This day was largely noted for being a Wednesday, that means I go out for a beer over in Kentucky.
Not at a gas station, but 701 Bar over off Mainstrasse.
Not sure if you have these beer caves in your neck of the woods. Essentially they are big refrigerators you
can go in to pick up your brew. Only rivaled by drive-thrus, where you get to stay in your car and shop for beer.
I’ve never gotten a good shot of  a beer drive-thru, it is on my short list.

Tangent, in nerdspeak: Today was also the day I learned how to name and deliver assets in multiple
resolutions for mobile apps. Never have I felt closer to my original roots of designing for a CD-ROMS.

Multimedia has a future.

And this suitcase closes out May.
June and July ended up being filled with lots more photos, a bit of travel,
and a ton of work. I’ll fill in the gaps before 2012.

With event filled days that have dozens upon dozens of photos,
a few snapshots of the lush hills taken while driving are a nice respite.

Another arrangement from my mom’s garden. (Here she is adjusting it for the blurry photo.)
This time at her place after celebrating her birthday with my brother and aunt.

I’m the guy that goes to the Taste of Cincinnati and takes exactly zero photos of food.
It was sweltering that day, and packed as I’ll get out.
Went in, got some Montgomery Inn barbecue and went to find shelter in some AC.
My only gripe is that everything’s a meal and would benefit from bite sized portions as an option.
Otherwise? It’s still totally worth it.

If you’d like to see this bear with some scale…

Mom’s birthday on this day.
Went to her house while she was at work to scavenge for things I could use to photograph for a birthday card.
Found this key but didn’t end up using it.

(Partial) Above Left: Jim Stoten ”My Best Friend”  / Right: Andrew Holder “Early Bird”

I’m decidedly smitten with everything that lands at YES in Cincinnati,
the part gallery, part workspace in Over the Rhine.

Through the end of May and all of July they featured works from the new book by Mike Perry.
The book is Pulled: A Catalog of Screen Printing and it’s more than solid. Showcasing
works of contemporary artists and illustrators in the medium.

But even better was seeing many of the featured prints up close and in person.

The way the ink hit the paper. The textures and details that just beg to be seen up close.
So. Dang. Inspiring.

Andy Mueller “Never Stop”

Tons more photos behind this link