May 21, 2010
So all week I have been feeling under the weather not sure if it's the pollen in Cincinnati or the plane air is finally getting to me. But I wasn't going to let that stop my explorations. I had to meet one of my travel road-dogs, Amy. So I drove to Dayton and we ventured to downtown. At first it wasn't looking too promising. I mean Dayton is no Kalamazoo. :) We stumbled upon a cute little area called the Oregon District. What caught my eye was the cobblestone streets.They always remind me of Old Montreal, one of my favorite places to go. Let's just say it was a very eccentric, hippy and multi-cultured area and NO Old Montreal. We felt as though we were in the Twilight Zone. Onlookers knew were tourists, let's just say I was the only "female" with pink pumps around. Head shops were abundant in this area.We ate at Side-Bar. The menu included some average Tapas but it is a cocktail connoisseur's dream. The cocktail menu was assembled with the help of Chicago mixologist Michael Rubel, fancy shamcy this suave bar was. Jessica our bartender was more then accommodating. We crossed the street to the German bar and listened to the bartender's sob story, but hey check out the outfit she has to wear to work, I would probably be miserable too. We randomly stumbled into the minor league field of the Dayton Dragons took some pics caught an inning or two and that about sums up Dayton, OH. Nope not on my list of relocation spots.
