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FC Cincinnati versus the Zlatan.

This evening FC Cincinnati played host to Zlatan Ibrahimovich and LA Galaxy. It was one of the few matches we were really excited about this season because of who was going to be on the pitch tonight at Nippert Stadium…

They were giving away free samples of Heineken 0.0 beer…

It might have been pretty good if it wasn’t warm.

And there he is, Zlatan Ibrahimovich…

Zlatan has is a prolific goalscorer who is best known for his technique, his creativity, strength, ability in the air, and his powerful and accurate striking ability. His career reads like a who’s who of the European giants. He played Malmo, Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, Paris St. Germain and Manchester United all before moving to MLS to join LA Galaxy.

Apparently, we weren’t the only ones there to see Zlatan…

Galaxy beat FC|C 2-0. But Zlatan didn’t score any goals. 😀⚽️❤️

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by Thadd F. on June 22, 2019 • Permalink

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

Tagged 2019, Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati, June, LA Galaxy, MLS, Nippert Stadium, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Soccer, Sports, Uptown, Zlatan Ibrahimovich

Posted by Thadd F. on June 22, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/06/22/fc-cincinnati-versus-zlatan/

USWNT at Taft’s Brewpourium.

This afternoon we went over to Taft’s Brewpourium to watch the USWNT’s World Cup group match against Chile…

USWNT won 3-0 and the pizza was as delicious as always. 😀⚽️🏆🍕❤️

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by Thadd F. on June 16, 2019 • Permalink

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

Tagged 2019, Cincinnati, It's what's for lunch, June, New Haven style pizza, Northside, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Pizza, Seen and noted, Soccer, Sports, Spring Grove Village, Taft's Brewporium, USWNT, We ate this, World Cup

Posted by Thadd F. on June 16, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/06/16/uswnt-at-tafts-brewpourium/

It has begun.

The USWNT finally got their World Cup started with today’s match against Thailand…

It was pretty neat to see USWNT on the big screen at work today. When I got out of my meeting, they were already up 7-0. And they would go on to a shocking 13-0 thumping of Thailand. 😀⚽️🏆❤️

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by Thadd F. on June 11, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Central Business District, Odd & Ends, Sports

Tagged 2019, 302 West Third, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Downtown, Grey Midwest, June, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Soccer, Sports, USWNT, World Cup

Posted by Thadd F. on June 11, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/06/11/it-has-begun-4/

Sunday funday.

This afternoon we went downtown got an Uber to see this afternoon’s Reds game…

They were playing the Pirates in a doubleheader today…

We had tickets way back at the beginning of the season for the Reds second game…

But it got rained out which led to the FC|C monsoon game…

There’s this new outpost bar out by the Wiffle ball field at GABP…

They’re always adding something new at the ballpark…

And the Reds lost 8-5. But of course, they won the second game 8-1 with a Jose Iglesias grand slam in a six-run first inning. And Puig and Double D went back-to-back in the 7th. Figures. After the game, we passed through Taste of Cincinnati…

Soooo many people. We also walked by our old apartment building. They built a whole brand new dog area in front of Sycamore Place…

It looked really nice. It smelled a bit like dog pee when we were walked by but it was a much better use of the space than when it was just a silly ten space parking lot…

And we kept walking up in OtR to have lunch at The Pony…

And then we hopped in an Uber and headed for home. It was another really fun Sunday. 😀⚾️🐴❤️

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by Thadd F. on May 27, 2019 • Permalink

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

Posted by Thadd F. on May 27, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/05/27/sunday-funday-9/

FC Cincinnati versus Red Bulls.

The last time we saw the MLS version of Red Bulls, they were abruptly ending the magical US Open Cup run of our FC|C in the semi-finals back in 2017. We were hoping that the new look, big-time MLS version of FC Cincinnati could exact a little revenge in their very first MLS league encounter at Nippert Stadium with the team from Harrison, New Jersey. FC|C played away to Red Bulls back in at the end of April and lost 1-0. And with the way this season of Cincinnati soccer is shaping up, we really weren’t holding our breath…

And at the half, it was still 0-0…

It was a really beautiful night for a soccer match…

And Red Bulls ended up pulling off a 2-0 win with goals in the 78th and 90th+1 minutes. 😀❤️⚽️

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by Thadd F. on May 25, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, FC Cincinnati, Odd & Ends, Sports, Uptown

Tagged 2019, Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati, May, MLS, New York Red Bulls, Nippert Stadium, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Soccer, Sports, Uptown

Posted by Thadd F. on May 25, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/05/25/fc-cincinnati-versus-red-bulls/

Fantasy basketball 2019.

