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Northside Rock n’ Roll Carnival.

This evening we walked down Hamilton Avenue to Jacob Hoffner Park in Northside to check out the Northside Rock n’ Roll Carnival in a celebration of all things 45223…

We got a couple of tokens for beer…

Because they had Urban Artifact’s Keypunch on tap!

The first Keypunch of the summer…

Northside’s NYPD and Bridges were serving food…

And so were Dojo Gelato and Red Sesame…

We got some delicious Red Sesame chicken tacos…

They had some pretty neat Northside Rock n’ Roll Carnival t-shirts…

And the proceeds from the t-shirts went to Happen and Bread Winner…

Django Western Taco was also serving food as well…

We had to get a jerk chicken torta with pineapple and elote corn on the cob…

There was a large collection of really diverse and interesting bands all with very unique and distinctly different sounds…

What an incredibly fun celebration of the Northside community. 😀❤️🇺🇸

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by Thadd F. on July 3, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Festival, Good evening, Hoffner Park, July, Live music, Look up in the sky, Northside, Northside Rock n' Roll Carnival, Ohio, Shaken not stirred

Posted by Thadd F. on July 3, 2017

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Out in suburbia.

This morning we headed out Ikea in West Chester…

After picking up a few odds and ends at Ikea, we continued on to Liberty Center…

After wandering around Liberty Center for a little while, we headed over to Pies & Pints to meet Cleve and Alyssa for lunch…

As the name suggests, Pies & Pints had a bunch of great beers on tap. They didn’t really do tasters or flight but they did do half-pints. We sampled a few of their beers we’ve never tried before. From the right, we tried North High Jalalima Jalapeno Chile Beer, Victory Kirsch Gose, Crooked Stave Petite Sour Rose and Avery Raspberry Sour…

We started with some delicious char-grilled hot wings…

We shared a Classic pie with pepperoni, sausage, roasted mushrooms, banana peppers & tomato sauce…

And a Pine & Swine pie with fresh pineapple, red onions, applewood smoked bacon, feta & tomato sauce…

Pies & Pints has a bunch of great beers and really good pizza pies!

It was a pretty fun afternoon out in suburbia. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on July 1, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Suburbia

Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Ikea, July, Liberty Center, Liberty Township, Ohio, Pies & Pints, We ate this, West Chester

Posted by Thadd F. on July 1, 2017

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50,000!

Even our clock says pm, this morning the odometer on our 2008 VW Jetta GLI finally went over 50,000 miles…

It’s been such a wonderful car. Here’s to the next 50,000 miles! 😀🙌👏❤️

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by Thadd F. on July 1, 2017 • Permalink

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Tagged 2017, 50000, Cincinnati, Home Sweet Home, July, Northside, Ohio, VW Jetta GLI

Posted by Thadd F. on July 1, 2017

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I rode the Streetcar.

This afternoon I rode the ~~Streetcar~~ Cincinnati Bell Connector…

I got my $1 two-hour CB Connector pass…

And made sure to get it validated…

After waiting for a few minutes, the Connector rolled up to the Aronoff Center Station…

Next stop, Cincinnati Cyclones Station in The Banks…

From there, I walked around the corner to Great Amercian Ball Park…

I got to check out the new Pete Rose statue out in front of GABP…

I got us two tickets to Sunday’s Reds versus Cubs game…

After getting us tickets, I walked down East Freedom Way to get lunch from Burgerfi…

I walked back to Cincinnati Cyclones Station in The Banks to wait for the Connector…

Seventeen minutes later…

And back to work…

Mmmmm, Burgerfi…

It was a fun little jaunt around downtown to break up the afternoon. But I’m pretty sure if I just walked down to The Banks and back, it would have been a WHOLE LOT faster. The CB Connector is neat and all, but if you’re trying to get someplace quickly or on a schedule, you should probably explore other options… or just walk. 😀

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by Thadd F. on June 30, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Central Business District, Odd & Ends, Reds baseball