Eyeing the Races The way this city gives way to spring makes my heart sing. I can't get enough of the daffodils, the redbud trees and the birds chirping. How quickly I'm ready to forget the dark   

Bubble-licious Last Saturday was Girls & Boys night at Plush again. I have yet to miss one. They're always interesting, and this one was no exception. I changed outfits three times before I left  

Valet-O-Phobia Early last week, I received an invitation to CityBeat's "Best of Cincinnati" party March 27 for a date and myself. Even with the promise of free beer and food, I couldn't   

You Say Hello And I Say Good-Bye After being an official couple for an entire year, my boyfriend and I decided to introduce our families. Since he'd recently finished a job painting at Cactus Pea  

Run, Forrest, Run Once in a while I get a strange notion to do something crazy and stretch the mind. In this case, it's the body that's being stretched. When the going got tough this January, I   

Gotta Go, Gotta Go, Gotta Go Right Now Maybe it was the bad Chinese food I had for lunch on Friday. Maybe it was the intense workout I had after work. Maybe it was the eight hours of drinking aft  

Blitzkrieg Bop Friday night, my boyfriend's band was to play at Plush for the Ramones tribute show. I'd been looking forward to it all week, mostly because it meant no longer hearing "I Wanna Be   

Keeping the Faith One of the toughest things for me personally is remaining open. Am I alone in this, or do you agree? Perhaps I should explain what it is I have difficulty opening up to and why   

American Teenage Rock & Roll Machine My friend Kristine surprised me with tickets to see The Donnas Tuesday night at Bogart's. She'd won a 97X contest that included backstage passes. The backstag  

Love Notes Sometimes it's quite OK to take in a meal or a movie on one's own. You get to eat what you want and watch the movie of your choice without criticism on the spiciness of the restaurant   

Run, Run, Run, Run, Runaways Thank goodness we've gotten to February. That means January is behind us. I don't have any hard feelings toward January other than the weather was less than forgiving  

'Bachelorette' Party Birds and bees, flowers and trees, sugar and spice and everything nice. Hmmmm. I seem to remember something about these things from childhood. Then we go right into damsels i  

Crumbs and Bones Everyone has moments where they feel they're undervalued or less than appreciated. Anyone who has responsibility for grocery shopping and household laundry service would agree th  

A Calming Effect Blueberry winter is supposedly a term like Indian summer. It's essentially comparable in definition, as both are a dose of great weather in the midst of foreboding frosts. I have  

Tunnel Vision Most people this time of year seem fixated on their "to do" lists. It switches from get the tree up to get it down, buy the perfect gift to return that perfect gift and, finally, ma