So my wife and I decided to walk down to the Reds game this afternoon...so here's some shots from the walk down, from the game, and from the walking around in the rain after the game...

 

Along Gilbert - I dig this place:

 

We should have already been at the stadium by this time!  Broadway Commons, I weep for what might have been...oh, and for the dragon which is still hanging on...(see this shot by OTRFan in his Cincinnati Color thread to see it when the painting-over-it was just beginning...)

 

A little courthouse for you'ins:

 

...and a Jesuit church as well, St. Xavier:

 

Left to right, it's the Hamilton County flag, the US flag, and the State of Ohio flag, with the POW/MIA flag underneath (I'm pretty sure on the Hamilton County flag...can anyone correct or confirm?):

 

First pitch, which I caught in mid-air - yay me!  Called strike one - yay Ramirez!

 

This isn't something I expected to see at any point this year - Cincinnati on top of the Central division...

 

So it's the bottom of the 9th, two out, down by one, and Kearns rips a single to center...I was playing around with the multi-picture option on my camera, and was able to get the ball on its way back at the pitcher:

 

Here's a three-shot sequence of Kearns stealing 2nd:

 

 

 

Phillips walked, and Valentin struck out swinging.  Here's the last pitch:

 

 

 

Speaking of disappointment, here's The Banks:

 

By this time it was raining nicely...but even wet, even with a Reds loss, the Roebling is just beautiful:

 

We got our signals crossed - I'd thought my wife wanted to go to Covington for a drink and maybe some food, but neither of us were hungry, and she'd thought I meant Newport for a movie...so instead we got a nice pleasant walk in the rain, to Newport via Covington...oh, well.  Here's a multi-flag place in Covington - anyone know the story behind it?

 

This was the first time I ever walked across Veteran's Memorial bridge...here's the Licking River entering the Ohio River, with the Taylor-Southgate Bridge and Mt. Adams in distance:

 

Veteran's Memorial/4th Street Bridge:

 

I never knew there was this cool riverwalk along the top of the levee, nor did I know about this cool park in the Licking River valley (Taylor Park, I come to learn):

 

...nor did I know about these project-looking places, mostly boarded up...anyone know the story on these?

 

A little skyline action:

 

Oh, and nor did I know about this kick-ass little overlook on the bluffs overlooking the Licking and Ohio confluence...I bet the fireworks look amazing from here!

 

Always love seeing these flood walls:

 

And finally, I'm guessing the orange lifts and the little U-shaped things sticking off just the last two spans of the bridge are for the Walk On The Bridge thingy?

Good action shot:

 

Wahoo!

Nice series!  Looks like you had some kick-ass seats at the game.  In my family we're too cheap for that kind of thing.

...nor did I know about these project-looking places, mostly boarded up...anyone know the story on these?

 

These are the projects Newport is buying up to redevelop, there is a thread somewhere on it.

why are both teams wearing the same colors?

^That's a great question.  I don't know whose decision that was, but it was funky - red tops and white pants for the Reds, maroon tops and light gray pants for the Astro's - definitely wack decision.

 

I've gotta say, I really dug the Houston uniforms - loved the script "Houston", the font, the colors - but it was the wrong day for them...

LOL about the uniforms.  What is this, spring training?

 

Pretty shots.  It looks like you had great seats.

^I was planning on getting cheap seats, but my wife forgot to grab her glasses, so she'd have seen nothing much but red (or maroon) blurs...so we dropped the coin and some great seats were available.  Only annoying thing were these two drunk, loud-talking guys who'd bought maybe $5 bleacher seats and sat behind us.  When the folks who had those tickets came, they shoehorned themselves in next to us.  That was fine, except the idiots said "oh, we sat back there long as we could, trying to give you room..."  Look, break the rules, that's fine, but don't lie to me, you f***nut.  A couple innings later they must have gotten nervous, because they jumped up and took off...

Great downtown shots!

Went to the game last night - some company we work with had a whole section of seats in section 514:

 

 

Didn't take my camera, but here's the view from there, from the Reds' website:

 

...as kick-ass as the seats we got for the Houston game were, I don't think I ever want to sit anywhere but up here now...what a view...

 

(images from http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/cin/ballpark/cin_ballpark_gabp_seatingviews.jsp#)

 

After the C burnt out, the Reds lost 5 in a row, correlation?

 

The Reds always wear "Red" on Sundays also known as their "Sunday Best".

Not today - they wore gray sleaveless with the black shirts underneath...but they were on the road...maybe it's just Sunday Best when they're at home?

Got me, I was told this by a die hard Reds Fan.  Can anyone back this up?