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In Search of: A Hangover Cure
It’s only as you get a little older that you really start to understand the value of planning. Looking ahead and planning wisely sometimes requires us to ask tough questions, some of which have tough answers. Did I put enough money in my Roth IRA to send my kids to bartending school? Should I get [...]
Derby does not equal Mardi Gras
When I tell locals that one of the reasons I love Louisville so much is that it reminds me of New Orleans, they don’t believe me at first. So I’m well practiced at ticking off the similarities between the two cities: shotgun houses, neighborhood mentality, great food, exciting local music, artsy people, boozy traditions, bars [...]
PARK IT! Kyle and Greg’s Parking Story
Some time ago, when Kyle Ware and Gregory Maupin of Le Petomane Theatre Ensemble lived in the same apartment building, they and their fellow friends/tenants decided to turn a buck by selling parking spaces in the back on Oaks and Derby. This is their story.
Hell or High Water
My dad, Kevin Brothers, has been to every Kentucky Derby since 1971. He grew up just a couple of blocks from Churchill Downs. Some of his earliest memories are Derby related.
A Farmer’s Look at Derby
On Mint On my first Kentucky Derby Day at college – my first outside of Louisville – I was making mint juleps. I scavenged across the geometric interplay of bluegrass and concrete on campus and investigated low-lying, shady, and moist groves, places mint might be growing. For all of the maintained landscaping, there was no [...]
Pizzazz Professionals
The Pegasus Parade’s annual traipse down Broadway is Louisville’s oldest Kentucky Derby Festival event, filling the streets with celebratory sights and sounds since 1956. This year’s march marks the 57th year for the event, as a host of sponsors and participants drape and adorn their respective floats for the wide eyes of 250,000 Derby fans. [...]
Mint Condition: The history of The Julep
In the days of yore, no beverage inspired more flourished prose or fervent debate than the Kentucky Derby’s very own mint julep. Some have even posited that a clueless Yankee’s addition of nutmeg started the Civil War. More than a cocktail, the julep embodied the Southern proclivity for self-expression through consumption. “It is a ceremony [...]
A Brief History of the Cherokee Triangle Art Fair
In 1971, Don and Sandy Coulter were like other 30-something Louisvillians: smart, ambitious, and in love—not only with one another, but with their thriving Cherokee Park neighborhood. Fueled by a passion for antiques, art, and community, Don and Sandy, along with the neighborhood association, organized the first Cherokee Triangle Art Fair. Naysayers remarked on the [...]
Unsactioned Events Calendar
SOME (other) Things to do during Derby season As every local knows, the Derby celebration is a month-long bourbon-tinged party filled with brunches, galas, and drinking lunches. And that it begins the first week of April.
Mama Likes…The Derby!
OK, Mama doesn’t really like The Kentucky Derby all that much, but Mama does enjoy spring and any excuse to get the kids outside. With that in mind, I bring you the Derby edition of Mama Likes, focusing on three little-known Derby-themed activities you can enjoy for little to no money with your entire family. [...]
An Outside Chance
I didn’t give the Kentucky Derby much thought before I moved to Louisville. For most of my adult life, I lived in New Orleans.
Of Mares and Men
<h2>I’ve always been fascinated by the sport of horse racing for a variety of reasons. As someone who is not a Louisville native, my wonder has only increased during the six years I have now called the city home. <h2>
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