Pioneer Memorial Cemetery

When Dan and I were walking around Lunken, we stumbled across the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery. I'm not sure what to say except that it was frakkin' gorgeous. Headstones from the late 1700s.







I love love love being able to just accidentally find things like this. In school I always had problems with history because I'm bad with chronology, dates, etc. But when I'm able to spend time in graveyards and historic sites, I can paint much better pictures in my head.

Pioneer Memorial Cemetery: http://maps.google.com/places/us/oh/cincinnati/wilmer-ave/333/-pioneer-memorial-cemetery-cincinnati?hl=en&gl=us

Sky Galley, Lunken Airport

Personally, I'm amazed that I've gone this long without talking about Lunken Airport. Lunken is probably in my top 5 favorite spots in Cincinnati, especially if we're talking in terms of local history.


Look at this gorgeous little municipal airport. This used the be The Airport, folks. ("When the original 1000-acre (4 km²) airfield was dedicated in 1925, it was the largest municipal airfield in the world." --Wikipedia)


Dan and I were actually there to visit Sky Galley as neither of us had been there before, despite all my Lunken lovin'. I only found out about Sky Galley when I took a charter flight out of Lunken-- I asked the pilot's wife for a history lesson, and she was telling me about how Sky Galley used to make all the food that would be served in-flight. Boxes of fried chicken, if I remember correctly. ("Sky Galley Restaurant has been in nearly continuous operation for decades, and is so named because the first meals served on a commercial airliner [American Airlines] were prepared here." --Wikipedia again)

Now Sky Galley is a restaurant where you can watch the planes fly in and out of Lunken. The menu is great-- bar food and then some, nothing too challenging but a great selection of familiar comfort foods-- and when we were in there, the place was EMPTY. (It was a Thursday night.) The weather was gorgeous and it was the perfect way to spend an evening.


Lunken has been open every time I've randomly popped in for a visit. It is, after all, a functioning airport. There is so much fabulous art deco detail throughout the entire building... it just kills me, no matter how many times I visit.


Aaaaaah the art deco I love it so muuuuuuch...


Lunken's website: http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/transeng/pages/-7207-/

Terry's Turf Club

There are many typical Cincinnati places that I've never visited. I'd say the one I'm hounded about the most would be Terry's Turf Club.

Oh Erica! I can't believe you've never been there! How long have you lived here? The burgers, Erica, the burgers!

(This kind of attitude, by the way, is a huge deterrent to me. It makes me want to never go to that place out of sheer spite. Just tell me you like the damn burgers and let's move on.)

Anyway!

After church one day, Dan and I were in the mood for something out of our normal routine. I suggested Terry's, which was a bit of a gamble as Dan doesn't like hamburgers. (I know, right? And I hate bacon. Which of us is less American?)

And so, in case there are any other Terry's Turf Club n00bs left in the Queen City, a few things I learned during our visit:

1. Sunday at the stroke of noon is a fantastic time to visit. You'll be seated promptly and served right away. By the time you leave, there will be an actual line out the door.

2. Order the burger. Yes, it's as delicious as you've heard. Plan to eat half. You'll have delicious leftovers and your internal organs will thank you.


3. You are seated at a table with strangers. For me, this is a blessing-- it reminds me of the one-and-only cruise I've taken in my life. At dinner every night, they with you with another couple or family, and you make conversation throughout the meal. However, odds are good that you're going to be seated next to people who see this as some kind of torture. They will avoid eye contact, scoot their chair as far from you as possible, and sit with a pained look on their face. This happened to us... twice.


4. The place gets packed... and I mean packed. One woman waiting for a table ended up standing next to ours-- she was actually much, much friendlier than our table-mates. I enjoy this kind of vibe. Not everyone does.

5. No iced tea. What... the what.

Overall we loved our experience. Now if I can just visit Zips, maybe y'all can get off my back for a while? Yes? ;)