Susan Edmonstone Ferrier Ferrier visited Walter Scott at Ashiestiel Farm and House on the banks of the River Tweed, near Clovenfords in the Scottish Borders, and again in 1829 and 1831 at his new house, Abbotsford. They enjoyed each other's company and he wrote of her: "This gifted personage besides having great talents has conversation the least exigeant of any author, female at least..., simple, full of humour, and exceedingly ready at repartee, and all this without the least affectation of the blue stocking." He mentioned her in the same sentence as Maria Edgeworth and Frances Burney in 1825. Ferrier's account of the
The Banks is approximately 92 percent occupied. Many of the retail tenants include bars, restaurants and musical venues such as Yard House, Tin Roof, Mahogany's, Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill and Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. The second phase of The Banks is slated to break ground in the summer of 2013. Phase II will include an additional 300 apartment units, more than 60,000 square feet of street level retail and more than 400 parking spaces along Vine Street in between Second Street and Freedom Way. It will be located near Paul Brown Stadium, home of the Cincinnati Bengals. Plans also