City Living

Shadowhare’s real name revealed

A Cincinnati police officer has revealed local super hero as none other than “Cleveland Cummins.”
Information apparently revealed during conversation with the regular-citizen-turned-crime fighter.
Unknown residence, age or other pertitent vital information.
Will update as new information becomes available.

Beautiful evening on Fountain Square

Beautiful evening on Fountain Square

Originally uploaded by hjoew

Great weather in Cincinnati… Cubs in town and the center city is
hopping.

Cincinnati superhero Shadowhare makes downtown apprehension

Local Cincinnati super hero Shadowhare and his sidekick Silver Moon were seen downtown recently in Piatt Park making an apprehension. Using his 20,000-volt stun ray, he shocked me – yes, me – into submission. I have no further comment at this time.

Cincinnati skyline from Chez Nora

Cincinnati census office opening to be a grand spectacle

Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory and Hamilton County Commission President David Pepper are celebrating the opening of the 2010 U.S. Census Cincinnati office with an amazing amount of fanfare.
Here’s the “Who” part of the press release sent out this morning. Note that the regulars are at the beginning, added by an ever-increasing amount of, well, relatively [...]

Nixon tree infested with bugs

Nixon tree infested with bugs
Originally uploaded by hjoew
In Memorial Grove at Cincinnati’s Eden Park there are trees planted in honor of each President of the United States after they leave office. The tree honoring President Richard M. Nixon had to be chopped down recently after, ironically, it was infested with bugs.
Two exceptions to presidential trees [...]

Spring is near

Spring is near

Originally uploaded by hjoew

The tree outside my apartment window is about to burst with spring
beauty. This makes me very happy.

On Segway tour of Cincinnati

On Segway tour of Cincinnati
Originally uploaded by hjoew

In Eden Park, Memorial Grove. Great time!

Facebook Lexicon and “Cincinnati”

The Facebook Lexicon is a searhable application tracks the usage of terms used in Facebook on group, profile and wall pages. It’s an endlessly fascinating way to take a bird’s eye view of what people are talking about – and, frankly, what they are not.
Because of Facebook’s global scope, I think it’s hard to be [...]

Please poo/pee in the bathroom

When I first moved to Over-the-Rhine in 2004, the building next to ours on Race Street in Cincinnati, the one at 13th and Race streets, was akin to tenement housing with, if I recall correctly, around 40 single-room “apartments” that shared a bathroom on each floor. I never went inside because of the sounds I [...]