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Cyclones hockey game #9.

It was a gorgeous evening in Cincinnati…

For Cyclones hockey game #9 of the season…

We got there early enough to see the pregame warm-ups…

Because we wanted to get our free Cyclones coffee tumbler from Dunkin Donuts…

And we finally got the Cyclones bottomless tub of popcorn…

LET’S PLAY HOCKEY!

We got to see a team we’ve never seen before, Wichita Thunder. And the Thunder scored just 36 seconds into the game. It was kind of a shocker, and it took us a minute to figure out just what the heck happened…

At the end of the first period, it was all tied at one…

And the Thunder scored just 12 seconds into the second period…

And at the end of the second, the game was getting from the Cyclones at 3-1…

But at least our photo made the scoreboard again…

The Cyclones lost 5-1. Hopefully, the Cyclones will do better next time. But at least we got to eat a bunch of popcorn and we got our coffee tumblers! 🙂

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by Thadd F. on February 22, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Central Business District, Cyclones hockey, Sports

Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Cyclones, Cyclones hockey, Downtown, February, Ohio, US Bank Arena, Wichita Thunder

Posted by Thadd F. on February 22, 2017

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Cyclones hockey game #8.

This afternoon we went down to US Bank Arena for the rare Cyclones Sunday kids matinee hockey game. This was our eighth Cyclones hockey game of the season…

When we got inside, we found the upper bowl of US Bank Arena was open. And that’s sweet! Because we had a whole section to ourselves!

LET’S PLAY HOCKEY!

And then they made us move to the lower bowl.

At the end of the first period, the Cyclones were up 1-0 on the Fort Wayne Komets…

Halfway through the second period, the ‘Clones were up 4-0…

And at the end of the second, it was 4-2 Cyclones…

Daniel Tiger was at the game this afternoon…

4-3…

And there it is…

And once again, our photo made the scoreboard…

The Cyclones blew a 4-0 lead halfway through the second period to force overtime with Komets. Thankfully, they were able to cling to the tie throughout the extra hockey. The game went to shoot-outs and somehow the Cyclones finally prevailed 5-4. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on February 19, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Central Business District, Cyclones hockey, Sports

Tagged 2017, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Cyclones, Cyclones hockey, Downtown, February, Fort Wayne Komets, Ohio, Sports, US Bank Arena

Posted by Thadd F. on February 19, 2017

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Cyclones hockey game #7.

Tonight, we went to our seventh Cyclones hockey game of the season…

LET’S PLAY HOCKEY!

At the end of the first, the Cyclones were trailing the Quad City Mallards 1-0…

HOCKEY NACHOS!

At the end of the second, the ‘Clones still trailed but now it 3-1…

The Cyclones pulled their goalie to try to tie up the game…

But that’s the way it would end, 3-2 to the Mallards…

🙂

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by Thadd F. on February 15, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Central Business District, Cyclones hockey, Sports

Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Cyclones, Cyclones hockey, Downtown, February, Ohio, Quad City Mallards, US Bank Arena

Posted by Thadd F. on February 15, 2017

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Look what arrived in the mail today!

Our FC Cincinnati inaugural season commemorative hardcover book arrived in the mail! It’s an awesome book that recounts the first season of FC|C soccer in the Queen City in incredibly vivid detail. I can’t wait to get it signed by the remaining inaugural FC|C squad at an upcoming season ticket holder event just as soon as it’s announced! Taken with Instagram. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on February 4, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, FC Cincinnati, Northside, Sports

Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Commemorative hardcover book, FC Cincinnati, February, Inaugural season, Northside, Ohio, Taken with Instagram

Posted by Thadd F. on February 4, 2017

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Cyclones hockey game #6.

Cyclones hockey game #6 of the season! Let’s gooooo…

The Rapid City Rush took the lead just 1:09 into the game…

At the end of the first period, it the Rush were leading the Cyclones 1-0…

The Cyclones pulled one back…

But then the Rush grabbed the empty netter in the closing seconds…

And that’s how the game would end, 3-1 to the Rush…

We love our Cyclones hockey. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on February 1, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Central Business District, Cyclones hockey, Sports

Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Cyclones, Cyclones hockey, Downtown, February, Ohio, Rapid City Rush, US Bank Arena

Posted by Thadd F. on February 1, 2017

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Cyclones hockey game #5.

Tonight, we went to our fifth Cyclones hockey game of the season…

LET’S PLAY HOCKEY!

It was FC Cincinnati night at tonight’s Cyclones game. So we were all decked out in some of FC Cincinnati cold weather gear…

At the end of the first period, the Quad City Mallards had a 1-0 lead over the Cyclones…

Goal Cyclones!

