Ugh! Dating. Am I right?! It’s like sometimes you meet people and you think they’re really hot or funny and then you go out on a date (outside of the bar or Internet) and all of a sudden they’re really boring gropers who love to talk about how fast they could run in high school. So, because this is our Valentine’s Day issue, we’ve collected a few dating war stories to remind those of you in relationships how much dating sucks and those who are still single that we feel your pain. Enjoy.   

There might be hundreds of dining options along I-275, but there’s only one Super Value Menu — and it’s at Wendy’s. In honor of this pioneering fast food chain, we sent our most poor and hungry talented and promising young writers out to review all 15 Wendy’s locations off I-275.  

Fall might be the best time of the year in Cincinnati, but everything about the season isn’t cool. In fact, some things totally suck (sorry, pumpkin flavoring!). Here to debate the merits of 10 fall staples are CityBeat’s stupidest idiots smartest and coolest staffers.  

Danny: Zummo got on birth control and I've been working out. Who wants to party?!? Maija: I basically sweated through my bra at a Tom Petty concert last year.  

Maija Zummo: Mark Twain might be one of the greatest American literary figures ever, and he’s funny and all, but there’s another classic Cincinnati quote I’m fre quently attributed as saying, which is “Bring it, 2012. This place rules!” And it does.