OCTOBER 2009
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Sweet Relief Rafting and rock climbing. Crafting and cooking. Hiking on the edge of Appalachia. You got stress? We’ve got 10 trips to help you detox. Choose your route to revival, pack up, and head out. Edited by Amanda Boyd Walters
FEATURES > >
Road Scholar There’s more traffic and less camaraderie than when he was a high school kid. But can a born-again hitchhiker still bum a ride? Thumbs up. By Jene Galvin
Keeping Time Swing, be-bop, jazz, rhythm and blues...drummer Philip Paul has played it all. Meet the man who could be called the heartbeat of American popular music. By Larry Nager
Seeing Stars The moon at night was big and bright when the Cincinnati Observatory was built. That was more than a century ago. But there’s still one word for the view from Mt. Lookout: awesome. By John Kachuba / Photos By Ryan Kurtz
FRONTLINES > >
Frontlines Ochocinco goes long in Ocho Cinco
Being There Miami hockey coach Enrico Blasi
Dr. Know Your QC questions answered
Television Guiding Light finally goes dark
Movies A local filmmaker at Screamfest 2009
Music Cellist Ilya Finkelshteyn settles in at the CSO
Takeaway The need to secede
RADAR > >
Storefront Sin City Antique Gallery
Style Counsel Sarah Jane Bellamy’s thrifty fashion sense
The Address Lane-Hooven House, Hamilton
Development Watch Old St. George church
Homegrown LeBraun Colvin’s hip-hop sneakers
At Your Service Makeup artist Andrea Flannery’s gory details
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Odd Man Out What happens in the men’s room stays in the men’s room—until now
Nature Tracking the tiny saw-whet owl
Business Jugs away! Rumpke expands the recycling circle of life
The Last Detail Re: Pete, Offender
DINE > >
Dining Out Vito’s Café, Ft. Thomas
Another Bite Italian gene therapy
Weeknight Gordo’s, Norwood
Fine Diving Red Fox Grill, downtown
Secret Ingredient It’s all about pumpkin