Grand Ballroom ceiling
Duke Energy Center
I'm at the NIDA Blending Conference at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati for two days. Honestly, when I heard I'd be coming to Cincinnati for this meeting, I wasn't optimistic, and when I realized I'd be only 20 miles from the infamous Creation Museum, I was horrified. But it turns out that Cincinnati - at least downtown Cincinnati - is charming, especially on a sunny June day. After obtaining delicious, much-hyped Graeter's ice cream (try the tangerine!) at Fountain Square, I headed over to the Contemporary Arts Center (which is free Mondays after 5pm) and checked out the interactive karaoke bar installation by Joel Armor. Yes, that's what I said - there's a diner-style karaoke setup and cash bar every Monday night until August. Who could fail to be charmed by this place?
I have a few more photos from Cincinnati, but since I didn't bring my charger for my phone, and it's almost dead, I'll have to post those later. . . in the meantime, this photo of the stunning ceiling of the Energy Center Ballroom will have to do. Great job, architects!
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What kind of traveler are you? Any time I travel my chargers, transfer cords, etc. all get packed in the backpack with my laptop.
Causes a few funny looks when they x-ray the bag but then it just goes right through. They don't even ask me to turn on the machine.
Thanks for the rebuke, Tony P. ;) Actually I am only traveling for 3.5 days, so I shouldn't have needed to charge the phone - but I wasn't anticipating the 2+ hour conversation I had Sunday night, which used 60% of the battery.
This is the first time I've traveled with the iphone, and I must say its battery has a much briefer life than that of my previous Nokia. I did intend to bring the cord, but usually for such a short trip, a cord wouldn't be necessary, so it was low on my priority list. But now I'm finding it quite refreshing to be cell-phone-less for a day - it's like being back in 2003! And I still have the laptop. So no hardship. :)
Not far from the downtown area are several wonderful museums -- in and around Eden Park -- the Cincinnati Museum of Art, the Natural History Museum, and Krohn Conservatory. These are worth going to Cincinnati for even if you don't have a convention to attend. Also the zoo is excellent.
"I realized I'd be only 20 miles from the infamous Creation Museum, I was horrified." There is much more to that area of Kentucky than just that embarrassment . . . Just down the road is Big Bone Lick State Park (the "birthplace of American paleontology"). And if that isn't enough, Big Bone Lick is right down the road from Beaver Lick . . . which is right down the road from Sugartit.