Ya, we drove into that storm...
We called Jenny Jam because shes from Cinci and asked her if she had any friends that would like to hang out with us, show us around and possibly let us crash with them. The first person she got us in contact with was her friend Derek. Jenny, I just want to let you know that hooking us up with Derek was perfect! He has the same ridiculous and stupid sense of humor that we have. We all got along like peas and carrots!
Brooks and Maggie.
There's Derek. Miz U!
Cincinnati is an absolutely amazing town. According to what we were told, it was a pretty big city a hundred or so years ago. Then a bunch of the industry failed, or moved elsewhere and now there are a ton of old beautiful brick buildings that have been abandoned and are just sort of decaying over time. Rent is double cheap. You can get huge spaces for a few hundred dollars a month in really rad old industrial buildings.
We rode our mopeds with Derek a lot in Cinci. He showed us a bunch of rad rides and rad parts of town. We went to see a show he threw on Friday at Northside Tavern. After the show we went to Skyline Chili which was recommended to us by a lot of people who had been in Cincinnati.
We got breakfast the next day and watched Germany beat Uruguay for third place in the 2010 world cup. We went back to Derek's house and kicked around a soccer ball to get into the spirit of the game.
Derek and I were tuckered out by all the excitement.
We rode more Saturday. When the evening came around we went to some of Derek's friends shop called The Brush Factory.
Kristen from the Cincinnati moped gang TBS was working that evening at Grammer's. We stopped in and had a few drinks.
I'm telling you, beautiful buildings.
Sunday we woke up and spent most of the day lounging around the house and watching Spain beat the Netherlands in the 2010 world cup. When Derek got out of work he drove us around, showed us a few touristy things, and we did a few photo shoots.
This is The Cincinnati Museum Center. I guess it was a train station, then when the city stopped having so much traffic run through it they made parts of the building into museums.
This is the view of downtown from the Museum Center.
Derek Miz U!
This might explain why we've gotten along so well after spending every hour of the last two months together.
Cincinnati, so gay....
Does that horse carriage have ground effects???
Dude, this fountain was so sick!
I guess there's some reality dating show about Ochocinco, he's a professional football player. And there was a girl from the show in a bar watching the show with a bunch of her friends. We had to go see the celebrity while we were in the area. PS, the show sucks, and so did the people in the bar watching the show.
When we were at the Brush Factory one of the two people who rents it Hayes showed us his motorcycle shop in the back. He had a moped back there that he said he was trying to get rid of. Well one thing led to another and we went Sunday night to buy it from him. That makes number six in the van... I think we have a problem.
Here is his shop.
There's Hayes and Brooks on his new moped.
Hayes rebuilt this from the ground up. I think its a 1972 R50/5. I guess this is what he does in his free time. PS its for sale somewhere around $4,000. If anyone is interested I bet we can get a hold of him, just ask.
Don't tell TBS but we snuck into the Ice Cream Factory and took these pictures. Now we know all of their secrets.
This is Monday morning. Its always the right time to look for mopeds on Craigslist.
We packed the van that morning to hit the road for Chicago. Lets see, the total count as of now is six mopeds, and three bicycles on top of our clothing, tools, DVDs and other worldly possessions. Its starting to get a little full.
It was great to meet and hang out with you Mandy, Maggie and everyone else in Cincinnati. Derek we had a great time, Thank you for putting us up and showing us around. PLEASE hit us up when you come to New York, it will be our pleasure to show you the same hospitality you showed us when you're in our town.
MOAR!!!! Kentucky
MOAR!!!! Cincinnati
