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The Best Places to Hike in Northern Kentucky

March 25, 2020 By Nedra McDaniel Leave a Comment

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I love to go hiking, especially as a “timeout” from my online work projects. Sometimes fresh air and exercise are just what I need to recharge and reset.

I’m sharing some of my favorite places to hike around Northern Kentucky that you will want to add to your list.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized, Adventures, Cincy/NKY Area, Fall Travel, Family Adventures, Featured, Outdoor Adventure, Summer Tagged With: Boone Cliffs, Boone Cliffs Nature Preserve, Devou Park, Doe Run Lake, Highlands Cemetary, hike, hiking, hiking trail, kentucky, nature, Nature Preserve, Northern Kentucky, outdoor

Plan Your Next Bourbon Adventure on The B-Line

January 26, 2020 By Nedra McDaniel Leave a Comment

Northern Kentucky is not to be overlooked if you are on the quest for a unique bourbon themed adventure.

You can experience the perfect compliment to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, before or after, in Northern Kentucky, located a short B- Line away. 

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Filed Under: Adventures, Adventures With Friends, Cincy/NKY Area, Featured, Food Adventures, Food/Drink Tours, On A Date Adventures, Travel Tagged With: b line, bourbon, bourbon bar, bourbon tour, bourbon trail, Northern Kentucky

How to find all of the All-Star Game Mustache Statues in Greater Cincinnati

July 4, 2015 By Nedra McDaniel 19 Comments

How to find all of the All-Star Game Mustache Statues in Greater Cincinnati

The Greater Cincinnati area is prepping the region for the All-Star Game by placing 21 commemorative handlebar mustaches all over town.

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Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Art, Cincy/NKY Area, Family Adventures, Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: All-Star Game, Cincinnati, mustache locater, Mustache map locater, mustache statue, mustache statues, Northern Kentucky

Thank you for sharing your voice with the myNKY Campaign

June 4, 2014 By Nedra McDaniel Leave a Comment

There has been such a great response to the myNKY campaign.  Thanks so much to all of you who participated by sharing what’s important for you to see in the future of Northern Kentucky.

 

 

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There were over 11,000 individuals who shared their opinions about what is most important to them in their communities. The community engaged in the Poll Questions, Challenge Questions, the myNKY bubbles and the myNKY virtual investment game.

 

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I love seeing people take ownership and pride in their community.  This campaign has helped members of the community share the areas they think Northern Kentucky needs to improve on to take it to the next level. That valuable feedback will help leadership make choices that reflect the voices of the community.

 


The myNKY campaign is moving into it’s next phase.

The myNKY community visioning outreach effort has selected the members of a leadership team that will help to create and lead the plan for the future of Northern Kentucky.

 

The 27 team members represent a variety of generations, geographies, organizations, industries, and beliefs to ensure the next vision for Northern Kentucky is as representative of the population’s wants and needs as possible. The team will be co-led by Sharmili Reddy, a senior planner with the Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission and Geoff Mearns, President of Northern Kentucky University.

 

The members will be empowered to work with the community—both individuals and partner organizations—to craft the next strategic plan for Northern Kentucky. Over the course of the upcoming months the team will develop a partner-led working groups structure designed to ensure local expertise is properly tapped throughout the data gathering and idea generation phase of the community planning process.

 

 

You can stay up to date by following the myNKY campaign on social media.

 

Find out more about myNKY by visiting the official website at www.mynky.org as well as the campaign’s Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,  and Youtube.

 

Disclosure: Adventure Mom has been a proud Ambassador for myNKY throughout the campaign.

 

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: mynky, Northern Kentucky

How You Can Help Shape the Future of Northern Ky with myNKY

January 17, 2014 By Nedra McDaniel Leave a Comment

I grew up in Northern Kentucky and I have also moved out of state and come back to the area three -separate- times. That experience has given me a new appreciation for how much Northern Kentucky has to offer. I love that I can travel to downtown Cincinnati, the airport or the country in about 15 minutes.

We have also have a lot of variety in this area and now Northern Kentucky residents are getting the opportunity to help shape the future.

 

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Vision 2015 Launches myNKY, a Community Visioning Campaign Inviting Community Members to Help Shape the Future of Northern Kentucky

Six-month initiative invites the community’s opinion through interactive polls, quizzes, and more to help guide region through 2020

 

As the year 2015 approaches, it’s time to start thinking about Northern Kentucky’s next strategic plan. That’s why Vision 2015, the organization behind implementing the community’s current plan, is inviting community members to interact with myNKY, a six-month campaign launching Jan. 16 designed to engage the community in determining the priorities for Northern Kentucky’s next five-year strategic plan.

