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FC Cincinnati versus Toronto FC.

This evening our FC Cincinnati played host to Michael Bradley’s Toronto FC. But first, we stopped at Mac’s Pizza Pub for their special $5 matchday pizza…

And I wanted a grilled cheeses with some waffle fries…

And when we were done eating, we walked over to Nippert Stadium to watch our FC|C play those hosers from up north…

Jozy Altidore didn’t play in this match. I’m not even sure if he traveled with the team to Cincinnati. And that’s fine. I’ve always thought that he was really overrated. We saw him play against the Crew in Columbus. And he was just as underwhelming in person as he is with the national team.

But even terribly overrated players can scorch you when they’re left totally unmarked just outside of the 18. Like when FC|C was playing Toronto up in Canadia.

Here we go…

There were fans at Nippert who booed every time Michael Bradley touched the ball. I found it to be incredibly disrespectful with all he’s done on the USMNT. I think he’s one of the better, more consistent players that our national team has had lately…

And FC Cincinnati lost 5-1. It’s just been painful.

We grabbed an Uber back to Northside Tavern for a drink…

And then we came home and walked the dogs…

It was a pretty fun evening if you take out the 5-1 loss. 😀🍕🥪⚽️🍺❤️

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by Thadd F. on September 7, 2019 • Permalink

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

Posted by Thadd F. on September 7, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/09/07/fc-cincinnati-versus-toronto-fc/

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/

Taglio OtR.

After work this evening, we stopped at the new OtR Taglio. We’ve been to the Taglio out in Columbia-Tusculum a handful of times, and we thought their Detroit-style deep-dish pizza was just terrific. We were really excited to try their new location at 12th and Walnut Streets in Over-the-Rhine.

Since it was happy hour, we ordered these monster mozzarella sticks…

Then it was time for the main event, we had ordered the Pepperoni and Hot Honey deep-dish Detroit-style pizza. And it finally arrived…

Their pizza is delicious! When we were getting ready to leave, we saw Faces in Places…

We love Taglio’s pizza. It’s so dang good. 😀🍕❤️

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by Thadd F. on August 22, 2019 • Permalink

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

Tagged 2019, August, Cincinnati, Detroit deep dish style pizza, Happiest hours, Odds&Ends, Ohio, OtR, Over-the-Rhine, Pizza, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, Taglio, Thirsty Thursdays, Thursdays, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on August 22, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/08/22/taglio-otr/

Sunday funday.

We went grabbed an Uber down to The Banks this afternoon to go watch our Reds play Sunday afternoon baseball against the Cardinals. It was our fourth Reds game of the season. We were meeting up with Geri, Cleve, Alyssa and their baby, Pippa. When we down to The Banks, we found there was a whole festival going on…

It turns out it was the Cincy Celtic Fest. We hung out there for a second, and then we went into Great American Ball Park to watch our Reds. We had tickets up in the Fioptics District again. I think it’s our favorite section in the whole ballpark…

Usually, we don’t go up into the Fioptics District. We usually just watch the game from the Fioptics terraces. But today, we didn’t the upstairs. And that’s fine. It was pretty warm out and the upstairs had plenty of shade and a nice breeze…

And we got free pizza again…

It was a good game. The Reds snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory to lose 5-4…

I’m really at getting everyone together for group photos at things like this. For whatever reason, it’s just something I never really think about until everyone has gone their separate ways, and then it’s like, “I should have taken a group photo. Dang.” I’ll have to work on that.

After the game, we went back to Aster to wait for the Uber prices to drop…

And then we went home. It was another really fun Sunday. 😀🇮🇪⚾️🥃❤️

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by Thadd F. on August 18, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Reds baseball, Sports

Tagged 2019, Aster on Fourth, August, Baseball, Celtic Festival, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Reds, Festival, GABP, Great American BallPark, MLB, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Reds, Reds baseball, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, St. Louis Cardinals, The Banks

Posted by Thadd F. on August 18, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/08/18/sunday-funday-10/

It’s a sign.

Most Thursdays on our way home from work, we stop someplace to have a drink and maybe a bite to eat. Tonight, we stopped into Queen City Exchange again…

We like that place. 😀🍺❤️

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by Thadd F. on August 15, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Central Business District, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2019, August, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Downtown, Downtown details, Happiest hours, It's a sign, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Queen City Exchange, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, Thirsty Thursdays, Thursdays

Posted by Thadd F. on August 15, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/08/15/its-a-sign-30/

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/

Grainworks Brewing Company.

This afternoon we drove all the way out to the suburbs of West Chester to check out Grainworks Brewing Company. It’s kind of tucked away in a little industrial park right by Voice of America Park…

Genifer had Grainworks My Blue Heaven blueberry fruited beer and I had the Black & Blue, which is their oatmeal stout mixed with the My Blue Heaven…

Both beers were really good…

There is so much really good beer in Cincinnati. And Grainworks is no exception. It’s another awesome Cincinnati brewery. 🙁⚙️🍺❤️

UPDATE: When I was looking for Grainworks beers in Untappd, I noticed that they have a Peanut Butter Milk Stout on tap. So we might need to make another trip out to West Chester very soon.

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by Thadd F. on August 10, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Suburbia

Tagged 2019, August, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Grainworks Brewing Company, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Shaken not stirred, Suburbia, West Chester

Posted by Thadd F. on August 10, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/08/10/grainworks-brewing-company/

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/

It must be Thursday.

After work this evening, we stopped at Queen City Radio for a Whip Classic burger, a cheese coney, and some fries. We think QCR has some of the best fries around…

On our way home, we checked in on the OscarCams to find Oscar sitting up on the arm of our sofa waiting patiently for us to get home…

What a silly head. 😀🍔🌭🍟📷🐾❤️

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by Thadd F. on August 8, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends, Over-the-Rhine

Posted by Thadd F. on August 8, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/08/08/it-must-be-thursday-2/

Aster on Fourth.

After the Reds game, we walked up to check out Aster on Fourth for the first time to have a drink while we waited for the Uber prices to stop their surging…