through The Reckoning on Netflix. It was just plain bad. There wasn’t one likable character in the entire series. So not good. At all. 😀🌄🐼🚂🎈☕️❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 10, 2020 • Permalink

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Posted by Thadd F. on October 10, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/10/the-rest-of-our-saturday/

A morning trip to Trade Joe’s.

Good morning from Northside…

We ventured out to Trader Joe’s this morning before work, and on the way across town the sunrise sky was so beautiful…

It’s been a minute since we’ve been to Trader Joe’s…

And Mad Llama is right around the corner from Trader Joe’s (kind of)…

When we got home, we finished up our work week before having Trader Joe’s delicious Mandarin Orange Chicken for dinner…

Good evening from Northside…

And then we all crashed out…

It was another long week. Thank goodness it’s Friday. 😀🌄☀️🥡🐔❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 9, 2020 • Permalink

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Posted by Thadd F. on October 9, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/09/a-morning-trip-to-trade-joes/

The best thing to do.

I love Winnie the Pooh and Piglet. 😀🐻🐷❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 8, 2020 • Permalink

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Tagged 2020, Cincinnati, Ffffound, Home, Northside, Oct7, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Piglet, Seen and noted, Winnie the Pooh

Posted by Thadd F. on October 8, 2020

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My ballot arrived today.

Good morning from Northside…

For dinner tonight, we had another one of the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meals for dinner tonight. This one was Hawaiian Boneless Pork Chop with bacon green beans…

It was another really delicious dinner. The pineapple with the crispy onions on top of the pork chops and the bacon green beans were outstanding. The sauce was kind of an Asiany soy sauce. We really like the Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meal kits a lot.

Good evening from Northside…

My voter packet arrived in the mail today…

The first one was a no-brainer. The rest were just really everything straight Democratic ticket. Now I just need to figure out the judges. 😀🌄🐷🍍🗳️❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 7, 2020 • Permalink

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Posted by Thadd F. on October 7, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/07/my-ballot-arrived-today/

With… Sprinkles.

Good morning from Northside…

The front yard of the house at the end of the street is out of control…

Genifer made P.F. Chang’s Orange Chicken for dinner tonight…

And she made dumplings too…

For dessert, she bought home a three big of cookies from Taste of Belgium…

I thought the sugar cookie with sprinkles was the best one…

But maybe I just really like Sprinkles.

And good evening from Northside…

And the evening always ends with ball in the backyard. 😀🌄🥡🍪❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 6, 2020 • Permalink

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Tagged 2020, Cincinnati, Cookies, Dumplings, Good evening, Good morning, Home, Home Sweet Home, Look up in the sky, Northside, Oct6, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Orange chicken, Our backyard, P.F.Chang's, Seen and noted, Taste of Belgium

Posted by Thadd F. on October 6, 2020

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Mondays are always hard.

Good morning from Northside…

And good evening from Northside…

Not a cloud in the sky all day long. And then we just crashed out…

We just blew through both The Five and Safe. Both of the series were based on books by Harlan Coben and both were really outstanding. They had so many twists and turns. We never would have guessed the ending in either series. They were sooo good.

And that was another Monday in the books. 😀🌄🐾📺❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 5, 2020 • Permalink

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Tagged 2020, Cincinnati, Dogs, Good evening, Good morning, Home Sweet Home, Look up in the sky, Mack, Netflix & Chill, Northside, Oct5, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Our backyard, Pets, Seen and noted

Posted by Thadd F. on October 5, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/05/mondays-are-always-hard/

Google Maps Local Guides Level 9!

I FINALLY DID IT! I just made it to Local Guide Level 9! I’ve been plugging away and working really hard on my Google Maps/Local Guides. I’ve been posting photos and reviews of every place we visit to try to inch myself from Level 8 up to Level 9. I’ve been painfully close to level 9 for a while, and this evening I finally made it…

HOORAY for Level 9! It doesn’t really mean much to anyone other than me. I don’t get anything. I just think it’s fun. It’s kind of like my Swarm. It’s another way to share our experiences and especially another place to share all the dang photos I take of every little thing every single day.

And that’s really why I like Google Maps Local Guides! #LetsGuide 😀🗺️📷9⃣❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 5, 2020 • Permalink

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Posted by Thadd F. on October 5, 2020

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Burger King and some whaaaat?

Good morning from Northside…

We were so lazy today. We laid around all morning. Finally, we started to get hungry and ventured out of the house. On our way to get lunch, we stopped to get gas in Finneytown…

And there was this sticker on our pump…

And then it was onto the Home of the Whopper. We ordered a BK feast through the Burger King App…

Usually, Burger King is reserved only for road trips. But it just sounded really good today. And we ordered a bunch so we’d have snack for later.

I’m just going to leave these scores here without comment…

😳😬😲 What makes it even more nuts is when you combine today’s Liverpool and United results with last weekend’s thumping of City by Leicester…

It brings me great joy whenever United or Liverpool lose. And to have them both great thumped on the same day, just makes for a really great Sunday. Now I have a couple of matches to go back and watch to see just what the heck happened.

Good evening from Northside…