By Patti Nickel Who says that the new can’t co-exist compatibly with the old? Lawrenceburg Bourbon Company, a relative newcomer to the industry, is proof that it can. Open in its current location only since November of last year, it sits in the shadow of Wild Turkey, one of Kentucky’s most revered distilleries. “We are…
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Garden & Gun says this local stay is “whimsical”.
Wake Up in a Bourbon Barrel in Rural Kentucky These whimsical cabins may be the Bourbon Trail’s most fitting spot for a nightcap By STEVE RUSSELL March 6, 2024 Garden & Gun Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail rewards brown-water fans with an abundance of bourbon distilleries, bourbon tours, bourbon bars, and bourbon-centric restaurants. The only glaring omission…
Success is sweet for the Cook sisters.
By Patti Nickel Most 15-year-old girls rely on one of their parents to chauffeur them to gymnastics practices, mall shopping sprees or school dances, but then most girls aren’t Taylor Cook. True, at 15, Taylor needed her father John to be her driver, but not for shopping or gymnastics or any of the other things…
100 years of the candy with the strange name.
By Patti Nickel When noted Polish actress Madame Helena Modjeska arrived at Louisville’s McCauley Theater in 1883 to perform the role of Nora in Henrik Ibsen’s “The Doll House,” (the first staging of an Ibsen play in the U.S.), she came with an impressive list of Shakespearean credits. When she finished her run, she left…
Authentic Colombian Cuisine Lands in Lawrenceburg A Taste of Home-Cooked Delights!
by Patti Nickell Nicolas Alvarez tells you right off that his new restaurant, the Colombian Corner, doesn’t serve Mexican food. So, don’t ask for a fajita or a taco or a burrito. Instead, ask for a patacon, an arepa or a pollo sudado, or any of the other dishes that come mainly from…
SongFarmers of Anderson County on WEKU
What it means to be a Kentucky Song Farmerby Sam DickOff the Beaten Path on WEKU Sam Dick visited Anderson County to meet Annette Brady Fugal, founder of the Anderson County SongFarmers, to explore the enchanting world of sweet melodies and heartfelt stories that define the essence of being an Anderson County song farmer. Listen…
Art and Culture is alive in Lawrenceburg
By Patti Nickell Weekends in Lawrenceburg are usually the time for catching up on household chores or catching up on football, whichever you think the most important. On Saturday, November 4th, however, you may have to put off the chores and tape the football game. That date marks the return of two annual favorites – Dia…
It’s Year Number Five for the Boots & Bourbon Nashville Songwriters Fest
By Patti Nickel If you love sipping good Kentucky elixir and bootscooting to the best of country/western music, you’ll want to be in Lawrenceburg on October 28th for the 5th annual Boots and Bourbon Music Concert. For five years, the best country singer/songwriters have been converging on The Barn at McCall Springs to sing and…
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Southern Living writes about Anderson Hotel in Spooky Season story.
Love Spooky Season? Head To The Bluegrass State For Kentucky After Dark Haunted hotels, wailing infants, and paranormal terrors await you. By Brandee Gruener for Southern Living Published on September 22, 2023 If spine-tingling lore and hair-raising history get your blood pumping, consider heading to the Bluegrass State for Kentucky After Dark this October. Sure, sipping bourbon is nice and rolling…
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Stranger Things in Anderson County
Anderson County joins ten other counties across the Commonwealth for paranormal tourism campaign: “Kentucky After Dark” garnering national attention from AdWeek. Lawrenceburg and Anderson County are home to two of the most well-known, or unknown phenomena: Bigfoot and the haunted Anderson Hotel. Paranormal visitors are encouraged to pick up their passports at local destinations and…