We picked up our Jetta from the repair shop this morning. It’s been in the shop for the last couple weeks to get the check engine light looked at. Turns out while it was in, there were a handful of recalls that needed to be addressed. And that’s what took so long…
In the meantime, we got to drive this new 2017 Jetta with all the bells and whistles…
It was pretty nice. But I really like ours just fine…
It’s good to have it back. 🙂
Posted by Thadd F. on February 21, 2017
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This afternoon I walked up to Court Street with some coworkers to visit Cincinnati’s oldest candy store, Peter Minges & Son Confectionary. I’ve walked by Minges Candy Store more than a few times. But I’ve never been inside until today…
It’s a pretty amazing place. They have every candy you could think of. Unfortunately, you can only by most of the candy in bulk. So if you need a box of 36 Kit Kat’s, this is your place. And they also had this amazing old skool, freestanding popcorn maker for sale…
Next time I find myself needing a 5 lb bag of Swedish Fish, I know where to go. 🙂
Posted by Thadd F. on February 20, 2017
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When I was growing up, my mom would always make this overnight coffee cake for the holidays and special occasions. We very rarely shop at Meijer but we found ourselves at a Meijer this afternoon. And I found this Monkey Bread that looked remarkably similar to my mom’s overnight coffee cafe…
You squeezed one packet of the cinnamon sugar mixture in the bottom of a greased pan, added the little balls of dough and squeezed the other packet of cinnamon sugar mixture over the top of the dough…
It off it went into the oven…
Twenty-five minutes later, we pulled it out of the oven, flipped the pan over onto a plate and… BOOM! Monkey Bread!
Now it wasn’t as good as my mom’s overnight coffee cake, not even close. I never really expected it to compete with my mom’s. But it was still pretty good stuff. 🙂
Posted by Thadd F. on February 19, 2017
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A while back, I stumbled across a Kickstarter campaign for an unusual looking little desk toy designed to help your focus called Fidget Cube. Fidget Cube has six sides. Each side has a different feature to fidget with: Click. Glide. Flip. Roll. Spin. Breathe…
They’re ridiculously addictive. I’ve been fidgeting with them everywhere! 🙂
Posted by Thadd F. on February 9, 2017
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I stopped at Clifton Market on my way home this evening to look for the hard-to-find Braxton x Graeter’s Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip Milk Stout collaboration…
But sadly, they were already all sold out. The stop wasn’t a complete loss though. I ducked into China Kitchen for the first time and brought us home some carry-out…
We got Szechuan Chicken and Kung Pao Chicken and some fried wontons. I think we just found our new go-to Chinese restaurant. It was really delicious stuff. And so much of it for a very reasonable price. I love my Metro 17 bus. It makes life ridiculously easy. 🙂
Posted by Thadd F. on February 8, 2017
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Every time I see this little white squiggle on the sidewalk at the end of our street, it always reminds me of Oscar. And I know I’m really close to home…
Posted by Thadd F. on February 6, 2017
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This afternoon we rode our beloved Metro 17 bus over to Clifton’s Gaslight District…
We wanted to check out the long awaited new co-op grocery store, Clifton Market…
It’s been three years in the making since planning began…
From to Clifton Market’s website:
The co-op business model is the best way to serve the community. Grocery co-ops source more local food, pay better wages, and put more money back into the local economy. Profits from the co-op are returned to owners in the community in the form of patronage dividends. This encourages owner loyalty because the more you shop, the more you get back.
We’re most excited about it because it’s right on the 17 bus line home from downtown. So if there’s ever a need to stop and pick something up for dinner, or if we’re missing a key ingredient, I can stop on my way home from work without having to get in the car and run back out to our local Kroger. Plus with it being a co-op, I feel better about my money going back into the community. Annnnd, I want to see Clifton Market do well because the new Northside co-op grocery store, Apple Street Market is based off the same premise. I would love to have option of going to Clifton Market right on the bus line or stopping at Apple Street Market just a few blocks from our house. 🙂
Posted by Thadd F. on February 5, 2017
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There aren’t very many things I miss about living downtown. Not many at all. I thought there would be more. But there just aren’t. One of the few things I miss is the ability to have Jet’s Pizza delivered. It’s kind of a weird thing to miss. But I just really love their pizza. And there really isn’t a Jet’s close to us in Northside. It’s kind of a bummer. But what are you going to do? The check engine light came on in our car on the way to work at the end of last week. So we had to run our Jetta out to the dealership so they could work on getting that issue resolved. That’s the bad news. The good news, ahem, the REALLY GOOD NEWS… There is a Jet’s Pizza just down the road from the VW dealership! So on the way home, we stopped and picked up some delicious Jet’s Pizza and their outstanding ranch dressing for dipping!!!
We started with some delicious Jet’s bread…
And there it is…
An eight-corner Jet’s masterpiece. Genifer got pepperoni and onions on her half. And I got sausage and mushrooms. So good. So good. Soo good. I love their thick pan crust pizza. It’s just really amazing. I’ve missed it some much! Hopefully, this will hold me over until the next time we find ourselves by a Jet’s Pizza. 🙂
Posted by Thadd F. on January 30, 2017
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We had lunch catered in from Rooted Juicery and Kitchen in Oakley. Rooted aims to provide their customers the most delicious and health-packed plant based foods possible. I ordered the burrito wrap. It was brown rice, Mexican beans, pickled onions, guacamole, pico, romaine, cabbage, walnut “taco” meat, cashew cheese & bbq sauce…
It was surprisingly good for being entirely plant-based. It would have been outstanding with some chicken or real taco meat. But I guess that’s not really their thing. I also had a blissful blend drink…
The drink was outstanding. I could drink a couple of those everyday. It’s good to try different things every now and then. Especially when it’s free. 🙂
Posted by Thadd F. on January 25, 2017
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Today is my brother’s birthday! Happy birthday, Josh!
We love you and we hope you had a very wonderful special day! 
Posted by Thadd F. on January 24, 2017
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