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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Cincinnati's Ohio River Paddlefest June 20-22 2013 One of the perks of Ohio life is lakes and rivers.  The Little Miami River is a key part of Warren County life, but if you want something a bit bigger, then you head down to the Ohio River!  And if you want company on the Ohio River, then you go to the annual Ohio River Paddlesfest!  This year's Paddlefest festival is June 20-22 and as before, based out of Old Coney!  This is one of the country's largest canoe/kayak events, so you don't want to miss it!  The 12th annual Paddlefest Weekend starts Thursday June 20th at Coney Island in New Richmond!Thursday June 20 at Coney Island: The Kids Outdoor Adventure Expo returns from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  and will feature four villages:  "Let's Move!", "Let's Splash!", "Let's Explore!", and "Le...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Cincinnati's Summerfair Returns May 31- June 2, 2013 You can't beat Cincinnati's Summerfair for unique arts/crafts to decorate your home or for one of a kind gifts!  You might think early June is early to start your Christmas gift shopping, but not when Cincinnati's Summerfair is available to you May 31 to June 2! This year's edition of Summerfair at Coney Island is the 46th, so you know they're doing it right!   Summerfair continues to pack out the Coney Island display area with over 300 artists and craftspeople bringing their "A" game.  You'll find local artists and artists from all across the U.S. and Canada, and working in basically any media you want:  photography, woodworking, metalworking, ceramics, painting, jewelry, it's all there and MUCH more! And costs?  If varies from just ...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Memorial Day Weekend Events:  Taste of Cincinnati May 25 - 27 2013 Nothing says "Let's get the summer party started!!" like Taste of Cincinnati!!  Now entering its 35th year, Taste of Cincinnati is THE longest running culinary arts festival in the country.  Starting as a 1 day event in 1979, Taste has expanded to 3 days and over 500,000 visitors! And why not?  There's nothing else like it!  With over 45 restaurants featuring hundreds of dishes, 70 live entertainment acts performing on multiple stages, you're going to have PLENTY of food and entertainment!  And mix in the other activities and you'll have time to let the food settle and go back for another round!  Each restaurant serves a selection of food, with cost typically $3 to $5 per serving, so bring LOTS of ones and fives, and for...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Cincinnati Zoo Babies 28th Annual Celebration May 1-31 2013 The Cincinnati Zoo Babies is one of the favorite Cincinnati Zoo events of the year!  All those cute little babies just bring out the "Awwwwwwwwwwww" in everyone!  And it's a testament to the Cincinnati Zoo what a great environment they provide for their breeding programs to be such a success! The Cincinnati Zoo Babies 28th annual celebration runs the entire month of May, and seeing the young ones is part of your normal Cincinnati Zoo admission (details below). And to add to the fun, the Cincinnati Zoo Babies celebration features special appearances by children friendly entertainment, with scheduled May 4th Barney (yeah, the purple dinosaur and we dare you to not think of his theme song!), May 11th The Avengers, and May 18th Cu...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Cincy-Cinco Latin Festival May 4 & 5 2013 Downtown Cincinnati! It's time to get the festival season kicked off with a Latino flavor, with the 10th annual Cincy-Cinco Latin Festival this Saturday and Sunday on Cincinnati's Fountain Square!  Dancing, food, arts and crafts, music, the world's largest taco and world's biggest pinata!  And admission is FREE!  Hours:  noon - 11 p.m. Saturday May 4th and noon - 7 p.m. on Sunday May 5th. Location:  Fountain Square (intersection of Fifth and Vine in downtown Cincinnati).  Admission is free, parking....well that may cost you a few dollars :) Food:  A variety of Latin American styles will be represented and for sale!  With five restaurants and a Hispanic church doing the cooking, you know you're getting authentic!! Music:  Lots of Latino music!  A...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Greater Cincinnati Spring Restaurant Week May 13-19 2013 It's almost time for another edition of the Greater Cincinnati Spring Restaurant Week!  Featuring 24 restaurant locations from down in Kentucky all the way north to Lebanon's The Golden Lamb, here's your chance for a 3-course meal for only $33.13!  Featuring locally sourced food on these special menus, you're sure to enjoy a special night out!  If you've got a favorite restaurant on the list, this is a great time for another visit!  Ready to try something new?  There many be no better time than the Greater Cincinnati Spring Restaurant Week!  And fyi, these are NOT chain restaurants, but independents, so you're helping local small businesses succeed instead of adding to some corporate bank accounts far away from here! So who's in??...
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By Jo Potvin, Home Staging Cincinnati - Design To Market
(Design To Market LLC)
      The Cincinnati Reds are providing a great way to help Cincinnatians get rid of old electronics today and tomorrow April 20 and 21.  If you are preparing your home for sale and have older TV's and computers filling up your storage spaces then click on this link for more information about how to dispose of them:   http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130417&content_id=45043278&vkey=pr_cin&c_id=cin   Design To Market has been staging homes in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky since 2004. For more information about this project and our other Cincinnati home staging services please call us at 513-265-0952 or visit our website atwww.designtomarketllc.com.    
