Photo: A little Library Love
Taken May 1, 2010 @ Dillonvale
15 Fine Spring Moments at Cincinnati's Sawyer Point
Taken April 10th 2010 at Sawyer Point on the river front - one of the treasures of our city.
Photos in the new cincy.com pictures card
Mar 4, 2010 at 7:12pm
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Greater Cincinnati is an incredible place to live. Food, Views, Hills, History, Rivers, Parks, Arts, Sports, Architecture, Innovation... I love exploring and discovering our community and sharing its beauty.
I've made a new photo card using just a few of the hundreds of local photographs at www.cincy.com and www.pgcincinnati.com.
The initial feedback from those with whom we've shared it so far has been just wonderful, so I wanted to post copies of the 32 images that went into this version.
Below is the finished image (as used in the blog header now, as well).
On another awesome community note, I'm also way excited that I get to be a part of the Secret Cincinnati project kicking off this weekend. It's an impressive team of local, passionate people with whom it will be a pleasure and an education to work. Watch for invitations to the site when it launches, and opportunities to help shine the light on on what you consider the hidden gems and favorite treasures of this amazing town of ours. Follow the #secretcincy Twitter updates here.
It would be so cool to have a program to produce this kind of thing from a batch, so many different views of our beautiful city could be connected in a variety of new grid pictures...
Either way, we'll make more. It's fun and there are way too many pictures not to at least try a few other versions.
Like?
- Randy Weeks
File Names & photo credits:
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- 13CincinnatiMusicHall_by_JenniferWeeks.jpg
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Cincinnati Unchained: Clifton Photos 11-21-09
More photos from Saturday the 21st, enjoying the beautiful weather and the sights, sounds and scents along Ludlow in Clifton.
Pictures include:
- Toko Baru & Toko Kids: Gifts, clothing, unique art, incense, jewelry and more. A long time favorite for art, cards and refreshing discoveries.
- Comey & Shepherd Real Estate Office in that interesting opening between the Toko shops. Note how the shops are set right in front of the tall brick house. I don't think we'd ever fully noticed that before.
- Aquarius Star - The new cafe, shop and spiritual center on Ludlow - one of the places at which we spent a larger part of our long, pleasant afternoon, with music, coffee, tea, organic food, art, large space for meetings & conversations, classes, books, jewelry and much more. A gorgeous and mindfully designed space.
- Sitwell's Cafe - Clifton's famous and beloved "commons" cafe, where people have gathered for many years. Food, coffee, causes and conversation in a comfortable, diverse setting with a fine natural mix of bohemian drift, college town buzz and the collections of age and story.
- The Esquire theater - One of a very few and favorite, classic movie houses in Cincinnati and a vital anchor of the street and sidewalk traffic in this neighborhood.
- Adrian Durban Florist - One of the oldest and classiest area florists, and a beautiful landmark in the strip.
- Skyline Chili - probably the most photographed Skyline location of all (had a bite there before seeing "Precious" at the Esquire).
The movie Poster for Precious, by the way, is visually very different from most movie posters. The movie itself is definitely one to see, with sometimes disturbingly real and powerful acting. Both hard and sweet to watch. Moving. Worth watching and talking about afterwards. - Kilimanjaro African Heritage shop. This was just my second visit to this small and abundantly stocked store: offering carvings, clothing, African art, music and much more.
Kilimanjaro's proprietor, Titus M. Nzioki, is a wood carver, himself. He returns to Kenya each year and returns with beautiful items of various wood carving techniques, styles and traditions.
Photos below are a mix of the above places along Ludlow as we walked that afternoon, including an iPhone shot of that unique movie poster for Precious.
Cincinnati Unchained: Park + Vine Photos 11-21-09
Janie and I spent some time at Park + Vine, Downtown Cincinnati's Green General Store, this Saturday, as part of the fun of getting out and being with other small and local businesses for Cincinnati Unchained day.
Dan Korman operates one of the most interesting and thoughtfully presented retail shops in the region. On one of the post cards that advertise Park + Vine it's called a Green General Store.
Green it is, with natural, recycled, organic and vegan products ranging from foods to apothecary to books, utensils, bags and more.
General it is, too, though, and that's something we don't see much, anywhere anymore.
Customers of Park + Vine come in to buy canning equipment, art, clothing, bicycle gear, non-toxic paints and other home improvement goodies, infant & child products, natural remedies, soaps, lotions, supplements, cold food & drinks, boxed food, snacks, shoes, socks, stationery, cook books and gifts of many kinds.
Another outstanding offering of Park + Vine is a selection of almost every kind of Sigg / Klean Kanteen / etc. water bottle a person could ever want (and a variety of caps, too).
Oh, and like any General Store worth its neighborhood salt, it supports and sponsors many other local organizations and has the kind of local brochures, cards, newsletters and other materials available that we'd expect from store central to its community. Park + Vine has a fairly large vendor list, as well, maintaining relationships with many suppliers and manufacturers, instead of taking the easier but less engaged way of contracting with a very small number of wholesalers for the range of desired products.
It's a place that feels loved and appreciated by the people who come through the door and that's a bright and different feeling in shopping today.
We hung out a while, bought some stuff, took some pictures and had a fine time of it.
Park + Vine
1109 Vine Street Cincinnati Ohio 45202
Store hours: 11-7 Monday-Friday • 10-7 Saturday • 11-5 Sunday
Phone: 513-721-7275 www.parkandvine.com
Store hours: 11-7 Monday-Friday • 10-7 Saturday • 11-5 Sunday
Phone: 513-721-7275 www.parkandvine.com
Aquarius Star and Om Cafe on Cincinnati Unchained Day
It's a beautiful day and a fine afternoon to visit, shop and have a coffee with a friend at some of Cincy's fine local businesses. Jane and I stopped in a while at Park & Vine, downtown and now we're at Aquarius Star & Om Cafe in Clifton. Lydia Stec and husband Jeff opened the new Aquarius Star and the cafe in the former Spiral Light building on Ludlow in October. They've created a beautiful, inviting space with a comfortable vibe. Come say hello. Have a bite. Check out the art, jewelry, coffee and other offerings. Aquarius Star is a wonderful addition to one of the best blocks of local shops, cafes and eateries in the Midwest.
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