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

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

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

On our first full day in the city, we dove right in and grabbed lunch at a Skyline Chili.  Cincinnati chili is an interesting breed.  In Texas, we like our chili spicy; usually I prefer it pretty hot, with a strong chili pepper flavor.  Here, chili has a marked sweet, almost cocoa-like taste to it… Continue reading Cincinnati Chili