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Cincinnati's 18th Annual Butterfly Show Opens April 20th at Krohn Conservatory We haven't seen the butterflies in our yard yet, but Krohn Conservatory is about to have thousands of butterflies for their annual butterfly show!!  This year this Eden Park fixture is featuring Butterflies of Morocco, 16,000 of them plus or minus a couple!  Opening April 20th, the Krohn Conservatory annual butterfly show is eagerly visited for these amazingly decorated flying works of art!    The show is located in Cincinnati's Eden Park at Krohn Conservatory (1501 Eden Park Drive).  Show is open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. from April 20 to June 30, 2013.  Admission is $7 Adults, $6 Seniors, $4 Children under 17, Free for kids 4 and under.  You can buy an Unlimited Entry pin for only $12!  For more information v...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Are You Ready For Some Baseball?  Cincinnati Reds Season Opener 4/1/13! Opening Day might as well be a city holiday in Cincinnati!  It's basically an all day affair with the Opening Day Findlay Market Parade and a host of other activities surrounding the game!  And why not, just name another city with a longer history of professional baseball??  We're waiting....and we'd keep waiting because no city has an older established history of professional baseball than Cincinnati!And the Reds are stocked with young talent and ready to improve on last year's record and there's no reason to expect anything but another division title and a deeper run into the playoffs!  Who knows, maybe it's time to bring home another World Series!But first they need to win a lot of games, and tomorrow Johnny Cuet...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Cincinnati Zoo Easter Celebration March 30 2013 You can go to the park and hunt for Easter Eggs, or in the back yard, OR you can head down to the Cincinnati Zoo March 30th for a unique experience!  The park and your yard might have squirrels and such, but we're talking lions and bears and tiger, oh my!!!  From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. they'll be putting on an Easter celebration as only the Cincinnati Zoo can!  They'll have the Four Golden Eggs hunt again with some nice special prizes if you find one!  They're not saying what the prizes are, but last year they included a 1 year Gold Family Membership, a Behind the Scenes Tour, a Red Panda artist original painting or one really big plush bunny with a $50 expense account! :)  The Cincinnati Zoo is going to have you get around the zoo for this Eas...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
How To Use Kroger Rewards To Benefit Your Favorite Charity Did you know that besides using the loyalty card from Kroger that you can use it to help your favorite charities?  It's not a well-known fact, but if you register your Kroger Rewards card on Kroger's website, you can select a non-profit organization and they'll make donations to the group based on your shopping levels.  Now don't expect it to be a huge amount, but this is a case where the power of groups can really pay off.  The more shoppers that select a particular non-profit, the more the dollars add up.  If you follow us, you know that Ohio Alleycat Resource Spay/Neuter Clinic is one of our "pet" causes....sorry, just couldn't pass it up!  Thanks to enough people selecting OAR for their Kroger Community Rewards program, they...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
2013 Cincinnati Home And Garden Show March 2-3 & 6-10 Seven days to check out thousands of ideas for your home and garden!  Yes, it's time for Cincinnati's LONGEST running home and garden show to return March 2-3 & 6-10!  Starting back in 1969 and sponsored by Fifth Third Bank at the Duke Energy Cincinnati Convention Center (located downtown at the corner of SIXTH and ELM), this is the biggest Home and Garden Show in our area! You won't lack for ideas, tips and tricks to make your home and garden a better place to call home, with hundreds of vendors setting up and showing you what you COULD do with your home!  Landscaping, remodeling, design, gardening, they'll have it all here for your enjoyment!  You might even find some "show only" discounts!  Shop around, compare, get new ideas, and...
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45231 zip, 3 Bedroom Brick Bi-Level Home For Sale in Cincinnati, Ohio   9909 Greenriver Cincinnati, OH 45231 Fantastic 3 bedroom 2.5 bath bi-level Price : $69,900 Bedrooms : 3 Bathrooms : 2.5 Square Foot : 1,778 Lot Size : 0 County : Hamilton Property Type : Detached Year Built : 1974 MLS Number : 1340424 click for more information and pictures Property Description: 45231 zip, 3 Bedroom Brick Bi-Level Home For Sale in Cincinnati, Ohio Pre-qualify for this 45231 zip 3 bedroom Bi-Level home for sale in Cincinnati, Ohio 45231 with Trent Warner, Cincinnati FHA Loan Expert at Union Savings Bank or call 513-503-8020. This fantastic brick Bi-Level home for sale features 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths with 1,778 square footage and a lot size of 10,454 square feet. Call and ask about this 3 bedroom b...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Penguin Days Mean Half Price Admission to Cincinnati Zoo! From January 2nd to February 28 2013 it's half price admission to the Cincinnati Zoo during their Penguin Days promotion!  While the hot weather critters may be bunkering down and wondering about all the white stuff on the ground, the Arctic and Antarctic animals are  "Now THIS is more like it!!  A taste of home!". So put some parkas and gloves on the kids and take a stroll through the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden!  The Cincinnati Zoo is already a kid friendly activity as long as they play by the rules...no little Johnnie, stop throwing that stuff back at the monkeys!! And with your budget having taken a hit for Christmas, but the kids are getting a little stir crazy, what's better than a 1/2 off admission to the Cincinnati ...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Harlem Globetrotters Visit Cincinnati's US Bank Arena December 29 2012 It's another Cincinnati holiday tradition, the return of the Harlem Globetrotters to US Bank Arena!  The names have changed since we were kids, but the pure basketball entertainment is still there!  And these players have serious hoops skills!  And they're adding a new twist this year, where the fans get to vote on a rule change prior to the event!  Want them to play with TWO basketballs?  They can do that!   Did you know they're now in their 86th year after starting as the Savoy Big Five in 1926?  Hearing Sweet Georgia Brown can only bring one thing to mind, and that's The Harlem Globetrotters!   So when can you see them? December 29th there will be two performances:  2 p.m. & 7 p.m. in downtown Cincinnati at the U....
