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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

We exchanged our Christmas presents this morning…

Santa was very good to us. We went over to Genifer’s brother’s house for a little bit before heading out to her mom’s in the afternoon for Christmas dinner and more gifts…

When we got home, we set everything on our dining room table so the dogs wouldn’t get into things they shouldn’t be getting into and it looked like Christmas exploded all over our dining room. What a terrific holiday mess…

We had a really wonderful Christmas in Cincinnati. And we hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! 😀🎄🎅🎁❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 25, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends, Suburbia

Tagged 2019, Christmas decorations, Cincinnati, Dec25, December, Holiday decorations, Holidays, Merry Christmas, Northside, O Christmas tree, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Suburbia, The Westside, West Chester

Posted by Thadd F. on December 25, 2019

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Wiedenmann’s fine foods.

We stopped back at Wiedenmann’s fine beers in St. Bernard for lunch today…

We had another one of their delicious German Chocolate Cake Imperial Stouts…

Genifer ordered their Caesar Wrap…

And I had their Wiedie Burger…

Both the wrap and the burger were both really good. The burger was huge for a 1/3lb. We really like Wiedenmann’s beers and now we really their food too. 😀🍺🌯🍔🍟❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 24, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Suburbia

Tagged 2019, Caesar wrap, Cheeseburger, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Dec24, December, It's what's for lunch, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, St. Bernard, We ate this, Wiedemann Brewery

Posted by Thadd F. on December 24, 2019

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Happy Christmas Eve Eve!

Happy Christmas Eve Eve! We got up early this morning to get some Biggby Coffee…

Genifer has been really liking their Peppermint Mocha Latte with almond milk and I’ve been all about the Cocoa Caramella hot chocolate with a shot of butterscotch. I also a big fan of Biggby’s sausage egg and cheese breakfast bagel sammich on an Asiago bagel. It’s really good stuff all the way around…

After Biggby, we went over to Rookwood Commons to do some last-minute shopping. We were mainly looking for some stuff for the dogs. But all I did was take photos of adorable stuff like these two characters…

How about caramel coffee flavoring in a penguin bottle wearing a winter hat?

Or a larger than life-sized plush penguin…

Oe a Triceratops sleeping bag…

I bought this sugar cookie ix because how cute is that little polar bear serving tray?

I like bears. After shopping, we had lunch at Rusty Bucket so I could get my Chicken Finger BLT. I really like Rusty Bucket and I love that chicken sammich. When we got home, we took the dogs on a walk and then we were pretty lazy…

It was a pretty good Christmas Eve Eve…

And it’s been a really good break so far. 😀🎄🎅🐾❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 23, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Suburbia

Tagged 2019, Biggby Coffee, Christmas Eve Eve, Cincinnati, Coffee, Consumerism, Corners of our home, Dec23, December, Dogs, Mack, Ohio, Oscar, Pause for paws, Pets, Rookwood Commons, Rusty Bucket, Suburbia, Weekend morning coffee

Posted by Thadd F. on December 23, 2019

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Sunday afternoon in West Chester.

This morning we went out to the grocery in West Chester and I saw this adorable toy…

The mouse has little cheese inside it. How cute is that? After the grocery, we went out to lunch with Geri at Dingle House. I had the most amazing codwich sammich. It was really good. We hung out with Geri for a little bit. She had a wonderful little Christmas scene set up in her window…

When we got home, we watched the Cowboys lose. Again. It was a really nice Sunday.

😀🐭🐠⛄️🏈❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 22, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Suburbia

Tagged 2019, Cincinnati, Dec22, December, Dingle House, Fisher-Price, Kroger, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Snowman, Suburbia, West Chester

Posted by Thadd F. on December 22, 2019

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Christmas in Pleasant Ridge.

