It may not feel like it today, considering the temperature will hover around 100 degrees, but summer will soon be over. In Cincinnati, the end of the season is marked with the P&G Riverfest celebration, held on Sunday of every Labor Day weekend. The festival gets started at noon Sunday and culminates with the Cincinnati Bell/WEBN fireworks at 9:05 There are bands playing at Sawyer Point all day long. Tip: Pack a lunch and go to Sawyer Point early to secure a good parking space and a spot to watch the fireworks. 

Here's the music lineup for this year's Riverfest:    

P&G Pavilion Stage

• Noon-1:10 p.m.: Specyphi
• 1:45-2:55 p.m.: Philosopher's Stone
• 3:30-4:40 p.m.: Stash
• 5:15-6:30 p.m. Dalton Street Gang
• 7:10-8:30 p.m.: 8Kount

Lower Serpentine Wall Stage

• Noon-1:10 p.m.: Livid
• 1:45-2:55 p.m.: Big Rock Club
• 3:30-4:40 p.m.: One Man Electrical Band
• 5:15-6:30 p.m.: Calloused
• 7:10-8:30 p.m.: Session 9

Newport Stage

• Noon-1:30 p.m.: WEBN Simulcast
• 1:30-2:30 p.m.: T Sly Trio
• 3-4:30 p.m.: Kentucky 31
• 5-6 p.m.: The Bluebirds
• 6:30-9 p.m.: Dangerous Jim & the Rock n Roll All Stars
• 9-10 pm.: WEBN Simulcast

For all the details on Riverfest, including parking information visit the WEBN website. More than 50,000 people attend Riverfest on Sawyer Point each year. Metromix has put together a great list of alternative places to watch the fireworks sans crowds. 

Photo of Riverfest courtesy of Cincinnati 365

A few weeks ago, on my way to visit my mom's new digs on the west side, I passed a food truck parked outside a Mexican grocery store on Queen City Avenue. Last week, the truck had moved locations and was at a different Mexican store, closer to the I-75 entrance ramp. I was curious (and hungry) so I stopped to check it out. And I'm so glad I did.

Taqueria Yolandita serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, tortas, carne asada - "y mucho mas," seven days a week. In a city now filled with food trucks serving up hit-or-miss creative takes on Mexican and other ethnic cuisines, Taqueria Yolandita offers Cincinnati a taste of authentic Mexican cuisine. Everything on the menu is $6 or $7.

My $6 chicken burrito was served open-faced and loaded with beans, Mexican cheese, rice, and wonderfully marinated chicken. It was topped with the traditional salsa and radishes. I couldn't eat the whole burrito (the portions are huge) in one sitting so my lunch doubled for dinner. 

Apparently, I'm not the first to discover Taqueria Yolandita. Both Polly Campbell, food writer at the Cincinnati Enquirer, and Donna Covert, the food writer Cincinnati Magazine, have written about this Queen City find. It's well worth the drive from anywhere in Cincinnati. Think La Mexicana - the tri-state's "go to" taqueria - if La Mexicana happened to be on wheels. 

Taqueria Yolandita can be found on Queen City Avenue near I-75. They don't have a website, so I've listed info here:

Hours: Monday-Wednesday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Thursday-Saturdays 10 a.m. - 8:30 p.m., Sundays, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Organizers last week announced the line-up for the 10th annual MidPoint Music Festival, held September 22-24 at various locations in Over-the-Rhine and Downtown. More than 180 new local, regional, and international acts are set to perform.

This year's festival will feature Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Booker T. Jones, Australian dance-pop group Cut Copy and Ohioan Jessica Lea Mayfield, who was nominated for the Americana Music Association's 2011 New/Emerging Artist of the Year award. Other highlights include guitarist Kaki King and Austin's Okkervil River.   

Bike racks will be installed around Over-the-Rhine and Downtown for those who wish to travel car-free and the new School for Creative & Performing Arts will open their stage for all-ages performances. 

Three-day passes are $49, $39 if purchased during the Indie Summer concert series on Fountain Square on Friday nights through Sept. 2. 

Photo Courtesy of MidPoint Music Festival