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Today was Genifer’s birthday!

Today was my beautiful wife’s birthday. Genifer’s mom sent these fun balloons and very pretty flowers. When we opened the door to take the dogs on a walk, the flowers were sitting on our porch. We opened the door and the balloons scared poor Mack half to death. He jumped a foot straight up in the air…

Thank you to my parents for their lovely card. And thank you to everyone for all the happy birthday wishes. This afternoon we went out in OtR to celebrate…

We started at Queen City Radio…

We stopped by Cobblestone…

And Longfellows…

We walked up to The Pony…

And then we walked over to the new Holiday Spirits…

It was a really fun evening. Happy birthday, Genifer. I love you so much! 😀🎂🎊🍺❤️

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by Thadd F. on April 13, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Over-the-Rhine

Tagged 2019, April, Cincinnati, Cobblestone, Happy birthday, Holiday Spirits, Longfellows, Odds&Ends, Ohio, OtR, Over-the-Rhine, Queen City Radio, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, The Pony

Posted by Thadd F. on April 13, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/04/13/today-was-genifers-birthday/

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/

Queen City Radio.

We love Queen City Radio. It’s quickly become one of our favorite OtR spots with their amazing Whip burgers, $3 High Life’s and $2 jello shots. It’s become our normal Thursday night place to stop after work. 😀🍺🍔🍟📻❤️

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by Thadd F. on April 11, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Over-the-Rhine

Tagged 2019, April, Cincinnati, Happiest hours, Odds&Ends, Ohio, OtR, Over-the-Rhine, Queen City Radio, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, Thirsty Thursdays

Posted by Thadd F. on April 11, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/04/11/queen-city-radio-2/

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!

And we showed up in Higher Gravity’s Instagram story…

And with that, they were off…

If my counting was correct, Genifer came in fourteenth. In the raffle after the race, Genifer won a pair of new running shoes from JackRabbit…

It was a fun morning and early afternoon at Higher Gravity. 😀👟🍺❤️

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by Thadd F. on March 31, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2019, Cincinnati, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Home Sweet Home, JackRabbit, March, Northside, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, Spring Grove Beer Gallop

Posted by Thadd F. on March 31, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/03/31/spring-grove-beer-gallop/

Our Opening Day in OtR.

After work, we stopped by Platform Brewing’s Locoba at Twelfth and Main Streets to watch the Reds Opening Day baseball game against the Pirates…

We had a couple of Platform’s beer while we watched the game…

Both of the beers were very tasty…

And the Reds won their Opening Day game 5-3 after a four-run seventh inning, capped off by a three-run pinch-hit home run from Derek Dietrich…

And then we walked down Main Street to The Pony…

Where we found that The Pony had Bell’s Habanero Mango Oberon on tap…

And they were giving away Bell’s Oberon chapsticks…

It was a pretty great Opening Day! It’s great to have baseball back! 😀⚾️❤️

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by Thadd F. on March 28, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Over-the-Rhine, Reds baseball, Sports

Tagged 2019, Bell's Oberon, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Locoba, March, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Opening Day, OtR, Over-the-Rhine, Platform Beer Company, Reds, Reds baseball, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, The Pony

Posted by Thadd F. on March 28, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/03/28/our-opening-day-in-otr/

Woodburn + Che empanadas.

This evening I rode the Metro 11 bus from downtown to East Walnut Hills…

I met Genifer at Woodburn Brewery for a beer and some Che empanadas…

I really like Woodburn’s beers and Che’s empanadas. I like them a lot. 😀🚌🍺🥟❤️

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by Thadd F. on March 22, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2019, Che, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Cincinnati Metro, East Walnut Hills, Empanadas, Happiest hours, March, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, We ate this, Woodburn Brewery and Taproom

Posted by Thadd F. on March 22, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/03/22/woodburn-che-empanadas-2/

March Madness at QCR.

After work, we stopped at Queen City Radio again for some March Madness and a couple of delicious Whip burgers…

Hello, Whip burger…

QCR is always a lot of fun. And the Whip burgers are always so delicious. Also, did I mention that Opening Day is right around the corner…

😀🏀🍺🍔❤️

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by Thadd F. on March 21, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Over-the-Rhine, Sports

Tagged 2019, Cheeseburger, Cincinnati, Happiest hours, March, Odds&Ends, Ohio, OtR, Over-the-Rhine, Queen City Radio, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, Thirsty Thursdays, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on March 21, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/03/21/march-madness-at-qcr/

A Saturday in OtR.

