All posts tagged Shaken not stirred

A Tavola Madeira.

After we were all squared away at the Apple Store, we met our friends Cory and Amy and their twins at A Tavola in Madeira for lunch…

Surprisingly, we’ve never been to either of the A Tavola locations before today…

We thought it would be bigger inside but it’s very small and cute and intimate and it smelled really amazing in there…

Genifer tried the Fretboard Jazz, and I had the Rhinegeist Penguin which looked like a lager but had all the taste of a really great stout…

They had a bunch of really great sounding pizzas. But after much back and forth, we decided to share the Gorgonzola pizza with tomato sauce, gorgonzola, mozzarella, house made sausage, pepperoni and cracked pepper…

It was a terrific pizza! Next time, we find ourselves in Madeira we’ll definitely stop in for another one of their delicious pies! 😀🍕❤️

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by Thadd F. on November 12, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Suburbia

Tagged 2017, A Tavola Pizza, Cincinnati, Madeira, November, Ohio, Shaken not stirred, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on November 12, 2017

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TGIF.

I met Genifer at Hofner Park after work…

We were planning to eat dinner at Bistro Grace with the gift card Shannon gave us all the way back last Christmas. But when we got there, we both decided we weren’t hungry enough to do dinner at Bistro Grace justice. So we scrapped that idea for now and just had a couple beers at Higher Gravity instead. And while we were there, we stumbled across this beer…

It tastes just like you’re drinking a Cinnabon. Pretty tasty stuff. 😀🍺❤️

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by Thadd F. on November 10, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Happiest hours, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Hoffner Park, Look up in the sky, Northside, November, Ohio, Shaken not stirred

Posted by Thadd F. on November 10, 2017

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Operation Plowshare.

We stopped by our favorite brewery, Urban Artifact this evening after work…

Yesterday, they tapped their Operation Plowshare, a Blackberry Midwest Fruit Tart. It tastes just like the filling from a jelly doughnut. Remember last fall when they gave you the options of having it with or without a sprinkle-covered rim? There weren’t any sprinkles this year but it was every bit as delicious…

We’re going to have to stop back and pick up a couple of four packs…

Great stuff. We love Urban Artifact and their amazing beers. 😀🍩🎃❤️

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by Thadd F. on November 8, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Happiest hours, Northside, November, Ohio, Operation Plowshare, Shaken not stirred, Urban Artifact

Posted by Thadd F. on November 8, 2017

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Higher Gravity: Meet the Brewery.

It was an overcast and gloomy evening but that didn’t stop us from meeting after work at Higher Gravity for another Meet the Brewery…

Tonight’s brewery was Platform Beer Company from Cleveland…

Higher Gravity had three Platform beers on tap to try. We sampled Platform’s IPA called Paranormal Hoptivity, The Peach Project and Yammy Yammy. They were all really good. The Yammy Yammy was my favorite. They have a taproom in Cleveland as well as Columbus. And they were saying that they would like to open a taproom in Cincinnati. So we’ll have to keep an eye out for that. The fourth beer in our flight was Moozie from Brink Brewing Company just up Hamilton Avenue from us. Also, very good. On the way home, we saw these Halloween Elmo’s in a window…

It was another fun evening of sampling some new beers in Northside. 😀🍺🍻⬆️❤️

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by Thadd F. on November 2, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Happiest hours, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Meet the Brewery, Northside, November, Ohio, Platform Beer Company, Shaken not stirred

Posted by Thadd F. on November 2, 2017

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Rhinegeist Charitable Suds.

Genifer picked me up from work this evening and we went up to Rhinegeist in Over-the-Rhine for Charitable Suds…

Every Wednesday for 5-8pm, Rhinegeist donates $1 from every draft beer sold in their taproom to a different charitable organization. And they call it Charitable Suds. This week’s organization was Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services were Genifer works in Human Resources…

So we thought we would do our part and have a beer… you know, for charity…

Every time I’ve been in Rhinegeist, I’m always so impressed by the space…

Genifer’s co-workers are really nice,and it was a really good time. 😀🍺🍻❤️

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by Thadd F. on November 1, 2017 • Permalink

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

Tagged 2017, Charitable Suds, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, For a cause, Happiest hours, November, Ohio, OtR, Over-the-Rhine, Rhinegeist, Shaken not stirred

Posted by Thadd F. on November 1, 2017

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Higher Gravity: Meet the Brewery

After work this evening I met Genifer at Higher Gravity for another edition of Meet the Brewery. This weeks brewery was Streetside from Cincinnati’s east side. We really enjoyed visiting Streetside a couple months back so we were really excited to get to try a few more of their beers right in our own backyard…

Higher Gravity had four Streetside beers on tap this evening…

All of the Streetside beers were pretty good. But their Glitter Freeze Sour and Key Lime Gose were outstanding. The key lime had vanilla bean added in the brewing process and it made the beer taste just like a slice of key lime pie complete with whipped cream and graham cracker crust. It was pretty terrific…

The guys were on hand from Streetside to talk about their process and answer questions as we sampled both their Key Lime Pie Goes…? and Glitter Freeze…

It’s pretty great to be able to try a choice selection of beers from a different brewery each and every week…

And that’s just one of the reasons we love Higher Gravity. 😀🍺🍻❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 26, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Happiest hours, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Meet the Brewery, Northside, October, Ohio, Shaken not stirred, Streetside Brewery

Posted by Thadd F. on October 26, 2017

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Higher Gravity: Meet the Brewery.

