Mike Uhlenhake

NAME: Mike Uhlenhake

BIRTHDAY: July 13 (Cancer)

HOME: Over the Rhine. Cincinnati. Ohio.

WORK: Architect. Principal at Michael Uhlenhake, Architect.

MOTIVATION: “Being fully engaged in the act of living.”

OBJECTS OF AFFECTION: The Earth and explor­ing it with my bicy­cle. Mountains. Swimmin’ holes. Laughing with friends. Thanksgiving. Inventiveness. Cohesiveness. Pragmatism. Chocolate milk. Bringing like-minded peo­ple together for a fun time. My vin­tage leder­ho­sen. Fish frys in base­ments of really old Catholic churches in Dayton. My hick­ory hard­wood floors. Well scripted film. Caprese salad in the sum­mer. When wait­resses call me ‘hun’ or ‘sweetie.’ Camping. Hiking. Being adven­tur­ous. Spring Grove Cemetery. Individual expres­sion. When peo­ple make an effort.

OTHERWISE OBSCURED FACT: “I have the largest col­lec­tion of orig­i­nal Farrah Fawcett pho­tos in the tri-state which I started col­lect­ing in the sixth grade.”

MIKE’S HIGHSTREET: “Wandering around, study­ing, observ­ing, and envi­sion­ing. Getting inspired by the dif­fer­ent vignettes and dis­plays– the own­ers have a good eye. I like the staff and the vari­ety of goods. I am quite pleased with the Gus sec­tional sofa I pur­chased from HighStreet.”