HOOTERS is a hoot & Corn-holing is corney!

from September 06, 2005
Ohio is treating us well. The people we have met are great and getting around everywhere through Yahoo Maps is helpful, until we get more familuare with out surroundings. We have hung out in Newport, KY on many occasions. Newport is just across the Ohio River crossing over the bridge. There is a Purple-People-Bridge that we can walk on from the Cincinnati side to the Newport side; it is a nice, 1/2 mile stroll. By car is the 71/75 interstate that is a two level bridge to drive across; one level going north & the top level going south over the river.

In Newport, KY we have been to the aquarium, movies, the Irish pub on the levy, oh and Hooters on the levy. We can’t leave out Hooters! The Hooters Restaraunt is interesting. I have been there a few times before back in Burbank, CA when it opened up there across from IKEA. But out here in Ohio, there seems to be just as many Hooters as there are Burger Kings. They market themselves as a "family restaurant" but it is really guys going there with their buddy checking out the waitresses in their orange hot-shorts. Then I gathered that while all the guys are there, I am on the flip side, eating my meal checking out all the hot guys who are checking out all the "hot hooters." While Andrew and I was there, the table next to us was a little league team eating there with the parents. The funny part was the parents all ordered a 'Hooter Shooter', basically an Oyster shooter but with out the quail egg. Andrew then ordered one, and he gets to keep the shot glass that has the Hooters logo on it.

After dinner at Hooters there was a live Blues Band playing outside, so we stayed for that and were served cocktails by servers in bikinis…a fun night for Andrew (wipe the drool off your chin). I had fun also. The band was great and we were sitting outside right on the Ohio River watching the boats pass by. I finally saw what Corn holing was also! People were playing it as the band played. It's a popular game to pass time out here in the Mid West; people take turns tossing a beanbag about 5 feet away to a hole in a board set up on the ground, similar to Horseshoes. It is called Corn-hole because the bean bags are filled with corn and you aim for the hole. LOL There is very simple pleasures in life, and Corn-hole is one of them!

I will blog later, and keep you posted on how we are doing in Ohio. Email us as well to tell us how you are doing. OR! If you have a blog for us to keep up with let us know also.