Ronnie

I myself prefer just meat, cheese, rice and black beans on my burrito. But I really fire it up with Chipotle Tabasco sauce! There is a place in southside Chicago that went to years ago that served the best burritos on the planet! They were HUGE! Bigger than Chipotle's. I can't remember the name of the place though. it was a ma and pa operation.

^---And we all know that rats leave a sinking ship!

Depending on if QCSII is a hit or not, I could see a slew of new concepts breaking out in Cinci over the next 20 years.

Exactly! ;-)

It is not illegal to marry someone when their Visa is about to expire. It may raise eyebrows, but in reality, they cannot stop you. The qualifications are that you just have to know and have met the person IN person, not just chatting on the phone or online, but you have to follow certain process. You cannot just walk into a Las Vegas chapel. I can go to Russia, meet a girl, then after that, she is allowed to visit me here and get married after getting the required marriage Visa. I know a lot about this as I knew a Russian girl for over 5 years and researched what it would take for her to come here. All it took was for me to visit her first, that was it. Nothing more. Of course we never got married ;-)

And it's definitely sea level, not street. I don't see how that could be possible. If you look at the numbers, considering the CBD street level probably averages around 560 ft above sea level, then none of the building heights downtown would ever break 500ft except in the no limit zone. Heck, those numbers would not even allow anything around the river including the stadiums to even reach 100ft. These numbers would have to be street level. It would not make any sense to base building height by sea level.

Just when you thought it was safe to work downtown again... Reynolds and Reynolds considers move By Thomas Gnau Staff Writer Friday, February 01, 2008 KETTERING — Amid persistent local talk of Reynolds and Reynolds moving some 400 employees from its downtown Dayton location to its headquarters in the Miami Valley Research Park, a company spokesman said Friday that the idea has been "informally" discussed — but that's all. "This is something we've discussed informally with groups of associates," said Thomas Schwartz, a spokesman for the software provider for automotive dealerships. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/b/content/oh/story/business/2008/02/01/ddn020108reynoldsweb.html

HAHAHAHA! That's too funny!

As has been mentioned before, there is no "set" regulation as to how tall buildings can be in certain areas of the CBD. These numbers are more of a "preferred" height that Cincinnati would have liked to stick with. but these were also based at a time when Cincinnati was doing pretty good back in the 80's. I really don't think Cincy gives a s*** right now when they are trying to bring businesses back to the urban core. Right now it's more "what businesses want, they will get".

^---oops, sorry about the huge pic. Didn't realize it was that large! ;-D

I will try to grab some pics the next time I'm downtown. Here's a pic of the Kuhn's Building which is adjacent to McCrory's. This building is beautiful!

Yea, I cant wait to see where they take this movie. I guess reviews and opinions are mixed, but I for one think this can be a good franchise. J.J. Abrams has done wonders with Lost and Alias. I think there's lots of directions this can go.

City approves $750,000 for airport improvements By Joanne Huist Smith Staff Writer Thursday, January 31, 2008 DAYTON — Dayton International Airport officials say contracts for infrastructure improvements and an environment assessment are being done to prepare for future commercial development there. The Dayton City Commission approved the contracts totaling $750,470 on Wednesday. Colorado-based CH2H Hill will be paid $250,470 for the environmental assessment of airport grounds that once were the home to American Trapshooting Association tournaments. Development Projects Inc., in care of the Dayton Development Coalition, Inc., got a $500,000 contract for infrastructure improvements in the general aviation section of the airport, which is in the southeast corner. Full article at http://www.daytondailynews.com/b/content/oh/story/business/2008/01/31/ddn013108airportweb.html

^---No, actually I didn't. Oh do tell! :-o

Cloverfield is not the first to depict such scenes. These were already done in Spielberg's War of the Worlds 3 years ago which was intended to reflect 9/11 and was also done in the Siege with Denzel Washington in 1998 which was molded after the 1993 WTC bombings.

