This will be a first. Instead of eating as much as I possibly can in a challenge, I’ll be eating as carefully as I possibly can. The reason for the careful consumption is pretty simple: I don’t want to incinerate my skin with some of the hottest chicken wing sauce on the planet. Friday (October […]
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Ft. Thomas Hump Day Notes (Walk to School Day, Mark v. Food Episode VI, Police Scanner)
– On the way home from dinner Sunday night, I jumped out of my truck at Highlands to the chagrin of my bride. I wanted to snap a quick picture of the Highlands Middle School marquee that was boasting October 3rd as Walk to School Day. Perhaps the traffic situation at the middle and high […]
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Mark vs. Food feat. Tricia Macke and Family Recap
By Mark Collier, Fort Thomas Matters Editor ————- “You’ve got a Bear, I’ve got a Saylor.” It was a a playful, but demonstrative declaration by FOX19’s Tricia Macke, before the start of the 5th installment of Mark vs. Food at Mio’s Pizzeria in the heart of Fort Thomas on a perfect August night. “It actually […]
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Van Damme It’s Friday Links
– How about G. Michael Graham? Dude is on fire. Enjoy him now, FTM readers cause if my man keeps up at this pace, he’s going to get a real journalism job. (And then when the industry collapses, he can write for us again). He’s got jokes, ladies and gentlemen. – Mark vs. Food at […]
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Tricia Macke and Family Tonight at Mio’s for The Brighton Center
Congrats to Cameron Grimme, who ordered the Collier Mama Pizza at Mio’s and won a golf Divotcard, good for FREE golf and FREE range balls at 11 area courses. – Ever wanted to see Fox19’s Tricia Macke and her brood eating copious amounts of pizza? Well, tonight’s the night. Mark vs. Food featuring the Macke […]
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Van Damme It’s Friday Links
– First I’d like to officially welcome G. Michael Graham into the Fort Thomas Matters fold. In an effort to provide you a myriad of journalistic endeavors, we’ve been carefully adding arrows to our writing quiver. Michael, who has a Journalism degree, and is one of our most accomplished writers professionally, will be covering sports […]
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Mid-Week Links (Tricia Macke, Dave Otto, Highlands-Trinity)
– In the midst of whether to eat or not eat at Chic-Fil-A, I can think of a great reason to eat at Mio’s this Saturday: you can feed your community’s hungry, you can help outfit your community’s needy and you can help your community’s children and elderly. Come to Mio’s on Ft. Thomas Ave […]
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Mark vs. Food (next Sat. 8/11) featuring….
The crown jewel of Fort Thomas…. Tricia Macke, news anchor of Fox 19. Oh. And her entire family: Husband, Chris and the kids Katlynn, Spence, Piper and Dash. Let me give you a little background. FTM has been wanting to do a story on Tricia Macke for awhile. More than anything, about her non-stop coaching […]
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Van Damme It’s Friday Links
VDIF, FTM readers. (Van Damme it’s Friday, Fort Thomas Matters readers to you newbies.) – Signage for Anita’s Mexican Bar & Grill is up at the old Frisch’s location on Alexandria Pike. I was going to try and see if I could talk to the owners, or possibly pull a “Target meet and greet.” It […]
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Introducing The Collier Mama – Mio’s Specialty Pizza
Call yer mama. Tell her how amazing this pizza looks. In what is probably one of the coolest thing that’s happened to me since starting Mark vs. Food, the braintrust at Mio’s in Fort Thomas has decided to offer a pizza special named after yours truly. And it looks freaking outstanding. Go up and order […]