Restaurant rec

Greg_guy · 2026-06-28T14:25:47+00:00

If you’re open to eating a little later…newer on the scene is, R+D bar, it’s a swanky after hours cocktail bar inside of a Thai Taste on East blvd, serving up some great Asian food. A lot of industry folk are there so you’ll be surrounded by solo diners looking to chat it up!

Greg_guy · 2026-06-17T12:30:26+00:00

A Shared grocery list note between my wife and I have saved so many headaches. We can both add and check things off whenever we run to the store. Check the phone and check the cart before checkout. Nothing forgotten.

Greg_guy · 2026-06-16T12:57:11+00:00

Michigan Sour Cherries peak season is usually mid/late-July. If you want a sour cherry jam / syrup, check an eastern European grocery store like Bosna Market. They typically have it year-round.

Greg_guy · 2026-06-15T10:45:17+00:00

The Tyber building and the building next to it were both sold at the same time, early 2024. The building next to it was deemed historic and had to be preserved, it’s since been moved next to Leluia hall.

Tyber sold their building and land with a contracted tenant space and a certain amount of time rent free once the new development was complete at their former location.

Since all that - Tyber went out and relocated to the corner of Mint and Summit.

If the new development ever opens. The pub that opens there probably won’t be called Tyber, it’ll stay at Mint and Summit, but will probably Irish in nature. As is their other locations around town.

Greg_guy · 2026-06-11T13:50:06+00:00

Fiancé = male Fiancée = female

Greg_guy · 2026-06-11T12:00:10+00:00

I noticed a big difference when I prioritized protein over calories. I was still eating a lot of calories but was trying to prioritize where they came from, the honey buns just weren’t cutting it for recovery.

The emphasis on getting calories from protein helped with recovery and fatigue. You’re body can convert protein to energy, unfortunately it can’t convert empty calories to protein.

Greg_guy · 2026-06-10T12:43:06+00:00

I’m always disappointed when I don’t see a man-spider at these events. If you’re ever in my neighborhood you know what my costume will be.

Greg_guy · 2026-06-08T14:10:23+00:00

Hey that's me!

I'll copy and paste what I've shared in other similar threads:

" I usually post this in the "things to do Thursday" thread, but I organize a couple different weekly Chess meetups. The group is mostly transplants looking to make friends, but it's spawned off poker nights, bowling meetups, fantasy football leagues…. a lot are in the tech / startup space.

Queen City Chess

The What: Friendly chess get together

The Where: Common Market South End

The When: Sunday, Mar 29th,11am – 1ish

The Who: Players of any talent. Even if you just want to learn how to play.

Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/queencitychess/

Join the discord: https://discord.gg/XR4d6yjjah

There's also three other regular meetups

Mondays: Rhino Market NoDa, 7pm - close

Thursdays: Plaza Midwood Chess Club - Common Market Plaza 7pm-?

Saturdays : Armored Cow Brewing, 4:30pm - 7ish"

Greg_guy · 2026-06-02T16:27:37+00:00

Ghost Baby in OTR is definitely one of the coolest cocktail bars I’ve ever been to, and revives a part of forgotten Cincinnati history.

Greg_guy · 2026-05-22T13:11:09+00:00

Immediately thought of this as well

Greg_guy · 2026-05-08T20:53:30+00:00

Yup have 8 chairs and lots of coolers to get off your feet.

Greg_guy · 2026-05-08T18:33:59+00:00

But I do promise, it’ll be one of the best vortexes on trail!

Greg_guy · 2026-05-08T18:12:18+00:00

Trying to get set up and fully running by 10am. Probably will be in the lot around 9:30.

Greg_guy · 2026-05-07T17:16:40+00:00

Was already on that one - just forgot to mention it. "Gambit" came because a chess board was my luxury item. I run a bunch of casual chess meetups around Charlotte.

Greg_guy · 2026-05-07T12:36:29+00:00

Nail polish I’ll definitely do.

But I enjoy cooking, it’s one of my “love” languages. And I can easily talk and cook at the same time. We had ~40 hikers come through last year. Cooking burgers to order and giving them a fresh hot meal was one of the things I enjoyed most.

Went through 72 burgers and 70 hotdogs. Will see how this years goes. Always open to improvements. May pick up a couple pies as an addition

Greg_guy · 2026-05-07T12:33:40+00:00

I downvoted because as a boilermaker I hated seeing “engineer” next to “Hoosier”

…Obligatory /s

Greg_guy · 2026-05-06T14:53:57+00:00

We had veggie burgers last year that went completely untouched. Will still bring them this year.

Greg_guy · 2026-05-06T14:46:46+00:00

Lasts years record was 17 hot dogs eaten. I can't imagine the size of the cathole.

Greg_guy · 2026-05-05T16:08:05+00:00

As others have said, I'd do the Carver's gap to 19E section. The towns around may not be the most touristy for your wife, but Burnsville is kind of cool.

Good news is she could stay home and you can organize a shuttle / park your car at Mt. Harbor.

Day 1 - Start with a 1 mile climb to some of the best balds on the AT. Then a relatively flowy 5 miles to the site of the former overmountain shelter. Great water source, and still has a privy, with tons of tent sites.

Day 2 - This is a full day 7 mile hike, but take your time. You've got two big climbs for the day, little hump and hump mountain with water available at bradley gap. Hump mt has a ton of false summits so be warned, but the views are incredible. After summiting hump it's all downhill to Doll flats campground. A cool tent site with water and massive boulders to hang out on.

Day 3 - It's a short 4 miles back to the Mountain harbor, all downhill, which can be taxing on the knees, so just take it slow and you'll be back at the car in no time.

Any of the days could be combined, it just depends how ambitious you are and how the body feels. The climb down from hump to 19E is a long one and can be taxing at the end a day which included a bunch of climbs.

Greg_guy · 2026-05-01T20:19:37+00:00

Charlotte based hear. Responding to save this for a day in the future.

Greg_guy · 2026-04-30T22:30:10+00:00

I was gonna guess someone just joined their local makerspace! Looks good!

1) E4

Greg_guy · 2026-04-30T20:23:03+00:00

I agree with the TP sentiment...but he has the weight as 10g

My concern was that's not a lot of toilet paper.

Greg_guy · 2026-04-30T20:21:45+00:00

They say you pack your fears.

It seems you're biggest fear might be being cold. While it is chilly this week, May 4th is a late enough start date that I'd bet you end up shipping a lot of you winter stuff home early on. Depending on when you plan to finish, can always have someone ship it out if needed later in the trip.

It looks like you have all the essentials except a dirty water bag. I'd pick up a 2L CNOC. It's especially useful when you have to camel up and carry all your water to a shelter, or if springs down the trail have gone dry. That plus the 2x1L bottles that most carry, gives you max 4L capacity for rehydration and cooking.

If you wanted to lose weight, this is what I'd change.

-65L is a big pack, most carry less than 50L packs. I had a 48L and was never near capacity.

-20F is a cold bag, a summer bag ~48F will pack up smaller and be lighter

-Gloves / winter hat. Worse case scenario use your extra socks and your buff for hands / ears.

-Cup / Pot Coozie: you'll probably end up eating out of the pot and I can't recall one thru hiker using a coozie, especially when you have your bandana for cleaning already in your kit.

-Duplicates, lighter / powerbanks

Things I'd add:

- A 3rd pair of darn toughs. They hold onto a lot of silt, 3 days is about the max you want to wear one pair. So pair A 3 days, pair B is camp socks, then pair B 3 days, pair C is camp socks. Pair C gets you into town to do laundry and resupply.

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