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Northside Saturday.

Good morning from Northside…

We walked down to Blue Jay for lunch this afternoon…

Genifer ordered a grilled cheese with tomatoes…

I ordered Blue Jay’s chicken tender sammich…

We walked all the way down to Second Place to have a bourbon slush but come to find out that 2P doesn’t open until 3pm right now. They should really post their hours on their social media or something. So we just walked back to Higher Gravity for a beer…

I wish I could find this beer…

HG had some interesting looking beers in their cooler…

I tried one of these coffee vanilla cream ales from Columbus and it was delicious…

It was really nice to get out and get out to some places. We walked home and hung out in our backyard…

And good evening from Northside…

It was a low-key but still really good Northside Saturday. 😀🗓️❤️

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by Thadd F. on June 6, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Posted by Thadd F. on June 6, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/06/06/northside-saturday-13/

Running around on a Friday.

Before I started work this morning, we ran over to Whole Foods at Rookwood Commons in Hyde Park to get some groceries…

The grocery aisles at Whole Foods are one-way streets…

Someday, we’ll have to try Ninja Squirrel Sriracha…

And some of these Bearitos…

And this spicy chicken noodle soup…

Summer must be here! Because we found a mini-keg of Bell’s Oberon!

Whole Foods has some really good stuff! And speaking of good stuff on our way back home from Whole Foods, we stopped for some delicious Biggby Coffee…

After I finished all my work for the day, we walked down to Higher Gravity for a beer…

Later, we walked the dogs around the block…

And we got to see this ScareCorona all lit up…

And finally, good evening from Northside…

Today was a good day. 😀🌄🛍️☕️🍺🦠❤️

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by Thadd F. on May 29, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Suburbia

Posted by Thadd F. on May 29, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/05/29/running-around-on-a-friday/

Our New Year’s Eve.

Tonight, we walked down to Higher Gravity for their New Year’s Eve celebration…

We had some tasty beers…

And we got to hang out with some of our friends…

It was a really fun New Year’s Eve! We hope every had a happy, fun and safe New Years Eve. And that your 2020 is a very good one. 😀🍻🥂🎆🎊🎉❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 31, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2019, Cincinnati, Dec31, December, Happy New Year, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Holidays, Home Sweet Home, New Years Eve, Northside, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred

Posted by Thadd F. on December 31, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/12/31/our-new-years-eve-2/

Our Boxing Day.

Today was Boxing Day. This morning we watched Arsenal draw with Bournemouth in Mikel Arteta’s first match in charge of my favorite club.

After the match, we walked down to Django Western Taco for lunch. I had one of Chef Josh’s amazing fried chicken tacos. We also shared Django’s amazing jerk chicken quesadilla with some Django chips and salsa. And when we were done with lunch, we shared Django’s Belgian chocolate bread pudding…

Everything was really good, as always. But the bread pudding was just incredible. I’ve had a love affair with bread pudding ever since my second hip surgery. We had never tried Django’s bread pudding before. Now I’ll get it every time we eat at Django. Or every time I feel the need some amazing bread pudding.

After we were done at Django, we walked down Hamilton Avenue to Higher Gravity. We hadn’t been to HG in a quick minute. But JJVE gave us a gift card that we thought we would put to use a little bit before the start of the new year while we were still on our holiday break…

The best beer we tried in our taster flight this afternoon was Founders French Toast B@stard Scotch Ale…

It was a pretty amazing beer. Very tasty. We watched our Leicester City get thumped by Liverpool. And while we were at HG, we bought our tickets for Higher Gravity’s New Year’s Eve Beer Bash.

Later, the sky was really pretty when we were walking the dogs. It’s not every day you see beautiful night-time clouds…

When we got back from our walk, I put my scarf on Oscar and I think he really liked it because he wore it around until we went upstairs…

And when we got upstairs, we watched some of The Witcher on Netflix. It was a pretty good Boxing Day. 😀🥊❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 26, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Posted by Thadd F. on December 26, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/12/26/our-boxing-day/

Pumpkin painting at Higher Gravity.

After we finished eating at Gaslight Bar & Grill, we stopped at Higher Gravity for some pumpkin painting and Halloween beers…

My pumpkin already had a spider web painted on the back…

We got a taster flight of Halloween beers: Platform S’mores Yammy, Fat Head Spooky Tooth Imperial Pumpkin Ale, Southern Tier Rum Barrel-Aged Pumking, and Maine Beer Company’s Mean Old Tom…

Genfier’s awesome pumpkin creation…

And my pumpkin creation…

The rum barrel-aged Pumking was out of this world…

It was really fun painting pumpkins. And they look great on our front porch…

😀🎃❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 10, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2019, Cincinnati, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Home Sweet Home, Northside, Oct10, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Pumpkin painting, Pumpkins, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, Thirsty Thursdays, Thursdays

Posted by Thadd F. on October 10, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/10/10/pumpkin-painting-at-higher-gravity/

Northside Sunday.

