here comes a regular
I lured AEA here for a lecture by author George Saunders, but then, well, you know ... stupid COVID. She agreed to come over anyway and patiently endured my gushing about all things Cincinnati.
If you're scoring at home, that makes three Peoria-based friends/family members who trekked over to experience the Queen City with me. I'm so lucky!
AEA found a wonderful brewery/history tour that took us into the Northern Liberties, a part of OTR I've never been before. The tour guide shared many great facts and yet more insights into the strong German influence here.
Did I take her to Taft's? Of course I did, and made her ride the streetcar.
I assure you, the whole weekend did not revolve around alcohol.
Wait - yeah, it pretty much did. We went to Comfort Station, where the staff greeted me as they would a regular. (I had a pretty nice time there early in the trip, and found my way back there.) The decor and unusual cocktails were right up AEA's alley. It's a treasure - just as she is.
Fingers crossed that the 2022 author lecture truly comes to pass, and that we can experience it together.