This evening we walked over to Urban Artifact to try their Vanilla Chariot Cherry Gose variant and their new Owler Tart Vanilla Brown…

Turns out, they had just run out of the Vanilla Chariot the night before. But the Owler was very, very good. On the way home, we stopped by Higher Gravity for another of their Thursday night Meet the Brewery events featuring Covington’s Braxton Brewing Company and Braxton Labs in Newport. Higher Gravity was featuring four Braxton beers on tap…

They had Braxton’s Blown Gasket Porter and three beers from their Braxton Labs: New England IPA #002, Sweet Potato Casserole and Belgian Blonde with Chamomile. After the taster, we had a Braxton Blown Gasket so we could take home the sweet Braxton Pint Glass and some sweet Braxton shades…

Just another fun Thursday evening in Northside. 😀🍺❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 19, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2017, Braxton Brewing Co., Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Meet the Brewery, Northside, October, Ohio, Shaken not stirred, Urban Artifact

Posted by Thadd F. on October 19, 2017

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Northside Saturday.

It was another beautiful Saturday in Northside…

We had lunch again at Boswell’s Alley…

I can’t get enough of their delicious Super Grill. We saw these guys in a shop window…

It looks like Fat City Billiards has delayed their opening…

Every time we walk by, it seems like they’ve had a new sign up and the opening is always pushed back a couple more months. We moved on to Second Place for some bourbon slushes and the second half of both the Arsenal versus Watford match and Michigan versus Indiana…

Michigan held on to beat Indiana in overtime. And Arsenal lost. We walked home to get ready for FC Cincinnati’s final match of the regular season to come on TV…

FC|C won their final match of the season 4-3! They finished the season in sixth place, and that means they’ll play away to Tampa Bay Rowdies in the first round of the USL playoffs next Saturday. We love hanging out in our neighborhood. 😀⬆️⚽️🏈❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 14, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2017, Boswell's Alley, Cincinnati, Good evening, Home Sweet Home, Look up in the sky, Northside, October, Ohio, Second Place, Shaken not stirred

Posted by Thadd F. on October 14, 2017

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It’s just embarrassing.

We went to Second Place to watch the USMNT take on Trinidad & Tobago in the final qualifying match for next summer’s World Cup in Russia…

Our USMNT needed a win against a Trinidad & Tobago squad that had only won one match in qualifying. They had one win, eight losses, and no draws. Handing T&T one more loss would guarantee the USA a spot in Russia but a tie would more than likely put them into the World Cup finals as well. And the USMNT played really well against in their 4-0 rout of Panama on Friday…

And the USMNT lost 2-1. They finished fifth behind Mexico and Costa Rica and Panama and Honduras. Fifth out six teams in the hexagonal table. Next summer’s World Cup finals will be the first without American involvement since 1986. Disappointing doesn’t really cover it. It’s just really dang embarrassing. But I haven’t been this disappointed and embarrassed in the United States since Trump was put in the White House.

But hey, at least it was a pretty evening before the match…

What the heck is happening to our once-great country? 😀🇺🇸⚽️😬😥🚫🏆😭

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by Thadd F. on October 10, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends, Sports

Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Northside, October, Ohio, Second Place, Shaken not stirred, Soccer, USMNT, World Cup

Posted by Thadd F. on October 10, 2017

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Sunday Funday.

This afternoon we dodged the raindrops and walked down to Higher Gravity to watch FC Cincinnati’s second to last match of the regular season away to Ottawa Fury and that other “professional” football team from Cincinnati was playing too…

Genifer’s mom, Geri has been staying with us while she closes on her new house…

FC Cincinnati lost to Ottawa 4-0. Now they sit precariously in the final playoff spot with one match remaining. After the soccer match, we went home to watch our Dallas Cowboys take on the Green Bay Packers. And we got some delicious NYPD Pizza for the late afternoon game…

Isn’t it amazing how all pizza is so similar yet so completely different at the same time?Oh. And the Cowboys lost on the final drive of the game, 35-31. It was another really fun day in Northside if you get past all the losing. 😀🍺🍕🤠🏈😕❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 8, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati, Football, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Northside, NYPD Pizza, October, Ohio, Shaken not stirred, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on October 8, 2017

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