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A few pictures from the baseball game yesterday.
Shot of the Great American Insurance building. Fairly new building, and I think it's the tallest in Cincy now, though the Carew Tower may have tacked on an antenna to beat them.
The top part is open and lit up at night, so that it looks like a tiara.
Near the end of the season, Reds are at or near the bottom in the standings, and it's a weekday, so the small crowd (about 10,000) made for a nice day at the park.
Before he went off to fame and fortune designing the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, Roebling put up a prototype here, connecting Ohio to Kentucky.
That's the NFL stadium off in the distance. Hard to believe that 10 years ago, all that real estate between the two venues was nothing but weedy concrete.
Now there are luxury condos, trendy shops and restaurants, a giant brew house, our very own observation wheel, and a riverfront park.
We also got a streetcar a few years ago. Free ride with every baseball ticket.
We still get a lot of barges on the river.
Shot of the Great American Insurance building. Fairly new building, and I think it's the tallest in Cincy now, though the Carew Tower may have tacked on an antenna to beat them.
The top part is open and lit up at night, so that it looks like a tiara.
Near the end of the season, Reds are at or near the bottom in the standings, and it's a weekday, so the small crowd (about 10,000) made for a nice day at the park.
Before he went off to fame and fortune designing the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, Roebling put up a prototype here, connecting Ohio to Kentucky.
That's the NFL stadium off in the distance. Hard to believe that 10 years ago, all that real estate between the two venues was nothing but weedy concrete.
Now there are luxury condos, trendy shops and restaurants, a giant brew house, our very own observation wheel, and a riverfront park.
We also got a streetcar a few years ago. Free ride with every baseball ticket.
We still get a lot of barges on the river.
I should point out that the Reds did win in extra innings, and because they pitched at least 11 strikeouts, my ticket stub earns me a free small 1-topping pizza from LaRosa's Pizzeria.
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Nice shots. What's on the barges?
Thanks. I have no idea what's being shipped. Anything that goes by train or truck, really.
I just found a short article that mentioned a lot of construction material goes through our area by barge.
A few pics from the village Oktoberfest
In case you get lost in the church parking lot, there's this handy sign:
Nothing says Oktoberfest like a beer and a neck cookie:
Pretzel:
For a very small Oktoberfest, the beer selection was phenomenal. This was one station, and there was another one with just as many German beers, but all different, and another one with nothing but local craft beer, and then a Yuengling booth for some reason.
In case you get lost in the church parking lot, there's this handy sign:
Nothing says Oktoberfest like a beer and a neck cookie:
Pretzel:
For a very small Oktoberfest, the beer selection was phenomenal. This was one station, and there was another one with just as many German beers, but all different, and another one with nothing but local craft beer, and then a Yuengling booth for some reason.
That's crazy! I've never heard of it before.
I think the proper term is Lebkuchenherz, but I call it a neck cookie.That's crazy! I've never heard of it before.
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I remember my cousin getting arrested in Germany at the real beer fest, about 30 years ago. Stealing road cones and dancing with them,lol. We always talk about it when we get together,lol.
Russ
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All I'll say about Oktoberfest in Munich is that after attending, I managed to wander around, take a bus or three, and the subway, and finally gave up ever finding my hotel, so I called a cab and when he arrived and I gave him the hotel name...
...he drove me to the end of the block and deposited me right in front of my hotel. Shortest cab ride of my life!
.he drove me to the end of the block and deposited me right in front of my hotel. Shortest cab ride of my life!
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We're blessed to have a legit German bakery in our area. Family owned for generations, and they send their bakers-in-training off to Germany for school. Their cakes and pastries are simply perfection, and that's their pretzel.Lebkuchen is very nice
I also loved the pretzel you had there, looks amazing!
They supply most of the O'fests in the area.