Happy holidays from Northside.

Before my work holiday party, we tried to take a nice Christmas in front of our tree…

Surprisingly, we don’t have a full-sized tripod. We just placed my Samsung Galaxy Note 9 on the little tabletop tripod and placed it on the ottoman in our living room. But the camera angle was a bit too low when we were standing up…

So we tried a few sitting down in front of our tree…

Sometimes you win and sometimes you don’t. This time we kind of didn’t but the results were pretty terrific and hilarious to us. 😀📷🎄🐾❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 14, 2018 • Permalink

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Pause for paws.

This morning we took Oscar to get his haircut…

He’s so dang cute when he’s fuzzy. And he’s so handsome after his haircut…

I really like his new blue bandana. 😀🐾❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 14, 2018 • Permalink

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Meet the Brewery: BrewDog.

Tonight, BrewDog USA was back at Higher Gravity. They were tapping a brewery only release single hop IPA from BrewDog called StrataHop. It was described as, “citrus and tropical with just a hint of weed.”

It wasn’t bad. We’re just not a huge fan of IPAs. The other BrewDog beer they had on tap was Choco Libre Nitro Mexican Hot Chocolate Stout. And it was pretty amazing…

It was a wonderful stout with the perfect amount of heat on the back end…

It’s become one of our new favorite beers. We love Higher Gravity. They always have something delicious on tap. 😀🇲🇽🍺❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 13, 2018 • Permalink

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Seen and noted.

There’s a Christmas tree on the roof of Queen City Radio on Central Parkway…

How festive and fun is that? I’m also digging the light in the conifers that line their patio. 😀🎄❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 13, 2018 • Permalink

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Deskey White Elephant Potluck.

Today was Deskey’s annual White Elephant Potluck Gift Exchange. And all sorts of delicious food made its way into the office for the event…

And of course, there were plenty of desserts too…

After everyone was done stuffing their faces, it was time for the main event…

The big foam fist beer koozie was brought in by our intern and was the hit of exchange. The pile of gifts kept getting smaller and smaller…

Finally, it was my turn. I ended up with this crazy detailed hippo serving tray…

And it goes perfectly with all the other items I’ve accumulated from the Deskey White Elephant Potluck gift exchanges throughout the years…

It was another very fun Deskey White Elephant Potluck. 😀🎁❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 13, 2018 • Permalink

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Seen and noted.

I guess it’s better late than never to go get that Christmas tree…

And I bet they got a really good deal on it. Christmas trees on the super cheap. Unless they’ve just driving around with the tree on top of their vehicle for the last few weeks kind of like that other SUV we saw a little while back. 😀🎄❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 12, 2018 • Permalink

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Three years ago…

Remember when the temperature hit 72º outside a few years back?

That was crazy. And we had the Deskey holiday party up at Rhinegeist…

We walked through the Holiday City Flea at Washington Party and then onto Rhinegeist and I remember to took me forever to stop sweating because it was so warm outside and I wore a jacket. Thanks for the fun memories, Timehop! 😀🦕❤️

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It’s what’s for dinner.

Genifer made this Creamy Mushroom Fettuccine for dinner tonight…

It was so good. It was another instant hit that will definitely get added to the normal rotation. Genifer always finds the best recipes to make for dinner. 😀🍜❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 11, 2018 • Permalink

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Urban Artifact’s Ram Press.

On the way home from work this evening, we stopped at Urban Artifact…

They were tapping a limited batch of their new Ram Press Spiced Apple Tart Ale…

We thought it was really pretty amazing. It tasted just like a delicious cross between applesauce and an apple strudel especially with the sugar on the rim of the glass. We also tried a taster of their Wine Poached Pear. It was very good as well. They create such incredible tasting beers at Urban Artifact. Completely different than anything else around. No wonder they’re one of our favorite breweries. 😀🍏🍺❤️

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Tag! You’re it.

Every time I’d walk by this archway on my way down a little alley to go to Dunkin Donuts in downtown Cincinnati, I was always kind of shocked that there wasn’t any graffiti on it…