August 23, 2014 - My first big cycling event! I rode 51 miles on this Saturday for Bike MS. (I’d previously only ridding 30 miles in a stretch.) Having a relatively protected route around Lebanon Ohio and a whole slew of folks of different skill levels made it doable (and extremely rewarding).
August 22, 2008 - These Chinese Lanterns grew outside our house in Dayton. I thought they were amazing — such a bright pop of orange and unique shape. Bonus? They dry really well and last for years in a vase. Mom would transplant some & they still show up in her garden that my brother tends.
August 21, 2018 - I couldn’t salvage this old calendar but I did document the set of stickers that came with it. I need to block my calendar off with more of these activities.
August 20, 2016 - UDF Reading Center and Coffee Station, Mt. Adams Cincinnati
August 19, 2003 - McDonald’s PlayPlace, somewhere in Cincinnati… I could spend an entire day trying to track down the location but I’m sure it’s been replaced by a “box” McDonald’s. My only clues are other photos from the day in Pleasant Ridge and Hyde Park.
August 18, 2007 - I’m out in Grass Valley, California on vacation. “Wanna go see a llama?” my friend Erik asked. OF COURSE I DID!
August 16, 2012 - Horse drawn carriages outside of Macy’s and Palomino on Fountain Square. (I always shudder when I see these carriages and wished they’d stop the practice.)
August 15 2008 - I’m in San Diego for a wedding. The guest list has many LiveJournalers — many meeting for the first time. It’s where I met Brian Hill, whose real-life demeanor surpassed his delightful online presence. He was one of the good ones.
August 15, 2016 - Mom regards pruning shears in her happy place, a garden.
August 13, 2008 - The Holiday Auto Theatre drive-in up in Hamilton, Ohio goes above and beyond with movie promotion.
August 12, 2015 - Ah, my old loft in Northside. The floorplan of this unit had transformed a factory’s public restroom into a living room and an elevator shaft into a bedroom.
August 11, 2006 - Went to a convenience store and bought one of every candy bar available. I had a scheme to collect them from all the stores and make a big poster. I probably had a funny title in mind. Nothing came of it. If there was a title I forgot it.
August 10, 2017 - Mom holds some porcelain berries. The colors of the berries are gorgeous on this creeping vine, sadly invasive and destructive.
August 9, 2009 - Silly habit: Trying to figure out where tail lights on RVs are from. These are probably from a mid 80’s Chevy Celebrity.
August 8, 2019 - Bad weather cancelled my flight and I had the chance to cross an item off my bucket list: The Jim Henson Exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image. (Now part of the permanent collection!)
August 7, 2004 - The lease was up on our web design studio space and wanted to have one last party. It was too early for Halloween but a fine time throw a prom for no reason other than it could be fun — and it was, despite the drama in this snapshot.
August 6, 2024 - Today I look forward, not back.
August 5, 2015 - My friends bought their kid a Green Machine (a remake from Huffy, not the original by Marx Toys.)
August 4, 2016 - Glier’s Goettafest in Newport, Kentucky. (Goetta? It’s ground meat, steel-cut oats and spices — a mix between sausage and mush, popular in Cincinnati.)
August 2, 2013 - Lumenocity debuts in Washington Park, turning Music Hall inside out. This inaugural celebration combined the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops orchestras, Ballet, Opera and the Cincinnati May Festival with choreographed projection mapping by local artists. It was crowded (and awesome).
August 1, 2014 - A new bourbon bar opened in Northside. Littlefield was quite special, not just for the wide selection of bourbon on the shelves and excellent cocktails, but they also had incredibly good food.
July 31, 2006 - Continuing a streak of vehicles in front of stores, here’s a Dodge Trans Van in front of the Franks Nursery and Crafts in Eastgate. (I miss Franks.)
July 30, 2011 - Ben Franklin five and dime, Bethel Ohio. (It’s still there, operated independently since 2022!)
July 29, 2015 - Outside the Occidental Cigar Club in San Francisco
July 28, 2004 - Fountain Square with the Tyler Davidson Fountain facing 5th St.
