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Student lockers
Dirty mind? Run with it.
16 March 2009
Behind the Scenes at DAAP
This weekend I ignored some college basketball and went up to DAAP. DAAP, as Cincinnatians well know (or should), is one of the premier institutions of its kind in the country and therefore, I figured, a good place for someone like me with very little aesthetic sensibility to get inspiration. Never mind why. Here are some pics of what I saw in this very cool place, starting with fashion design:
14 March 2009
Unusual Architectural Details
Observed on a building in my 'hood. I have no idea what they mean or why they were put there, but I would surmise there must be some kind of story...
wall pattern baldness?
PETA rodent control?
triumph of the conjoined?
13 March 2009
Kampai to Sake Bomb!
Had my first Sake Bomb (3672 Erie Ave) dining experience last night. There were ten of us so I can't speak for everyone but I believe the general consensus is: great food, great service, cool atmosphere.
The only disappointment was the miso soup (except for Liz who was disappointed with everything except the chopsticks). The three of us who ordered the soup found it... well, I wouldn't say bad, but it was different enough from the usual delicious miso flavor we were used to that it turned into a disappointment. I would still consider ordering it again because it's possible it was a fluke that it was bad that day. It's also possible that they make it differently from what we are used to and therefore it didn't get a fair shake. I still think I wouldn't like it but I can't discount the possibility.
After the soup I ordered the Yum Yum roll because the spicy crab (I first typed "crap") and cucumber combination seemed like it would work. It did, and get this: the menu said "spicy" and it was actually spicy (an opinion which was unambiguously seconded by a fellow diner's perspiration attack). Finally, a place that does it right. I am most pleased.
After the Yum Yum I ordered fairly conventional sushi: fatty tuna, crab stick, smelt roe and eel. They were delicious.
And after that we received a dessert platter that we put away quickly and happily. Some items: fried cheesecake, fried bananas (w/ chocolate sauce), green tea ice cream. There were others, maybe they can be identified from 5chw4r7z's photos.
Like I said, great food, great service, cool atmosphere. I would definitely go back.
After the soup I ordered the Yum Yum roll because the spicy crab (I first typed "crap") and cucumber combination seemed like it would work. It did, and get this: the menu said "spicy" and it was actually spicy (an opinion which was unambiguously seconded by a fellow diner's perspiration attack). Finally, a place that does it right. I am most pleased.
After the Yum Yum I ordered fairly conventional sushi: fatty tuna, crab stick, smelt roe and eel. They were delicious.
And after that we received a dessert platter that we put away quickly and happily. Some items: fried cheesecake, fried bananas (w/ chocolate sauce), green tea ice cream. There were others, maybe they can be identified from 5chw4r7z's photos.
Like I said, great food, great service, cool atmosphere. I would definitely go back.
Yum Yum Roll
Fatty Tuna + Phatty Martinis
Also Yum Yum: Dessert Platter
10 March 2009
Thursday Happy Hour is at Sake Bomb!
Let's be honest. You have no life. If you did, you wouldn't be reading this blog.
With that out of the way we can start the healing. After all, the first step is admitting you have a problem. The second step is to get boozed up this Thursday after 5pm at Sake Bomb in Hyde Park.
Some of you already know this. The rest of you deserve an apology for not being personally contacted. You will get this apology in person if you show up and convey your anguish in a long series of plaintive wails. After I've had enough I will tell you to shut up and buy you a drink (i.e. apologize).
Be there.
With that out of the way we can start the healing. After all, the first step is admitting you have a problem. The second step is to get boozed up this Thursday after 5pm at Sake Bomb in Hyde Park.
Some of you already know this. The rest of you deserve an apology for not being personally contacted. You will get this apology in person if you show up and convey your anguish in a long series of plaintive wails. After I've had enough I will tell you to shut up and buy you a drink (i.e. apologize).
Be there.
07 March 2009
03 March 2009
Platform Tennis Championships!
From-- of all places-- the Business Courier:
Greater Cincinnati will host the National Platform Tennis Championships and the Presidents Cup for the first time this week.
The American Platform Tennis Association and the Greater Cincinnati Platform Tennis Association are teaming up to host the 75th annual event March 5-8.