I played NBA fantasy basketball again this year. I can’t find any mention of last season on our blog but I’m pretty sure I played fantasy basketball last season. But anyway. I played five teams this season. My Bouncy Balls went 17-3 during the regular season…

They made the playoff winners bracket as the two seed…

And in the championship matchup, I finally defeated an undefeated team…

My team Fire Balls were the three seed in the playoffs but lost by just eight points in the championship. Eight…

My Shot Clock Violators went undefeated through the 20-game regular season…

And they continued their unbeaten run in the first round of the playoffs…

And they claimed their championship by having a perfect season…

In every fantasy season, I always do an auto draft team. My Team Action Auto Draft team made the championship but got thumped in the final round…

My fifth team was called Sneaker Heads. They went 10-10 on the season but somehow entered the playoffs as the two seed. Figure that out. They lost in the first round of the playoffs but finished third. Fantasy basketball is pretty dang fun. 😀🏀🏆❤️

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by Thadd F. on April 8, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Sports

Tagged 2019, Apr8, April, Championship, Champs, Cincinnati, Fantasy, Fantasy Basketball, Ffffound, Home, Home Sweet Home, Northside, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Sports

Posted by Thadd F. on April 8, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/04/08/fantasy-basketball-2019/

Saturday morning errands.

This morning we got up and moving and headed over to Trader Joe’s in Kenwood…

We love Trader Joe’s. We’ve become kind of obsessed with their stuff especially their Mandarin Orange Chicken. It’s better almost every takeout Chinese food that we’ve had. And it’s only $4.99. It’s so dang good.

Then we stopped by the new At Home store in Norwood…

I felt like I was in that last scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark…

From there, we headed out to The West Side to collect our taxes. We got money back on the federal but we owed the state and city. But we came out ahead. After we got our taxes, we stopped into Meiner’s Fine Meats…

I wanted to try their World Famous Chicken Salad…

We a little container of the chicken salad (it was awesome), a little bit of their pasta salad and a couple of these awesome buffalo chicken egg rolls…

Meiner’s has really great stuff. And their meats looked out of this world. We’ll have to go back when it’s a little bit warmer outside when we can grill a bunch of stuff. After we were done at Meiner’s, we stopped a BDubs to share some boneless wings for lunch…

Oh, and mini corn dogs. I love their mini corn dogs…

On the way home from The West Side, we saw this sign for Chester’s Chicken at a Shell gas station on Boudinot…

That chicken is so darn cute. I wonder how the chicken is? It was a really good Saturday morning. We got a lot accomplished and we were still home by one o’clock. 😀🗺️❤️

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by Thadd F. on April 6, 2019 • Permalink

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

Posted by Thadd F. on April 6, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/04/06/saturday-morning-errands/

Best laid plans.

We had a whole entire day of Cincinnati sports planned today. A couple of weeks ago, we bought Fioptics District tickets for today’s afternoon Reds game. And then after the Reds game, we were going to ride the Metro 17 bus up to tonight’s FC Cincinnati match. Before the Reds game, we stopped to eat lunch at The Pony…

And look what they still had on draft…

BELL’S MANGO HABANERO OBERON!

The Pony is such a great little place…

We shared a chicken finger basket. Their chicken fingers are just out of this world…

And we shared their delicious chicken wing dip…

It was remarkably similar to Genifer’s buffalo chicken dip. But it was served with Frito’s instead of tortilla chips. I really liked it with Frito’s. I liked it a lot. Genifer also got the very last of the Bell’s Mango Habanero Oberon…

While we were eating, it would alternate between being sunny outside and then a few minutes later it would be pouring down rain. We were watching the Reds Twitter for any updates, And as we were getting ready to head down towards the ballpark, this tweet popped up…

The start of the Reds game was delayed. And then there was this tweet that popped up a little while later…

Bummer. You know what they say about best-laid plans, right? At least we got a really good lunch out of it at The Pony. 😀🐴🌧️⚾️❤️

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by Thadd F. on March 30, 2019 • Permalink

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

Tagged 2019, Baseball, Cincinnati, It's what's for lunch, March, Odds&Ends, Ohio, OtR, Over-the-Rhine, Postponed, Rainy, Reds, Reds baseball, Seen and noted, Sports, The Pony, Thunderstorms, Thunderstorms rainy overcast grey, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on March 30, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/03/30/best-laid-plans/

The best weekend of the year.

It’s the official start of the best sports weekend of the year. Today, March Madness has begun and the 2019 NCAA basketball tournament tipped off…

So much basketball. 😀🏀❤️

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by Thadd F. on March 21, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Sports

Tagged 2019, As seen on TV, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Downtown, Isn't technology wonderful?, March, March Madness, NCAA College basketball, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Sling TV, Sports

Posted by Thadd F. on March 21, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/03/21/the-best-weekend-of-the-year/

FC Cincinnati’s first MLS home match.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY! Today was another holiday in Cincinnati. It was our beloved FC Cincinnati’s very first MLS match at home in the friendly confines of historic Nippert Stadium. And they were playing host to MLS powerhouse, Portland Timbers…