It had been pretty sunny all day until it was just about time to go home. Then it got all grey and overcast and started to rain…


Bleh. 😀☁️☔️❤️
It had been pretty sunny all day until it was just about time to go home. Then it got all grey and overcast and started to rain…


Bleh. 😀☁️☔️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on May 22, 2019
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When I was walking around downtown Cincinnati today, I stumbled across another one of those little (what I’m calling) #CincyStreetBots…


But it was so long ago and I’m sooo far behind on our blog that I can’t remember where exactly in downtown Cincinnati that I saw this one. And that’s a bummer. 🙁🤖❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on May 22, 2019
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On our way home tonight, we stopped at the Sam Adams taproom for happy hour…

And we noticed that the Mexi-Q Mexican BBQ food truck was out on Sam Adams patio tonight. We’ve never tried anything from Mexi-Q food truck before. Mexican meets BBQ? I had a feeling that this was going to be awesome…




Genifer ordered a Veggie Burrito Bowl…


And I ordered the Spicy Mexican Mac…


It was really good! You can’t beat delicious food stuffs from a food truck that you’ve never had the chance to try before. Especially when it’s Mexican and BBQ, two of my very favorite food groups. 😀🍺🌯❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on May 21, 2019
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We saw a couple more snails on our dog walk this morning…


I wonder where all these snails come from and where are they heading to? 😀🐌❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on May 20, 2019
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We went around the corner to Taft’s Brewpourium for lunch this afternoon. We had one of Taft’s delicious Bloody Mary’s…

And some delicious New Haven style pizza with Taft’s incredible BBQ wings…


We really love the Brewpourium. 😀🍕🐔❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on May 19, 2019
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We got up this morning, walked the dogs and then hopped on our Metro 17 bus to head down into Over-the-Rhine. Today was the first spring edition of The City Flea in OtR’s beautiful Washington Park…




















Thornwoods! I used to work with Ben at Deskey. He and his wife started this pop-up and their stuff is really awesome!




I also love all the creatures from Happy Groundhog Studios…



I also used to work with James Billiter at LPK, who does some terrific stuff as well…



It was another great edition of The City Flea. Afterward, we headed over to get a drink from one of Genifer’s favorite OtR spots, Sundry and Vice.


And today, S&V had homemade empanadas…

DANG! I love empanadas so much!


Genifer loves Sundry and Vice’s draft Old Fashioned…

Next, we walked up Vine Street and were drawn in by this sign in front of panino…






We’ll have to stop back at panino for sammiches. I’ve heard nothing but good things.
It seems like there is always something “coming soon” in OtR…

And then we walked over to Mecca…







And we had one of their Chunkers…


And some popcorn…



And then we hopped in an Uber and headed back home. It was a really fun afternoon wandering around Over-the-Rhine. 😀🛍️🥃🍿❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on May 18, 2019
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I’ve been working really hard on my Google Maps Local Guides lately. I posted photos and reviews of almost every place we stopped on our recent epic road trip to try to propel myself from Level 7 up into the promised land of Level 8. And I was getting sooo darn close…

And then I finally made it to Google Maps Local Guides Level 8!


HOORAY! Level 8! It doesn’t really mean a lot. I just think it’s fun. It’s kind of like my Swarm. It’s another way to share experiences and especially another place to share all the dang photos I take of every little thing every day.
And that’s really why I like Google Maps Local Guides! #LetsGuide 😀🗺️8⃣❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on May 18, 2019
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Check out this big daddy long legs that we saw out on our back patio this evening…

Remember when we were walking through Parker Woods and we saw 125 daddy long legs on one walk? Yeah… That was pretty crazy. 😀🕷️👀❤️
And then I mowed the grass in our backyard…


We still need to figure out what we’re doing with our backyard. It has so much potential. But we really can’t decide on how we want the finished product to look. We keep looking at idea after idea and even started a Pinterest board to collect and organize our inspirations. But it hasn’t done much to help. And it’s kind of a bummer.
Posted by Thadd F. on May 17, 2019
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We stopped at NYPD on our way home to pick up a cheese pizza so we could celebrate National Pizza Party Day!


And it was delicious. Every day should be National Pizza Party Day! 😀🍕❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on May 17, 2019
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I went out to lunch today to Taste of Belgium in The Banks with some coworkers. And I had this grilled ham and cheese sammich that was a lunch feature…

It was ham with Gruyère, Havarti, goat cheese, caramelized apples & shallots, and béchamel, whatever that is. And it was amazing! That’s all. It was just an amazing, amazing sammich. 😀🥪❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on May 17, 2019
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