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My favorite unloved work of art is the Aggravation de l'Espace at Central and Plum.<br />
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And now so many are opening they don't even bother anymore. <br />
So imagine me riding the bike home from Findlay Market, doing a double-take and thinking "what the hell? where did that come from?"<br />
I did a quick u-turn and went back for a look and the place looked cool enough that I wanted to go back and check it out, so that is just what we did.<br />
I love that new places are opening on Pleasant. It still seems like people from outside the city think of OTR as two blocks of Vine St. plus Washington Park and we can usually roll right into a bar on Republic St. But once the weather warms we'll see if that holds true for Standard Beer as it is a block off Washington Park and I can see people pouring in there when programming ends in the park for the evening.<br />
Standard Beer isn't a typical bar, it almost feels like a cafe. There is a picnic table, a little social area with chairs and a couch, three booths and a sleek bar. They have a pretty cool vibe going on and some interesting looking beers I've never seen before. And a selection of wine. <br />
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Wander down Republic, look for soft blue lights and you found it. <br />
I was interested to see what they could do with a long-abandoned lagering tunnel. Would it be hard and cold and uncomfortable? Nope, I shouldn't have worried, it was warm, and cozy and inviting. Ghost Baby is split into two parts, a throwback bar, where we found new cocktails, a long list of wine and whisky, and a shortlist of beer.<br />
The second half, or three quarters really, was a hall full of tables that can be reserved and a stage. There were a couple of cool bands playing while we were there. I'm not sure the genre, probably R&B, nice and relaxing.<br />
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Ghost Baby opens officially Tuesday, February 18th so head over to Open Table and reserve yourself a table. Or just show up. They will have bands performing Thursday through Saturday night.<br />
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Also, for all my friends who aren't mobile as I am or wear higher heels than I do, they have an elevator so you don't have to hike down and up four flights of steps.<br />
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5chw4r7zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635910297238841220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174432287932211168.post-36081489908354095662019-10-31T09:20:00.001-04:002020-03-02T15:27:30.340-05:00Bikes and Coffee!Combining two things I love, coffee and bike riding, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/misserjoe" target="_blank">Joe Humpert</a>, through the instagram account <a href="https://www.instagram.com/commuted.sentence" target="_blank">commuted.sentence</a> has created a way to enjoy both while exploring mostly unseen parts of the city. <br />
For example this past week I found myself cycling down a gravel path along the Mill Creek seeing all sorts of wildlife including a coyote while being basically in the middle of the city!<br />
I usually brew the coffee and carry it with me in a thermos but these guys all show up with cool backpacking equipment for brewing coffee on the road or trail. They'll gonna end up costing me money because it looks like fun and I'm a sucker for cool toys.<br />
The rides are organized on early Sunday (Now Friday) mornings so if you love coffee, bikes and obscure (some more than others) parts of the city I'll see you there!<br />
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From co-founder Laura Chenault; "Garage On York was designed as a "blank palette” location with video & photography shoots in mind first and foremost (distributed power, open/flexible space, drain for any water rigs/bathroom sets, smooth floor for dolly/set builds, killer kitchen for shooting/craft service, tables/chairs/ladders...).<br />
The second goal is to try to attract creative companies/ad agencies & creative department within corporations to think of us as a off site meeting space when they need to spread out & get out of the office."<br />
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In 2007, the study which justified the streetcar investment concluded there was a 90% chance the streetcar’s benefits over and above its lifetime costs would total about $187 million, that there was a 10% chance they could be as high as $450 million, and that it would take until 2042 to realize all of these benefits. But look at what’s already happened 23 years ahead of schedule…<br />
Of course, not all of this is on account of the streetcar. The city and 3CDC have also been big drivers of investment. But if you walk along the 3.6 miles of streetcar track, you’ll probably conclude the streetcar had a lot to do with the amazing investment there.<br />
Every time a new restaurant, bar or retail business opens on the line, every time a new residential building is created it reinforces the feedback loop. Yes, it is possible to live car-free in Cincinnati and the only thing you sacrifice is car and gas bills.<br />
The other day a streetcar opponent on twitter mentioned that a business moved from one spot on the streetcar route to another spot on the route, which brings up a very good point.<br />
The streetcar isn't just a good development tool, it is also an anchor to keep businesses in our community instead of moving somewhere cheaper.<br />
Even after a dozen years of streetcar opponents weaponizing it as a wedge issue, the streetcar investment is one of the smartest things our city has ever done. And while the City Hall continues to pursue operational improvements such traffic signal timing to speed it up and hopefully going fare-free to make it easier to board, ride, and spend dollars at local businesses, we are already realizing significant economic benefits.<br />
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<a name="comments"></a>5chw4r7zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635910297238841220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174432287932211168.post-28541899980752070532019-09-04T09:08:00.000-04:002019-09-04T09:08:32.378-04:00same great taste, brand new place!All you fanciers of Pho, buddies of the Banh Mi, your time is here.<br />
