Queen City
Even though one of my sisters lives in Cincinnati, I’d never been to the city. Been to her place of course, but it’s a long way from downtown. Comparable, I guess, to someone living in Cranberry and saying they live in Pittsburgh. So in my summer of small trips I spent a couple of days down there and had a great time. Daily Beast had a great article about Cincy: https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-midwest-city-is-getting-something-rightso-dont-miss-it
Over-The-Rhine is the hot area now, comparable to Columbus’s Short North. Bunch of brewpubs, including Sam Adams – their main production facility is in Cincinnati – Rhinegeist, etc. A Pins Mechanical – I love the elevator notice:
But there are also some world class museums. The Taft Museum of Art was simply surprising. It’s a lovely old house, but doesn’t look very museum-like. No guards. And hanging in the rooms are paintings by Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Hals, Whistler…
And, of course, food. Best tapas place I’ve ever eaten at, Mita’s.
Fun time! Not sure where next. Maybe Asheville.
State Fair
Went to the Ohio State Fair for the first time in, I don’t know – 20 years maybe? – last week. Fun time. Wandered around, looked at the goats, thought of Bohin. This has been an incredibly dry summer here, so of course it started pouring. Luckily, I had a plan B – there are like 30 breweries in Columbus.
I went to a new one downtown, right off of Fourth – Holy Trinity Brewing. Fun place with a nice varied collection of beers. Too many places are doing the ‘Which kind of IPA do you want?’ lineup, which is fine – I like IPAs – but really boring.
The wall artwork is also hilarious:
And they have bar cats. What’s not to like?