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2 months ago | 
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Any olive lovers out there? Well, I certainly am one! In fact, I tend to like quite a lot of pickled things, evidenced by my post over pickles a while ago. So when I got an ad on Instagram for a brand called “Olive My Pickle“, I was definitely interested in what they had to offer. After perusing their site for a while, I learned that they have pickles, olives, kimchi, pickled vegetables, hot sauce, and more.
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2 months ago | 
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Though we all have seen multiverse stories before, it doesn’t mean they can’t still be fun and interesting. Here to prove that is author Josh Mendoza, who has just come out with his newest novel, Shadow of the Eternal Watcher. Follow along in his Big Idea to see how he plans to shake up the multiverse.
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2 months ago | 
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I was visiting my friend in Columbus last week, and we wanted to dine somewhere fancy. This was a bit of a challenge, though, as my friend is gluten free. Now, while there a lot of gluten free options in a place like Columbus, most of them are bakeries or very casual eateries, like a sandwich shop that can substitute their regular bread out for gluten free bread. So finding a restaurant that was both fancy and largely gluten free was certainly a task, but I was more than up to it.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
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Little known fact about me is that sushi is my favorite food. So when new sushi places open up around me, y’all best believe I’m going to go try them out. Especially when that sushi restaurant is actually a fusion restaurant featuring Japanese small plates and Spanish style tapas. SushiNero opened this past September in downtown Miamisburg, Ohio, and is open Tuesday through Thursday for dinner, as well as Friday and Saturday for lunch and dinner.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
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Over three years ago, I did a post over a game I was obsessed with called Friday Night Funkin’. It’s a free rhythm game on Newgrounds that’s much like Dance Dance Revolution, except you use your arrow keys to play instead of actually dancing. After all this time, would you believe I’m still obsessed with it? This game is still so near and dear to my heart that I wanted to reshare it with you all now that there’s a super awesome update to it.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
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Recently I was scrolling on Instagram (big shocker, I know) and came across an ad for a cafe passport. In the past couple years I have seen many a brewery trail, winery booklets that you get stamped at each one you visit, even donut trails! But this was the first time I’d seen a coffee shop passport. And the best part was it wasn’t for some wildly far away location, it was for Cincinnati. My area of Ohio was finally getting some love.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
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When I was a sophomore in college, there was one song in particular that I had on constantly. I mean this song was on repeat for months on end. When I think back to that school year, this song is the soundtrack to that year. And here it is; Science by Allie X:I had forgotten this song existed until the other day when YouTube asked me if I wanted to “watch it again.” It was a deep cut to be certain, but I’m thankful YouTube reintroduced me to it.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
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Joui Wine is a chic wine bar in Dayton that I adore, but have not frequented, and I find that to be a downright shame. In an attempt to remedy this, I signed up for a cocktail class they were hosting that doubled as a book launch event for, wouldn’t you know it, a cocktail book. Despite having been to many a wine tasting and fancy dinners, I had never been to a cocktail technique class.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
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Yesterday, I had a nice event to attend, and less time than I would’ve preferred to get ready for said event. I really needed to wash my hair, but I was out of conditioner. I knew I didn’t have time to go all the way to the closest Sephora, buy my conditioner, come all the way back and then wash my hair, so I came up with a wild plan. There’s a Great Clips right next to the highway I needed to get on to go to the event, and one of the services they offer is a shampooing.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
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Last April, I posted about my favorite restaurant, Salar, and covered one of their monthly wine dinners. As much as I love their monthly wine dinners, I wasn’t able to make it to any others in 2024. Thankfully I managed to kick 2025 off with their January wine dinner. If you didn’t catch my previous post, Salar is an elevated Peruvian restaurant in the Oregon district of Dayton. It offers fantastic food, wonderful cocktails, and superb service.
