I was walking back to work from getting my hair cut, and I stumbled across V’s Cafe Wednesday Grillout on the little plaza at the corner of Walnut and Seventh Streets just outside of the Aronoff Center for the Arts…
It came down to the Rib Eye Sandwich or the Mushroom & Swiss Burger…
I made a good decision. It was a great burger for just $6. I can’t wait to check out the next V’s Grillout Wednesday! 😀🍔❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on September 20, 2017
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IT’S INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY MATCHDAY! The United States Women’s National Team was playing their first match in Cincinnati since 2008 as they hosted New Zealand at Nippert Stadium. It also marks the first time the University of Cincinnati has ever hosted a national team match…
It seems like we’ve had our tickets for this match for months…
And the big day was finally here…
Here comes New Zealand…
And here comes the USWNT…
There’s Megan Rapinoe…
Tobin Heath…
And Cincinnati’s own Rose Lavelle…
They got the crowd going before the match with a chant of, “USA! USA! USA!”
The New Zealand National Anthem…
O say can you see…
Whoever made the tifo for the match deserves a high five, a handshake and pat on the back because it was pretty awesome…
Here we go…
GOAL USA! After relentless pressure right from the start of the match, the USWNT finally found the back of the net. New Zealand was doing a pretty good job of trying to weather the storm. But you had the feeling it was only a matter of time until the US finally opened the scoring…
And Mallory Pugh made it 2-0 before the half. But the highlight was the perfectly
weighted through ball. You can’t defend against that sort of precision…
At halftime, it was still 2-0 USWNT…
Rose Lavelle was subbed off near the end of the first half…
There was a cool FC Cincinnati promo during halftime…
GOAL USWNT! Alex Morgan came in at the half and was quickly on the scoresheet…
At this point, it was becoming kind of ridiculous as the USWNT netted their fourth…
We missed the goal but the USWNT added a fifth to make it 5-0. And it was an absolute stunner! Alex Morgan’s second goal of the night put the exclamation mark on an unforgettable evening!
The average attendance at a USWNT match is around 18,700…
With 30,596, tonight marked the 7th highest attendance for a standalone USWNT friendly. Cincinnati certainly shows out for its soccer…
Didn’t have a ticket? Didn’t matter. People still turned out to watch the match…
Mercifully, the full-time whistle was blown. 5-0 to the USWNT!
Not surprisingly, Alex Morgan was named Player of the Match after her brace tonight…
I wonder if Alex Morgan has a lot of fans?
What a night!
After the match, it sounded like the USWNT was definitely impressed with the atmosphere and support at Nippert Stadium…
It was such incredible night. Terrific atmosphere. We wouldn’t have missed seeing our Women’s National Team play right in our backyard for anything in the world. What an amazing way to cap another incredible summer of soccer at Nippert Stadium! It was pretty unbelievable! 😀🇺🇸⚽️🇳🇿❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on September 19, 2017
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Posted by Thadd F. on September 18, 2017
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This evening Genifer made another one of the Prep+Pared dinners from Kroger. This one was Stuffed Poblano Peppers with black beans and Quinoa…
They looked pretty awesome…
And topped with cilantro crema…
And they were delicious! Surprisingly, the peppers weren’t spicy at all. But the stuffing did have a little kick to it. Nothing terrible, just a little zing. I’ve been really impressed with all the Prep+Pared meals. We haven’t had one meal that hasn’t been outstanding. I think we’d be really hard pressed to pick a favorite. They’re all so good. 😀🌶️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on September 18, 2017
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When it rains, it pours. After setting a new record high for points from my check-ins last week, I reset my personal best with a personal even better this week…
I still really like my check-ins! 😀⭐️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on September 18, 2017
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After the Reds game, we walked through Oktoberfest Zinzinnati 2017…
Samuel Adams and Urban Artifact collaborated on a beer for Oktoberfest…
And it was outstanding…
The Klaberheads were getting ready to perform as we were walking through…
We’ve been to every Oktoberfest since we began dating back in 2011. 😀🥨🇩🇪❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on September 17, 2017
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By our standards, it’s been forever since we’ve been to a Reds game. Our last Reds game was all the way back at the beginning of July. This summer it seemed like FC|C and the Reds were always on the same schedule all season. They would both be in town for the same weekend and then they’d both leave for road trips. On the same weekend. It was very rare to find a weekend when FC|C was playing away with the Reds at home.
