Bozinis Roll on the River

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As per Bozini custom, the Bozini clan held their quarterly Birthday Dinner Sunday night, this time at The Moerlein Lager House, next to Great American Ball Park. According to a floor plaque inside the restaurant, it is located where first base of the late Riverfront Stadium was, where Pete Rose stood for several minutes after tying Ty Cobb's record.

After a delicious dinner, we spent some time at the new Smale Park, waiting until sunset for the lights to come on for the waterfalls. Got some great shots of the falls and of the Roebling Suspension Bridge, which you can see more of here.

Bozinis head to (Little) Italy

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A night of wonderful people (the Bozini clan) and some wonderful Italian food at Ferrari's Little Italy in Maderia, to celebrate the birthdays of Bob, Cheryl, Joan Sarah and Sharon. Happy Birthday to all! :)

Super Bowl XLVI

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Great friends, great food, and an exciting finish to a great game, what more could you ask?

Another great Super Bowl Party hosted by the ever gracious Tony Suarez. ;-)

A Holiday show and a New Years Dinner (with fireworks)

Went to see the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company's production of "Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!)" with several of the Bozinis. A very hilarious mashup of pop culture references and traditional Christmas stories. Alas, last night's performance was the last this season, but if you get a chance to see this show next Christmas season, I highly recommend it. Since the CSC doesn't allow photography during performances, I left my camera in the car, so I didn't get any photos. Pity. ;-)

After the show, it was down to 5th & Main to McCormick and Schmicks restaurant, where we were joined by several more of the Bozini clan, for a delicious dinner, as well as fireworks from Macy's roof across the street. I had the Lobster Bisque, followed by a Kobe Burger.

Fortunately, I did have my camera along for the dinner and fireworks, so just click here or on the image for more pics.

Kwanzaa 2011

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The 5th night of Kwanzaa was celebrated on Friday night at Gwen McFarlin's house in Springfield Township. A very fun and convivial evening, featuring some great food, including Gwen's chicken dish, a tasty string-bean dish and a delicious Brie pie. Many thanks to Gwen for her gracious hospitality, and to all who attended for the great food and company.

Christmas with the Bozinis — 2011.2 CSC/Opera Edition

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The second of two annual Bozini Christmas parties was held Saturday night, hosted by Nancy, Bob and Charles, with their usual uncommon flair. As usual, Her majesty Queen Victoria was especially pleased to welcome the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (who arrived shortly after performing Love’s Labour’s Lost on their Main Stage downtown), along with several members of the area Opera community.

A most enjoyable evening was had by all. And I'm especially looking forward to attending the CSC's Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) on New Year's Eve! :-)

Christmas with the Bozinis — 2011.1

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The annual two-part Bozini Christmas Party got underway this year, with Part 1 being held last night at Casa Bozini. As is traditional, an appearance was made by HRH Queen Victoria, who was looking quite her usual regal self this year, followed by a rousing round of caroling. Also, much food was eaten, and a festive time was had by all. :-)

A big Thank You from, and Congratulations to Gwen McFarlin

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Gwen McFarlin, recently re-elected to the position of Springfield Township Board of Trustees, held a Thank You party for her supporters at her Springfield Township home on Saturday. Excellent food was eaten, petitions were signed, and plans made for the big Kwanza party to be held at the end of December. Congratulations, Gwen!

Dressing Up Politics

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The Springfield Township Democratic Club held their Dressing Up Politics fundraiser this past weekend, which featured a Fashion Show with many Democratic elected officials from Cincinnati and Hamilton County suburbs  serving as models. I was there to shoot video, but I did manage to get some still shots as well. Enjoy!

UPDATE 11/30/11: I've added a couple of dozen shots to the collection. Enjoy!

Another Batch of Bozini Birthdays

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Another round of Bozini birthdays was celebrated this weekend, for Bozini's with Autumn Birthdays. So Happy Birthday to Charles, Virgina and Dick! :)

To honor the occasion, a delightful dinner was held at the Ruby Tuesday restaurant in Kenwood. A most enjoyable evening catching up with all of the Bozini family. :)

A party for Tony's birthday

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A fun time was had at Casa hugh57, celebrating Tony's birthday. Steaks (with hot dogs for the kids) were grilled, followed by pumpkin and/or apple pie with ice cream.

Didn't get too many pictures (somewhat busy on the grill cooking steaks), but what I did get, here they are. :-)

An Evening of birthdays with the Bozinis

A most enjoyable evening spent with friends celebrating birthdays occurring in the spring and summer. Originally scheduled for Joe's Diner downtown, it was moved to the IHOP on Ridge when it was discovered that the AC at Joe's had broken down. Pictures here.

Updated a couple more and added a gallery from the holidays

I've updated my page to include a couple more galleries whose style I've upgraded (A Northwest football game, and Jazz in the Park 2010). I've also uploaded some pictures from a Kwanzaa party I went to back in December, that I never got around to uploading, probably because they were taken with a smartphone camera indoors with low light and didn't come out as well as I would have liked.

Galleries updated so far

I have redesigned a number of galleries on my site, that should make the individual pictures easier (on a desk/laptop PC or Mac) to see with their captions without scrolling. Also, when resizing your browser's width, the pic will resize as necessary. This resizing should also make it easier to view the picture pages on smaller devices, such as smartphones, tablets (incuding Nook Color) and notebooks.

[Edit 4/19/2011]:
I've put the list of photo galleries I've updated thus far on its own permanent page. A link to it (aside from the one I just made in this paragraph) is on the right sidebar under "My Websites."