Jay Bruce* is livin large at Great American and Jimmy G's downtown

Jay Bruce is still leading the Reds with 16 home runs and 46 ribbies.

Porsche

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Urban Basin Bicycle Club old school bike ride

Not old school like old skool, but old schools, some really old. Amazing how many schools were packed into OTR, Pendleton and the West End at one time. Touring around to see them made for another relaxing ride around town. Last Tuesday was hot, like 90 something hot but there was still a large turnout, we rode past a couple kids counting and I was around the middle of the pack when they called out 29.
Shifting gears, Urbancincy has a nice writeup of the rising popularity of social bike rides focusing on UBBC leaving from the urban core instead of ending up there.
The ride meets every Tuesdayat Fountain Square at 6:30pm, and leaves sometime after that.
Visit the UBBC facebook page for more info.

downtown UBBC
downtown UBBC
downtown UBBC
UBBC
I might have been creeped out as a kid to travel over the bodies of Bill and Abigail every day going to school.
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UBBC
UBBC
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Findlay Market floaking

"whats that?" asked the girl
espresso
expensive?
nope, the price of a cup of coffee
where'd you get it?
dojogelato
I'm getting one right now she said.
when I returned my cup, there she was in line.

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The Cincinnati Museum Center's green roof

A couple weeks ago a bunch of bloggers got a behind the scenes tour of the Cincinnati Museum Center and one of the stops was the green roof on the southern part of the building that is not open to the public. This living roof is pretty cool and accomplishes a couple things. The plants reflect heat keeping the roof cooler avoiding heat gain in the building easing the load on AC and the electric bill. The second thing it does is absorb rain water easing the strain on the cities over taxed sewer system. I would propose it accomplishes a third thing, education. The public learns a little about being green and the roof is an ongoing classroom for the museum center as they learn what plants thrive which don't and how much care they require. Important knowledge that can be passed onto other businesses or institutions that would consider a green roof.

Cincinnati Museum Center
Cincinnati Museum Center
Cincinnati Museum Center

If this post or my last one showing some of the building's water damage has inspired you to help the Cincinnati Museum Center in their ongoing effort to repair and restore the building to its former glory, there is one easy way you can help: A Cincinnati Museum Center Member Pass.

This is a great deal for everyone, families with and without kids. It includes free parking, plus free admission to all three of the museums at any time and Members get discounts on special exhibits (like A Day in Pompeii), OMNIMAX films and other special events. They’re running a deal right now in conjunction with their 100 Days of Fun, you can get a 14-month Member Pass for the price of a 12-month Member Pass, so it’ll take you through this summer and next.
Visit cincymuseum.org for more details.
Cincinnati Museum Center
Cincinnati Museum Center
Cincinnati Museum Center
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today in history something real happened

just like Santa Claus in a year spent punching baby pandas, jobs weren't coming

so like a fireman praying for rain we left Youngstown for Cincinnati and moved into the Groton Lofts eight years ago today

doesn't really mean anything to anyone but us

this was one of the first pictures I snapped

back then it meant hope

now the Genius of Water is my Patron Saint of Cincinnati

never imagined i'd do all the stuff i've done and meet the people i've met

if it all ended right now it was worth it, but i hope it doesn't

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Go*Metro

Metro, struggling with budget cuts, negative perception and a stagnant ridership has embarked on a new ad campaign featuring regular riders. Although the riders they selected are maybe more regular than most.
I was asked if I'd be willing to participate and eagerly said yes wondering how the process of making an ad works.
The whole thing happened much as I expected. If you imagine doing something like this is glamorous I'm here to burst that bubble. Unless you think repeating a line 100 times is glamorous. But the whole process of creation, watching it happen and talking to the other "actors" and people creating the ad was enlightening.
I showed up on set in a blue shirt I had thrown on last minute, I remembered the email specifying a blue, green or red clothes. The director glanced at me pondering, then exclaimed, 'everyone has wore blue today" Yes, its kind of what was asked, but I offered to run back home and put on what I was originally going to wear, then did and everyone liked it better anyhow.
Turned out to be a really good time.
Funny how when I get nervous I mess with my wedding ring.

Metro commercial shoot
instagram courtesy Gina Weathersby ~gretchalina
Metro commercial shoot
Metro commercial shoot
Metro commercial shoot

My little plug for Metro, for me its not an end in itself but just another option. With the mild winter and spring we've had I've been throwing the bike on the rack and riding the bike home. Its nice having the bus to ride home when the weather doesn't cooperate but that hasn't happened too much this year.
The bus isn't convenient for everyone I know, BUT if you have the option you should seriously consider riding. The difference getting to work is incredible, instead of being stressed from road rage you jump off the bus relaxed after facebooking and tweeting the whole trip. One other observation, everyone thinks the bus is for people with no other choice but I've noticed a change over the last 5 years I've ridden it that somewhere along the way its changed and the majority of people I see on my route are professionals. So much for stereotypes.
June 21st is dump the pump day, the perfect excuse for riding Metro!
Go here to plan your bus ride using Google Transit.

Metro commercial shoot
Metro commercial shoot

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The Cincinnati Museum Center

Or more precisely, The Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal offer us an opportunity to go behind the behind the scenes and get a first hand look at the deterioration going on in the building.
It wasn't meant to be decay p0rn but to highlight the challenges the building is facing, budget cuts don't paint a rosy future for rehab and preventative maintenance. It was a hot cramped dirty tour, but very enlightening.

Cincinnati Museum Center’s Union Terminal
Cincinnati Museum Center’s Union Terminal
Cincinnati Museum Center’s Union Terminal
Cincinnati Museum Center’s Union Terminal
Cincinnati Museum Center’s Union Terminal
Cincinnati Museum Center’s Union Terminal
Cincinnati Museum Center’s Union Terminal
Cincinnati Museum Center’s Union Terminal
Cincinnati Museum Center’s Union Terminal
Cincinnati Museum Center’s Union Terminal
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I've got another two hundred pictures so expect a few more Museum Center posts. And you can see a collection of everyone's instgrams here.

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every once in a while something really cool happens....

Reds kiss cam

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