Sep 9th, 2012 at 7:00PM:
There's something so mundane yet fascinating about neon road signage. The services advertised are simple: a clean bed, a comforting meal or a quirky roadside attraction. Yet visually, these neon wonders never fail to grab drivers' (or photographers') attention. Today's photo by Flickr user JasonBechtel is case in point. The brilliant pinks, blues and greens combined with the unique typeface ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Photo Of The Day: Howard Johnson Neon Signage
Sep 9th, 2012 at 7:00PM:
There's something so mundane yet fascinating about neon road signage. The services advertised are simple: a clean bed, a comforting meal or a quirky roadside attraction. Yet visually, these neon wonders never fail to grab drivers' (or photographers') attention. Today's photo by Flickr user JasonBechtel is case in point. The brilliant pinks, blues and greens combined with the unique typeface ...Ark Encounter theme park plans unveiled
Dec 2nd, 2010 at 2:00PM:
The "Creationist" theme park long-rumored to be built in Kentucky is one step closer to reality.
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear announced the plans for the new theme park on Wednesday, along with tax incentives the state of Kentucky will provide to the tune of $37 million.
Ark Encounter's centerpiece will be a 500-foot long wooden ark, modeled after the Biblical Noah's ark. The park's ...Relief: Four airport perks coming soon
Oct 18th, 2010 at 8:00AM: There's nothing fun about going to the airport, and the regulatory climate isn't likely to change that anytime soon. Security will still be a nightmare, and you won't be able to bring your own water with you (at least not for a while). Fortunately, there are companies out there looking for ways to make your airport experience better.
So, what can you expect to see in your local airport in the ...Need summer year-round? Check-in to one of these indoor water parks in Ohio
Jul 4th, 2010 at 2:00PM: What do you do in Ohio when you're hot and bored? Good news summer lovers: Ohio has some of the best indoor water parks in the country! Grab your suit, gas up the car and head to one of these hot spots to cool off any time of year:
Kalahari Resort boasts Ohio's largest indoor water park as well as a new, thrilling safari outdoor adventure park. This African themed resort offers private indoor ...Roller Girl busted for stealing 525 tickets from United Airlines
Jun 4th, 2010 at 11:00AM: Mercedes Stafford, the president of the Cincinnati Roller Girls pleaded guilty yesterday to illegally obtaining more than 500 airline tickets.
Stafford, who is known as "Sadistic Sadie" in her roller team works as a ticketing agent for United Airlines at Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport and figured out a way to issue herself free tickets.
Her system involved printing ...Kings Island's Son of Beast roller coaster will remain closed this spring
Mar 18th, 2010 at 10:30AM: When it opened 10 years ago, Son of Beast was the world's tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster. Today, it has an infamous reputation for causing injury and requiring costly repairs.
Kings Island has poured a reported $30 million into Son of Beast, but the theme park's General Manager Greg Scheid says the wooden coaster will not be operating when the park opens for the season on April 17.
...Giving up your seat for a voucher? Only on one condition!
May 19th, 2009 at 4:00PM: It's always pretty tempting. You're sitting in the gate area and hear the voice on the loudspeaker, offering travel vouchers and other perks if you'll give up your seat because your flight is oversold. You know the drill ... "if your travel plans are flexible." Well, while en route to the Gadling meet-up in Chicago, I got this opportunity and decided to roll the dice. Along the way, I learned a ...Cincinnati crime-fighter becomes local attraction
Apr 30th, 2009 at 9:00AM:
Watch the streets of Cincinnati carefully: you may see a man clad in a mask and cape scouring the city in search of evil deeds and damsels in distress. Shadowhare, who (obviously) prefers to conceal his true identity has volunteered his services to the city's citizens and civil servants ... free of charge.
This is bigger than voting and jury duty combined.
This superhero is 21 years old ...
Another passenger pulled off plane after booze fueled fight
Feb 22nd, 2009 at 10:30AM: And here we go again - once again, a passenger decided that being cut off from drinking more booze was not such a good idea, and decided to start a fight. Russel Krebs, a 6'3" 200 pound passenger was on his way to Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International airport on a Comair flight when the crew decided that he'd had enough to drink. At that point the real trouble started. An off-duty pilot and ...Delta wonders about Atlanta
Jan 29th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Is Delta playing chicken with Atlanta? The airline is getting ready for negotiations with Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport ... and has opened by threatening to lean on secondary hubs like Memphis and Cincinnati. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution questions the airline's likelihood of pulling the trigger, though. Delta is concerned that the costs of running through ...How safe is that romantic horse-drawn carriage anyway?
