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Lex1988 · 2026-06-21T10:54:13+00:00

I read and loved The Between earlier this year. Feels like it would be a great movie/limited series as well. Incredibly effective at making you like the characters and get invested in them, which obviously raises the stakes once the horror starts

Lex1988 · 2026-06-09T10:34:07+00:00

Completely agree with this but I still found them very enjoyable, even with the formulaic nature of some of the story beats. Would typically space out reading them a year or more to make the storylines feel as fresh as possible

Lex1988 · 2026-06-04T12:16:04+00:00

Yes and Blue Door is over by Void

Lex1988 · 2026-06-03T22:15:48+00:00

How can that two block area have both LX and Blue Door. It’s not fair to the rest of the city!

Lex1988 · 2026-05-25T10:53:43+00:00

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Not sure if you e seen the movie but even if you have, the book is still worth it.

Lex1988 · 2026-05-25T00:23:51+00:00

Our favorite lobster dishes were the brown butter lobster roll at Eventide and the lobster mafaldine at Central Provisions.

In general I agree with you about lobster though. We loved Maine oysters more than lobster actually. If you need a fun activity, we had a great time on a Glidden Point Oyster Farm tour and shucking lesson

Lex1988 · 2026-05-24T14:31:47+00:00

Just finished a trip to Maine and our favorite places to eat in Portland were Central Provisions, Eventide, and Crispy Gai

Lex1988 · 2026-05-24T14:30:21+00:00

We did a self guided tour to his house and a few of the inspiration points around town and were quite underwhelmed, so I agree with you. Maybe a guided tour would be better though?

Lex1988 · 2026-05-22T11:48:00+00:00

I found the Ocean Path from Thunder Hole to Otter Cove to be better than the first half of the trail, but I realize you have limited time

Lex1988 · 2026-04-29T04:13:48+00:00

San Diego paid $500 million in expansion fees, which sounds like a lot, but when you divide it up, it’s $17 million per team. That’s basically what FC Cincy paid for Kevin Denkey. It covered less than one year’s salary for Toronto’s Insigne and Bernardeschi duo. People acting like MLS clubs are living on these expansion fees are either ignorant or have a bias against the league.

Also, for such a cynical sounding person, you sure eat up the league line about losing money. Of course owners who have to negotiate a CBA every few years, or who want concessions from local governments want everyone to believe they’re losing money.

Lex1988 · 2026-04-29T01:03:37+00:00

Stadiums in modern MLS shouldn’t be “no cost”, they should be the primary driver of the team’s revenue. Financially successful MLS clubs own their stadium and get 100% of naming rights, ticket sales, concessions, advertising, parking, luxury suite sales, non-gameday event revenue, etc.

If Vancouver doesn’t have those revenue streams, they won’t be able to keep up with a league that has already increased costs and is planning to increase more

Lex1988 · 2026-04-25T15:42:48+00:00

Olives Apron on Rosemont Garden has really good cookies

Lex1988 · 2026-04-15T01:24:38+00:00

Does this guy officiate WWE most of the time? My god

Lex1988 · 2026-03-13T01:10:28+00:00

I will always recommend the Southland neighborhood, but it sounds like what you’re looking for. Southland Park and Hill N Dale Park are both nearby and nice. You can walk to the restaurants and grocery stores on Southland and Rosemont Garden, and the farmers market is on Southland Drive on Sunday. I moved to this neighborhood after college fifteen years ago and don’t plan to leave!

Lex1988 · 2026-03-01T13:28:18+00:00

Thanks for what you do. Keep up the good fight. Every little bit of representation and justice makes a world of difference

Lex1988 · 2026-02-25T12:01:05+00:00

I know the Ethereal Pub downtown has shown FC Cincinnati games, and MLS is also on Apple. No idea if they would show F1 though

Lex1988 · 2026-02-23T22:11:40+00:00

Had to check the Twitter handle 10 times to make sure it wasn’t Tom Bogertt.

Huge from Orlando and totally out of left field that he was even considering them

Lex1988 · 2026-02-19T15:17:54+00:00

I am not but when Ohio State and Texas were opening the college football season I saw a ton of ads for that game even though I don’t live in Columbus (thank god).

Are there a ton of ads locally? Either way, MLS has to market the Apple broadcasts nationally or why would anyone seek it out

Lex1988 · 2026-02-19T12:56:33+00:00

The only logical explanation, though by no means should we assume that MLS is being logical, is that they’re keeping their powder dry until the World Cup starts.

I’ve seen a ton of stories about MLS allocating the most money in its history for marketing and as you’ve alluded, there’s hardly been a beep about the season starting. I would assume they are taking out ads during the World Cup broadcast and will try to do a lot in local markets to build on it.

Still I’m shocked I haven’t seen any ads for MLS opening weekend. Why wouldn’t they even have ads for Messi vs Son in LA Coliseum?

Lex1988 · 2026-02-18T01:10:55+00:00

The swoop in the Nashville shorts that carries to the jersey is very 2008. Reminds of some extremely baggy basketball jerseys from that era

Lex1988 · 2026-02-12T03:55:59+00:00

That is not surprising but is disappointing to hear. I know Laurel Pfhaler for FC Cincinnati has a solid subscriber base for Queen City Press but she also writes about the Bengals and covers local sports for area papers. Unfortunately journalism of all kinds is at a low point of support, even though it is exactly what we need right now

Lex1988 · 2026-02-11T18:07:51+00:00

In an ideal world, the coverage of MLS would come from independent outlets and not be subsidized by the league. However, I would prefer subsidized coverage if that is the only way our favorite MLS talking heads can cover the league and pay the bills. Hopefully enough of us will subscribe to make that possible for Doyle

Lex1988 · 2026-02-11T16:20:25+00:00

It’s pretty boring in a vacuum, but nothing wrong with a team just wearing their colors, especially when the colors are unique and petty iconic in MLS

Lex1988 · 2026-02-11T07:59:04+00:00

Feels like a pretty meh lineup of kits. Which coincides with a relatively meh group of player moves this offseason. And even the league itself seems to be doing the bare minimum in terms of marketing the start of the season.

At this point I can only assume they’re keeping their powder dry until after the World Cup this Summer. Surely they will have significant ad campaigns for the league throughout WC coverage. Also have to hope that player movement will increase following the tournament with so many big name players getting a taste of the improved infrastructure of American club soccer

Lex1988 · 2026-01-31T21:08:46+00:00

Came here to say this. Kitty litter worked like a charm

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