When we were out walking the dogs today, we noticed this lone Christmas ornament hanging on a shrub by the Montessori school on the hill at the end of our street…


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When we were out walking the dogs today, we noticed this lone Christmas ornament hanging on a shrub by the Montessori school on the hill at the end of our street…


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Posted by Thadd F. on December 30, 2018
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Today was a big sports day. So this afternoon we went with a bunch of friends to Dana’s Gardens just across the street from the campus of Xavier University to watch Xavier play basketball away to the DePaul Blue Demons…

It’s just a great little hole in the wall sports bar. As it turns out, it’s also an official Everton supporters bar. My Arsenal was playing Liverpool this afternoon. So there were no shortage of people pulling for the Arsenal to beat Liverpool. And Michigan was playing Florida in their bowl game. All at the same time. And Dana’s had the TVs to have all those games on. I’m irritated with myself that I completely forgot to take a photo of the inside of Dana’s. But it’s just a little low ceiling dive bar. And like I said, they have a bunch of TVs. They also have really cheap drinks and equally cheap but really great food. It was also one of those places that had a lot of words of wisdom in the restroom…

It was a really fun time…

Xavier beat DePaul by ten but Arsenal got thumped 5-1 by Liverpool. ππβ½οΈβ€οΈ
Posted by Thadd F. on December 29, 2018
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Good evening from Northisde. ππβ€οΈ
Posted by Thadd F. on December 28, 2018
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Back when we lived downtown, Milan and I used to walk the heck out of all the parks along the Ohio River every single day…


We would walk around four miles a day together. When we moved into our house in Northisde, I started a Milan shrine in our office…

And this is what my Milan Shrine looks like today…

Always remembering all the good times with the bud dog. ππΎβ€οΈ
Posted by Thadd F. on December 26, 2018
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While we were packing to get ready to go to Michigan, Mack was playing with toys…




And Oscar and I just hung out…

What a couple of silly heads. ππΎβ€οΈ
Posted by Thadd F. on December 22, 2018
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Tonight, there was a big full moon over Northside…










It sure was a really pretty moon with all the clouds around it. ππβ€οΈ
Posted by Thadd F. on December 22, 2018
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This afternoon we went out to West Chester to visit Genifer’s mom. I love hanging out with Geri. We got to exchange Christmas gifts. And when we were packing up to come home, there was this gorgeous sunset…


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Posted by Thadd F. on December 22, 2018
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How adorable are these Gardenhouse Pottery #TeamFiona Cincinnati mugs JJVE sent us for Christmas?


I see many, many hot chocolates enjoyed in these mugs. And we got a Downtown Cincinnati gift card too?! Thanks, JJVE! ππβ€οΈ
Posted by Thadd F. on December 22, 2018
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My photos hit another milestone on Google Maps…


Itβs pretty nice to still be popular.Β ππΊπ·β€
Posted by Thadd F. on December 22, 2018
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After lunch at Sacred Beast, we did some shopping in OtR. We went to Mica 12v. They had this wall of clocks that was pretty mesmerizing to watch…

Then we went to The Native One. Genifer loves this store…



I wanted to steal these adorable dog toys, and I would take the dog bed too…

We saw this guy on Vine Street…


We went to Elm&Iron…














And then across the street to Elm&Iron Loft…






















I think my dream job would be doing the Instagram for Elm&Iron. We stopped into Low Spark for a drink…



And then we walked down to Sundry and Vice for a drink before heading home…




We love their amazing cocktails. It was a really fun afternoon of shopping and hanging out in OtR. πποΈπΉβ€οΈ
Posted by Thadd F. on December 21, 2018
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