Pho Lang Thang's new location opens to the public tonight, the food is everything you remember, but the tight cramped place is gone replaced by a new spacious and light-filled location at 1828 Race St.<br />
Across the street from Findlay Market and steps away from a streetcar stop.<br />
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</center>This doesn't really have anything to do with Pho Lang Thang exactly, but this block could really use a bike rack. I locked my bike up to a hand rail at Deeper Roots Coffee a few doors down. <br />
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The New York Times NATHANIEL RICH<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/02/magazine/the-mammoth-cometh.html?_r=0"> wrote about Martha</a> and he said;<br />
<blockquote><span style="color:#3366ff;">"On Sept. 1, 1914, Martha, the last captive passenger pigeon, died at the Cincinnati Zoo. She outlasted George, the penultimate survivor of her species and her only companion, by four years. As news spread of her species’ imminent extinction, Martha became a minor tourist attraction. In her final years, whether depressed or just old, she barely moved. Underwhelmed zoo visitors threw fistfuls of sand at her to elicit a reaction. When she finally died, her body was taken to the Cincinnati Ice Company, frozen in a 300-pound ice cube and shipped by train to the Smithsonian Institution..."</span></blockquote><br />
<a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/08/rip_martha_the.php">Treehugger</a> says she's stuffed but not on display at the Smithsonian. <br />
From <a href="http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/OHCINmartha.html">RoadsideAmerica</a>; <blockquote><span style="color:#3366ff;">Martha spent her last years in the Cincinnati Zoo, in a pagoda aviary that has been restored. It's an official National Historic Landmark... Perched on a rock in front of the hut is a life-size bronze likeness of Martha. Also here is the stuffed carcass of the last Carolina Parakeet, "Incus," who died in this same aviary in 1918, four years after Martha. That makes this place a uniquely bad spot in the history of bird extermination.</span></blockquote><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/5chw4r7z/2751329604/" title="Cincinnati Zoo by cincinnatista, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3049/2751329604_ac26eb8736_o.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Cincinnati Zoo"></a> <br />
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But then this Flea Market sponsored by Trick Dog happened Sunday, so baby steps and never say never.<br />
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Case in point is Hamilton, Ohio, 40-45 minutes from downtown Cincinnati. It is human scale and packed with culture and history. These smaller cities have one giant advantage over big cities besides just existing on a human scale. <br />
Nimbleness.<br />
When a need or trend is identified, smaller cities can act on it quickly. Cincinnati has been sitting on an open container law for years, but Hamilton already has a program, DORA. Jeff Archiable, Communications Strategist for Hamilton, jokingly says DORA means Drinking Outside is Really Awesome (Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area)<br />
And the best news is a trip to Hamilton couldn't be easier. Start your day in downtown Hamilton with a coffee and pastry at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Almondsisters" target="_blank">Almond Sister's Bakery</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/truewestcoffee" target="_blank">True West Coffee</a>. Once you are caffeinated it's easy to get lost wandering around downtown admiring public art and taking in some eclectic shops like the famous <a href="https://www.henryscandy.co" target="_blank">Henry's Candy Co.</a> and Sarah's House. <a href="http://sarashousehamilton.com/" target="_blank">Sara's House</a> is a relatively new place on the scene opened five years ago when the owners purchased the rundown building and totally renovated it before moving in. <br />
After soaking in the culture and maybe a side trip a couple of blocks off the beaten path to the <a href="http://5chw4r7z.blogspot.com/2018/12/hollow-earth-monument.html" target="_blank">Hollow Earth Monument</a>, you might want to recharge. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/municipalbrewworks/" target="_blank">Municipal Brew Works</a> would be a good stop before checking out German Village and relaxing in <a href="https://www.hamiltonparks.net/marcum-park" target="_blank">Marcum Park</a> for more public art and sweeping river views.<br />
A walk across the Great Miami River leads you to Rossville, another charming neighborhood full of shops. Before getting started, cool off with ice cream at the <a href="http://www.villageparlor.com/" target="_blank">Village Parlor</a>. Main St has been undergoing rapid change so you'll see a mix of brand new shops alongside the stalwarts.<br />
If it is nature you are looking for Hamilton boasts The Great Miami River Trail which runs 86 miles from Piqua to Fairfield. You can hike, bike or skate along the Great Miami River and you might see an eagle!<br />
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Second Saturdays as the name implies is an event 12-4pm where galleries, performance spaces, and studios open up to allow for a walking tour of the artistic and cultural side of Camp Washington the second Saturday of the month through August I believe. Camp Washington will be getting a second coffee shop soon, all they need now is a microbrewery and they'll be on their way.<br />
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Seeing this play out made me want to move to the neighborhood and know all these people!<br />
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Holiday Spirits Bar and Forty Thieves will open to the public on March 19th, jump on the streetcar and get there before it becomes the IT place and you can't get in. Which with the Wright's track record, might happen by Friday.<br />
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While most groups participating in the parade are festive and celebrate a quickly approaching spring. The Krewe of Grimm takes a grimm(er) look. If KoG's aBockAlypse entry two years ago was a preparation for the end of the world then Bockternal was a look at what that world might be like.<br />
And people loved it!<br />
The Krewe of Grimm also took home the trophy for Best Themed Float.<br />
