tink you sir may i have another?

recently we secured a babysitter and made our way out for an evening of holiday merry-making. our plan? grab a dinner out and head to a holiday party. once we recovered from the vertigo of not having children in our arms (or on our hips or heads or knees), we headed on a lark and several [...]

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have your cake and edith, too: sitwell’s coffee house

i’ve been really curious about sitwell’s for months. i first noticed it going to a movie at the esquire, and then again doing some mad-dash holiday shopping on the ludlow drag. recently i had reason to take myself through the doors when three friends decided we should meet there for a sunday afternoon of knitting [...]

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adios, chipotle

if you’re still eating your quick burritos at chipotle you need to stop. now. and start eating them at habanero in clifton.
habanero is an unassuming little place on ludlow just west of the esquire theatre. like the place you are going to quit patronizing it is an open space and is a hybrid of self- [...]

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last-minute shopping, local style

for those fun-loving girl-types (of all ages) on your list — you know, the ones with such fab-u-lous taste — head to cincy’s favorite trio of shops: pangaea, kismet, and toko baru.
sibling stores, these three eclecto-funk locations will share returns (don’t like what you got from pangaea? return it to kismet!) and carry a terrifically [...]

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