This past weekend, I went to Cincinnati and got together with my buddy Denny and two other roadfolk, Pat and Jennifer and took a great tour of the Queen City. We saw about as much as you can in just one day.
DA ECHO
We met at a 1930s place called the Echo for breakfast and had a great breakfast. Judging by the crowds, this is quite the popular place. I had a goetta sausage breakfast. Goetta is a type of German sausage combination. Delicious.
Jennifer and Pat drove in from Indianapolis and were a bit late, causing the time on the meter to run out, and wouldn't you know it, parking enforcement got their first and left a little $25 reminder on the windshield. Curse those one hour parking meters.
DA GAME AND DA EYE IN THE SKY
On our way over to the observatory, we saw that the Michigan Avenue sign had mysteriously sprouted an Ohio State sign on top of it. Today was the BIG GAME, Wolverines vs. Buckeyes. Poor Michigan didn't have much of a chance.
The observatory was at the top of a hill lined with some beautiful older homes. It wasn't the original one which had been on Mt. Adams nearer to downtown, but had been moved as the city got larger.
DOWNTOWN
Once downtown, we stopped at the beardless Lincoln statue near the Howard Taft Home and Museum. One of my favorite TV shows of all time was WKRP in Cincinnati, and Denny showed me where the station was located in the Flim Building which was actually the Enquirer headquarters. I'd always thought it was the tall building with pillars on the top, but it wasn't.
A big thanks to Denny for setting up this great itinerary.
More to Come. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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