After dinner at Bistro Grace, we stopped at Higher Gravity for a flight…

We love Higher Gravity. They always have something interesting on tap. 😀🍺❤️
After dinner at Bistro Grace, we stopped at Higher Gravity for a flight…

We love Higher Gravity. They always have something interesting on tap. 😀🍺❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on December 16, 2017
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Tonight, we walked back down to Bistro Grace to finish off the rest of the gift card my sister gave us last Christmas. Our dinner last week was terrific and delicious…



We shared some more of Bistro Grace’s delicious deviled eggs…

Tonight, we also tried Bistro Grace’s smoky beer cheese with Servatii pretzel bread…

And we decided to share the Grace Burger…

We had the Grace Burger back after Cincinnati Burger Week and it was delicious and amazing and huge…


It was just every bit as terrific as we remembered it. The Grace Burger should be right there near the top of the list of Cincinnati’s best burgers. Incredible burger. I could eat a Grace Burger each and every week. It’s that good. We can’t wait to come back to Bistro Grace. They have some pretty incredible dishes. 😀🥚🧀🍔❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on December 16, 2017
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Today was our annual White Elephant Holiday party potluck at Deskey…

There was a really nice spread for the Deskey holiday potluck…


After lunch, it was time for the Deskey White Elephant holiday gift exchange…

I drew lucky number one…

I would get to open the first gift and make the very last trade to end the game. The first gift I opened was the card game, Exploding Kittens…

We played Exploding Kittens at The Rook in OtR and thought it was really a lot of fun. But I didn’t get to hold onto it for very long. It was taken from me and in its place, I ended up with this really sweet painting…

And then I lost that and ended up with a Pixel & Timber t-shirt, a bottle of Tito’s vodka dressed in an adorable little Tito’s sweater and this little vintage bucket…

Then I was severely downgraded to a box containing three rolls of toilet paper, a “That’s How I Roll” unicycle t-shirt and matching unicycle pint glass…

Since I had the first choice I got to end the game and swap my box of toilet paper with any gift that had been opened. And I choose to reclaim my Exploding Kittens…

It was a really fun White Elephant holiday gift exchange party. 😀🎄🎁🐱🐼🍸🚽🐱❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on December 15, 2017
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Genifer made chicken bake again for dinner tonight…


I love it when Genifer makes chicken bake! YUM! She’s such a good cook! 😀🐔❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on December 14, 2017
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Bowen Street in downtown Cincinnati. 😀🌆❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on December 13, 2017
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For dinner tonight, Genifer made another of the terrific Kroger Prep+Pared meals. This one was Mushroom Stroganoff over cauliflower hash cakes…




It was another delicious meal! The cauliflower was really difficult to form into little cakes so we just had the mushroom stroganoff over a mound of cauliflower. And it was so good. We’ve been really impressed with all the Prep+Pared meals Every one of the meals we’ve tried have been very delicious! I would be very hard pressed to pick any of the meals to call my favorite. They’re all so good. 😀❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on December 12, 2017
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Posted by Thadd F. on December 12, 2017
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This afternoon we walked down Hamilton Avenue to go check out the FC Cincinnati Fan Appreciation Tour which was making a stop at Second Place…

We thought there would be a representative on-hand promoting or representing the club. Maybe trying to sign people up for season tickets, answering questions about FC Cincy’s possible promotion to MLS or the latest on FC|C’s plans for a soccer-specific stadium or even just shaking some hands. Maybe if we were really lucky, there’d be a player or two on-hand. But nothing. The FC Cincinnati Far Appreciation Tour meant you could get a Moerlein FC Cincinnati Blood Orange IPA just $3 from 11am to 2pm. That’s it. Boy, do I feel appreciated. 😶 It was also the Manchester Derby: City versus United so Second Place was pretty crowded what with it being the Cincinnati hub of all things City and all…

We’ve watched a couple of big Manchester City matches at Second Place. There’s this one guy who’s a City supporter who is very vocal and very loud and his voice is so annoying that it makes it really difficult for me to watch City matches at Second Place. I’m just happy Second Place isn’t an Arsenal supporters hang out. Because that guy… whoa. Don’t get me wrong, I really love Second Place just not during Manchester City matches. But that’s just me.
We stayed until just before halftime and then broke camp to watch the second half at Higher Gravity. And in walking the block from Second Place to Higher Gravity, we missed two goals. The first forty-plus minutes, nothing. The last three minutes of the half, two goals. It figures. We watched City knock off United 2-1. Higher Gravity still had Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout on tap…

That beer was pretty amazing. We hung out and watched the Bengals get thumped by the Bears and then just came home. It was yet another really fun afternoon in Northside. 😀⚽️🍺🏈❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on December 10, 2017
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We received our first dusting of snow today, and this evening we took Oscar out for a walk in the cold white stuff…



Brr. 😀❄️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on December 9, 2017
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Tonight, we hopped in an Uber and headed up into Mount Adams to Chapter for this year’s Deskey holiday party…

It’s been ages since we were last in Mount Adams...





For whatever reason, I always sort of dread holiday parties, But I always end up having a really good time. And this party was no exception. It was a very good time. After the party was over, we went across the street to check out the newest 4EG bar, Hightail…



It’s another great 4EG bar. They have so many great bars around Cincinnati. We wish they would open one or two in Northside. Great night. 😀📖🍺🍻🐳❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on December 8, 2017
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