I suppose it was bound to happen.
And so I put on my best Gheorghe face and make the best of things. My misfortune is your boon, my misadventure your window into a whole new world. Friends, I give you: Florence, KY.
As you may know, the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport is in Kentucky (the name is a bit of a giveaway). Boone County, KY, to be exact. Home to fabled outdoorsman Daniel Boone, the county sits just over the Ohio River from Cincinnati. As I scrambled to find a hotel room and avoid the cots being wheeled out at Gate B24, hotels.com rescued me with a room at the Days Inn Florence. (It also suggested a room at the $200/night Cincinnatian Hotel downtown, which sorely, sorely tempted me and my corporate credit card. Please be sure to tell my bosses how frugal I was with the company's money.)
Florence (I would call it beautiful Florence, but it mostly seems to be strip malls, interstate, and light industrial parks) is the largest city in Boone County, clocking in at just over 29,000 souls, 92.44% of them white. (And 0.06% Pacific Islander. I do believe I met that guy at the Chick-fil-a.) Founded in 1830, the town is working hard on having something of historical significance added to its Wikipedia page. Perhaps my visit will qualify.The town is the home of former Alabama and Seattle Seahawk (and Washington Redskin) great Shaun Alexander, who ran for 3,166 yards and 54 touchdowns for the Boone County High School Rebels. In his senior season. Florence also boasts the pulchritudinous Sheree Paolello, loose-tongued news anchor for WLWT, and a water tower with a wonderfully silly story:
Allegedly, according to the good people at Delta (who lied to me at least twice yesterday), I'll be headed homeward at 1:55 this afternoon. I don't envy the folks sitting near me on the plane, as all my clothes have been stuffed into a suitcase with foul-smelling workout gear. Until then, howdy from Florence, and may the road rise to meet you.Originally the tower advertised the up-and-coming Florence Mall, as part of an agreement by the mall developers who donated the land for the tower. However, because the mall was not built yet, the tower violated highway regulations, and the city was forced to change it within a short deadline. Rather than repaint the entire tower, they simply painted over the two vertical lines of the "M" to create a "Y". The intent was to change it back when the mall was built, but the local residents liked the tower's new proclamation, so the city decided to leave it as it was.
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Rob....skyline chili? Hello.
Delta's slogan should be "Relax. Grab a book. We'll get you there some time."
They along w zmans Time Warner were recently selected by the people as among the two worst service providers.
i just saw boone county high school! and the 'florence y'all' tower! and a flamboyantly gay hispanic guy in starbucks!
Dolla dolla bills y'all.
No photos of Dorals and Vagisil?
i hope there's a high school punk band in florence called "florence y'all."
or a sheet metal fabrication shop called 'florence and the machine'
mighty impressive (and shlara-friendly) leaderboard at the open championship.
Fred Willard pulling a Pee Wee....
in more ways than one.
How do adult theaters even exist anymore? I would have thought that the internet would have killed that business model years ago.
nice misdirection, marls. 'why, i do declare, i've never heard of such a thing'. well played.
You still have an hour before your flight. Maybe you can see if Florence has a noodie theatre.
With all this Cincy travel chattering, anyone got an good places to hit up in Irving, TX? I hate the Dallas area. So I'm looking for a fresh perspective from you guys.
What are you looking for in the DFW area?
hookers, preferably small ones
I'll be there on business from Sunday to Thursday. Places to drink and eat that are off the beaten track. Any good music venues to see bands.
am i the only one here that was unaware that dennis rodman is one of 29 kids with one father and 16 different mothers?
No. I was too Danimal. Also unaware that his Dad's name is Philanderer.
I like Vickery Park in the Knox-Henderson area (north dallas). It's got the best mussels I've ever had (seriously) and the brisket sandwich with Kahluha bbq sauce is making me drool right now. Good beer selection too. Monk's is also in that neighborhood--good beer selection.
The Ft. Worth stockyards are kinda touristy but worth checking out. That's where you'll find Lonesome Dove a pricey (but awesome!!) restaurant--try the elk sausage sliders. There's also Billy Bob's, the "world's largest honky tonk" with is worth the experience. The White Elephant has live music every night. You can go to the Stockyards almost any night of the week & have a good time.
In downtown ft worth, there's the flying saucer (huge beer selection) and Reata: great rooftop bar, & "modern western fare" (say "hi" to Caroline).
In Arlington, there's Cowboys (huge dance hall with a mechanical bull). It's equivalent in Dallas is Red River.
Off of off the beaten path in the "mid-cities" area (Hurst, Euless, Bedford), there's a place called Big Shots. Totally a locals place but it's pretty fun & they sometimes feature live music.
Hope this helps.
Hi I'm Knox Henderson. This is my colleague Vickery Park.
The Dennis Rodman comment reminded me of this:
http://www.faniq.com/blog/Athletes-With-Illegitimate-Kids-The-Comprehensive-List-Blog-17243
oh, and GO ADAM SCOTT.
he looked awesome today.
and he's awesome to look at.
that is all.
is greg from texas?
Adam Scott has woman hips. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Sorry Shlara.
Squeeze and B-52s tonight at Wolftrap with KQ and the offspring. Uncle Rico and I love the 80's.
what??? It is obvious. Do not try to woo the crowd. they hate you.
And Phil boobs.
Thanks, Greg.
Want to watch the Open but sort of wrapped up in the CO shooting stuff.
Mike Tyson on Broadway, now that is a tempting ticket purchase. Who knows what the hell could happen during the show.
http://www.telecharge.com/behindTheCurtain.aspx
did teej see the boss over in dooblin?
Living the rock star life in Vegas this weekend. At the pool cabana with my peeps today and one of my friends put me on the Miralcle Mile Shops marquis. Check out my twitter feed! I could get used to this life style...
So I guess people bring their 3 month olds to midnight movie viewings.
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