This afternoon we drove over to Pleasant Ridge to go to Overlook Lodge and check out their annual Christmas extravaganza called Miracle at the Overlook Lodge…

We’ve heard that Overlook goes a bit overboard with their holiday decorations…

The drinks on their seasonal menu sounded fantastic…

I started with their Christmas Carol Barrel and Genifer their Snowball Old-Fashioned…

Cleve and Alyssa joined us for a drink. For our second beverage, Genifer had their Jingle Balls Nog and I tried the Yippie Ki Yay Mister Falcon…

All the drinks we were really tasty. Genifer loved their nog, and my favorite was the barrel. After finishing our drinks, we walked down the street to Revolution Rotisserie to grab a bite to eat…

I had their chicken pot pie special and Genifer had boneless wings…

Delicious stuff all around. It was another really fun evening over in Pleasant Ridge.
😀🎅🎄🥃🐔❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 21, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Suburbia

Tagged 2019, Chicken pot pie, Chicken wings, Christmas decorations, Cincinnati, Dec21, December, Holiday decorations, It's what's for dinner, Miracle at Overlook Lodge, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Overlook Lodge, Pleasant Ridge, Revolution Rotisserie, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, Suburbia, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on December 21, 2019

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Artworks at Biggby Coffee.

We got up to get coffee this morning from Biggby Coffee. And there was a really neat display of kids’ artworks on the wall…

These two were my favorites…

I love little kids’ creativity. It’s truly inspiring. It made me want to go home and work on creating something beautiful. 😀🎨❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 15, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Suburbia

Tagged 2019, Artwork display, Biggby Coffee, Cincinnati, Dec15, December, Little kids artwork, Madisonville, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Suburbia, Sunday, Sunday morning, Weekend morning coffee

Posted by Thadd F. on December 15, 2019

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Getting in some Christmas shopping.

We both had the day off work today. Genifer doesn’t usually work on Tuesdays and I’ve been trying to use up my vacation days before the end of the year. So this morning, we went and got coffee from Biggby and then went to the mall. The last time I went to the mall was over two years ago…

Do you think this is the last Sbarro on Earth? They used to be everywhere…

It was kinda fun to wander around the mall. We got a few things not a whole bunch. I definitely still have a bunch of Christmas shopping left to do. 😀🛍️❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 10, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Suburbia

Tagged 2019, Cincinnati, Consumerism, Dec10, December, Holiday decorations, Holiday shopping, Kenwood, Kenwood Town Center, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Suburbia

Posted by Thadd F. on December 10, 2019

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Wiedemann’s Fine Beer.

On the way home, we stopped at Wiedemann’s Fine Beer in St. Bernard. We parked in the lot behind the brewery…

It was kind like coming over to a friends house but sneaking in through the side door…

It was such an interesting space. It’s so much different than most brewery taprooms that are just big warehouse spaces. This space had so much history. And they had some beers on tap that sounded really delicious…

And the beers were delicious. We tried their Pumpkin Spice Belgian Blond, Holiday Oatmeal Raisin Winter Warmer, German Chocolate Cake Imperial Stout and Wake Me Up Hazelnut Coffee Milk Stout. Even their Wiedie Light was really good…

Their menu looked really good too. We shared some squeaky cheese curds that were awesome. We were going to share something else but we were full from all the cheese. Next time. And there will definitely be a next time. And a time after that. 😀🍺❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 6, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Suburbia

Tagged 2019, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Dec6, December, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, St. Bernard, Suburbia, Wiedemann Brewery

Posted by Thadd F. on December 6, 2019

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HIghGrain Brewery.

I had a few vacation days left that I needed to use by the end of the year. So I took today off work. We ran some errands, and stopped to check out the relatively new HighGrain Brewery in Silverton just north of Pleasant Ridge…

The interior was pretty stark. We just bellied up to the bar…

We tried their Imperial Stout and Maple Brown Ale…

Their Maple Brown Ale was really good. And the stout wasn’t bad. We looked at their menu but nothing really jumped out at us. And we left after we finished our beer. It’s always fun to try new places. Just some are better than others. 😀🍺❤️