Earlier in the week, it suddenly dawned on us that the baseball season was winding down. So this morning, we made ourselves get up and get down to the ballpark for a little Sunday baseball church…
We got a Michael Lorenzen Fathead…
It’s good to be back. We missed you old friend…
The Reds were playing the Pirates this afternoon. And our favorite Pirate was playing John Jaso. Or as we like to call him Jason Jaso…
I wonder how many pizzas LaRosa’s has given away this season…
We had seats up in the Fioptics District…
And we had the place pretty much to ourselves…
Redzilla?! Some sort of new motorized promotional item Gatling gun…
The Reds were really racking up the Ks today…
BARGE!
The live Sunday Mascot Race…
Mr. Red jumped the gun a little early…
And all the other mascot just went down the stairs into the Reds dugout…
BARGE!!
The game was deadlocked at zero until the sixth inning. Eugenio Suarez blasted a two-run shot to left…
And then Scotter Gennett went yard with another two-run blast…
The Reds hung 5 on the Pirates in the inning afterTucker Barnhart’s RBI triple…
We were one strikeout away from free pizza…
AND THIS ONE BELONGS TO THE REDS! They won 5-2…
The Reds ended the game with 10 strikeouts, just one away from free pizza.
It was great to be back at the ballpark. We still have tickets for one more Reds game. Our seventh game of this season will be watching our Reds taking on my favorite American League team, the Boston Red Sox in the final home game of this 2017 Reds baseball season. Talk about a good to finish off the season…
😀🌭⚾️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on September 17, 2017
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IT’S FC CINCINNATI MATCHDAY 16! And it’s the final home match of the regular season. Nippert Stadium played host to 22 FC Cincinnati matches total between the USL regular season, US Open Cup and the international friendly against Valencia CF. And we were there for every single one of them…
Djiby was starting again after seemingly falling out of favor for a while…
O say can you see…
Here we go…
GOAL FC CINCINNATI! Austin Berry scores the goal for FCC in the 5′!
Red Bulls pulled one back to tie the match at one all…
GOAL FC CINCINNATI!! Corben Bone became a dad earlier in the week and now he bags a goal on his birthday…
At halftime, it was still 2-1 FC Cincinnati…
And then they announced tonight’s attendance…
Tonight’s crowd of 30,417 set new USL attendance record for a regular season or playoff match. The old record attendance of 30,187 was set by FC Cincinnati last season during the playoff loss to Charleston on October 2nd. FC|C ends the season averaging just over 21,000 per game at home this season. The rest of the USL averaged just 4,300. It still boggles my mind how many people show up for soccer in Cincinnati. And it doesn’t look like the crowds will be letting up anytime soon.
And then FC Cincinnati added a third! GOAL FC CINCINNATI!!! Harrison Delbridge scored what has to be a contender for goal of the season… A 25-yard rocket to the far post, upper 90. WOW! JUST WOW!
Red Bulls pulled another goal back. But FC|C added a fourth! GOAL FC CINCINNATI!!!! Kenney Walker with the free kick mastery!
And that’s the way the match would end, 4-2 to FC Cincinnati…
What a great win to close out the FC|C regular season at home…
FC Cincinnati still has four away games remaining on the schedule as they make their push toward the USL playoffs. Keep an eye out for watch parties around Cincinnati…
Thank you for another wonderful season of FC Cincinnati soccer. Thank you for all the great memories from this season. We can’t wait to see you next season. 😀⚽️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on September 16, 2017
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I met Genifer at Hoffner Park after work…
We had dinner at Melt…
We stopped at Higher Gravity for a couple of tasters…
And then we headed home…
It was a really long week. 😀❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on September 15, 2017
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It was a really foggy morning in Northside…
And there were a lot of fives on our odometer…
The evening sunlight on the stairs between our second and third floors was pretty…
Taken with Instagram. 😀❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on September 15, 2017
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