Smale Riverfront Park
Have you had a chance to visit the Smale Riverfront Park in Downtown Cincinnati yet? This sprawling park along the waters of the Ohio river is a wonderland for kids…and parents too quite honestly. I had as much fun as them exploring the new additions to the park. There are climbing walls, huge slides, larger...
The COV200 BB&T Summer Celebration
Why should Cincinnati have all the fun for the All Star Game next week? Covington is celebrating the big event as well with a free, family friendly festival on the banks of the Ohio River. There will be live music from local bands, a Ferris wheel, giant slide, free activities for the kids and much...
2015 Free Shakespeare in the Park presented by Cincy Shakes
The Cincinnati theater scene is pretty awesome and has a lot to offer, but when you have a large family sometimes it’s not in the budget to take in many shows and performances. Luckily though we have a pretty wide array of FREE performances in our area, from stage productions to concerts. And the...
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Edit: June 2023 – I have come to realize that this post has some outdated information so I have deleted places that have since closed in Hamilton and will endeavor to make a day trip to Hamilton to make some updates this summer!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...
Northside Farmers Market
I love to visit Farmers Markets as often as I can for fresh food to use in my kitchen. This month we visited a new to us market, the Northside Farmers Market which takes place in Hoffner Park on Hamilton Avenue in Northside during the warmer months. The Northside Farmers Market is unique in that...
Ten Ways to Celebrate Earth Day
While we like to try to be kind to our Earth EVERYday, when Earth Day finally comes around each year on April 22nd we take time to re-evaluate and think of new ways to be green. Earth Day is a perfect reminder that we need to be taking care of and protecting our planet. I’ve...
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...
Bockfest Parade 2015
We have gone to Bockfest for years. We’ve drank the Bock beer, hung out at Bockfest Hall, cheered on the Sausage Queen, taken brewery tours and church tours…but we have never gone to the Bockfest Parade. A friend of ours even suggested that we go on israel group tours but we decided to go another...
Old West Festival 2014
Fall is the perfect time for festivals, and one of the best festivals in our area (in my humble opinion) is the Old West Festival in Williamsburg, Ohio. Each year we’ve been lucky enough to receive tickets to this event as part of my promoting the festival. I love promoting this festival, as it’s one...
DevouGrass 2014
There is a new bluegrass festival coming to town this fall and you are not going to want to miss it! This is the inaugural year for DevouGrass, started by the Devou Good Project as a fundraiser to raise money for the Substance Abuse Program at the Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky. This day long...
Bluegrass for Babies Concert at Sawyer Point {Giveaway CLOSED}
In just a few short weeks folks from all over the region will come together at Sawyer Point to help raise money for Children’s Hospital by listening to cool bluegrass music, eating healthy food, drinking local brews, enjoying hands on crafts and activities with the kids and shopping from local merchants. The 6th annual Bluegrass...
Bike Riding on the Loveland Bike Trail
This summer the kids and I took several great bike rides around town while I was working on a post for the Travel Cincinnati blog, where I am a “Livin in the Cin” contributor. I put together a post about our favorite places to bike ride around Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. One of our favorite...
