Cincinnati
I spent the weekend in Cincinnati. It's a great town, and I know great people who live there. Sadly I have no pictures, but I'll tell you about it anyway.
Got a lift to the airport on Friday. Discovered my first flight was delayed enough that it would cause me to miss my second flight. So instead of connecting in Philly, I connected in Charlotte, North Carolina. Had a 2 hour lay over there. Tried some NC BBQ. Which I found out a few weeks earlier is different from regular BBQ. It was good.
My friend came and picked me up at the Cinci airport. We went home to meet up with her husband. Then the three of us went to Michaelsons, I think. Had some great seafood. Didn't order the Maryland crab cakes, though. I thought maybe if I really wanted that, I should probably order those here.
Saturday I slept in. I probably would have slept longer, but thought maybe I should be a decent guest and get up at some point. We went and checked out a couple of Farmer's Markets. One was in Kentucky and my friend's husband's architecture firm did some work on it. It was an okay market. Nothing too exciting. then we went to the one in Cincinnati. Findley's Market, I believe. It's been around for over 100 years I think. they recently (within the last 10 years) rebuilt the building. That market was better. neither one had much fresh fruit though.
We headed over to the Hofbrauhaus for lunch. This is supposed to be similar to the one in Germany. (http://www.hofbrauhausnewport.com/) It was very good. And I got to try schnitzel; it wasn't on a stick though (funny if you've seen Hoodwinked). I had 1/2 a beer which works out to be 1 1/2 bottles of beer. The full glass is equal to 3 bottles of beer!!
After lunch we went back to the house. I took a 2 hour nap. Then we had some dinner and headed back across the river to Kentucky. We went to a concert by the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra. they did Bandstand music. It was a lot of fun.
Sunday my friends worked on putting a roof on their new porch. I didn't help much. My friend and I went and did some shopping. We had dinner at the house. Beer can chicken. It was very tasty. Also had some watermelon. I think we spent that night at the house.
Monday I went and hung out with my other friend. We went to Pappadeaux's for dinner. I had been once years before to the one in Austin. The food was good. very filling.
Tuesday my college friend and I went to Warren (I think) and did some antique shopping. Then we met up with her husband downtown and went to Rock Bottom brewery for dinner (http://rockbottom.com/RockBottomWeb/RBR/Home.aspx). The waiter gave us these cards to join the "club" and get cool things. I was like "I don't really need this, I probably won't come that often" but then I was reading about their other locations, and they have one in Bethesda. (which is about 15-20 minutes away from where I live)
After dinner it was off to the airport. We took the scenic route. :) It was fun to see the city.
So all in all, I had a good time and ate lots of good food.
Got a lift to the airport on Friday. Discovered my first flight was delayed enough that it would cause me to miss my second flight. So instead of connecting in Philly, I connected in Charlotte, North Carolina. Had a 2 hour lay over there. Tried some NC BBQ. Which I found out a few weeks earlier is different from regular BBQ. It was good.
My friend came and picked me up at the Cinci airport. We went home to meet up with her husband. Then the three of us went to Michaelsons, I think. Had some great seafood. Didn't order the Maryland crab cakes, though. I thought maybe if I really wanted that, I should probably order those here.
Saturday I slept in. I probably would have slept longer, but thought maybe I should be a decent guest and get up at some point. We went and checked out a couple of Farmer's Markets. One was in Kentucky and my friend's husband's architecture firm did some work on it. It was an okay market. Nothing too exciting. then we went to the one in Cincinnati. Findley's Market, I believe. It's been around for over 100 years I think. they recently (within the last 10 years) rebuilt the building. That market was better. neither one had much fresh fruit though.
We headed over to the Hofbrauhaus for lunch. This is supposed to be similar to the one in Germany. (http://www.hofbrauhausnewport.com/) It was very good. And I got to try schnitzel; it wasn't on a stick though (funny if you've seen Hoodwinked). I had 1/2 a beer which works out to be 1 1/2 bottles of beer. The full glass is equal to 3 bottles of beer!!
After lunch we went back to the house. I took a 2 hour nap. Then we had some dinner and headed back across the river to Kentucky. We went to a concert by the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra. they did Bandstand music. It was a lot of fun.
Sunday my friends worked on putting a roof on their new porch. I didn't help much. My friend and I went and did some shopping. We had dinner at the house. Beer can chicken. It was very tasty. Also had some watermelon. I think we spent that night at the house.
Monday I went and hung out with my other friend. We went to Pappadeaux's for dinner. I had been once years before to the one in Austin. The food was good. very filling.
Tuesday my college friend and I went to Warren (I think) and did some antique shopping. Then we met up with her husband downtown and went to Rock Bottom brewery for dinner (http://rockbottom.com/RockBottomWeb/RBR/Home.aspx). The waiter gave us these cards to join the "club" and get cool things. I was like "I don't really need this, I probably won't come that often" but then I was reading about their other locations, and they have one in Bethesda. (which is about 15-20 minutes away from where I live)
After dinner it was off to the airport. We took the scenic route. :) It was fun to see the city.
So all in all, I had a good time and ate lots of good food.
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