Not about eating, but it involves shopping carts

This sounds like a great Foodie Report activity.
I love all the events going on at Fountain Square this winter. Ice skating, broomball, now the Iditarod!!!
Fountain Square Management Group is going to have an Iditarod shopping cart race that runs from downtown, to Over-the-Rhine, Newport and Covington. Five-person teams will be picking up items on a grocery list and stopping at three mandatory checkpoints.
Grocery items will benefit Cincinnati’s FreestoreFoodbank, and a challenge awaits team members at each checkpoint. Challenges include performing for judges and consuming food and drink. Course details and grocery lists will not be revealed until the day of the race. The Cinciditarod begins at 12:30 p.m. and must be completed by 3 p.m.The first team to cross the finish line, having successfully completed all the requirements of the race, will be declared winner of the Cinciditarod and win a cash prize. Additional prizes are awarded for best costume & cart, best performance, best glamour shot, and more.
Registration runs from Jan. 21 to Feb. 21.
It costs $25, and it sounds like it's just crazy enough for me! Who's in?

You should meet me...

and Tabari (of CinWeekly fame) at Graeter's downtown on Monday. I'll make you a deal: If you ever spot me in there and call me by name, I'll buy you a scoop... Scouts honor. (And I was holding three fingers up as I typed that. Wait, was it two or three?)

GRAETER'S TO OPEN AT FOUNTAIN SQUARE
One of Cincinnati's favorite ice cream spots returns downtown.

Graeter's will open its doors at its new Fountain Square location with a grand opening celebration Monday, Oct. 15. The new Graeter's, 511 Walnut St. at the Fifth Third Center on Fountain Square, is scheduled to be open 6:30 a.m.
to 10 p.m. Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday; hours are subject to change depending on weather and Fountain Square events.
"We are thrilled to make a return to downtown," says co-owner/vice-president of marketing Richard Graeter. "The large outdoor dining area on the Square, the view of the Tyler Davidson Fountain and the pedestrian traffic around the Square all add up to create memorable experiences for our customers." For more information, call 513-381-4191 or visit www.graeters.com.
Tabari McCoy