Dec 18th, 2008 at 3:30PM: Last night, as I drove through downtown Cincinnati to take in the lights at Fountain Square, I passed several horse drawn carriages. Admittedly, they looked festive and romantic. I imagine that they are quite the tourist draw. Downtown Columbus has almost nothing going on at night. Cincinnati looks hopping. A horse drawn carriage might pep things up around the State House was my thinking.
Then a ...The Most Expensive and Least Expensive Airports in the US
Nov 5th, 2008 at 12:30PM: According to the US Department of Transportation, airfares are now at an all time high. The average fare for the 2nd quarter of 2008 was $352. That's up nearly 8% from a year ago. Travelers are definitely feeling the surge in prices. However, the averages for individual airports vary wildly. Cincinnati has it worst. With fares averaging $595, it is the most expensive airport to fly out of in the ...Photo of the Day (10.19.08)
Oct 19th, 2008 at 1:30PM: Was your week a blur like mine was? I think this photo, by Flickr user JasonBechtel, is an apt photographic metaphor. Doesn't it just "feel" fast? I love the sense of movement and the way the background blurs while parts of the cheetah's body stay in focus. You might also think Jason took his cheetah photo on safari in Africa, right? Wrong. It was actually taken at the Cincinnati Zoo. Just goes ...Largest indoor train display in the world at new train lovers' attraction
Aug 3rd, 2008 at 9:00AM: Train-love runs deep in Ohio, there are scenic railroads, train stores, train societies, clubs of train watchers and old railroad station restaurants. Here is another example.
Friday, August 1 was the grand opening of EnterTRAINment Junction, a train attraction that is being billed as "the only train-themed family entertainment center in the world." Located 30 miles north of Cincinnati, not far ...Ohio's cinematic spots: An Intelligent Travel report
Jul 14th, 2008 at 2:30PM: Every time John Ur covers a state via its cinematic hot spots in his series "Cinematic Road Trip" for Intelligent Travel, I look to see which movies I've seen and what spots I know. It's always a pleasure.
This week Ur hit Ohio. Ohio, as he found, is diverse. He did skip over Columbus. I'll have to think about a movie that may have been filmed there. Columbus is not dull, but can slide under ..."Bodies" exhibit: a personal experience
May 31st, 2008 at 5:30PM: About two years ago, I saw the "Bodies" exhibit when it was in Cleveland. As I found out when reading Jaunted, there is a problem with the New York City exhibit. Perhaps, some of the people who were turned into plastic sans skin didn't have a say in the matter.
In the exhibit literature I saw, there were many assurances that the people on display had agreed to be a museum piece before their ...Latest mentos geyser world record event
May 15th, 2008 at 10:30AM: I recently found out that Leuven, Belgium has trumped Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2007, Epybird, the two guys that orchestrate mentos geysers, turned Fountain Square into more than 500 bottles of simultaneously shooting Diet Coke.
On April 23, 2008, a group of Belgian students donned blue raincoats, and, with the help of Epybird, turned Ladeuzeplein Square in Leuven into a mentos Diet Coke mess. It's ...
Sickness at water park thought to be virus related
Mar 29th, 2008 at 11:00AM: Last week it was reported that 90 people became sick after visiting Six Flags Great Escape Lodge and Indoor Water Park just north of Albany, New York. According to this subsequent report by the New York Department of Health, the number went up to 435 by the time the complaints stopped rolling in. People were suffering from gastrointestinal problems, although, the illnesses didn't seem to be ...Cincinnati, one of the worst cities for women?!!!
Mar 26th, 2008 at 9:20AM: Iva's post about the best cities for women caught my attention since Cincinnati was listed as one of the three worst. I wonder if Self magazine gathered the statistics that led to this list before Ohio's smoking ban? The reason Cincinnati ended up at the bottom is because of the high number of women who smoke here. Since smoking is not allowed in restaurants or bars in Ohio I wonder where women ...Ohio's got you covered when it comes to presidents' houses
Feb 18th, 2008 at 3:00PM: Ohio has the nickname "Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were elected from here. Seven of the eight were born in this state.
Although the site of Rutherford B. Hayes' birthplace in Delaware (about 30 minutes from Columbus) is no longer there (I think there's a gas station on the site), there are other presidents' houses and landmarks still standing. A tour of all of them covers ...
