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Good morning from Indy.

Good morning from downtown Indianapolis…

Across the street from our hotel was Cafe Patachou…

I ordered a Belgian waffle with fruit…

It was delicious. But Genifer completely out-ordered me with her incredible croissant french toast…

Cafe Patachou had some amazing coffees. When we were done with our breakfast, we got coffees to go and some snacks for later…

Thanks, Indianapolis! We had a blast!

And then it was back to Cincinnati…

On the way home, we stopped to pick up Mack from The Pet Spot…

We’ll get Oscar and Bear from Geri’s after our fence is done. I think Mack was pretty happy to be home…

And we were really excited to try these guys later…

It was a great, really quick little adventure. 😀🗺️🧇❤️

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by Thadd F. on September 6, 2020 • Permalink

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Posted by Thadd F. on September 6, 2020

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Road trip to Indianapolis.

ROAD TRIP! This afternoon we drove over to Indianapolis. Before we left to go to North Carolina, we bought tickets on one of those ticket resale sites for the USL soccer match between Indy 11 and our favorite USL squad, Louisville City…

We dropped Mack at Pet Spot for the night and we dropped Oscar at Geri’s before heading over to Indianapolis…

Compared to all the driving we did last weekend, the drive over to Indianapolis really seemed like nothing. It went by so fast…

We stayed at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Indianapolis…

It was a really nice hotel with a beautiful open air atrium…

Our room was very nice as well…

Before the match, we shared a BBQ burger and pepperjack cheese bites at Loughmiller’s Pub…

Amazing burger. And then it was on to Lucas Oil Stadium…

Indy 11 pulled back a goal from a penalty kick just the before the halftime whistle. And that made the score 3-1 to Lou City at the half.

After seeing four goals in the first half, we broke camp in the 60th minute. We didn’t want to wait around to see if Indy 11 could mount a pretty epic comeback.

Lucas Oil Stadium sure is a beautiful place to watch a game. We were so happy we got to see it with the roof open and without many people inside. The announced attendance was just 6,700.

And the final score of the match was Lou City 3-1 over Indy 11. We saw all the goals. Plus, we were sitting behind the goal where Lousiville scored all three of their goals and then we moved to the other end and were sitting behind the goal when Indy 11 scored their PK. Pretty neat stuff.

We stopped for a postgame drink at Brothers…

And then we meandered through downtown back to our hotel…

We ordered pizza and called it a night…

And good night from Indianapolis. It was a really fun day! 😀🗺️⚽️🍺❤️

Click to see all the photos we took on our road trip to Indianapolis.

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by Thadd F. on September 5, 2020 • Permalink

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Posted by Thadd F. on September 5, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/09/05/road-trip-to-indianapolis/

Downtown details.

Standing at the corner of Plum and Fourth Streets looking east. 😀🏙️❤️

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by Thadd F. on March 9, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Central Business District, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2020, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Downtown, Downtown details, Fourth Street, Mar9, March, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted

Posted by Thadd F. on March 9, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/03/09/downtown-details-54/

Another beautiful mural.

Check out this Artworks mural at the corner of Vine and Seventh Streets…

It might not be new but it was new to me…

It’s another really pretty mural in downtown Cincinnati. 😀🎨🖌️🌺❤️

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by Thadd F. on March 3, 2020 • Permalink

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Tagged 2020, Artworks, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Downtown, Downtown details, Mar3, March, Mural, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted

Posted by Thadd F. on March 3, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/03/03/another-beautiful-mural/

It’s what’s for lunch.

Most days, I take lunch with me to work. But if I don’t, there’s usually leftover food from lunch meetings or I’ll just make myself a sammich with the company ham in the kitchen at Grey Midwest. Today, I was having a craving for a warm turkey sammich on a bagel. So I walked over a block to Elm Street…

Bagel Stop in the Enquirer Building!

I got their Signature Turkey Club on a jalapeno bagel, and it was exactly the sammich that I wanted for lunch…

Great sammich! I might have just find my new go-to when I go out to lunch. 😀🦃🥯❤️

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by Thadd F. on February 13, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Central Business District, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2020, Bagel Stop, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Company Ham, Downtown, Downtown details, Feb13, February, It's what's for lunch, Ohio, Signature Club, Turkey sandwich, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on February 13, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/02/13/its-whats-for-lunch-9/

It was a good morning.