Today is the first day of September. This afternoon we walked to Django Western Taco for lunch. Django has really great chips and salsa. It’s some of Genifer’s favorite…

Genifer also had a carne asada taco…

I had a fried chicken taco…

And a jerk chicken quesadilla…

I love their jerk chicken quesadilla. It always reminds me of Jamaica. And lunch at Django is always so delicious. Afterward, we stopped at Higher Gravity for a couple of taster flights…

It was another really tasty Northside Sunday. 😀🌮🍺❤️

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by Thadd F. on September 1, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2019, Cincinnati, Django Western Taco, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, It's what's for lunch, Northside, Northside nubs, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, September, Shaken not stirred, Sunday Brunch, Sunday Funday, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on September 1, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/09/01/northside-sunday-8/

Northside Sunday.

This afternoon, we walked down to Bridges Nepali Cuisine on Hamilton Avenue. We’ve been wanting to try Bridges for a while but we just never got around to it…

We ordered a rice bowl with half chicken tikka marsala and half veggie mix and a veggie samsoa to share…

And it was all delicious! Everything had such incredible flavors. And when our momos arrived, we realized that we had just ordered way too much food. The momos were amazing little pockets of awesome deliciousness…

After stuffing ourselves full of delicious Bridges, we walked down to Higher Gravity to have a beer and watch a little bit of the Reds game…

It was a pretty delicious and relaxing Sunday. But the Reds lost to the Cubs 6-3.
😀🌉🍺⚾️❤️

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by Thadd F. on August 11, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2019, August, Bridges Nepali Cuisine, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Home Sweet Home, Northside, Northside nubs, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on August 11, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/08/11/northside-sunday-7/

Happy birthday, Higher Gravity!

It was Higher Gravity‘s second anniversary party weekend! So on the way home from work, we stopped in to wish them a happy birthday…

While we were hanging out at HG, we had some spicy cheese balls from Chameleon…

Happy birthday, Higher Gravity! We’re very happy you’re in Northside! 😀🍻🎂❤️

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by Thadd F. on August 9, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2019, August, Chameleon Pizza, Cincinnati, Happiest hours, Happy birthday, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Home Sweet Home, Northside, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on August 9, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/08/09/happy-birthday-higher-gravity-2/

Northside nubs.

This evening we stopped to check out a new place with our friends Terry and Katherine called Northside Country Club. Not to be confused with Northside Yacht Club, Northside Country Club is in the old Bistro Grace space on Hamilton Avenue. Apparently, it’s some sort of stop-gap to keep the liquor license with the building…

NSCC is cash-only. But there is an ATM on site. Ohmigosh… THEIR TOTS. Their tots are just amazing. The ranch dipping sauce for the tots is really good. And the aioli is even better. We also had their ham&cheese, thinking it would be a grilled cheese with ham. It was cold ham and a slice of cheese on toast. It was good but just not what we were expecting. We also ordered the BLT which was really good. Our friend Terry had the Chicago dog and that looked really good too. Next time we go to NSCC, we’ll be ordering BLTs and tots for days. And I’ll remember to take photos. But still, really great stuff…

Then we walked down to Higher Gravity. The sunset was pretty amazing…

At Higher Gravity, they were celebrating our friend Jen‘s 5000th unique beer check-in on Untappd. That is a lot of unique beers. Between me and Genifer, we have just over 300 combined. And 300 is nowhere near 5000. Not even in the same zip code…

Congratulations, Jen! That is quite the achievement. It was another really fun evening in Northside. 😀🍺❤️

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by Thadd F. on April 12, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2019, April, Cincinnati, Happiest hours, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Home Sweet Home, Northside, Northside Country Club, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, Untappd, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on April 12, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/04/12/northside-nubs-12/

Spring Grove Beer Gallop.

Very similar to last year’s Hamilton Hightail Run, this morning was the Spring Grove Beer Gallop. It was a 4-mile roundtrip fun run that started at Higher Gravity that included stops at Taft’s Brewpourium and Urban Artifact. Runner also got 4 beer tickets, a T-shirt and a whole lotta fun!