The Boilover

This is a label on a set of drawers in a restaurant.

10 points if you can tell me what it is. (The post tag should help)

50 points if you can tell me where it is. (It’s in Kentucky)

After ripping out the last of the ceilings and walls on the second and third floor, I now know what I would look like with sleeve tattoos.

But first, progress:

I’ve decided to remove everything except the two new furnaces. Other than those pieces of equipment I’m left with four brick walls and a floor. This way I can layout my house exactly as I want it rather than trying to convert the old apartments.

At this point I just have to get the debris out, but it’s been so long since I’ve posted an update I thought I would put a few pix up.

3rd floor

No more kitchen or bathroom walls, closet, or HVAC closet. Just a furnace and ductwork held up with ratcheting tie downs.

Where I started this time:

Work being done:

What I’m left with (it’s a little cleaner than this now):

2nd Floor

Where I started:

Bye bye kitchen wall:

What I’m left with:

Hopefully the next update will show the place cleaned out.

As for the tattoos……wearing gloves leaves me with pretty perfect sleeves…..

“You should have seen that sunrise with your own eyes, it brought me back to life.”

Coolest sunrise of my life….

Crazier than that was getting on bikes and riding 38 miles back down to sea level. Rain suits come off about halfway down.

I know I had seen them before this, but my first memory of Loyal Divide was at 5:30ish in the morning playing above Skippers at Miami University on Green Beer Day. That was something like 3 or 4 years ago…….and I keep rocking out more every show I get to.

Although I was out of town last year, I know they jammed out at Midpoint Music Fest, and they are doing the same this year. They’ve released a couple of new singles recently, as well as a music video for Vision Vision from their Labrador EP.

I can’t pretend like I don’t enjoy a variety of ‘mainstream’ music, but I also dig crazy off the wall shit, especially when the artist can back it up live, which is most definitely the case with Loyal Divide.

Vision Vision

@LoyalDivide

I had a good friend (and his bike) who came in town this weekend. The plan was to give him a tour of Cincy, show him my new spot, and hit up some mountain biking trails. We got two out of the three, and instead of packing up the car and riding Idlewild we hit the concrete jungle. Frankly it was a great way to show off Cincinnati, and we hit damn near everything from the river to UC.

Instead of trails, it’s trials…..except we are nowhere near this good.