Platform tennis is a version of tennis played with paddles, on an elevated deck about one-fourth the size of a traditional tennis court.
Four tournaments will take place over four days. These include the Men’s Nationals and Presidents Cup and Women’s Nationals and Presidents Cup. Organizers expect 176 teams to compete for the national title.
The tournaments will take place at 14 venues across the area, including the Camargo Club, Cincinnati Sports Club, Hyde Park Golf and Country Club, Kenwood Country Club and Maketewah Country Club.
1) No, I don't know the difference between the "Nationals" and the "President's Cup."
2) Yes, I also was surprised to learn that there has been a paddle tennis championship for the last 74 years.
3) I've played just about every racket-based sport, but never paddle tennis. Word on the street is that it is gaining popularity. I know one local country club is building two new paddle courts in addition to the four it already has. This weekend we will see the future, and it is paddle tennis.
4) I'm not sure if calling it "paddle tennis" is a faux pas. But I'll probably find out this weekend.
Greater Cincinnati will host the National Platform Tennis Championships and the Presidents Cup for the first time this week.
The American Platform Tennis Association and the Greater Cincinnati Platform Tennis Association are teaming up to host the 75th annual event March 5-8.
Platform tennis is a version of tennis played with paddles, on an elevated deck about one-fourth the size of a traditional tennis court.
Four tournaments will take place over four days. These include the Men’s Nationals and Presidents Cup and Women’s Nationals and Presidents Cup. Organizers expect 176 teams to compete for the national title.
The tournaments will take place at 14 venues across the area, including the Camargo Club, Cincinnati Sports Club, Hyde Park Golf and Country Club, Kenwood Country Club and Maketewah Country Club.
1) No, I don't know the difference between the "Nationals" and the "President's Cup."
2) Yes, I also was surprised to learn that there has been a paddle tennis championship for the last 74 years.
3) I've played just about every racket-based sport, but never paddle tennis. Word on the street is that it is gaining popularity. I know one local country club is building two new paddle courts in addition to the four it already has. This weekend we will see the future, and it is paddle tennis.
4) I'm not sure if calling it "paddle tennis" is a faux pas. But I'll probably find out this weekend.
24 February 2009
Root Canal Leads to Signage Post
I've had a molar that's been bothering me recently. It got painful enough on Friday that I figured I should look up a dentist (my old one retired). I called late afternoon but they were already closed. As luck would have it (at least the kind of luck I seem to get) it got very painful just in time for the weekend.
So I took a lot of ibuprofen on Friday but on Saturday I had to take it up a notch with prescription meds. I had a little fun by combining it with alcohol and heavy machinery (monster trucks, etc.). I don't think anyone was hurt but it's hard to say for sure given my medicated state.
Anyway, I knew the tooth was infected and that I would need a root canal, so I called on Monday and set it up for today. Now the Novocaine is wearing off so I'm gearing up for another evening of painkillers and tequila.
I saw this sign in the endodontist's office complex and I had to take a shot because I knew no one would believe me otherwise:
And now that I think about it no one would have believed this one, either, if I didn't show it:
So I took a lot of ibuprofen on Friday but on Saturday I had to take it up a notch with prescription meds. I had a little fun by combining it with alcohol and heavy machinery (monster trucks, etc.). I don't think anyone was hurt but it's hard to say for sure given my medicated state.
Anyway, I knew the tooth was infected and that I would need a root canal, so I called on Monday and set it up for today. Now the Novocaine is wearing off so I'm gearing up for another evening of painkillers and tequila.
I saw this sign in the endodontist's office complex and I had to take a shot because I knew no one would believe me otherwise:
And now that I think about it no one would have believed this one, either, if I didn't show it:
Local Dog Does Not Believe in Evolution
Because if it did it would understand that it is a good doggy, not a wolf. Instead it sat down and chomped on this deer just outside the woods:
The dog is friendly and has proper ID. I went up to it and it ran away scared but with a wagging tail. I turned around and left so he could come back and finish his venison tartare.
The dog is friendly and has proper ID. I went up to it and it ran away scared but with a wagging tail. I turned around and left so he could come back and finish his venison tartare.
20 February 2009
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