A Little Background on 52 Dates, 52 Neighborhoods

Just over one month ago, was the best day of our lives. A perfect day, a loving supporting cast of family and friends, and a beautiful moment of matrimony. Paige and I could not have asked for a more perfect wedding day.

As we prepared for that day and the beginning of the rest of our lives during premarital counseling, one of the things we had both agreed on was to have weekly "date nights" in order to have the chance to spend some quality time together away from the distraction of everyday life. You should also know that we love Cincinnati. And we love exploring new neighborhoods, places, and restaurants in our city. It was out of this that the idea for this blog was born. Why not combine our weekly dates with our love of exploring this great city? And documenting it on a blog allows us to share our lives during this first year of marriage with our family and friends scattered all around the country (and the world!). We are excited to share our love of Cincinnati with you and hope that if you live in Cincinnati you will be curious enough by the places and restaurants we find to do some exploring of your own (or if you don't live in Cincinnati that you would come visit us!). Cincinnati (which was once the sixth largest city in the United States during the 1840s and 1850s) boasts a ton of great neighborhoods with historic architecture and amazing local restaurants (especially for a mid-size city).

In total there are 52 official neighborhoods in Cincinnati. In a perfect world, we would be able to visit one neighborhood per week, since there are 52 weeks in a year. But we'll just be honest: that's probably not gonna happen with busy schedules and our newlywed life. So check back every now and then, and hopefully there will be something new to check out! We will post each blog entry on Facebook too, so be sure to friend either of us if that's an easier way for you to follow along!

In case you are curious, here is a list of Cincinnati's neighborhoods that we will be exploring (although there may be some additions or subtractions as we go along):

Avondale
Bond Hill
California
Camp Washington
Carthage
Clifton
College Hill
Columbia Tusculum
Corryville
CUF
Downtown Cincinnati
East End
East Price Hill
East Walnut Hills
East Westwood
English Woods
Evanston/O'Bryonville
Fay Apartments
Hartwell
Hyde Park
Kennedy Heights
Linwood
Lower Price Hill
Madisonville
Millvale
Mount Adams
Mount Airy
Mount Lookout
Mount Washington
Mt. Auburn
North Avondale
North Fairmount
Northside
Oakley
Over-the-Rhine
Paddock Hills
Pendleton
Pleasant Ridge
Queensgate
Riverside
Roselawn
Saylor Park
Sedamsville
South Cumminsville
South Fairmount
Spring Grove Village
The Heights
Walnut Hills
West End
West Price Hill
Westwood
Winton Hills

Check back soon for our first post about Madisonville!