Have you checked out BLINK yet? If not you need to go tonight Cincinnati People! I went last night with friends (new and old) and it was terrific!
The night started off in the garage under Washington Park in OTR. Grant and I lucked out and got a spot right by the stairs. When we got out of our car we went up into the festivities!
Above the garage was an inflatable maze that was filled with lights and adventure. Grant and I grabbed white claws (okay full disclosure we both made duck faces while drinking our Claws) and sat to people watch while waiting for Bridget and Neil to meet us. Once we were all there we walked around OTR.
On our first stop we saw the displays on Music Hall and Memorial Hall. It was absolutely breathtaking watching the scenes change like watching a movie in real life.
We also got to enjoy this tunnel with lights and it honestly felt like walking underwater. I loved how I felt like a real life mermaid!
Then we hit the Court House which was made to look as magical as I know it is but allowed everyone else to see the magic. The lights were spectacular and the colors were liberating!
I think overall though my favorite was the Cincinatus mural. They made it into a living breathing mural with a sunrise and everything. Then they had all the torches come to light and fire burning illuminating the mural. I couldn’t have loved watching it more if I tried. (Truthfully all four of us really enjoyed this one. We were mesmerized watching our beloved mural come to life.)
There were also glow in the dark teeter totters! Like real life built for adults and everything teeter totters! We didn’t get to ride on them but my inner small child was in love!!!!! (Pretty sure Neil made fun of Bridget and I for our obsession, silly boy, don’t get in the way of our childhood obsessions!)
The Barter Boat also made an appearance and I’d never head of this before but after last night I might be a life long follower! The objective is to go and trade something you have with a story for something someone else has traded from another location or you could get a post card from another city or state. It was beyond interesting and such a cool idea. It made me wish I’d brought something to barter.
Overall I couldn’t recommend this enough to anyone: people with kids, or without. It’s even dog friendly. It’s very busy tho so if you take a Puppers make sure they do well with crowds. It was really fun to go on a double date with Bridget and Neil getting to explore Blink together!
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