 

“Great communities don’t happen by accident. They need a plan and a vision,” explains Kara Williams, Vice President of Vision 2015. “Northern Kentucky has a long history of community visioning, and as we approach 2015, it’s time to begin focusing on developing the vision that will guide Northern Kentucky through 2020.”

 

Vision 2015 is Northern Kentucky’s 10-year strategic plan for growth designed to support economic competitiveness and regional prosperity.  It is a list of goals created by the people of Northern Kentucky in 2005 based on their collective vision for Northern Kentucky in the year 2015.

 

Over the next six months, www.mynky.org, which launches January 16, will act as the hub collecting community input for the next five-year strategic plan. The site will feature an interactive prioritization game and a variety of polls and challenge questions on topics such as education, transportation, workforce and green space.

 

“We really want to know what the community’s priorities are,” adds Williams. “In addition to providing input through interactive polls and challenge questions, through the prioritization game people will have the opportunity to invest $1,000,000 virtual dollars towards their vision for Northern Kentucky. We think it will be a great way to not only see what’s important to them, but for them to see the impact those dollars can have, depending on how they are allocated.”

 

Check out the website and play this interactive game where you have the opportunity to share what you would like Northern Kentucky to invest in for the upcoming years. 

 

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Find out more about myNKY by visiting the official website as well as the campaign’s Twitter, @my_nky, Facebook, Instagram,  and Youtube channel.

 

Disclosure: I am an ambassador for mynky. All opinions are my own. 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Cincy/NKY Area Tagged With: ambassador, mynky, Northern Kentucky, Vision 2015

Tom + Chee = ♥

April 11, 2012 By Nedra McDaniel 4 Comments

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One of the items on my list this year was to eat at a “Man vs. Food Nation” restaurant.  We love when we get the chance to sample a restaurant featured on the Food Network.  I saw the “Man vs. Food Nation- Cincinnati edition” episode featuring “Tom + Chee” and knew I had to check it out for myself the next time we were in town.

What could be better than a place dedicated to taking a twist on everyone’s favorite comfort food, grilled cheese?

Tom + Chee is the place for all things grilled and greasy in a good way.  You can couple your sandwich with a dipper of soup to dunk your sandwich in and you are in complete bliss.  Actually, the bliss comes from trying one of the grilled donut desserts.

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There are A LOT of creative combinations listed on the menu board to try from.  They also have different daily creatively named and combos of sandwich choices. Your bread options are white, wheat, rye, sourdough, or glazed donut.  You also have 9 different types of cheeses to chose from.

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I decided on the “Man vs. Food” choice of the “Armagoetta.”   The “Armagoetta” uses goetta, which is a breakfast sausage popular in the Cincinnati area that blends pork shoulder, steel-cut oats, and spices.  (One piece of dark rye toast + one piece of sourdough+  goetta + pepper jack cheese + hot peppers + fried onions + sweet hot mustard )

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It was everything I hoped it would be. I love spicy food and this was the perfect choice.

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My husband got the “Bacon and Blue” ( Bacon + Blue cheese +  mozzarella + Sourdough) with a tomato soup dipper.

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My oldest son got the BLT + Chee  minus the tomato ( Bacon + Lettuce + Cheddar + White)

 

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My other son ordered the Mac and Chee sandwich.

 

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We could not leave without trying a dessert, stuffed grilled donut. The hardest part was picking out which one off the menu….so I chose two.  We split two grilled donuts between 7 people so that each of us got to try a taste of each one. First, the “Blueberry Bleu” ( blueberries compote + mozzarella + bleu cheese + was with blueberries and was featured on “Man vs. Food Nation” and the second one combined Andes thin mints and strawberries.

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Both grilled donuts were AMAZING!  This is definitely a place to visit in moderation.  If you are really disciplined,  you could order a salad ……..but why would you do that?

The food is reasonably priced and offers self serve fountain drinks.  No waiter, just get your food order number to place on your table.

If you want to try some grilled chee amazingness – check out Tom + Chee.  They currently have three locations in the Cincinnati/ Northern KY metro area.  Be on the look for their upcoming expansion to a few new cities too.

 

Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Cincy/NKY Area, Family Adventures, Food Adventures, On A Date Adventures, Restaurants, Solo Adventures Tagged With: Adam Richman, Adventure mom, armagoetta, Bacon and Blue, Blueberry Bleu, Cincinnati, food adventure, Food Network, fun food places to eat, goetta, grilled cheese, grilled donut, Man vs. Food Nation, Newport on the Levee, Northern Kentucky, Tom + Chee, tomato soup

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