This morning Coffee Emporium had a barista visiting Grey Midwest…

She was making espresso an drip coffees and hot chocolates for everyone…

Coffee Emporium’s hot chocolate was really delicious…

So this morning I ended up having two hot chocolates. It was my lucky day! Both of them were really good. And it was also really foggy this morning downtown…

It was a pretty good morning in downtown Cincinnati. 😀☕️🌫️❤️

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by Thadd F. on February 10, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Central Business District, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2020, 302 looking west, 302 West Third, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Coffee, Coffee Emporium, Downtown, Downtown details, Feb10, February, Foggy, Good morning, Grey, Grey Midwest, Look up in the sky, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted

Posted by Thadd F. on February 10, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/02/10/it-was-a-good-morning/

Downtown details.

It was cold outside today. I was going to walk through the Skywalk to avoid the cold on my way to the bus. On my way to the Skywalk, I noticed that the Millenium Hotel was closed and undergoing a liquidation sale…

I walked through the Hyatt Regency up to the second floor across The Skywalk over to Carew Tower. Carew Tower was having their 2020 Fight For Air Climb to support the American Lung Association by climbing the 804 Stairs over 45 floors of Carew Tower…

I was going to continue on through the Skywalk from Carew Tower across Fifth Street to Fountain Place but that portion Skywalk was closed…

I left Carew Tower and noticed the skating rink on Fountain Square had been taken down, just as it’s starting to feel like actual skating weather…

The Booksellers on Fountain Square is closed now…

Looking inside Fountain Place everything is closed. And that made me wonder what happened to Palomino up on the second floor…

I went to see if Palomino was still there and it didn’t look good…

And Palomino’s gone and that’s pretty sad. I was happy to see that the Toynbee Tile was still on Seventh Street…

And I noticed that there was a new-to-me Artworks mural on the side of the Hustler just a little ways down Seventh Street…

I walked by Deskey and they removed the mantra they had on their front windows…

I always thought the mantra was kind of ridiculous. The almost full moon was already starting to pop out from behind the buildings…

And the exterior of the building at the corner of Eighth and Main Streets looked really close to being completed…

It’s interesting to me how much things can change downtown over just a few months but also just how much things stay the same. And the only real constant is change.
😀🏙️🚧❤️

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by Thadd F. on February 7, 2020 • Permalink

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Posted by Thadd F. on February 7, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/02/07/downtown-details-53/

It’s a sign.

I’ve never noticed just how bright the sign for Aster on Fourth glowed…

Aster is one of our favorite bars downtown. 😀🌟❤️

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by Thadd F. on February 4, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Central Business District, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2020, Aster on Fourth, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Downtown, Downtown details, Feb4, February, It's a sign, Look up in the sky, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted

Posted by Thadd F. on February 4, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/02/04/its-a-sign-34/

It’s the best feeling.

I survived another pretty hectic week at work. It’s funny to me. My old job was a total cakewalk. It wasn’t very challenging. The people I worked with weren’t very appreciative of any amount of effort. And as a result, I never really felt like part of the team. It wasn’t great by any stretch of the imagination and I stayed there way too long.

My job now is definitely challenging. The deadlines are pretty intense. I have to work on projects in the evenings and sometimes over the weekends. But the efforts I make are noticed and very much appreciated. And I feel like an integral, valued part of the team.
I divide my time between two teams that service multiple clients. Big clients. I get to participate in client meetings and the clients appreciate the efforts as well.

Sometimes deadlines for the two teams overlap and it creates a bottleneck like it did this week. I had two big projects both with deadlines on Friday. It was a pretty stressful week, compounded by the fact that I took my birthday off. I had a bunch of stuff to get done and the asks kept evolving. But I got everything all done and done well. And when everything was finally done, it was the best feeling in the world.

I really like being busy at work. And I really like feeling part of the team. It’s rewarding.
I really like my job. I really like the work, I really like where I work,

And I love this view…

The only bad part after a long week is I don’t feel like doing much of anything afterward.😀🏙️❤️

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by Thadd F. on January 31, 2020 • Permalink

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Tagged 2020, 302 looking west, 302 West Third, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Downtown, Downtown details, Grey, Grey Midwest, Jan31, January, Look up in the sky, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Rainy, Seen and noted, Thunderstorms rainy overcast grey

Posted by Thadd F. on January 31, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/01/31/its-the-best-feeling/

#TBT Pause for paws.

Remember that time when Milan and I were walking in downtown Cincinnati by P&G’s daycare, and Milan thought a plush dog in the window was a real dog?