CINCINNATI AUGUST 2018
Sylvester welcomes us to Cinccinnati!
Street view of our hotel, where we received two complimentary nights accommodation. We were on the 8th floor. There was a modern art museum spread throughout the hotel, open 24 hrs., as well as a restaurant and a very cool rooftop bar.
View looking east from our first class hotel room. Mt. Adams is in the background, left, where I spent Friday at the Museum of Art.
Cincinnati is one of three big cities in Ohio, situated on the Ohio River directly across from Covington, Kentucky. It is about a four hour drive south from Detroit, along I 75. While the city population is just under 300,000, the metro area has nearly 2.2 million residents. The town has a very cool vibe, which now includes a streetcar once again. There is also an extensive skywalk system connecting major buildings downtown, something I much prefer to the underground city within Toronto. However, this is mostly being dismantled now, though parts still exist. We drove here on Thursday the 23rd, and came home Saturday.
We were here for the Cindependent Film Festival, where Deb's short animated film "Essentially Alys" was being shown. Besides screening over 90 films, the festival offered workshops, coffee chats, and social meet ups. Deb partook of the events pretty much full time. On Friday I wondered off to the art museum, rejoining her for the evening screenings.
Deb checks out the festival schedule. Her movie was shown in the main Woodward Theatre on Friday night. The lobby featured a bar, and the area was home to many restaurants, shops, art galleries, cafes, etc. It was a 15 minute walk from the hotel, so we never needed the car or public transport. We left the car in the garage the entire time.
Deb's film was received with great enthusiasm, and most of the audience even laughed at all the right places!
On Friday I walked from downtown to the museum high atop Mt. Adams. A pedestrian bridge crosses 16 lanes of busy traffic!
Partial view of downtown from atop Mt. Adams, near the entrance to the Museum of Art.
Mt. Adams, in addition to being home to a large hilltop park and many museums, is a quiet residential area, with a few restaurants sprinkled about.
My walk from downtown (and back again afterwards) took about 30 minutes, and included some serious hill climbs!
Craft beer from Cleveland, Ohio. Craft beer is virtually everywhere these days. Yay!
Craft beer from Athens, Ohio. We dined at Aladdin, a Middle Eastern restaurant, both Thursday and Friday nights, where I also enjoyed some craft beer each night. Thursday night we went to the hotel rooftop bar, enjoying the night air, as well as Mars and the Moon, playing peek-a-boo with the skyscrapers.
On Saturday morning I visited Ohio books, a 4-floor used bookstore on Main Street not far from the hotel. I came away with a full bag of SF paperbacks and hardcovers. Most paperbacks are priced at $2.50, and harcovers went for $4! Deb went back up to the film events. We left town at noon, and after several stops on the way home we were back in the Burg at 6:45 pm.
To really explore the city well, a minimum of 4 days is recommended. There are two first class art museums that should be fully explored, as well as the lively downtown and riverfront areas.
To really explore the city well, a minimum of 4 days is recommended. There are two first class art museums that should be fully explored, as well as the lively downtown and riverfront areas.
In Part 2 I will show photos from my visit to the art museum...
...to be continued
Mapman Mike
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