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Findlay Market, A Real Cincinnati Gem! You can't live in the Cincinnati area without hearing about Findlay Market.  But have you actually BEEN to Findlay Market?  Because if you have, you already know what a gem it is, and if you haven't, well it's time to pay them a visit!  So what is Findlay Market?  Well it's been around since 1852 and is on the National Register of Historic Places!  Part farmers' market, part shopping area, part restaurant, ALL fun!  The pictures are from a rainy Saturday in December, so perhaps the crowds were a bit less than normal, and perhaps fewer outside vendors too, but it was still easily worth the trip! Findlay Market is easily accessible (for instance on I71 South, take the Reading Rd exit, T/R on Liberty, T/R Elm, T/R on Findlay and T/R into the parking l...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Cincinnati's First Party of 2013 At Fountain Square! So you can't make it to Times Square for New Year's Eve?  Tired of falling asleep on the couch watching the tube?  Well Cincinnati is offering you a chance to ring in the New Year Cincy style!Come on down to Fountain Square December 31st from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. to party in the New Year!  You'll have local TV & radio celebrities hosting the party, and plenty of live music to entertain!  Want to get your groove on?  There's going to be a HUGE block party dance floor?  Want to get your twirl on?  Well there's free ice skating all night long too on the US Bank Ice Rink!  Add in Rozzi's Famous Fireworks and even a holographic light display to up the ante for the night's entertainment!So what is all this fun going to cost you?  The event itse...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Children's Theatre of Cincinnati Presents Santa's Toy Factory You've done the lights, you've seen the trains, you've seen Scrooge & Tiny Tim, you've done all the usual Christmas events and you still want MORE!  Well how about a BRAND NEW HOLIDAY MUSICAL??  That's right, The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati is rolling out the red carpet for you with performances of Santa's Toy Factory at Taft Theatre December 7-9 & 15, 2012!Eben Franckewitz of local American Idol fame (youngest ever to make the top 24) stars as Wendell, an elf in Santa's Toy Factory.  Apparently the Holiday Spirit Meter is running low and it's got to hit the top for Santa's sleigh to take off!  You KNOW we can't let that happen, so we're betting with enough song and dance that meter is going to peg out despite the best a...
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By Gary Rossignol, Greater Cincinnati's Rock-n-Roll Real Estate Agent
(RE/MAX Preffered Group)
Sorry I've been gone so long. Active Rain was where I got my feet wet in social media and blogging. I just got caught up in the day to day thrill of helping sellers sell and buyers buy houses in Cincinnati. But now I am back better than ever. In fact the past couple of years I have been using very unique techniques in getting my Cincinnati Real Estate homes for Sale $OLD! I am the proud host of my own Real Estate talk show on a local radio station WDJO. Beginning January 5th my show will be celebrating the start of it's 3rd year and will be moving from Sunday mornings at 10:00 am to Saturday mornings at 9:00 am. If you are looking for Cincinnati Real Estate you can tune me in on 1480 on the AM dial. I can also be found on the internet at www.Oldies1480.net. We don't just talk about Cinc...
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By Saralou Durham, Cincinnati Perspective Hyde Park,Anderson,Mt. Adam
(RE/MAX Preferred Group - Cincinnati Real Estate Team)
Treat Children to a Theater Experience this Season               Christmas Carol at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park - Charles Dickens' most famous book comes to life for the 22nd year in the Playhouse's production.  Ebenezer Scooge undergoes a miraculous transformation after the appearance of four persuasive ghosts. If you want to see some pictures of how the special effects are produced, take a look at my backstage tour.  Purchase tickets at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.   Santa's Toy Factory at Children's Theater of Cincinnati - This brand new holiday musical showing at Taft Theatre, follows the elves as they prepare for Santa's toy deliveries,...however, the "spirit meter" is running low!  How will Santa's sleigh be able to take off, if the meter doesn't reach its top level?  Re...
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