RiverViewer

^Just wait until you see what tonight's win netted us from ColDayMan...someone was at Newport Central Catholic tonight, with appropriate timing, due to the egging-on of a fellow forumer who likes to view rivers, and Mr. CMH...I'm almost more excited to see Chris's pictures than I was about the game, and I was jumping up and down about the game!

Yes, indeed - very well done! It's Daniel Drake Park, from which I took this fall foliage shot on October 25th, 2004: So, it's up to you or The Cincinnati Kid for the next one!

Great site...a little confused on the location of some stuff (not sure when UC moved north of Burnet Woods!), but very cool, inviting, easy to navigate, and the music doesn't drive you buggy! Well done!

The Cincinnati Kid's a little slow on the draw, so I'm going to steal this dance...but please feel free to jump back in with a good trivia photo whenever you like!

And how about you, Mr. Kingfish?

Shoot! I definitely should have known that one - we've got Fort View Place on CincinnatiRoads.com - it's our shortest street thus far! (Direct link to Fort View Place clip with this view in it)

Nice choice! Brick street is a great clue, major hill action...someone should be able to figure it out...though that someone won't be me! I'd guess Mt. Adams somewhere, but I couldn't guess the street...

Steps from the Elsinore Towers to the Art Museum, yes! Beautiful set of stairs...they were closed at the time I took that picture (I was a law-breaker!), but they're open again now. Wonderful, almost enchanting setting, under the canopy, but open spaces...just lovely. You're up!

^No, sorry...

Wow, what a fun game! Ryan Freel was just the man...

^Martha Stewart's lemon squares? Absolutely to die for... I only got interested when I came to Cincinnati and fell in love with its beauty...and I'm not really a city guy, per se - I just love how the city nestles in the hills, along the river...so I guess, I got into cities via the Ohio river!

How about this one?

^Wow...they could get into some serious shit for that, couldn't they?

I feel like I should know that, but you've got me!

Ah, I guess one could have cheated with that...but honest, I just recognized the photo! Well, BallHatGuy, I believe you're up!

Say, any word on how this worked out? I can't access the monopoly site from work...

I just called Larry Brown to ask what he charges - it's $25/person for a two hour tour. He was a very nice guy...said he did the tour for the Tribune writer the day before he went in the hospital for colon cancer - stayed at Christ hospital ("they're really nice people there") for seven days, but he's much better now, doesn't have to take the drugs or anything. Thanks for posting the article - that's really nice. I always wince at the characterization of the riots, but at least it didn't dwell on them, even if it was a...shall we say, incomplete summary of the causes...

Amen. And my contention is that, for the most part, that's exactly what generally happens. The system isn't perfect, by any means, but from the folks I know, they've spent a little time on public assistance during a rough spot, then gotten back on their feet again. My wife spent the first few months of her life being fed by government dollars - her mom was estranged from her family, a brand new single mother, all on her own, and public assistance (don't know if it was AFDC or some precursor) bought their groceries and helped pay rent. And I'm forever grateful for it. And neither her nor her mom are crippled by indolence. Aargh...the more I write about this, the more pissed off I'm getting. They aren't slothful money leechers, they aren't criminals - they're frickin' humans, down on their luck, who were kept off the goddamn street by public assistance. Is the system perfect? Obviously not. Is everyone on the dole a lazy welfare queen? That's just ignorance masquerading as an argument. And I still haven't heard what makes someone think this is an immigrant problem in particular.

That's the last remaining section of the original Gilbert Avenue viaduct...which I learned from Cincinnati-Transit.net!

Link doesn't work for me...the profile doesn't exist...is it something I'm messing up?

Very pretty, wherever it's from! Not for the poor brick, of course, but for us! No idea, but very nice spot/shot/choice!

I have a deeply held belief that we all have the power to change our situations and circumstances if we so choose. That power is intertwined with personal and social responsibilities. I'm with you there. IMHO, social service programs, while good in theory, cripple a person's ability to become self-sufficient. For some people, that's very true. But I've known lots of folks who spent some time on public assistance, and then got off of it. It was a godsend, it kept kids (my friends) fed while the rent was scraped together, and new jobs were found. I wouldn't be at all surprised to find a decent number of our fellow forumers and their families spent some time on public assistance in some form, and yet, they weren't crippled, and they are self-sufficient today. That's not to say there aren't those who abuse the system, or those whose initiative end up eroded by it. That's the impetus behind the 90's welfare reform - whatever one thinks of those policies in particular, I think what you described is a widely shared belief - a lifestyle of dependency is corrosive in a host of ways. However, it's all a question of balance. Condemning all social programs seems to me to be way over the board reactionary. And regardless, I still don't see any reason to believe that immigrants in particular are a vast sea of wastrels. That doesn't jibe with my experience, or with anything I've seen, except the assertions of anti-immigrant folks. I've heard Laura Ingram and Sean Hannity decry the social-program-teet-sucking of Mexican illegals, but I've never seen anything to back that up.

Maybe a tighter topic: Random Cincinnati Restaurant Openings, Closing & Relocations - and if you rustled up the topics you had in mind, it would probably make Grasscat's life easier! I can think of Simone's, Redfish, and then a couple other downtown places whose names escape me...you'd probably remember better...

Would explain his performance...I used to be more suspicious of these things, but I guess I'm not so much anymore...but then, I really don't know anything about Inside Baseball, so I shouldn't even speculate...

^Wonderful! We're going to get our walking on during this trip, because we'll have spent two days walking around NYC before we get to Philly! When it gets closer, I'll gauge out a rough map with the gmap pedometer, and will PM it to you for your review, if you have time to look it over...that sounds like just about exactly what I was looking to do! Thank you!