Great Places to Enjoy Right Here in Your Hometown

By Peg Ashbrock
Summer is the best time to play tourist in your home town. It’s the time to explore places that you’ve never been, and find out just why so many of your family and friends like to visit. But I’ll bet there are places right here in your hometown that you’ve never checked out. What are you waiting for-get out and explore!

Exploring Downtown

Start at Cincinnati’s front door, Fountain Square, with activities day and night. Marvel at the restored Tyler Davidson Fountain and let the kids chase a few pigeons. Fountain Square is also the starting point of the Queen City Tour, those purple signs that lead you all over the city exploring. (more…)

Summerfair Kicks Off the Summer Arts Scene

By Peg Ashbrock

Who knows why art is appealing to you. Is it the intellectual stimulation? Is it the spiritual feeling it creates in you?  Could it be you just like the colors, the textures, the shape?

 

Two women, two artists, use light and color as their guide in very different ways to craft unique interpretations of the world around them. They, along with another 300 artists, kicked off  Summerfair 2008, Cincinnati’s official start of summer festivals. (more…)