You’d be hard pressed to find a more comprehensive and varied architectural collection in a concentrated area like you can in little ol’ greater Cincinnati. In addition to the intricacies and craft featured in Painted Ladies and Italianate architecture, Cincinnatians are fortunate to have a plethora of Art Deco,…
For our fourth monthiversary, we met my brother, sister-in-law, and nephews for dinner before checking out Loveland’s newest brewery. Large cheese pizza, The Commissioner, and steak hoagy from The Works First, The Works. I’d been to The Works a couple of times — the first I met girlfriends from…
With the New Year, it was an irregular week last week, so I will be extending my Week in Awesome through the weekend prior. It started with Maplewood Kitchen and Bar for lunch with friends from out of town. Maplewood is the recommendation I make for all the out-of-towners…
Each year I’ve tried to create a sort of recurring theme. In 2013 I visited one new place every week for a whole year. In 2014 I set out to photograph a new place every week for a whole year, which lasted about three weeks and ultimately turned…
2016 has been catching a lot of flak these days, so I feel it’s worth touching on at least a handful of good that came out of what seems like a meh year. 1. Getting Married I’ve been pretty candid about how great it was getting married this year.…
After last week’s Favorite Five, it’s only fair to rebut it with a healthy eating post just in time for the new year. The biggest resolution year in and year out is to lose weight. A more sustainable option, in my opinion, is to change your lifestyle by…
As with awards shows, it is important to pay tribute to greater Cincinnati’s now-defunct restaurants and businesses. I know there are more, but these are the ones that stick out (in alphabetical order). Celebrating our anniversary at Bella Luna Bella Luna (East End) We celebrated our third anniversary here…
The holidays were invented to deplete your wallet and expand your waistline, right? Right. As such, this week in extra awesome included so many great things, including a lot of eating, drinking, and shopping local. Every holiday season I try my best to shop small. It is great for…