5chw4r7z:: the ethos of downtown Cincinnati

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The Urban Basin Bicycle Club billed as a bike ride in search of spectral spirits and cemetery whatnot. Who knew our starting point, Fountain Square once contained serpent mounds from the Hopewell Indians? I had never heard that before.

I still get a kick out of the vintage bikes that show up, just when you thought you've seen everything, you see something else.

The Museum Center Archives are guarded by a family of mastodon. And across the street from was also once an Indian burial ground.

There is a small Jewish cemetery on Central Ave just west of downtown.

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the hamburger. a beginning and end to many a conversation

Me? I like them fat and packed just tight enough to hold them together, just on the verge of falling apart. You can't beat the texture and flavor in a burger like that. So when I got an invite to Smashburger I was thinking "what?"
But they were each paired with a Moerlien beer, so based on that alone I was all in. Smashburger gets their name from their technique of grilling burgers, they start with a meatball and smash it flat on the grill.
Couple thoughts, ok, the burger was flavorful enough that the texture didn't bother me, and I would have never thought to pair some these up. For instance, the Spicy Baja Black Bean Burger, paired with a Northern Liberties IPA. Who knew the bitterness of the hops would cut the heat of the peppers? I didn't but it was like the proverbial light bulb switched on when I tried them together. And I hadn't tried Moerlein's Lager House Helles before, this could be a go to summer beer, light and clean.

I can apreciate where they're going with this, they explained the thinner burgers cooke faster. It allows Smashburger to put their twist on fast casual dining. Or as they labels themselves, the “better burger” restaurant

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25 lighters on my dressa, yessa

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Duke Energy Garden in Smale Riverfront Park

The latest section of the Riverfront Park has opened with what will surely be one of the most popular features, the family porch swings. Someone with an ice cream truck is going to get rich this summer selling cones to people wanting to relax on the swings. The park now offers a river walk that spans from the Roebling Bridge almost to the National Steamboat Monument. Eventually there will be an unobstructed river walk from Yeatsman Cove to PBS.

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once upon a time downtown

We have this tradition, no idea how it started, we grab some take out and celebrate our wedding anniversary on Fountain Square. It was probably because we were still amazed that something like Fountain square existed at all. We certainly didn't have anything like it back in Y-Town. Its worked out pretty good for us too. the Square always seems to be a place of adventure, there's always people walking around gobsmacked like hayseeds with their mouths open in surprise, which is probably exactly how we were when we first wandered in years ago.
This year we're sitting talking while catching parts of a conversation at the next table where a couple is debating where to eat dinner. The guy is getting agitated because he didn't come to Cincinnati to eat at a Palomino's or Rockbottom when he could visit them at home. So Ms 5chw4r7z and I start gabbing with them and I'm talking about OTR and the guy asks if those restaurants are brewpubs, no more gastropubs I say. Ms 5chw4r7z interjects "Moerlien!" the brewer? the woman asks, yes indeed. Just a short walk to The Banks.
high fives all around
Cool feeling to save someones weekend.

Ms 5chw4r7z had been wanting to check out Sotto, so we walked over for desert. The space is incredible with some dramatic lighting. Anniversary's call for rich chocolate deserts and Sotto didn't disappoint with the Chocolate Budino that consisted of candied hazelnuts and gianduja mousse.
Gianduja is Italian for pretentious I joked.
ok, half joked. maybe not joking
If you go to Sotto don't expect anything that isn't Italian. the wine is Italian, the beer is Italian and so is the food.

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Sid Saturday

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Is Cranley channeling that unicorn lair in North Korea or something?

Using the logic in this commercial, why is work progressing on Rt75 when the city is in trouble? The streetcar uses the same federal transportation money that the highway does. Anyhow, the streetcar is important enough that 3 Federal Transportation officials were at the last city council meeting.
Meanwhile Cranley's layoffs are multiplying problems across the city. As jobs are cut federal grants must be repaid costing the city even more. For instance, the city will have to repay a $1.6 million grant and will forfeit another $10.5 million in grants after the fire layoffs.
That is the trend all over the city, departments losing city money will also lose matching state and federal grants multiplying problems.
This is your vision John Cranley?
Because your vision sucks.

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