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Do you like motorcycles?<br />
If you answered yes to those questions I hope you caught the Garage Brewed Motorcycle Show at Rhinegeist last weekend. Custom bikes, survivors and retired and not so retired racing bikes. There was something for everyone.<br />
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On a recent trip to Hamilton Oh to check out the city's upward trajectory the first place (after grabbing a coffee) that we checked out was the Hollow Earth Monument.<br />
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The former cemetery now turned Ludlow Park has seen better times but if you're in downtown Hamilton at any point it is worth a short couple block side trip to check out.<br />
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I'm looking forward to when they officially open and experiencing a full meal.<br />
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We all do, and everyone has that favorite pie they love to make, me included. I have an apple cider pie recipe I've been using for years but I've gotten a little burned out on it, plus I never learned how to make a crust from scratch.<br />
Enter Tablespoon Cooking Co.'s Holiday Pie Class. They held a special class recently at New Riff and we'd be cooking a Bourbon Caramel Apple Pie. Just thinking about it hard my mouth watering. The pie class is the third cooking class I've attended. They make for an awesome date night, new real-world tricks and techniques are learned and everyone has a good time.<br />
My big take away is that crusts aren't as hard as I thought they would be, they take time, but there wasn't any magic involved.<br />
You should definitely check out one of their many <a href="https://tablespooncookingco.com/classes" target="_blank">classes</a>, each one covers one or more skills necessary to more proficiently cook at home. <br />
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<a name="comments"></a>5chw4r7zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635910297238841220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174432287932211168.post-2806249807175422862018-11-12T08:00:00.000-05:002018-11-12T20:28:57.814-05:00This is half about a bar, and half about a streetcar.Saturday was full of hitting events in OTR and shopping at Findlay Market and Vine St. So naturally it included riding the wildly successful streetcar from downtown and all over OTR. After our last stop, we walked to the Washington Park streetcar stop at 12th and Race and the sign said it would be arriving in 11 minutes. <br />
Let's walk to the corner and check out Cobblestone, I suggested, it just opened. When we got to the corner Ms. 5chw4r7z thought we might as well go in and get a drink. We ordered, got our drinks and I told the bartender the bar looked amazing.<br />
Thanks, he said, and check this, when that streetcar light turns blue the streetcar is six minutes away from the Washington Park stop.<br />
What?? That is amazing. And then I started thinking back about all the talk when the streetcar was first proposed and this was one of the promises. Businesses would have LED signs to let patrons know when it was close. I'm surprised more places haven't done it. I can think of a number right off the top of my head that would benefit. Sundry & Vice and Corkopolis come to mind.<br />
As we got close to the bottom of our drinks we started milking them until the like turned blue, we downed our drinks, strolled out and got on the streetcar and headed home.<br />
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<a name="comments"></a>5chw4r7zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635910297238841220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174432287932211168.post-65796074317011626092018-10-22T08:00:00.000-04:002018-10-22T08:36:14.499-04:00Will a W. 4th St revival stick this time?Way back in the mid-aughts, 2005-6 a group of business owners were formulating ambitious plans to launch what they were calling the <i>Soapbox District</i>. In the southwest corner of downtown featuring W. 4th the plans including reverting Plum St to two way traffic and using the extra space from eliminated lanes for a small pocket park. Remember the proposed restaurant Boss Cox? They even worked with a local brewer on their own branded beer.<br />
Then the recession hit. <br />
Fast forward 10 years and years of businesses coming and going, the Loring Group has waded into the neighborhood to try and turn the street's fortunes. The Loring Group now controls six properties including 300 apartments and almost a whole blocks worth of street-level retail. They are using the formula that has worked so well for 3CDC, rather than a business here and there, they want to develop a whole block at once.<br />
W. 4th has a lot going for it, the historic buildings are beautiful. Soon the 4th and Race project will begin and a possible hotel at 4th and Plum will bring more foot traffic than the area has seen in years.<br />
If you don't visit the area regularly then you'd be surprised at all the activity. Buildings are getting the attention they haven't in years, fresh paint and mortar joints repaired. They've already made a big difference on the street. It's going to be interesting to see how this all plays out, The Loring Group definitely isn't shy about employing some cheesy promotions for their property.<br />
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The one big take away? Dogs! Almost every single apartment building had a dedicated pet area and a couple of them had dog baths. <br />
Two of the new places have small pools and they all had incredible community spaces. <br />
My favorites were Seven at Broadway, ENCORE Urban Living, and Eight One Three Broadway. The first two had mind-blowing views and Eight One Three had some interesting spaces.<br />
There has never been a better time to live downtown!<br />
Seven at Broadway, they had a really cool simulation that was used to zoom in and out and around the four properties they manage. Seven at Broadway if you don't know is the one built on top of a parking garage on the eastern edge of downtown.<br />
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The show runs through October 26th and move info can be found <a href="https://art.bldgrefuge.com/news/buena-tinta-a-bridges-not-walls-project" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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