Final Friday: September

Hard to beat an evening you begin at the Biltwell Inc. ART & MOTO show hosted by Article in OTR. Some incredible bikes parked outside and cool helmets inside that will be auctioned off by Motoberfest for charity. OTR was a little off the chains with MPMF running full steam. I was asked by everyone which shows I was hitting but alas I wasn't participating. I've always been more of a visual art lover than a performing art fan.

Final Friday September
Final Friday September
Final Friday September
Final Friday September
Final Friday September
Final Friday September
Final Friday September
Final Friday September
Final Friday September
Final Friday September
Once you've looked at enough bikes and helmets, the next stop has to be Goods On Main. Goods is a good jump off point to get started on your next crazy trip. They're like the Jungle Jim's of adventure. Stylish stuff you didn't realize you needed until you saw it.
This last weekend was crazy, well the whole month was as Casey Coston points out. I was hanging on a Main St. sidewalk eating Lucy Blue pizza and watching the crowds, other people eating pizza would walk past and smile. People not eating pizza would be guessing, mostly correctly, what pizza I was eating. A wild weekend for sure.
Final Friday September
Final Friday September
Final Friday September
Final Friday September
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Sid Saturday

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Diner en Blanc

Diner en Blanc is fun, dramatic and a little formal. You go to these special events long enough and they're all the same, in different ways. Diner en Blanc is very photogenic, everyone is smiling drinking, having fun. Whats not to like? If you live outside the city, I'd say nothing.
But it is a kind of a pain in the ass. Setting up, tearing down.
One thing I really wish is that the planning committee would get someone urban, in touch with the pulse of the city in on planning the location. The next morning social media was exploding, and I can't really fault any of the complaints. Diner en Blanc was held on Woodburn Ave. in East walnut Hills, a heavy residential street. Most of the outrage was around not knowing it was going to happen. I can't imagine coming home from work tired and finding out you couldn't get to your street. Residents were struggling to get in and out of their apartments all evening while stepping around participants belongs stacked all over the place.
It had to be shocking and upsetting. A couple years ago when people were hand wringing over gentrification in OTR the event was held in Washington Park, seemingly to rub everyone's nose in it.
The locations are a touch insensitive to locals.
But hey, at least it was photogenic.

Diner en Blanc
Diner en Blanc
Diner en Blanc
Diner en Blanc
Diner en Blanc
Diner en Blanc
Diner en Blanc
Diner en Blanc
Diner en Blanc
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Five Points Alley popup biergarten


This past Sunday was not only the monthly (May-Sept) pop-up biergarten but also the ground breaking for a brand new park. This activated space was once a dumping ground but has now become a spark that is helping revitalize a neighborhood. I still remember one Sunday afternoon in September '13 drinking beer and talking to a couple young women from Hyde Park. Suddenly one exclaimed "I want to move here!" I said at the time they mostly likely wouldn't move, but that the comment was a beginning, because they would be telling everyone who would listen how cool Walnut Hills is. The evolution of the Five Points Alley space has been interesting to witness the last three years, from people sitting on five gallon buckets to the beginnings of a brand new park.
Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation has received $200,000 from Proctor & Gamble, The Haile Foundation and City of Cincinnati to create the park. WHRF hopes the space continues to spur growth and development around it and that those business owners begin to program and utilize the space in creative ways.
Jay from BLDG has been painting a mural in each alley.
Five Points Alley biergarten
Five Points Alley biergarten
Five Points Alley biergarten
Five Points Alley biergarten
Five Points Alley biergarten
Five Points Alley biergarten
Five Points Alley biergarten
Five Points Alley biergarten
Five Points Alley biergarten
Five Points Alley biergarten
Angst Coffeehouse also had a soft opening Sunday, Angst's back door opens up into the park, its going to be a chill place to grab a coffee and hang out.
Five Points Alley biergarten
Five Points Alley biergarten
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SPACED INVADERS: Area #002

Giacomo and co drew the line in the sand and made a last stand against the invaders Friday night.
Spaced Invaders was the debut of Fight the Blight's initiative to engage misused and neglected spaces. Spaced Invaders was interesting and engaging and sucked people in, it was fun to see people walking down Race St, do a double take and wander over to see what was happening. I love these types of events, creative, fun and they don't cost you money.
If you want to Fight the Blight and have your name immortalized on the top ten list (at least for the evening) follow Fight the Blight on facebook for updates on the next event.

Spaced Invaders
Spaced Invaders
Spaced Invaders
Spaced Invaders
Spaced Invaders
Spaced Invaders
Spaced Invaders
Spaced Invaders
Spaced Invaders
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a year of Red Bike

On August 7th, 35-year-old New Yorker Jeffrey Tanenhaus checked out a Citi Bike from NYC and 5 weeks later rode right to Cincinnati's Red Bike's One year and Bill Taft’s 158th birthday Party at Taft's Ale House and the launch of their Red Bike Beer.
Cincinnati Red Bike has crushed projections with 87,835 rides, has expanded to 50 stations and almost 400 bikes.
There is still nice weather left this season, follow Urban Basin Bicycle Club on facebook and meet them at 6:30 on Fountain Square every Tuesday.
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Jeffrey is in the jersey with the vertical red stripe.
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red bike ride
red bike ride
red bike ride
red bike ride
The music and beer was flowing at Taft's Ale House.
red bike ride
red bike ride
If you see me IRL I got a couple good stories for you.
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