This afternoon we rode the Metro 17 bus into Over-the-Rhine…

We walked through beautiful Washington Park…

And over to one of very our favorite OtR spots, Queen City Radio…

We got a couple delicious of Queen City Radio Whip Burgers and fries…

And we did some St. Patty’s Day celebrating…

QCR had green jello shots. Green jello shots are my favorite…

And then we walked over to Cobblestone OtR. We’d never been there before…

It’s a pretty fun little neighborhood watering hole…

And we stopped by another one of our favorite spots, Sundry and Vice…

We walked by 16-bit but it looked crazy in there…

So we got an Uber and headed for home…

It was another really fun evening in OtR. 😀🍺❤️

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by Thadd F. on March 16, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in Odd & Ends, Over-the-Rhine

Tagged 16-Bit Bar+Arcade, 2019, Cincinnati, Cobblestone OtR, Holidays, March, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Over-the-Rhine, Queen City Radio, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, St. Patrick's Day, Sundry and Vice, Washington Park

Posted by Thadd F. on March 16, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/03/16/a-saturday-in-otr/

BDubs & Brink Brewing.

After dropping off our taxes, we stopped at BDubs on The Westside for lunch…

I think their mini corn dogs are one of the best things around…

Genifer ordered garlic parmesan boneless wings…

And a side of fries…

I had the buffalo chicken sammich…

After we were done with lunch, we stopped at Brink Brewing in College Hill…

Brink always has some pretty awesome beers…

Great lunch and great beers make for a great Saturday. 😀🐔🍺❤️

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by Thadd F. on March 9, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Suburbia, The Westside

Tagged 2019, BDubs, Brink Brewing Co., Buffalo Wild Wings, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, College Hill, It's what's for lunch, March, Ohio, Sammiches, Shaken not stirred, Suburbia, The Westside, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on March 9, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/03/09/bdubs-brink/

FC Cincinnati: Meet the Team.

After work tonight, we went to a special FC Cincinnati Season Ticket holder Meet the Team event at Taft’s Brewpourium. And it was awesome. Doors opened at 5:00pm. I think we got to the Brewpourium at 5:02…

We got a selfie with FC|C President Jeff Berding…

There was some sharp looking merch…

New got new FC Cincinnati MLS scarves. But I didn’t think to take a photo of them. There were a bunch of different tables set-up for autographs…

And there was this impressive sculpture work-in-progress of the Cincinnati boxing legend, the Cincinnati Cobra Ezzard Charles, When it’s completed, this larger than life statue will live outside of FC Cincinnati’s new soccer-specific stadium in Cincinnati’s West End on the street named after the boxer…

I couldn’t help but notice there are a fair number of players from Michigan on FC|C’s MLS squad including Eric Alexander, who is from Portage right next to Kalamazoo…

And there are a bunch of new guys who are not from anywhere near Michigan…

We saw FC|C’s very first MLS designated player, Fanendo Adi…

There are a bunch of new faces to learn…

And there was one of my favorite FC|C players ex-Arsenal defender Justin Hoyte…

And contrary to #HoyteIsOpen from last season, he wasn’t open for very long tonight…

He was definitely one of the more popular players at this event.

And then it was about time for the main event…

After Jeff Berding’s opening comments, every player came up on stage to be introduced and say a few words to all of us fans. There were a lot of new faces to learn…

And Manu Ledesma…

And Polish goalkeeper Przemysław “Titi” Tytoń…

That’s Eric Alexander from Portage, Michigan. He went to Portage Central High School…

Emery Welshman was one of my favorite players from last season…

After this event was over, he got sent out on loan to Canadian Premier League side, Forge FC for the season. Also, there’s a Canadian Premier League? Asking for a friend. Next was one of our favorites, the aforementioned Fanendo Adi…

And Corben Bone who lives in Northside and who we met at Higher Gravity…

And Justin Hoyte, who was still not open despite his hashtag claiming otherwise…

After USMNT midfielder Kenny Saief who just joined FC|C in the last couple of days from Belgian giants Anderlecht…

And there was defender Forest Lasso…

And there were a bunch of other guys but the above photos were the best photos. A lot of them were kind of fuzzy or blurry. I probably should have used a camera other than my Samsung Galaxy Note9 with my Moment 60mm lens…

But oh well. Then the entire team came back up on stage for a group photo…

Can you hear me in the back?

It was a pretty neat event. It was much more intimate than I thought it was going to be…

And there was a roundtable discussion with Jeff Berding, Coach Koch and the guy in charge of international recruiting…

There were autograph sessions and then all the players got pizza slices…

It was a pretty awesome night with FC Cincinnati. Click to see all the photos I took at the FC Cincinnati Meet the Team season ticket holder event. 😀⚽️❤️

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by Thadd F. on March 6, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, FC Cincinnati, Northside, Odd & Ends, Sports