Finally, a decent look for ChipMahaney.com

Ever since I created this site earlier this year, I’ve struggled to figure out what to do with my namesake site, chipmahaney.com . From 2004 to 2008, the domain housed my personal blog (via Blogger), with personal/family photos and stories, but now most of that goes on Facebook. For the past few months [...]

My journey – Seven Hills Run

Yesterday I ran the Seven Hills Run here in Cincinnati. It’s a great race, only I didn’t have a great race outcome. In fact, this was my first-ever race FAIL. The race is 12 miles long and takes you over 7 hills that surround downtown. You get some hard hill work, [...]

My tortured relationship with Kroger

We’re very lucky here in Anderson Township to have the world’s 2nd-biggest (so they say) Kroger grocery store. It’s very nice, very large for a grocery. Not quite as big as a regular-size (not Super) Target, and that’s just fine by me.  In short, we dig the store – it meets our needs. 
But I’ve always [...]

The ballpark experience

Read an interesting column this morning in the Wall Street Journal, a personal look at ballparks from a writer, Mark Yost, who takes his son on summer journeys across the country.  Those journeys include ballparks, including Cincinnati’s.  But Mr. Yost is not fond of our Great American Ball Park.
Of all the new ballparks built in the past [...]

I love grocery store blogs

When I blogged all about Flower Mound Texas at FlowerMoundRoad.com from 2004 to 2007, I loved to write about our local grocery stores.  So I loved finding this post this morning, which I can use for my own good at my local Kroger this week:  http://littlemissknowitall.net/kroger-mega-event-matchups/ .