Former Miss Kentucky, Amanda Mertz, has earned herself a new crown/Nascar.com Last we at FTM met up with Amanda Mertz, former Miss Kentucky, she was delivering FTM editor-in-chief his first “Mark vs. Food” loss by scarfing down a bunch of triple atomic hot wings from Quaker Steak & Lube. For those who don’t know, that’s […]
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Mark vs. Food, Buffalo Wild Wings Today
For the kickoff of the NCAA March Madness Tournament on Thursday, March 20, a portion of all food purchases at the Florence Buffalo Wild Wings, 8840 Bankers St., will benefit Brighton Center. Guests must either mention Brighton Center or bring an event flyer (shown above). Mark Collier of Fort Thomas Matters and Fort Thomas Living […]
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Van Damme It’s Friday Links
Unless Mark vs. Food gets picked up for a television series (not actually out of the realm of possibility) last night was my last Mark vs. Food event. Had so much fun raising money, meeting cool people, experiencing being on local news outlets, but my fitness guru at Fit Philosophie simply won’t let me do […]
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4 UK Quarterbacks to Eat for Charity
The NCAA tournament starts tomorrow. In actuality, if you ask UK fans like me, there is no NCAA tournament this year. We won’t go into that though, just bitter thoughts. Your first opportunity to get into March Madness starts tomorrow at Arnie’s on the Levee for Mark vs. Food Episode 10. I’ll be joined by 4 […]
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All-You-Can-Eat Montgomery Inn This Weekend (video)
All-You-Can-Eat Montgomery Inn Ribs runs until March 3rd at all locations. At the Boathouse location, ask for Alexis, tell her Fort Thomas Matters sent you, and get a FREE dessert for your next visit. We held our 8th episode of Mark vs. Food there on Thursday with guests Dan Wells and Cory Stark of Fox […]
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Van Damme (it was) Friday
Sorry I didn’t get to this yesterday. Took my bride to Gangster’s last night for our Valentine’s Day dinner. $30 steak dinner for two. Awesome. They are still doing the deal tonight for you slackers. 491-8000. Onto the Fort Thomas news of the week: – Had it from a good source that The Merchants and […]
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Van Damme It’s Friday: Watch Miss Kentucky Eat Hot Wings
Miss Kentucky, Amanda Mertz, just passed on her crown at the Miss Kentucky Pageant on Tuesday. Mertz absolutely housed some of the hottest wings in the nation in Mark vs. Food VI. I know. I could have titled this post, Mark vs. Food Episode VI, but let’s be real, you know this title will bring […]
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Early Weak-Links (Miss Kentucky, Deer, 471 Traffic, Brighton Fright Night)
– Apparently I was the weak link (see what I did there?) in the last episode of Mark vs. Food at Quaker Steak and Lube in Florence, KY last Friday. FOX19s Frank Marzullo, who had been in New York City hobnobbing with the likes of Rachel Ray during the week, came down with a stomach […]
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Van Damme It’s Friday Links (Quaker Steak and Lube, Sgt. Zachary Rawlings, Blighted Properties, Sgt. Casey Kilgore,
Photo Credit: FOX19 – Sergeant Zachary Rawlings, who recently finished a 10-month tour in Afghanistan, has been welcomed home by multiple signs and marquees throughout Fort Thomas. When he returned home last week, he began his second mission. Rawlings started a Facebook page, Running For Our Heros, where he pledged to run 1,000 miles to raise money […]
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Planning October
The month of October can be a difficult one to plan for. Recently you have to take into account the playoff schedule to plan your night out, because if your destination does not have high definition televisions you may not hear the end of it. There are holidays sprinkled throughout the month you have to […]