It’s the final day of January and it’s time to look back at the month and share my local adventures for Local Tourist, co-hosted by Dara from Not In Jersey. We post every last WEEKDAY of the month if you’d like to link up with us in the future!
Local Tourist: January 2019
Friday, January 4: My mom and I took my nieces and nephew to the Coney Island Lights. It was closing that weekend, and while the kids had already seen it, my mom and I hadn’t gone that year. It’s always fun. You drive around the parking lot of Coney Island with lights everywhere and they are moving/playing along to the music in your car (you just put on a specific station). We went last year and really loved it, so it’s sure to become a tradition.
Sunday, January 6: My mom, brother, sister-in-law, nieces, nephew, and I all went to the Cincinnati Zoo. They have season passes that allowed my mom and I to get in free with them. It was actually a fairly nice day – weather wise – so it was fun to go. We even got to ride the little train, which I hadn’t done in years!
Thursday, January 24: I went to Best of the East with my mom. It’s where nominated businesses, schools, restaurants, etc. come together to talk about their products (or give out samples of their food) and everyone votes for their favorite before they leave. There are a few of these around the Cincinnati area – Best of the East is focused on the East side. My mom and I have been to some of these before, but it had been awhile and we had a great time. It’s always fun entering giveaways (sadly, we didn’t win anything), trying samples of food, and even getting some free products/samples (the photo above is a goodie bag I got from Ambiance Nail Salon & Spa).
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Sounds like you’ve had a great time! That goodie bag is so cool – I love orange nail polish 🙂
What a fun way to bring in the New Year, and Best of the East sounds really! Love the idea of spending time at the zoo too, and glad you enjoyed it! Hugs…RO
These each sound like fun!
Fun things! Only thing fun I really did was see todd glass at helium comedy club in philly.
That goodie bag is tops! What a fun event!
I’ve always wanted to go to Coney Island, but it’s not been on my list of things I’ve gotten to visit when I see my sister in NYC. Of course I haven’t been to visit her in almost 5 years. Looks like you had some fun this past month though!
Always nice to get out and enjoy local events and activities.
These all sound fun! We love our zoo, but don’t ever go unless it is the summer! We should make trips throughout the year though. The Best of East outing with your mom sounds great, too!
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
I love the sound of the light show. I bet that’s a lot of fun.
My January fun was attending my first hockey game. 🙂
Sadly, I haven’t done much this month and the winter is usually my time of year to get out in FL.
It looks like you managed to fit in quite a few fun events.
Karen @ For What It’s Worth
What a fun event! I wish we had something like that. You live in such a cool city!
You went to a number of fun things! That is the best way to survive winter, just get out and do stuff! I love all the spa stuff you got, how fun! I love that nail color!
I’ve always wanted to visit Coney Island! for some reason it’s stuck in my head as a magical place. I’m sure there is a book somewhere to be blamed LOL
Lots of fun events this month! I can’t wait to see what you do in February. 🙂
Ooh best of East sounds really fun. I love that you really get out and explore your city. I used to do a better job of that but in the last couple of years I’ve become such a creature of habit. I’m hoping that I can get back into it in the coming year–Kansas City also has a lot to offer!
The Best of the East sounds awesome!
For the most part, I’ve had my head in the sand getting my book published, so I haven’t done much. And yay Cincinnati! I’m an Ohio girl and this post made me want to go back and visit 🙂
Nice re-cap of your January, Lauren. I didn’t do nearly as much as you. That event of sampling and entering giveaways for local businesses sounds awesome. My highlight of January was going skiing which we did on Wednesday. Just at the end of January. Mostly stuck to my typical routine aka boring 😀
What fun! <3
What a fun link up! This month we went to the city (NYC) twice – once to see Frozen on Broadway and then once to do Trolls the Experience – it was so much fun! We also ate lunch at Ellen’s Stardust Diner (where the waitstaff sings) and hit up Times Square.
That sounds like a fun month. How neat on the lights and music going together. That’d be a great tradition for sure 🙂
January was almost a total loss for me where getting out and doing fun things was concerned.
Best of the East sounds like a really fun way to find out about great local businesses!
Sounds like a fun weekend! I love that nail polish! The color is very similar to the Pantone color of the year. 🙂