Saturday, January 28th, 2012

Another Metro Adventure

I was riding the 17 bus yesterday on my way to work, and there was this little old blond lady sitting across from me. I watched her as she was busy writing something. She was diligent with the task at hand. I found her to be quite colorful and adorable. She was stylish with a [...]

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Float Through Eden Park On A Magical Podium (Segway)

Learn all about one of the jewels of Cincinnati, beautiful and historic Eden Park near downtown. But don’t just learn, learn in style!
Segway Of Ohio conducts 90-minute tours around Eden Park on their unique two-wheeled transportation devices.  Have fun tooling around the park while learning from an experienced guide.
Much appreciation should go to the city [...]

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

Ride The Ducks

Newport joins the likes of Boston, Seattle, Baltimore, and San Francisco by becoming the eighth U.S. location to offer Ride The Ducks tours, a unique and fun – but also educational – sightseeing tour.  These boat-shaped cars… er, car-shaped boats… er, boat-shaped cars can travel on land and water, providing a unique tour route never [...]

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Railway Museum Will Stop You In Your Tracks

Photo by K. LeMaster/Building Cincinnati
Founded in 1975, the non-profit railway museum, located in the four-acre Latonia Yard, has a permanent collection of 37 pieces of historic equipment from the seven railroads entering Cincinnati.
So says Building Cincinnati, in a post about May’s Covington After Hours, about the Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati.
I’ve probably driven down Decoursey [...]

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Buster, The Baby Bus

Here is something weird from Metro, your public transportation authority:
Buster, the Baby Bus
Born in 1998 just in time to celebrate Metro’s 25th anniversary, Buster shows up at area parades and community events. Buster was built on a go-kart frame and was created by a team of Metro mechanics who gave him such unique features as [...]

Wednesday, August 25th, 2004

Mass Transit, I hardly knew ya

A tour of the 2 mile tunnel today, as one might expect, is a surreal experience. As the tubes are just below street level, the sounds of automobiles, police sirens, and even sidewalk conversations can be heard through the vents, and the tunnels have that musty “subway smell”. Surprisingly, the 80 year old tunnels and [...]