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Our VW Jetta GLI.

Yesterday morning, our VW Jetta GLI wouldn’t start. Luckily, we could use Genifer’s mom car to get to work. And wouldn’t you know it, our Jetta started right up when I got home from work. I made an appointment to get it looked at this morning and we dropped it off on our way to work. It needed a new battery. I also had them replace the front tires, rear brakes and got it a 50,000-mile tune-up. And it was all set to be picked up this afternoon. I got to ride a new bus, Metro’s Rt. 4 to go pick up our Jetta right by Xavier’s Cintas Center. It was a piece of cake…

It’s been such a great car. I love it every bit as much now as I did when I first got it almost 9 years ago…

It’s good to have it back. Hopefully, it’ll be good to go for another 50,000 miles! 😀🚘❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 31, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Northside, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Repairs, VW Jetta GLI

Posted by Thadd F. on October 31, 2017

https://tplusg.com/2017/10/31/our-vw-jetta-gli/

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

We hope everyone has a happy and safe Halloween! 😀🎃❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 31, 2017 • Permalink

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Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Ffffound, Halloween, Happy Halloween, Holidays, Northside, October, Ohio

Posted by Thadd F. on October 31, 2017

https://tplusg.com/2017/10/31/happy-halloween-2/

UberEats: Los Potrillos.

We ordered a whole bunch of delicious Mexican food from Los Potrillos in Clifton for dinner and had it delivered to us via UberEats…

Los Potrillos’s Mexican food is really good. And UberEats was really quick tonight. Also, both of the bulbs in our dining room lamp burned out so we were eating without a light. It was so romantical. 😀🌯🕯️❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 30, 2017 • Permalink

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Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Home Sweet Home, Los Potrillos, Northside, October, Ohio, UberEats, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on October 30, 2017

https://tplusg.com/2017/10/30/ubereats-los-potrillos/

Pause for paws.

I’ve been trying to get a good video of Oscar playing with his sammich. He will grab it and toss it around and run from one end of our bedroom to the another. He gets really into it. And will chase it and run around like crazy. This isn’t that video. This morning he was chasing it and tossing it around, I started recording video and he stopped. He wanted me to get his sammich so he could chase me around instead…

One day I’ll get a good video of him being crazy and tossing his sammich all around our bedroom and chasing after it. It’s pretty funny to watch. 😀🐶🥪❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 29, 2017 • Permalink

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Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Corners of our home, Dogs, Home Sweet Home, Northside, October, Ohio, Oscar, Pause for paws, Pets

Posted by Thadd F. on October 29, 2017

https://tplusg.com/2017/10/29/pause-for-paws-63/

Northside Saturday.

We headed out this afternoon in Northside. We stopped to gawk at the giant maneki-neko lucky cat in the window of Chicken Lays An Egg…

And then we continued on to Django Western Taco for lunch…

Genifer ordered a big bowl of chicken tortilla soup with one of Django’s biscuits…

And speaking of biscuits…

THE CHICKEN BISCUIT IS BACK AT DJANGO!!!

And all is right in the world once again. I missed it so much. It’s so tasty. Chef Josh also let us try a taste of another soup he’s working on, a chipotle ham and veggie soup…

From there, we walked down to Second Place…

For a nice bourbon slush and some popcorn…

Whoever does the Second Place calendar posters obviously has some fun with them…

And on the way home, we stopped at Higher Gravity for a beer. We walked into a benefit for The Good Boy Foundation that was just winding down with a whole bunch of dog’s in Halloween costumes…

We saw on Higher Gravity’s Untappd menu that they had just tapped a Robe Red Velvet Stout from Streetside Brewery and Holtman’s Donuts and also just tapped a Holtman’s Apple Fritter Cider from March First Brewing…

YUM! It was just another fun Saturday afternoon in Northside. 😀⬆️❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 28, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2017, Chicken Lay An Egg, Cincinnati, Django Western Taco, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Home Sweet Home, It's a sign, Lucky Cat, Northside, October, Ohio, Second Place

Posted by Thadd F. on October 28, 2017

https://tplusg.com/2017/10/28/northside-saturday-6/

It’s what’s for dinner.

Genifer made chicken bake for dinner tonight. It’s been a while since we’ve had her delicious chicken bake…

I love it when Genifer makes chicken bake! YUM! 😀🐔❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 27, 2017 • Permalink

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Tagged 2017, Chicken bake, Cincinnati, It's what's for dinner, Northside, October, Ohio, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on October 27, 2017

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Good morning from Northside.

The sun was just starting to poke through the trees. 😀☀️❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 27, 2017 • Permalink

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Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Good morning, Home Sweet Home, Look up in the sky, Northside, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio

Posted by Thadd F. on October 27, 2017

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Higher Gravity: Meet the Brewery

After work this evening I met Genifer at Higher Gravity for another edition of Meet the Brewery. This weeks brewery was Streetside from Cincinnati’s east side. We really enjoyed visiting Streetside a couple months back so we were really excited to get to try a few more of their beers right in our own backyard…

Higher Gravity had four Streetside beers on tap this evening…

All of the Streetside beers were pretty good. But their Glitter Freeze Sour and Key Lime Gose were outstanding. The key lime had vanilla bean added in the brewing process and it made the beer taste just like a slice of key lime pie complete with whipped cream and graham cracker crust. It was pretty terrific…

The guys were on hand from Streetside to talk about their process and answer questions as we sampled both their Key Lime Pie Goes…? and Glitter Freeze…

It’s pretty great to be able to try a choice selection of beers from a different brewery each and every week…

And that’s just one of the reasons we love Higher Gravity. 😀🍺🍻❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 26, 2017 • Permalink

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Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Happiest hours, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Meet the Brewery, Northside, October, Ohio, Shaken not stirred, Streetside Brewery

Posted by Thadd F. on October 26, 2017

https://tplusg.com/2017/10/26/higher-gravity-meet-the-brewery-3/

The first frosty morning.

This morning was a frosty and chilly one with the first frost of the fall…

Brrrr. 😀❄️❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 26, 2017 • Permalink

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Tagged 2017, Chilly, Cincinnati, First frost, Good morning, Northside, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted

Posted by Thadd F. on October 26, 2017

https://tplusg.com/2017/10/26/the-first-frosty-morning/

Two years ago.

Our beloved bud dog passed away two years ago this evening…

It’s really hard to believe Milan’s been gone for two years now. There hasn’t been a day that’s gone by where we still haven’t missed him in bunches even after all this time. He’s always in our thoughts each and every day. And I’m so very thankful that a couple of bud dog photos show up in my Timehop almost every morning…

We all still miss you so very much, Milan. You helped me through one of the roughest patches of my life. You were always there for me. You were one of the best friends I’ve ever had. And it breaks our hearts that you’re not still here with us now. You would have loved our big house with our little backyard and our neighborhood with all the walks we take. You were definitely taken from us far too soon. 😦