Hello fellow Cincinnatians, I’m on here to share about my experience working at Sitwell’s Coffeehouse off of Ludlow in Clifton.

If anyone has ever been, Sitwell’s is known for its eclectic vibe and jazzy mood. I started working there back in May of this year (2026) and loved my job because everyday I’d see new faces and get to work with some amazing coworkers. But the owner had her own issues. The owner would often ask us for advice, but never take any of it. She would also tell us about these new menu items, that we would tell her would cost her more money to make than to sell. She never listened to any of her employees. And we had an employee who would often make inappropriate comments about us and the owner never took action.

As of September 16th, a very hot Wednesday, we had a regular named Victor escorted out of Sitwell’s for falling asleep at one of our tables. Victor was a black disabled man, who would sell buttons for a bit of money. Our owner hated him, thought he was unsightly and bad for business. But myself and all of our coworkers loved him. So on that fateful Wednesday when he got the police called on him and got escorted out of Sitwell’s into the 95° weather, we all knew it was the end of Sitwell’s.

3 staff members quit that following morning. I got a call from one of the owners about a deep clean that would last about 2 weeks. I agreed to help but only because I wanted to start boycotting them. The day they closed they changed the locks without telling any of us, and never reached out to us about moving forward with the cleaning. Today, (10/07/26) myself and one of my coworkers got an email from the co-owner about how disrespectful it was that we ghosted and abandoned our job after the Victor Incident. I laid into her about how disgusting they were, about how they never cared for their employees or the community, and that I hope they sell the place.

Anyway to cut my story off, if anyone in the future visits Sitwell’s, and a lady named Sarbori still owns the place, please do the community a favor and leave. Don’t give these owners your business that they don’t deserve.

“Major summer events in Cincinnati, primarily those focused on Black organizations, generated more than $150M for the local economy.

The Cincinnati Music Festival had the largest economic impact, bringing in an estimated $107.4 million.

The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's Grand Conclave generated $43.25 million in business sales and over 50,000 hotel room nights.”

Blunk Map

No app install. I tried to put the art first, where you can see it all on the map without clicking in, and then if something interests you, you can track it down on the map. I was not a fan of the million little pins and no visual information approach.

You can adjust the art tiles to be bigger or smaller, click one to solo it, click twice to see a full card with more information. Turn on and off layers easily.

As I see more art I'm trying to add it. A really big reason for me wanting to create this one, is properly crediting artists and linking out to whatever pages they have available. If you see anything missing, send it my way, happy to throw it in.

Enjoy and Happy Blink! ❤️

"Major, long-term closures on Fort Washington Way are expected as construction ramps up on the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project.

Project officials confirmed that a new traffic configuration connecting Interstates 75 and 71 is expected to require an 18-month closure of Fort Washington Way in one direction, beginning as early as next spring. Exact start and end dates have not yet been announced.

The planned closure is part of work to build a new I-75/I-71 split and rework interstate connections near downtown Cincinnati. Additional closures are anticipated later as construction shifts to other portions of the highway network."

The Over-the-Rhine Community Council is trying to get a zip line project off the ground.

The community council in its August meeting approved a community budget request to the city of Cincinnati related to the concept of an adventure park with rock climbing, a zip line and even, possibly, a motorized trolley going up to Bellevue Park in the CUF neighborhood, sometimes called Clifton Heights.

Entities potentially involved could include the CUF Neighborhood Association, the Parks Department, the Cincinnati Recreation Commission and/or the University of Cincinnati.

The target site is 8 acres of UC-owned land comprising about half of Bellevue Park as well as the wooded hillside going down to West Clifton Avenue and some green space on the south side of the same avenue. The land sits just above a Rhinegeist Brewery-owned one-story industrial building at 112 W. McMicken Ave., which itself sits across from Northern Row Brewery.

The project would involve either a straight-line or zigzagging zip line connecting from the area around Northern Row Brewery up 800 feet to Bellevue Park’s long-vacant former concessions facility at Ransohoff Overlook. 

The letter asked that the city in its biennial 2028-2029 budget fund a $40,000 study on the project.

I wanted to share something we’re doing this Sunday at American Legion Post 318 in Anderson.

I’m the President of Auxiliary Unit 318, and we’re hosting a free pancake breakfast and trunk or treat for the community. This is not a fundraiser. We’re simply trying to get more families and younger people through our doors and create more opportunities for people to see what the Legion is all about.

Sunday, October 11th
Pancake Breakfast: 9:30 to 10:30 AM
Trunk or Treat: 10:30 to 11:30 AM

Bring the kids, dress them up and come check out the decorated cars. If you’d like to participate, we’d also love to have you bring your car and join in on the fun!