Red light cameras OK to enforce laws, high court rules By Laura A. Bischoff Staff Writer Thursday, January 31, 2008 COLUMBUS — Cities, such as Dayton and Springfield, are allowed to use red light cameras to enforce traffic laws, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a 7-0 decision. The court said an Ohio municipality does not overstep its authority under "home rule" provisions in the state constitution when it creates an automated traffic enforcement system, as long as the city doesn't alter any statewide traffic provisions. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/01/31/ddn013108camerasweb.html

Strickland plans to close local psychiatric hospital By Laura A. Bischoff Staff Writer Thursday, January 31, 2008 COLUMBUS — Ohio will close psychiatric hospitals in Dayton and Cambridge by July 1 as part of a plan to cut $733 million from the state's two-year budget, Gov. Ted Strickland announced today... http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/01/31/ddn013108statebudgetweb.html

Brown Street restaurant changes owners, concept By Mark Fisher Staff Writer Thursday, January 31, 2008 DAYTON — Nothing but Noodles at 1153 Brown St. has morphed into an independent restaurant and is under new ownership, with menu changes on the way. For more info, click the link http://www.daytondailynews.com/b/content/oh/story/business/2008/01/31/ddn013108restaurantchangeweb.html

And what happened to St. Louis? It didn't make the list when it beat Detroit out for crime last year? Hmm...

I didn't even look at the date. Wow. That is good Rando! Bravo! Bravo!

The Blair Witch...stupid and is nothing like the technique used in Cloverfield. All you see in Blair Witch is an hour and a half of trees blurring past the camera...and screaming. Cloverfield at least utilizes a lot of visual elements and 30 million dollars worth of effects...and screaming. As for the wheeziness, the warnings that have been stated many many times says that if you are prone to motion sickness, the take appropriate steps such as Dramamine. Most people felt fine watching the movie, but if you are susceptible to motion sickness, then take appropriate steps so that you can enjoy the movie without feeling ill. Now if anyone can think of a way for a 25 story pissed off monster to walk through Manhattan without knocking down a building, would you please make a movie and show us how? Seriously, this is supposed to be as realistic as possible from a POV and it does it quite well. That's the whole point of the movie. But if people are going to complain about it because a falling building looks too much like 9/11, then I sure hope hope you don't go see the next building demolition scheduled in your area because it looks a hell of a lot more real. I appreciate opinions, but please, this is a sci-fi movie...doing something that the Japanese have been doing aver 50 years...destroying cities with a fictional monster. I don't see the relevance to 9/11. It was not made to be that intention and if 9/11 would have never happened, this movie would probably still have been made. Lighten up a little earthlings! ;-)

All cities everywhere have one undesirable trait or another. I just don't believe these list show anything except how stupid they are when it comes to ranking cities. Rando has a point about the weather ranking. I mean c'mon, 22 point difference for two cities 2 hours apart? That's like saying Cincinnati's weather is better than Indy's. Anyway, I ignore these list and apparently so does the 22 million or so people that live in those cities.

Downtown eatery sets official opening Staff Report Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Official opening ceremonies will be held 3 p.m. Thursday for Bourbon Street Grill and Café, a sit-down restaurant in downtown Dayton. For more info, click the link http://www.daytondailynews.com/e/content/oh/story/entertainment/restaurants/2008/01/30/ddn013008bourbonweb.html

Only in Dayton is it difficult.

Construction of first TechTown building to begin in March Redevelopment of former brownfield site has been beset by delays. By Joanne Huist Smith Staff Writer Thursday, January 31, 2008 DAYTON — Construction of the long-awaited first building on Dayton's TechTown campus is to begin this spring. City officials began investigating ways to clean up the site of the former GM Harrison Radiator complex in 2000. The idea survived two mayors, three city managers and the slow churn of federal funding. "This tells you how difficult it is to do brownfield development," said Steve Budd, president of CityWide Development Corp. "It takes money and it takes time." Read More...