Cincinnati

just got back to the hotel we're staying at for the weekend. its actually a Comfort Inn Suite in Kentucky, but we are mainly here for cincinnati. Grandpa Vidal's 80th birthday to be exact.
Bob and Carol live in a beautiful condo overlooking the Ohio River and are hosting a family party for the occasion. i love that i'm here for family this time.. . i've a had an odd love affair withe the city of Cincinnati for a few years now. griffin really did show me the beauty of this town and introduced me to the many things to love about it. . . . mount adams, hyde park, the echo diner, mike's music shoppe, skyline chili, the taft theater and good hearted people.

aside from the fact that i haven't learned the guitar changes to "my favorite things" (of sound of music fame), which beth has put new words to, as tribute to Bob's 80th. . , i'm looking forward to some good times with family that i'm just starting to really know. . .
there's much more to write about, but i'm pooped.
goodnight


"It is considered to have been the first major American "boomtown," rapidly expanding in the heart of the country in the early nineteenth century to rival the larger coastal cities in size and wealth. As the first major inland city in the country, it is sometimes thought of as the first purely American city, lacking the heavy European influence that was present on the east coast. However, by the end of the century, Cincinnati's growth had slowed considerably, and the city was surpassed in population by many other inland cities." -Wikipedia