Cincinnati

August 26-27th

St. Louis vs Cincinnati - NFL

A few months ago, I was crewed to work the St. Louis feed for a preseason NFL game at Cincinnati. On a whim, Dave asked me if I could get him on the crew. And I did – as stage manager.

We drove done Wednesday evening. We stayed in Covington where I used to stay frequently when doing Reds games. This was kind of our last little trip of the summer since I missed out on our Put-In Bay vacation.

We got a list of places to eat from the front desk. There is a little district of restaurants that we wanted to walk to. 5-10 minute walk; max.

30 minutes and a few blisters from my girl shoes, later, we found the district. Sure enough it was only 5 minutes from the hotel – but the map had confused us.

We had a nice dinner and made our way back to the hotel.

Since it was still relatively early, we sat outside in a gazebo and enjoyed the summer evening with a few adult beverages.

On Thursday, I had to be to work around 10am, so he dropped me off at the stadium. He went back to the hotel to work out, etc.

The day was a little crazy. Just issues with the production, the truck, etc.

Dave arrived later in the day, met with the Producer and then explored the stadium.

He had a great time – it was a super simple show to stage manage for!

I think we were on the road back to Columbus around 11:30…. Late night!