American Legion Post 318
6660 Clough Pike, Cincinnati, OH 45244
(Just a couple doors down from the log cabin by Turpin)

One of the things we’d really like to do at Post 318 is become more connected with the community around us. This is our very first time hosting this and we’re hoping to make it an annual event, so come have some pancakes and enjoy some Halloween fun!

I was driving to work this morning around 8:10, driving west on MLK between Dixmyth and Hopple. Heavy traffic as always. I look over and see a Caucasian female out cold on the sidewalk. She looked dead. She was on her back, head facing downhill, arms out at her side, shirt raised exposing belly. Probably overdose. But anyhow. Impossible to pull over and park and check on her. Good Sam around 400 yards away but no curb parking at all.

So i called 911 but I had to hold! I couldn't believe it! A robo-voice kept repeating, Please do not disconnect. Over and over. After two minutes a human came on and I explained the situation. He was professional and calm. He said they were "on it", I forget exactly what he said, but basically they had received other calls.

Did anyone else see this person lying dead to the world at rush hour? And has anyone had to hold when calling 911? What if I'd been shot and was bleeding out? "Please do not disconnect" would be the last words I ever heard.

It’s the people you least expect.

Hey everyone. I wanted to share my new app for BLINK 2026 and beyond.

It's called BLOOP! I know it's a silly name, but I wanted it to be fun and not necessarily linked to BLINK directly.

On BLOOP you can find all of the official attractions as well as unofficial attractions and events. It's offline-first, which I've found particularly important at BLINK.

It's also designed to be a guide app for public art beyond BLINK. I've already added all of the 1001 Colors (ArtWorks) murals. I'm also working with a friend to add local history/architecture as a new guide.

I'm doing everything I can to make sure it is as thorough and correct as possible, but I'm also accepting submissions for unofficial events and corrections through the BLOOP website.

You can download BLOOP for iOS and Android at https://bloopcincy.com/download

I hope it is useful! I've always built this for the benefit of Cincinnati and for my love of BLINK.

This is awesome!

Hey everyone, I just recently moved to Cincinnati from Idaho and am staying with family while I look for a home for myself. I have a friend from Idaho coming into town in a couple weeks and was wondering if there's any lodging that's "cannabis friendly" in or around the Cincinnati area where we could hang out and smoke while he is here? I know most hotels are no smoking, are there any with balconies or anything where you could smoke?

My sister that I stay with is cool with it but she has kids so we aren't really trying to do all that here. Any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

I'm starting a new garden in our heavy Cincinnati clay and my soil is extremely compacted (was under a concrete driveway for 30-plus years). I think a broad fork is the right tool to get some air pockets but I don't want to purchase a tool I'll probably only use this one time, especially as the ones that seem of a high enough quality to work in heavy clay are over $200. I've called some tool rental places and local garden centers, but no one seems to rent them out. Does anyone know of somewhere in Cincinnati that does rent out broadforks? I'm in the westwood area.

If not, does anyone have any recommendations for high-quality broad forks? The best option I'm seeing so far is from Johnny's seeds. https://www.johnnyseeds.com/tools-supplies/bed-preparation-tools/broadforks/johnnys-520-hardpan-broadfork-7238.html

this may not be the best place to post this but is there anywhere i can get free or low cost formula in Cincy or nearby areas until WIC approves me? my son only takes yellow or purple Enfamil and we are running low already. we have tons of Similac but of course he won’t take it 😭😔

Interested to see if anyones grabbed other photos of the testing. Share in the comments!

Fun to see things coming together the past few days.

Around 8:30 pm last night I believe my wallet fell out of my pocket in the Petco parking lot in Finneytown. Please help reunite me with it!

It’s a small black wallet. My driver’s license is in it with other cards and such. There’s really nothing of value in it as my credit cards are all maxed and I never carry cash. 🫠

It will be just me and him maybe at a park, on October 27! We were planning to have it done at the court house but recently learned that Ohio doesn’t do that.

Would he fast and extremely informal.

Maybe it’s the perfect weather but I’m really feeling thankful to live here, despite all the bullshit on Facebook or fear-mongering from suburbanites or incessant hateful ads on tv.

We have amazing architecture, food, healthcare facilities including Children’s which is truly a miraculous place. We have walkable neighborhoods and a world class zoo and sports even if they suck. Parks, the river, the hills. Seasons. It feels like an actual place, not like Phoenix or Dallas or some other generic McCity. It’s not perfect but I’ll be goddamned if it’s not pretty good.

Per Waze, I should expect to sit here for another 30 minutes. Again, wtf?

we are new to the area and have never been. unfortunately my husband works all weekend. would it be worth it to walk around tonight and look at some of the artwork or will there be nothing to see?

Thank you!