Out and About Dayton in December

This month is all about friends and family and I had a lot of fun celebrating with everyone. A lot of that takes place at home, though, so there wasn’t nearly as much to talk about here. These are the public places I went to celebrate the season.

Birthday at Scene75

I had the best time revisiting Scene75 for my birthday with my friends. We played a ton of arcade games and I got to try the two-story carousel for the first time.

One behind-the-scenes note: I brought disposable cameras to capture the day in a nostalgic way, but unfortunately I didn’t take into account how long it takes to get film developed nowadays. When I was growing up, there were places everywhere that could develop film in an hour, but now it’s sent away and you get it back in 2-4 weeks (and if it gets lost in the mail, oh well).

2026 Update: I got the photos back! Not many turned out, but we still got some good shots. Check out the article to see them!

Ax Throwing at Two Social

My coworkers and I went to Two Social to try ax throwing and it was a lot of fun. I have only done that at the Renaissance Festival and this was definitely different from that experience. I even got a bullseye!

They have two types of axes: one that works best for throwing two-handed and one that works best for throwing one-handed. It was the smaller, one-handed one I got a bullseye with.

Update 2026: When I got film developed (see Scene75 above), I didn’t realize that someone from my work took one of my disposable cameras and took this photo of me at Two Social (there were a few photos left on each camera so I was carting them around to try and use them up around town)! Sneaky, sneaky! This wasn’t the throw where I made a bullseye, that would have been AMAZING to capture.

Holiday Shopping at Craft Shows around Dayton

I LOVE shopping local for all my holiday shopping (plus, it’s my birth month so I end up treating myself pretty much the entire time…). You can learn more about these events here. We went to:

Handmade Holiday at Yellow Cab Tavern

Holly Days at the Dayton Arcade

Creepy Christmas at The Brightside – this was a new one this year! It was awesome and I hope it’s coming back next year, too.

See what I got up to in November.