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Sun, Jul 18, 2004

A Day in Cincinnati #

Spent the day with my older sister, Sujean, and my brother-in-law, Isaac, tooling around the Cincinnati area. We spent some time at the Cincinnati's History Museum, which was very good, and we also saw the SuperCroc exhibit. I was a paleontology nut when I was a kid, and I still enjoy looking at fossils. Scientists have unearthed many new species in the past decade, and the SuperCroc -- a 40-foot crocodile from 10 million years ago, discovered in the Saraha Desert -- is one of the more interesting finds. (1RM)

The highlight of the day, of course, was the food. I'm always anxious to sample local specialties, and in Cincinnati (formerly known as pork-opolis), there are two. The first is a pork-and-oats hash known as Goetta. I was a bit scared when Isaac first described it to me -- it sounded suspiciously like spam -- but it's actually quite good. Of course, my sister bought it from a great vendor at FindlayMarket?, so that might have had something to do with it. (1RN)

The second is SkylineChili, also known as CincinnatiChili. It's chili cooked with cinnamon and cloves, served over spaghetti noodles and piled high with cheddar cheese. There's a chain called SkylineChili, where we ate, but there are also several other restaurants that specialize in it. (1RO)

Tomorrow, I'll poke around the city a bit more, then will have drinks with PaulVisscher and JasonCook of TheCanonicalHackers. (1RP)

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