Quimbob

And you want do do that with Gold Star? Even the best Cincinnati chili is a very tough sell for out-of-towners, you don't want to sour them on the concept from the start. ;) That hasn't been my experience. I liked that Findlay Market Gold Star with the old fashioned door latch. :-)

Theoretically bikes are supposed to follow all the rules cars do. I have never been ticketed. I have ridden on sidewalks (about ran into a bike cop who was riding on the sidewalk too), run stop signs in residential areas & when I was a younger man, exceeded the speed limit. When I was a kid in Springfield a cop told me he hoped I got run over to teach me to not ride at night. That being said, with all this "special" junk, I don't know what the rules will be. I swear all this crap is just going to take something pretty simple & make it a giant PITA.

Vlasta Molak has a Ph. D.

Once you get into comment land the old headline is still there. Relaxing zoning requirements should have COA T, the Libertarians & other free marketers overjoyed. Haven't heard anything, tho. strange

There's an Apple-centric place in an old church on Chase in Northside.

bummer They used to have decent coneys.

I recently posted on the stretch between Winton & Clifton. http://quimbob.blogspot.com/2010/05/more-bicycle-friendliness-other-day-i.html Most of Spring Grove is nice & wide but it narrows through that stretch. When construction started I thought they were going to widen the road & narrow the sidewalk. It would have made a lot of sense. Instead they narrowed the sidewalk & left the roadway narrow. I assumed they were going to plant grass, I had not noticed what they had done on the next block north. Would that stretch get more & faster runoff due to the raised train track? All those buildings between Winton & Clifton are in some kind of use. People frequently park their cars on the sidewalk. Their parking lot is around the corner on Clifton just past the bridge. I am assuming the weak minded motorists will continue to do so & leave big muddy ruts in the non paved area. The proposed bike path will go between the buildings & Mill Creek. It will most assuredly not be kept clear during the winter.

The tour was ok. It was very poorly planned & executed. Communication was poor. I don't say this to jump anybody's pooh. My fellow travelers & I have been involved with organazizng similar events. Maps - They should have had maps of the area. Literature - should have been packaged & included the map. Sponsors could advertise to offset costs. Nearby restaurants, bars, cafes & such. Tourists, especially out of towners, would want info for these establishments, too. As it was, PDFs could have been available online so tourists could have printed their own info sheets. This goes for the missing map as well. Locations were running out of info sheets as early as 3. Announcements could have been made to inform people of the unique issues of the Crowell Collier building - Notice of the need for good shoes & flashlights should have been made. Signage - balloons were good but balloons at corners would have helped. Tecumseh Building - C'mon, the building was completely stripped. What was the point? One thing that was there was the directory. Well the frame. The listing plaques were all gone. But wait! They weren't! The docent lead us back to a pile of the plaques. WHY WEREN'T THEY IN THE FRAME? cool tidbit, WHIO had a news office in the building. Nobody would know this if they just walked in & out, tho..... Hat tip to the docent who pointed them out. The factories had no frame of reference. Posters on easels with old pictures & some text describing what went on when manufacturing was still going on would have been helpful. Pictures can frequently be found in old newsletters & promotional brochures the companies published. The FOR SALE sign in front of the Bushnell Dimond house was tacky. Some docents were about useless. All were very nice & seemed to be really into what they were doing but some seemed to have no knowledge of what the buildings they represented. The guy at Metallic Casket was great & very knowledgeable. Anyway, glad the tour was so successful. Hopefully enough money was raised to do a better job with future events. One thing Quimmie Sue suggested was to have a guestbook at the buildings so people could jot down their relationships to & memories of the buildings. Thanking the folks involved online would be a nice touch. ALSO Part of the density of the Crowell Collier Building was to cut down the the vibrations of the presses (not just to hold 'em up) so the pre-press dept on an upper floor (6th ?) could do it's job. Color separations were done by camera & exposures could take several minutes through the dark dense filters. The blue filter (for the yellow printer) was really dark. If the camera was vibrating, the image would get fuzzy. They used 4 - 6 arc lamps to light artwork back then. Noisy, stinky filthy nasty arc lamps. ugh..

So, I ordered tickets but I have no idea where to go, where to pick up tickets... From the FaceBook page, it appears South High is on the list? Is there a phone number for the organizers?

For me, locking my bike out front of where I am going (so I can keep an eye on it) is still kind of a habit.

