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Travel Log: Cleveland (May 2017)
Cleveland is one of those cities that kind of unfortunately (for them) gets a bad rap for a variety of reasons (the Browns, dirty river on fire, Drew Carey, etc.) and because I’m from Cincinnati, I must assert my in-state superiority complex by making fun of it relentlessly. To be fair, I had been there a few times in my life… but always for sports and the city itself was an afterthought. I’ve been to Jacobs Field a few times (when it was still called Jacobs Field), and to Quicken Loans Arena a handful of times for hockey games, but never really explored the city beyond that. The boyfriend had never been…
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April 2017: baseball and hockey and footie, oh my!
April flew by in the blink of an eye! I don’t even know where to start summarizing all of the fun things I did/ate/drank. I started the month with a Cincinnati tradition — Opening Day! I have been to the game a handful of times in my life, but I had never been to the Findlay Market Opening Day Parade. Last year I decided that 2017 was the year I would go — so I did! I figured it was the kind of thing I needed to experience at least once in my life. We lucked into a pretty good spot on Race Street (front row!) to watch the parade. However,…
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March 2017: Eat, drink, and be Cincy.
The last month was filled with a lot of good Cincinnati-ing. February 28: I met my good friend April at Logan’s Roadhouse in Florence, KY to try our hand at another Paint Nite creation, one originally created by her cousin up north in Canada. Please, nobody tell my high school art teacher how crappy at this I’ve gotten. (Tip: Paint Nite offers Groupons quite a bit, making it only $20!) March 3: To celebrate my mom’s birthday a few days late, a small group of us got together at Mac’s on the Pike (Mariemont/Fairfax) for dinner. It was low key, but nice to celebrate my mom as a group! March 5: Sunday…
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February 2017: black-tie, brews, and ballroom dancing
February has been even more exciting than January was! We kicked off the month on February 4th with the Hearts for Hope Gala at the Duke Energy Convention Center, supporting Boys Hope Girls Hope Cincinnati. BHGH is a wonderful organization that, in their words, “provides educational opportunities and stability to motivated, underserved youth through residential and community-based programs.” I am proud to be involved with BHGH and work with their amazing Scholars, and proud that my company also supports the cause, affording more opportunities for the organization. The event was capped off by local band Soul Pocket playing for the crowd after dinner and ceremonies. We finished off our night by stopping by Queen City…
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January 2017: music, hockey, & food!
January was an exciting month! Trips to Columbus, live music, and the Museum Center!
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Are you there, blog? It’s me, Dannie.
It isn’t that I’ve forgotten about my blog, it’s just that I’m so freaking tired of writing papers all the time for school that writing for pleasure just doesn’t occur to me anymore. And I hate that, because I’ve had some pretty rad adventures, and I’m probably going to go back in time and share some of them with you. But my point is here: 13 days from now, I’ll go to my very last undergraduate class (talk me out of grad school, please), give my last presentation, and take one last final as part of my capstone class. 31 days from now, I get to don my black cap and gown…
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On why it’s okay to be single & 27 (so stop asking me when I’m having babies)
For the most part, being single is awesome. I can sit on the couch with my cats on Friday night while watching Dateline and narrating my cats’ internal monologues and not feel ashamed. I don’t have to shave my legs all the time in the winter because nobody gets up close and personal with my business. I don’t have to have listen to anyone else make suggestions about what I should do with my time. I can do whatever I want, and I can do it whenever I want!* (*when I’m not working or studying) I don’t really mind it, most of the time. Besides, I work full time and I’m…
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All work and no play makes Dannie a resentful girl.
Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to work hard, and this is a painful realization to make. For most of my adult life I have been struggling to make enough money to be self-sufficient, but I have always been determined to do so. But after several years of a small hourly paycheck (that my retail-employed sister nearly matched), I told myself that I do not have to settle for being somebody’s peon forever. I do not have to settle for not having nice things forever. I do not have to settle for wasting away pushing paper and never being challenged, always being talked down to like an ignorant child forever. All of…
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Who the f@#k is Frickin’ Dannie?
She’s this girl who likes cats. A little bit like this girl, except I don’t usually cry about cats except when I go on vacation or when they claw my face off. (Love/hate relationship.) She also likes hockey, especially the Columbus Blue Jackets, and this pretty much sums up the love for my team. They may be the ass of a lot of (unfunny) jokes (because you people are not original herpderppenismascot), but you can’t take 2009 away from me. That team makes me cry more than cats do. I have a big girl job, although I am not sure why anybody ever takes me seriously, because I can’t even…
