Gaaaaaahhhhh! Last Thursday I had a little mishap and somehow BROKE a bone in my FOOT! IT SUCKS. Now I have to wear the air boot for six weeks. 6 weeks! It is so frustrating. I had so much to do last weekend and so much going on this week, and, well, for the rest of the month. But now I can't drive, I'm begging for rides to work because I don't want to hobble to and from the bus stop. I have to stick close to the office for lunch. Grrrr.

One of the things I had on my list last weekend was going to Origins in Rookwood. Very close, convenient. I was out of my face cleanser. But even that short trip was out. Then I remembered something. Once, when I was in that store, a saleswoman mentioned that they will deliver. That's so nice. I thought it cost $3 for some reason. That's less than s+h if ordered on line, and faster too. But no! I called, asked about delivery and they do it for FREE! That's way better than online ordering. And it should be here tomorrow. Not in 4-5 business days. That is great customer service.

So, the break happened Thursday night. The ER doc at Jewish Hospital in Kenwood said I would probably need a cast and have to stay off of it for awhile. Oh No! I told him that would not do. I have to go out on Friday. Not only did I procure a ticket to The Lion King a mere few hours earlier (shortly before the accident), but Friday was the Spring Fling. I bought my ticket a month ago! Luckily, the next day, the orthopedic doc said a cast wasn't necessary and gave me an air cast to go with my crutches. And I did go to the Lion King that very night. It was terrific. I love the opening scene. Is there any better opening scene in all of theater world? I doubt it. Then I begged a ride to Coney Island for the Spring Fling. The guys I went to the show with weren't even going to the Fling but they felt sorry enough for me that they drove me out there. Once I found my friends, I stayed in one place all night. Sigh. But I still had a good time.

Is there any way to get past telling the story over and over? Maybe I should send out a mass email.

Saturday night, I went to dinner and the Over the Rhine concert at the 20th Century in Oakley. Ellery was the opening act and both of those bands rock. Ellery reminds me a little of a cross between Tori Amos and Norah Jones. OTR, as we in Cincinnati have known for so long, are awesome.

Go Reds!
I love Opening Day! Especially when the weather is beautiful as it is today. Of course I'm a Reds fan, but I'm not a dedicated baseball nut. I rarely go to games and I don't schedule my life around tv broadcasts. But Opening Day is just so exciting. Especially if you work downtown. Normally I hate crowds, but when everyone is wearing Red and in good spirits, I'm there. And the parade! What is it about this parade? I never go out of my way for parades either. But I just had to watch today's. I'm told Cincinnati is the only city that gets so crazy about the start of the baseball season. No other major league city marks the day with a parade?? We couldn't imagine life without one. Here its business as usual. "It's Opening Day. Of course there is a parade."
Today the parade went on and on and on - for over an hour! I was only disappointed that there wasn't any candy being thrown. But the other fast-growing Opening Day tradition makes up for the lack of candy - the office cookout. More and more office buildings have grills set up outside to treat the ticketless employees to a taste of the ballpark.
Go Reds!

Last week CityBeat published its annual "Best of Cincinnati" edition. As I read through it thinking "I need to try that restaurant, I need to check out that shop," I realized another great thing about Cincinnati. There are so many cool places, some obvious, some out of the way waiting to be discovered. That's because Cincinnati is a big city. And a small town. As a city it offers all the cultural, culinary, and entertaining attractions. As a small town all those great places are accessible. Of all the new places and things I wanted to check out from the Best of issue, I realized I actually could feasibly do it all. Some things are a little pricey for most people, like dinner at Jean-Robert at Pigall's, but not out of the question. I could explore Northside one weekend, Covington the next, then Oakley and Clifton.

Bookmark this site: http://www.bestofcincinnati.com/ Next time "there's nothing to do in this city" you can find something to do.

I’m so bummed! Last night I was at the Freedom Center to hear Ellen Sauerbrey, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Migration, and Refugees, and I heard from some Global Center volunteers that we will have to postpone World Quest! Although this will give me more time to, uh, "study" it's so disappointing! It has been years since the Global Center hosted World Quest and many of us were starting to get so excited!
World Quest was originally scheduled for June 1 at the Freedom Center. Apparently, a Clinton, I do not know which one, is now scheduled to visit the Freedom Center on June 2 and they feel there will not be enough time to prepare if the World Quest after-party is carrying on into the wee hours of the morning. I guess I can't blame the Clintons - they probably know nothing of the troubles they are causing- but I am not happy!
Instead I will have to wait until June 9th and drown my sorrows. June 9th is the date of the Second Annual Club Red Wine Social at Chateau Pomijie. It was so fun last year with wine, food, raffles, music out on the deck. I hope we have the same beautiful weather this year.
Now that Spring is here the calendar is filling up with fun events to look forward to. Although we have to look much farther ahead for World Quest, there is the Spring Fling, Club Red Wine Social, and, rumor has it, there will be another special Saturday night summer edition of One World Wednesday at the Art Museum. Last year, the Ibiza party was such an overwhelming success, they simply have to do it again. Get there early so you can get in!
In the meantime, I'll be working on some more terrific World View radio programs! Every Sunday at 8:00 on 89.3 WMKV. Who knew Cincinnati was so international!