{"id":16150,"date":"2024-06-02T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T10:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/?p=16150"},"modified":"2024-06-12T08:17:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T12:17:12","slug":"cincitalia-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/cincitalia-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"CincItalia 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It looks like CincItalia<\/a> came into being in 2010 so it is not an ancient Cincinnati tradition I need to feel guilty about not attending in years gone by. But it was something I was aware of and thought sounded interesting so I was kind of pleased when things worked out for me on Friday. Yes, it is a church fundraiser and that is something I’m trying to cut back on but I realize that my flesh is entirely too weak to completely avoid a little backsliding now and then.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>One of my first stops at the festival was in a large building where some presentations take place and where a couple of culturally significant items are displayed. One is a Sicilian Festival Cart from Palermo, Italy, described by the sign propped against it<\/a>. The other is a plaster cast used in replacing a bronze statue stolen from Cincinnati’s Eden Park in 2022 as summarized on a nearby sign<\/a>. A fuller telling is here<\/a>. A photo of the currently displayed statue is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I was here for my evening meal and thought of it as essentially just another dining-out occasion and not so much as a wild festival. With that in mind, I made one “browsing” pass through the area identified in the opening photo as “Little Eataly” and then selected my three-course meal.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Toasted ravioli made a great appetizer and lasagna was perfect for the main course. That’s CincItalia Pils, brewed by West Side Brewing<\/a> especially for this event, in the cup. Mini-cannolis were three for the price of two. I forced myself.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Plus there were plenty of food and beverage choices that I did not get around to.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>No self-respecting Cincinnati church festival would omit several raffles and other games of chance but that’s another thing I did not get around to. I did poke my head into one of the cooking demonstrations but it was full and I’m pretty sure it would have been over my head anyway.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>I definitely enjoyed the many “Leonardo’s Fun Facts” that I spotted but I know that I missed a bunch.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Even though I was there, as I’ve said, only for the food, I did stick around for a bit of the Naked Karate Girls<\/a> show. These guys are definitely entertaining and one or two of them may even know some karate. If so, that would mean their name isn’t a complete lie.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The festival is a three-day affair with Saturday and Sunday presented as family-friendly events. I assume that means, among other things, that the carnival-style rides I saw parked around the edges will be operating. Saturday runs 3:00 to 11:00 and Sunday runs 1:00 to 9:00. Friday’s 6:00 to 12:00 run was billed as adults only but I’m not sure whether that meant a wild Bacchanalia throughout the grounds, some dirty jokes from the bandstand, or old folks nodding off at sundown. I left before I found out and before I nodded off.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>ADDENDUM 2-Jun-2024:<\/strong> These photos were not part of the original post but, after tagging a Facebook link to it with the line “There’s a party on the Buddy LaRosa side of town.”, I thought them appropriate. Yes, LaRosa’s Pizza<\/a> had a trailer there and San Antonio Church had a booth. That’s the church where Buddy sold his first pizzas using sauce made from his Aunt Dena’s recipe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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