I will be attending this with my sisters, Quimmie Ann & Quimmie Sue. We all have bad feet. When we go out walking together it's pretty comical. anyway, while you are in Springfield..... Westcott house on E High Lagonda Club on Spring & High Between these 2 locations is where the rich & powerful lived. Later they moved to Ridgewood. Go uo Fountain to the north end of, I believe, abandoned Mercy Hospital at Sunnyside. Turn left & then go straight to Pythian & turn right to Brighton or just get on Brighton from Sunnyside. This is the Ridgewood neighborhood pioneered by Harry Kissel. His house is further up Fountain at 1801. Soon to be demolished Memorial Hall is just NW of Crowell Collier The new hospital is due north of Memorial Hall Just south of downtown on Fountain is the S Fountain Historical District This is a block west of South High. Ferncliff Cemetery on Plum just west of Wittenberg & Cliff/Veteran's Park Dining & grub suggestions Groeber's at Bechtle & First st Used to be known for the best burger in town. O'Conner's off Home Road on Moorman ok sandwiches Roberts on Miami on Miami just west of the square in Urbana about 10 miles north of Springfield on Limestone. kinda eclectic There is a restaurant in the Springfield Inn in downtown. It's adequate. Linardo's on 2230 E Main Old school Greek Hickory Inn on Limestone & Chestnut just north of downtown Casano's Pizza King on N Limestone just past Harding Thin salty pizza from the Gem city It's cut into little squares Schuler's Bakery just east of Downtown on Main Be sure to pick up some Mumford's potato chips (made in Urbana), too.

I think you would need to look at people demographics instead of geographic demographics. I think empty nest baby boomers would be a likely group. I don't see Blue Ash abandoning ship & moving downtown. WCPO did a phone survey a couple years ago & asked if viewers would consider living downtown. Came up about 5%. Look at the size of their viewing area, take 5% of that & you wind up with a an area a lot bigger than downtown. (yeah, I know it's not scientific)

Don't anybody freak out or anything, I was just wondering. Is there any _official_ word on wether drive thru windows will be allowed for stores or restaurants in The Banks area. It doesn't seem to make much sense, just wondering if any policy was in place one way or the other. thanks

Question - sorry if it's been asked, I couldn't find it. Is it feasible to tack a car car onto the back of these trains? People carry on about not having their car when they arrive at their destination by train. Could they just take their car with them?

There is a place on Colerain that sells Schwinn & Trek & more. Reser has a good rep & the folks at Oakley have been pretty good to me. I would avoid Campus Cyclery at all costs.

If you see the board proposed by the state of Ohio to be an added layer of bureaucracy that we don't need - fine. But don't be swayed by the campaign of fear being waged by the opponents. They are a small group of people backed by radical left wing groups out of Washington DC using misrepresentation and fear to promote their agenda. Their tactics are no different than local groups like COAST & the Cincinnati NAACP. Opponents of Issue 2 claim it is a power grab by "Big Agri-Business". The constitutional amendment creates a FDA type board whose powers are limited by the legislature to oversee farm animal welfare. The Board consists of these entities: (Create a link to the list that you copied/pasted from. The excessive length makes it a pain to scroll through. Thanks! --Sherman)

How about we launch a ballot initiative to raise the amount of signatures required from, what, 6,500 (?), to 25,000? State law governs the number of signatures you need yeah, we just voted on it last year. I think, especially for constitution/charter amendments, a super majority of votes should be required.

^Might have something to do with lax red light enforcement, too. More goodness from COA T/NAACP.

Media Bridges is giving candidates air time. Saw a recorded Amy Murray last night. Are they giving issues time, too ?

Luken was on council when Qualls was mayor. Debates between the 2 went on all the time. This was almost a blast from the past ! This time, tho, Luken was wandering all over the place rather than just rambling. I don't like Luken and I didn't like Reagan but nobody should have to suffer Alzheimer's. The Luken family should keep the guy inside. I am not saying that to be humorous.

wow I kinda hope he doesn't remember that.

Issue 9 will be the topic on channel 12's Newsmakers show Sunday at 11 AM. Mr Hurley will talk to Councilwoman Roxanne Qualls & Nosferatu, Tom Luken. Cincinnati planners have had a series of public meetings discussing with citizens, what would make Cincinnati better. When asked "if you could shape the future of the city, what’s the one thing you would do to change the city?" Luken’s response was, “Nothing. I like it just the way it is. Status quo.” http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2009/10/16/tom-luken-being-tom-luken/

Most fast food doesn't use American beef. I agree with a lot of your post. I think the Ohio consumer should have choice when buying food. If nobody supports the big businesses, so be it.

This is a weird issue as it is not exactly necessary but is a pro active effort to fend off future ballot initiatives like those HSUS has passed in other states like California (Proposition 2?) & Florida. Obviously, having the board doesn't stop out of state activists from putting an issue on the ballot. HSUS is an animal rights organization that has no ties to Ohio humane societies. They promote vegetarianism, discourage pet ownership and condemn animal breeding. They are not an animal welfare organization. They have a strategy of pulling on the heartstrings of urban voters, who tend to be ignorant of farm practices, to foist their agenda on rural farmers. The result of their initiatives are loss of jobs, a higher incidence of food contamination, higher prices and less food. Ohio is a major egg and pork producer. I understand why small organic farmers might feel threatened at the prospect of a board creating standards they can't afford. The board also doesn't seem to address the issue of water pollution from the farms. Regardless of how this issue goes, there is likely going to be a bigger fight down the road. Check out the message boards & newsletters put out by Ohio farmers & learn about this issue. Proponents website: http://www.safelocalohiofood.org/

I thought the same thing. It probably cycled through five or six times before I even finished reading a paragraph. Displaying the image longer would be nice and a cross fade transition would be less jarring.