Trailside Nature Center, Wolff Planetarium

Nestled in Burnet Woods is the Trailside Nature Center, and nestled in there is Wolff Planetarium. It's open very infrequently-- they do planetarium shows maybe twice a month-- but it's worth visiting if you get a chance.

Our show was about Orion-- the guide told the mythological stories about him, showed us where he lays in the sky at different times of the year, and pointed out other constellations around him. The show was an hour and only $3/person.



Trailside Nature Center's website: http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/cityparks/pages/-3444-/

Shake It Records

How incredible is Shake It Records?

Dan and I stopped by after hitting up Northside Tavern for the Crafty Supermarket. (I think a lot of people had that same idea.)

I had thought that Shake It Records was all music, but I was wrong. Tons of memorabilia, toys, books, magazines, more more more. I bought a handful of things, but I can't tell you what-- Christmas stuff!



Shake It Records' website: http://www.shakeitrecords.com/Shakeit-store.html

Crafty Supermarket

This year saw Crafty Supermarket's very first incarnation. Planted in the adorable neighborhood of Northside (specifically in Northside Tavern), this little local-goods flea market was a perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

There was a huge turnout-- from what I heard, it was much busier when it opened at noon, and by the time I got there (1-2pm) it was still swarming.

There was a plethora of local vendors and craftmachers, and I hope they bring this fest around more than even just once a year. Unfortunately I didn't end up buying anything-- I'm in Christmas mode, and while *I* wanted every single thing in that room, there just wasn't anything that fit the family members on my list.

Crafty Supermarket's website: http://craftysupermarket.wordpress.com/
Northside Tavern's website: http://lisalouuu.com/northsidetavern/html/

Don't forget: Dojo gift card giveaway!

Here's a picture of the Dan, drinking a Dojo Fluffernutter milkshake (gelatoshake?):

How can YOU get YOUR hands on a Dojo shake, or a big, fat, heapin' scoop of gelato? Don't forget to visit our previous post about Unchained Cincinnati and leave your comment for a chance at a free $5 Dojo Gelato gift card.

Paintball Country Ohio

Who's up for paintball?!

We were. My first time ever playing this game was in January, to celebrate my baby brother's 18th birthday. Ever since then, my gang of friends has been itching to play again. We were waiting until the weather cooled down so that we could layer up again... though that didn't exactly work out for us. Mid-November, gorgeous sunny warm weather.

If you're looking for a place in the area, I really love Paintball Country Ohio, out in West Chester. This place has a ton of land (the proprietor also owns a farm) and there are various scenarios set up outside. Some are your basic elimination setups, others are capture-the-flag types... we even got to take a bus out to the woods this time. Great fun.

Also, for the budget conscious: $30 gets you an all-day pass to the field, 500 paintballs, a rental gun and mask, an all the C02 refills you need. And if you have a group like we did, you get your own referee (so you're not playing against the speedballers) and they'll set you up with pizza and a party room.

Paintball Country Ohio website: http://paintballcountryohio.com/PaintballCountry/paintball.html

Cincinnati Unchained, + contest!

Earlier this week, Dojo Blogato wrote a post about BuyCincy's Cincinnati Unchained. It was the first I'd heard of it, though it wasn't the last.

Cincinnati Unchained is an event to draw attention to locally-owned and -operated businesses in the Queen City. As this is a big part of our journey, I wanted to make sure to spread the word here too.

For the event, Dojo is giving away a $5 gift card with the purchase of a $25 card. I'd like to give mine away!

Leave a comment here naming your favorite Cincinnati-based business for a chance to win a $5 gift card to Dojo Gelato. (Okay, $5 isn't much, but it goes a long way at Dojo!)

If you've already left a similar comment on another one of our posts, feel free to duplicate or leave a new answer. With any luck, I'll needle Dojo's Michael Christner into choosing a winner for us in a couple of days!

Send Me Something™ received!

Our Send Me Something arrived! (It was much quicker than this-- I'm just getting around to posting about it, sorry!)







Bummer that our cheeseburger bowl didn't make it intact. Regardless, I loved the process of buying and receiving our Somethings. I hope you'll consider them in the future!

Our posts about Send Me Something: http://www.cincinnatireadventure.com/search/label/sendmesomething
Send Me Something's website: http://sendmesomething.net/
The cheeseburger bowl, unbroken: http://sendmesomething.net/2009/11/somethin-something-order-no-0012/