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Happy Groundhog Day!

The furry forecaster Punxsutawney Phil failed to see his shadow, and that means he’s predicting an early spring…

But my question is… have we really even had a winter yet? Because it’s February 2nd, and it’s supposed to be 60º in Cincinnati today. And that has me all…

This is what winter has become? Just an extended autumn and spring with the occasional chilly/cold day mixed in here or there? Don’t get me wrong. I’m not complaining. At all. It feels like the whole winter has been an early spring so far.

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by Thadd F. on February 2, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, Downtown, February, Groundhogs Day, Holidays, Ohio

Posted by Thadd F. on February 2, 2016

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Downtown details.

Crossing Main Street at Eighth looking south…

And the Artworks mural on Eighth Street that reproduces an original masterpiece by wildlife artist and conservationist, John A. Ruthven. The mural shows Martha, the last passenger pigeon, and her flock soaring over historic Bird Run at the Cincinnati Zoo…

It serves as a daily reminder to downtown residents, workers and visitors of the importance of wildlife conservation and the reality of extinction. It’s one of my favorites out of all the Artworks murals around Cincinnati. I marvel at the detail and am awe of the talent it took to complete this mural everytime I walk passed it.

🙂

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by Thadd F. on February 1, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Downtown, February, Ohio

Posted by Thadd F. on February 1, 2016

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Christmas carnage, part 4.

The carnage continues. When it’s February 1st, the Christmas tree has to go…

When I saw this tree earlier this morning, it was wrapped in an enormous plastic bag as well. I just find it really odd to wrap a tree up in a plastic bag to discard it. And exactly where do you find a bag that big?

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by Thadd F. on February 1, 2016 • Permalink

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Posted by Thadd F. on February 1, 2016

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Lunch at Americano.

After running some errands around downtown, we stopped back into Americano to share a burger for a late lunch. Because it wouldn’t be a weekend if we didn’t stop in for a delicious burger from Americano. This time we tried The Mexican topped with Rafa’s guac, fried jalapeños, pepper jack, queso fresco and mayo. And after a few chuckles about ordering Mexican at Americano, it was set down in front of us…

We got it with cajun fries, of course. And onion rings…

It’s such good stuff. The Mexican might just be my new favorite burger at Americano. Also not pictured were the order of their amazing wings with the house rub. We also ran into our friends Corey and Amy, who were also at Americano for an early dinner. It was fun to get to hang out with them for a little bit before we see them in Jamaica! 🙂

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by Thadd F. on January 30, 2016 • Permalink

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Posted by Thadd F. on January 30, 2016

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Fountain Square.

With it being so warm today, we were kind of surprised there was actually still ice for ice skating on Fountain Square. Regardless of the temperature, there are always people ice skating on the Square. Always. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on January 30, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Downtown, Fountain Square, January, Ohio

Posted by Thadd F. on January 30, 2016

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Seen and noted.

When we were walking home from Nicholson’s, we saw Chris Young’s tour buses outside of the Aronoff Center waiting to load up after his show tonight…

Genifer really likes her some musical stylings of Chris Young. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on January 29, 2016 • Permalink

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Posted by Thadd F. on January 29, 2016

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Happy birthday to me!

Today was my birthday! Genifer surprised me this morning with a couple of birthday donuts and an awesome birthday drawling…

She draws the very best trees. 🙂 I survived Deskey Cleaning Day at work today! We worked all day long to eliminate as much of the clutter as we could that has been accumulating in the office over the last few years. Not exactly the ideal way to spend your birthday. At all. But I survived! We took Oscar on a walk…

And later this evening we went over to Nicholson’s to have some birthday drinks…

And we got to listen to Floyd & The Walkmen. They’re one of our favorites…

Good stuff. It’s been a while since we’ve seen them play. It was a really fun birthday! 🙂

ps. Thanks for all the birthday wishes! 😀

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by Thadd F. on January 29, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, Downtown, Floyd & The Walkmen, Happy birthday, January, Nicholson's, Ohio

Posted by Thadd F. on January 29, 2016

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Good morning!

It was another beautiful morning in downtown Cincinnati. Just look at that sky…

It was especially beautiful after you slap an Instagram filter over one of those photos…

Good morning from downtown Cincinnati. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on January 29, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, Downtown, Good morning, January, Look up in the sky, Ohio, Winter, Winter wonderland

Posted by Thadd F. on January 29, 2016

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Jet’s, Jet’s, Jet’s!

Tonight, we ordered a delicious Jet’s Pizza and Jet’s Triple Cheese Turbo Stix!

Delicious stuff! I really love Jet’s. They definitely got my birthday weekend got off to a great start! 🙂

ps. Check out Jet’s “Perfect Couple” combo just in time for Valentine’s Day…

Because nothing says loving like Jet’s Pizza! 🙂

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by Thadd F. on January 28, 2016 • Permalink

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Posted by Thadd F. on January 28, 2016

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Cyclones hockey game #9.

Tonight, we went to our 9th Cyclones hockey game of the season at US Bank Arena.
Our Cyclones were playing the Indy Fuel. Again. It seems like in the nine games we’ve been to so far this season, we’ve only seen the ‘Clones play three or four teams…