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Arcade Legacy: Bar Edition

Arcade Legacy: Bar Edition

The kids (and adults) in our family love to play arcade games and pinball, but I’m not willing to break the bank to do so. To be honest with you, I’m not surprised to learn that other people think the same way, my friend included. That’s why he decides to download arcade roms when he...
A Tour of The Wilds in Southeast Ohio

A Tour of The Wilds in Southeast Ohio

Spring Break 2016:  We spent a long weekend travelling to three different cities in Ohio finding unique & interesting places to explore and visit.  We stayed in some awesome hotels, ate some great food and saw so many cool things!  I’ll share our trip with you in a series of installments in the coming weeks...
Fun for Everyone at the Great Wolf Lodge

Fun for Everyone at the Great Wolf Lodge

Spring Break 2016:  We spent a long weekend travelling to three different cities in Ohio finding unique & interesting places to explore and visit.  We stayed in some awesome hotels, ate some great food and saw so many cool things!  I’ll share our trip with you in a series of installments in the coming weeks...
A Quick Stop in Milan, Ohio

A Quick Stop in Milan, Ohio

While on our way to Sandusky this week we made a pit stop in the nearby Village of Milan, Ohio to have lunch.  Milan, Ohio is about three and a half hours north of the Greater Cincinnati area where we live.  We drove through this charming town last fall on our way to Sandusky for...
Spend a Day in Milford

Spend a Day in Milford

A little while back the kids and I spent a day exploring the city of Milford, spending most of our time wandering around the quaint Main Street in “Old Milford”.  We visited many shops, had a delicious lunch, stopped for ice cream and then headed out of Old Milford to Recreations Outlet near 275.  If you...
Sandusky:  Cedar Point and Hotel Breakers

Sandusky: Cedar Point and Hotel Breakers

Recently we made our first visit to Sandusky, Ohio for a long weekend spent at the Hotel Breakers.  While much of my time was spent learning great things at the Bloggy Conference, we also spent many hours exploring Cedar Point (known as the Roller Coaster Capitol of the World) getting our thrills on the awesome...
Sixteen Summer Bucket List Ideas for Cincinnati & NKY

Sixteen Summer Bucket List Ideas for Cincinnati & NKY

Summer is flying by, and because of how rainy it has been we haven’t been able to get out of the house and have as much fun as we usually do during the summer months.  I refuse to let this rain get me down though!  I’ve put together a Summer Bucket List of ideas so...
Spend a Day in Hamilton Ohio

Spend a Day in Hamilton Ohio

Edit:  June 2023 – I have come to realize that this post has some outdated information so I have deleted places that have since closed in Hamilton and will endeavor to make a day trip to Hamilton to make some updates this summer!  That being said, there’s still some good stuff here! I’m not sure...
Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum

During Spring Break this year we spent a day exploring the city of Hamilton, Ohio.    We spent the majority of our time that day traipsing around the Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum.   What a magnificent park it is!  We wandered over hills, through the woods, by the gardens and around ponds on a...
The Loveland Castle

The Loveland Castle

Did you know that there is an actual castle in our area?  Just north of Cincinnati, in Loveland Ohio is the famous “Chateau Laroche” otherwise known as the Loveland Castle, which is the World Headquarters of the Knights of the Golden Trail which began in 1927.  The castle was built by hand by Harry Andrews,...

Cousins…COSI…Columbus

Our family had a little getaway to Columbus last week…we went to COSI (Cincinnati Museum Center members get in FREE!), visited with cousins that we just don’t see often enough, ate delicious ice cream from Jenny’s, stayed in a beautiful hotel and went to the Columbus zoo & Aquarium (half price for Cincy zoo members!)....