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Discover Cincinnati BY TERRY CARROLL
It’s early April, and my wife, Wendy, and I are thinking about doing something fun for our 20th wedding anniversary. Hawaii seems like a good choice, but the Covid travel restrictions are a bit onerous. How about Santa Monica—the place where a lot of our courtship took place, and a piece of the world we love? “No, I’ve got it! Let’s go to Ohio—Cincinnati to be exact!” Wendy turns, looks at me, and with a big smile says: “Yes! That's perfect.” Though we’ve been fortunate to visit many places throughout the world, there’s always something new and interesting to be found in the thousands of cities and towns here in the U.S.—and in this new (almost) post-COVID time, it's a great time to explore them. First up, we checked out Cincinnati's Tourism Bureau, which lead us to
The Cincinnati Experience
Wendy Sipple and Terry Carroll celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary at Metropole
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(cincinnatiexperience.com), where we found a ton of ideas on must sees and dos, where to eat and where to stay, along with a plethora of helpful information and history about the city. Getting to Cincinnati proved to be effortless, even with the airlines’ reduced schedules making travel more difficult. Both
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21c Museum Hotel
21c Museum Hotel
Southwest and United offered good options. Of course, choosing the right hotel to stay at was the most important choice. We were looking for something comfortable, centrally located, and more “boutique” than business. After some research, we zeroed in on a hotel that checked all the boxes: 21c Museum Hotel Cincinnati (21cmuseumhotels. com/cincinnati). Situated in the heart of the city, this boutique hotel is a multi-venue contemporary art museum, has an awardwinning restaurant and is an easy walk to almost anywhere, including a tram stop around the corner. Speaking of the city’s streetcar (the “Cincinnati Bell Connector”), it takes you through most of downtown in around 20 minutes, is comfortable, and free. After an easy check-in and quick look around the hotel’s exquisite art collection, we
Main photo by Louis Rideout. Other photos by Terry Carroll and Wendy Sipple.
The Queen City
