Our little bush had even more blooms on it this morning than it did yesterday…
And good evening from Northside…
There was a guy jumping rope at the top of the steps, and it terrified Mack to his core. I’ve never seen him have such a reaction of pure terror. It was really weird.
After our walk and after Mack regained his composure, we slowed down to grill…
We grilled four burgers from Whole Foods that I forgot to take a photo of, and we grilled two beautiful pieces of marinated salmon…
And we wrapped it up with some chicken sausages…
Oh. We also grilled two ears of corn that I didn’t take a photo of. It was the first time we ever grilled corn. It was a bit of an adventure. But it turned out great. I cut all kernels off the cob to get this amazing little container of gold…
It was a pretty nice night to be out in the backyard…
Today was Father’s Day. We hope all the dads had a wonderful day. Genifer The dogs got me an awesome new BBQ utensil set and a super-cool new Reds t-shirt for Father’s Day. It was really very unexpected. She’s the best wife. They’re the best dogs.
Today was the first day of Summer! And it’s Saturday. Good morning from Northside…
For breakfast, I tried one of these Kodiak Cake Blueberry & Maple Flapjack Cups…
It was pretty darn good for just a little microwave pancake cup. Later, we walked down to Blue Jay to get some lunch…
Genifer ordered a huge Greek salad with a side of french fries and I ordered two cheese coneys with a side of french fries as well…
Look at the size of this pepperoncini that came with Genifer’s salad…
It was almost as big as my cheese coney. I ate it. It was really spicy. I probably wouldn’t do that again. It made my eyes water. Other than that mistake, lunch at Blue Jay was great as always.
When we were walking home, we couldn’t help but notice that the front of the Jackson Hewitt tax office was all smashed in…
Apparently last night, someone ran the red light at the corner of Chase and Hamilton and lost control of their vehicle and smashed into the front of this office, which is right on the street corner. People running red lights has become a real problem in Cincinnati. At least one or two cars go through every traffic light after the light turns red.
Their Flan Halen strawberry milkshake is my favorite.
And then we were pretty lazy again. At least, Premier League soccer is back on TV…
I woke up super early and caught the end of the Doosan Bears Korean baseball game, The Bears won 8-2. Leicester City drew 1-1 against Watford. And my Arsenal lost 2-1 to Brighton Hove & Albion. It’s really nice to have some sports back in my life. It makes things almost feel sort of normal again. Even though life is still not normal at all.
But it was a very pretty first day of Summer…
And a very good evening from Northside…
We’re having a pretty low-key start of Summer weekend. 😀🗓️❤️
I’ve started doing these posts on our blog that just sums up our entire day in one post. I like them especially on days where we don’t do a lot. But I’m really struggling with what to call them. I was just titling these posts things like “Our Friday.” but that’s as boring as what we actually did today.
We both had today off work for Juneteenth. Good morning from Northside…
We ran over to start our day with some Biggby Coffee. On Fridays, it’s free shot Friday at Biggby. You get a extra shot of coffee in your drink… for FREE…
We ran to Whole Foods to get some groceries and we also swung through Home Goods…
And then we were pretty lazy for the rest of the day…
Until we went on a walk with the dogs. There were some really pretty clouds tonight…
Good evening from Northside…
After we dropped the dogs off at home, we kept walking…
Genifer made delicious homemade crab cakes for dinner with baked sweet potatoes…
She also made a delicious homemade remoulade to go with them. I hope she makes these crab cakes again with the remoulade so we can have crab cake sammiches!
I’ve really gone all in on the Korean Baseball games they’ve been playing on ESPN. Not having MLB baseball, or really sports in general, has been pretty annoying. And Korean Baseball is definitely filling the void. It’s been super fun to watch and learn about a new league that I’ve never been exposed to before.
The KBO games start ridiculously early, what with coming live from Korea and all. I set our YouTubeTV to record all of them. And then I listen to them while I’m working during the day. The KBO baseball has been pretty entertaining. The games are competitive. It’s been compared to a triple-A league here in the States. And for the most part, the games aren’t lacking in offense. There’s a lot of scoring. Because there is a lack of dominant, overpowering pitchers in the KBO.
I decided pretty early on that my KBO team would be the Doosan Bearsfrom Seoul. I flirted briefly with making my team the NC Dinos. But I decided to go with the Bears because I love bears just a little bit more than I love dinosaurs. But it was really close.
I even ordered a Doosan Bears ballcap all the way from Korean…
If you haven’t been watching, the games are being played in empty stadiums because of the COVD-19 pandemic. In this morning’s KBO game live from Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium, home of the Hanwha Eagles, every seat behind home plate was filled with donated stuffed animals…
How awesome is that? The commentators said that the animals would all be donated to children’s charities. The more I watch the KBO, the more I like it. It’s the baseball we know and love with a uniquely Asian twist. And it’s pretty entertaining.
ESPN said they’ll be showing the rest of this season in its entirety, including the playoffs. I hope that the are more seasons of Korean baseball after this one. It’s darn pretty fun. And it’s great to have some baseball back in our lives. 😀⚾️🐻❤️
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