Hopefully no one intends to get ill, ride the number 11 TANK bus, or burn their house down between the hours of noon and three on Saturday September 15, because all of those trucks will be busy with being touched by my son. That’s right readers, it is time for the annual Touch-a-Truck held in […]
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Mama on a Budget: Fall Youth Sports
First off, sorry for the complete “radio silence” for the last few weeks. I was on “holiday”; I was “summering”. I was traveling the globe, so to speak . (OK, I was in Lake Mary, Florida visiting my mom but hey, a world-traveler can dream, right?). I came back and read the last few posts […]
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2011 General Services Annual Report: Park Review Part II
Highland Park Tower Park always has been and continues to be a park of special significance. Not only does it have historic merit, being a frontier and Civil War fort, it continues to be an active military base and even more active playground for children through adult. I grew up playing at that park; the […]
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2011 General Services Department Annual Report
Recently, the 2011 General Services Department Annual Report was compiled to summarize the projects performed by this important but often unnoticed department of the city. While this was no Fifty Shades of Grey, it was still a very interesting read. As the report contains a wealth of information, it will be discussed in two separate […]
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Marshall Granger Jewelers Shutting its Doors
After 53 years located at 18 N Ft Thomas Ave in the Hiland Building, Marshall Granger Jewelersis permanently closing their doors in Fort Thomas. The jeweler, which was founded in Cincinnati in 1944 and later moved to the Fort Thomas location in 1959, will be relocating to Cold Spring. It is always unfortunate when, despite […]
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Mama on a Budget: Cincinnati Museum Center Free Fridays
Oh, “Free Friday”; two of my favorite words. Free because I am cheap, and Friday because, well, Rebecca Black says it best: “tomorrow is Saturday and Sunday comes afterwards”. But this summer, Friday means three straight days of trying to figure out how to entertain the world’s most active toddler indoors to avoid the 110 […]
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Mama on a Budget – Totter Otterville
First of all, when did they move my childhood and why wasn’t I consulted? Am I the only one that was unaware that Johnny’s Toys had moved down the street and that the HUGE castle was now in an entirely different location? Apparently this happened like a decade ago, which goes to show you how […]
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Mama on a Budget: Teeter Tots Follow Up (by Jessica Duke)
Too many tots, too much teetering. As I said in my first post on the Ft Thomas Recreation Department’s Teeter Tots, the whole thing was simply too disorganized, too many children for so little leadership, and too hectic to really be fun for parents too. After attending four of the five weeks (Knox was sick […]
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Mama on a Budget: Singing Safari (by Jessica Duke)
By now you know I love to do activities with my son but hate, HATE, to spend money. The only person cheaper than me that I know is my husband. So, needless to say, I really fretted over spending $15 (I know, right) for a one-hour session at the Cincinnati Zoo but Singing Safari’s was […]
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Mama on a Budget: Lowe’s Build and Grow (by Jessica Duke)
What an ingenious marketing ploy the Highland Heights Lowe’s has. They call it “Build and Grow” and it is a Saturday morning session a few times per month for children over two where you get to actually build different projects; this week was a Valentine’s Day card box. Of course the evil corporate genius behind […]