At the end of two, it was all tied at one…

3-1 CYCLONES!

And photo made the big board again for the third straight game!

And this one belongs to the Cyclones, 3-2!

Cyclones are always so much fun, especially when they win! 🙂

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by Thadd F. on January 11, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Central Business District, Cyclones hockey, Sports

Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Cyclones, Cyclones hockey, Downtown, January, Ohio, Quad City Mallards, US Bank Arena

Posted by Thadd F. on January 11, 2017

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Cyclones hockey game #4.

Tonight, we went to our fourth Cyclones hockey game of the season…

At the end of the first, it was 1-0 Cyclones…

2-0 Cyclones!!

Our selfie made the big screen for the second straight game…

And the Cyclones held on to win 3-1!

The Cyclones hockey games are always fun. Especially when they win. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on December 15, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Central Business District, Cyclones hockey

Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Cyclones, Cyclones hockey, December, Downtown, Ohio, US Bank Arena

Posted by Thadd F. on December 15, 2016

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Cyclones hockey game #3.

Tonight, we went to Cyclones hockey game #3 of the season at US Bank Arena…

The Cyclones scored as soon as we got into US Bank Arena. But for some reason the goal never made it to the scoreboard. It must have been disallowed for some reason…

Come to find out it was FC Cincinnati takeover night at tonight’s Cyclones game. There were a fair amount of FC Cincinnati supporters that descended upon US Bank Arena clad in Orange and Blue complete with drums and songs straight out of The Bailey…

Had we known, we’d have worn some our FC Cincinnati scarves…

That’s an impressive first period of work…

At the start of the second period, the ‘Clones trailed Fort Wayne 1-0…

And at the end of the second, it was still 1-0…

Our Cyclones selfie made the big board for the first time this season…

Twister joined forces with the FC Cincinnati contingent…

Fort Wayne added the empty netter at the end of the third period…

And the game would end 2-0 to Fort Wayne Komets…

After the game, the Uber rates were kind of ridiculous for some reason. There’s no way the 1810 people in attendance at tonight’s game couldn’t have a surge like that. So we walked up to Igby’s on Sixth Street, and had a beer while we waited for the surge to return to normal…

We had a delicious Opera Cream Stout from Blank Slate…

Before we could even finish our beer, the Uber rates had gone back to normal. Once we were ready, we got our Uber and headed from home. Win or lose, it was yet another great night of Cincinnati Cyclones hockey! 🙂

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by Thadd F. on December 7, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Central Business District, Cyclones hockey, Sports

Tagged 2016, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Cyclones, Cyclones hockey, December, Downtown, hockey, Ohio, US Bank Arena

Posted by Thadd F. on December 7, 2016

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Redsfest 2016.

It was Redsfest 2016 Saturday at Duke Energy Convention Center. This is the third straight year we’ve been to Redsfest (2014 and 2015). We always enjoy walking around Redsfest. It’s just a really fun event…

As soon as we walked in, we ran into Reds pitcher Raisel Iglesias…

Did you notice how awesome his shoes were? Both Genifer and I want a pair of those!

And we met the Louisville Bats mascot, Buddy Bat…

We saw Reds pitcher Michael Lorenzen…

And we saw Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart in the same place we saw him at last year’s Redsfest…

A Lego exhibit is coming to the Louisville Slugger Museum in Kentucky…

We saw Reds favorite Corky Miller…

There was a taco cooking contest going on…

We got these awesome Redsfest draw-string backpacks…

We stopped and listened to The Mistics…

As we were leaving Redsfest, we ran into Reds outfielder Scott Schebler…

It was another great Redsfest. It’s always such a fun event to wander around. 🙂

Afterwards, we stopped at Americano for some guacamole, BBQ chicken wings and onion rings. It was a wonderful end to a great afternoon downtown.

Click to see all the photos I took at Redsfest 2016.

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by Thadd F. on December 3, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Central Business District, Reds baseball

Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Reds, December, Downtown, Duke Energy Center, Ohio, Redsfest

Posted by Thadd F. on December 3, 2016

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Seen and noted.

MLS Commissioner Don Garber was in town today for a whirlwind day tour of Cincinnati to see the city and learn more about the hype surrounding FC Cincinnati…

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The most noteworthy part of the whole visit was a town hall meeting held at OtR’s Woodward Theatre emceed by ESPN commentator and analyst Taylor Twellman. We watched the town hall meeting on FC Cincinnati’s YouTube channel. It seemed that MLS and Don Garber were definitely impressed and taking note of the movement that is happening in Cincinnati. And that Cincinnati is very much being short-listed and strongly considered for future MLS expansion. ORANGE AND BLUE PRESS had a great post with photos about Don Garber’s visit to Cincinnati.