Happy New Year’s Eve! The temperature has hovered at or below freezing for most of the day, and we have enjoyed a steady bout of light freezing rain. Michael and I plan to spend the evening at home, snuggled up on the couch watching movies. We are going to order a pizza and break into… Continue reading Putz Houses
On Wednesday, we ventured out to visit the Over the Rhine historic district near downtown Cincinnati. According to wikipedia, it is “the largest, most intact urban historic district in the United States.” Over the Rhine, or OTR, as many people call it, was established by German immigrants in the 1800s. A bridge over the Miami… Continue reading Over the Rhine
Merry Christmas Eve! Michael and I are enjoying Christmas time in our cozy apartment. We’ve been watching all the classic Christmas movies, drinking hot chocolate (well, Michael has been drinking hot chocolate; I’ve been sipping Bailey’s, yum!), eating homemade Christmas cookies and Stollen (courtesy of my sister, Christina, and her husband, Casey), perusing old Christmas… Continue reading Christmas Eve!
Cincinnati is home to a spectacular collection of murals. Many of them are part of former mayor Mark Mallory’s mural program, ArtWorks. He commissioned a team of youth apprentices and artists to beautify empty wall space with art in the form of murals. At this time, ArtWorks has completed 36 murals. By the time the… Continue reading Cincinnatus
We had our first “snow” experience in Cincinnati yesterday. It was a big deal for me! I’m sure the locals would laugh at how excited I got when I spotted the first flurries. We were driving, and I was ready to stop everything, leap out of the car, and run around in the wind that… Continue reading Flurries
I never thought I’d be writing a blog post about a gas station, but we have found an amazing chain of gas stations up here called United Dairy Farmers, or simply UDF. They really are incredible! UDF has over 200 convenience store locations in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. Carl Lindner and his children started the… Continue reading UDF
Michael and I stumbled upon an amazing house while we were driving around Fairfield Township yesterday. Fairfield Township is a suburb located about 20 miles north of Cincinnati. The township was started in 1803, and it is bordered on the west by the Great Miami River, a tributary of the Ohio River. Driving through Fairfield,… Continue reading House hunters: Fairfield Township
Happy Saint Nicholas Day everyone! I love to remember creeping into our dining room early on the morning of December 6 each year to find my stocking overflowing with chocolates, candy, nuts, fruit, an ornament, (or two or three), a stuffed animal, and other little gifts neatly stuffed into the red felt stocking. I even enjoyed St.… Continue reading Christmas Gifts
Michael and I have been driving around Cincinnati looking at houses for about a week. Our house hunting adventures allow us to explore the different cities, townships, villages, and counties that surround Cincinnati. The suburbs are structured very differently here than in Texas. In Texas, Houston and San Antonio have large downtown areas and miles and… Continue reading House hunters
It’s colder in Cincinnati than it is in Texas, and that’s an understatement. Fortunately, the furnace in our new apartment works very well. Sometimes I stand right next to the floor vents to feel the heat coming up from the basement. However, the apartment is in an older house and older houses tend to get… Continue reading Down
