5chw4r7z:: the ethos of downtown Cincinnati

green trees, black Fridays and white Russians

If downtown is about anything, its about the holidays, think of every classic holiday movie and where did all the magic happen?
Downtown.
The stores, the holiday displays, the crowds. That intensity and sharing of cheer can't be recreated anywhere else.
And the annual tree lighting is no exception. Yes, they light the tree which if you think about, big whoop.
But toss in a party band, ice skating and a thousand little girls screaming for Josh Hutchenson and there's some magic in the air.
As far as Thanksgiving and the first holiday of the season go, mission accomplished.
Now the bad news, if you want to call it bad, we have four more weeks of Christmas parties to go.

2/3rds of the UrbanCincy crew are some of(but not the only) my favorite Cincy bloggers.
The hot chocolate high above the square at Via Vite was thick enough to spoon and oh so rich, the views spectacular.

On to High Street for Black Friday White Russian.
High Street is one of those shops, where do they find this stuff? Out there on the edge of design, I want to buy everything in the store.
OH, and those guys can throw a party.

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on 7th St LPK inspires you

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Happy Thanksgiving

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread

- Mother Theresa

Between my family and friends I’m already rich, without those I wouldn't have much else to be thankful for.

Our homemade apple cider apple pie

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Local 127

It took 2 months for us to coordinate our schedules with the Nomerati, but it finally happened and it was worth it.
As a matter of fact there was a mad scramble at the last couple days before we went so Distortedgirl and Veganjacob came along also.
I never did make it to Pigall's so I have no idea what it looked like, but from what I've heard they didn't change much, but if so, I didn't find it as stuffy as I would have thought and it had a contemporary feel.

What happens after a group of geeks order their drinks and food?

The apetizers were creative and delish.

Dave, playing against type ordered a Shlitz, not sure if he fancies himself a hipster, or just being contrary.

$14 burger meet my leetle friend, my tummy.
OK, on the surface that sounds expensive right? Let me tell you its the bargain of the century, it was every bit as good as the $20 burger I had at the Rockit Bar & Grill in Chicago, $6 difference and the cost of getting up there? A $20 burger for about $70 off. I actually came out $56 ahead by eating one of the best burgers I've ever had.
No, expensive is a $10 piece of crap burger you can get a couple blocks away on 7th. That's expensive.

The deconstructed apple crisp, I don't know how they prepared the apple, not sure I care, this was eyes rolled up in the back of your head good.

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Late Night at the Moulin Rouge

And I mean late, the thing didn't start until it was my bedtime, but I'm glad I chugged that Red Bull and sprinted out the door, it was totally worth it.
It was like, everyone kept calling it a grown up prom.
Hey it was the most incredible Fake-Believe prom ever as far as I'm concerned.
The last one I went to was Wizard of Oz inspired and the girl I went with danced with one of my buddies all night.
but I digress.
This one was Wizard off the charts OZ. Kind of like a coke-fueled 70’s rock concert. With out the , you know, shattered eardrums and hair band.

And that was before the high wire acts started, our own private Cirque

The girls, as lovely as ever.

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Balluminaria

The relatively warm night, for the end of November brought out some big crowds, and the balloons didn't disappoint.

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Inspired by the boilover

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....but of course we alreay knew that didn't we?

That Issue 9 had nothing to do with anything but a special interest group and a guy from Anderson township trying to stay relevant in a city that has passed them by.
Proof?
Every city and county issue they backed went the opposite way they wanted.
How more out of touch can these CAVE* men be?

Doug Bolton Publisher of the Business Courier of Cincinnati says "the supporters of Issue 9 ... quickly blathered on about how the failure of Issue 9 was not a mandate for the city’s streetcar plan"

So let me get this straight,
We defeated Issue 9
We elected by a wide margin a mayor who wants the streetcar.
We elected Laure Quinlivan, whose whole platform was the streetcar, to city council.

Yet "they" interpret this as a sign they need to keep fighting the fight?
As Doug said, "The losers need to find another fight."
Amen, preferably one in their own community.

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Parker Flats Friday

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SUSHI RAMPAGE!

I'm starting to get the hang of this whole sushi thing I think, got a little braver this time.
Love the wasabi, I kept loading up a little more, a little more, a little more.
Did you know a pinky nail sized hunk of wasabi hitting the roof of your mouth feels like someone punching you in the forehead?
It does.