by Patti Nickel Remember those days when shopping was actually fun? When you dressed up and went downtown to spend hours stocking up on everything you needed (and some things you didn’t, but wanted anyway). No? Then you missed out on the days before giant malls and Big Box stores turned shopping from a…
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Reposted from Slowtwitch By Ryan Heisler It’s tough out there for race directors these days. Expenses are up; competition is fierce; finding volunteers can be a full-time job (as evidenced by the still massive need for volunteers at even long-standing IM branded events). And then there’s people like Jim Rainey and Robbie Morgan. They’re in…
by Patti Nickel You know the old adage, “getting there is half the fun?” That certainly holds true if your destination is Little Crooked Creek Safari on the border of Anderson and Shelby Counties. You’ll want to slow down and savor the almost primeval beauty of the dense forest that shelters the creek as it…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…