February 2012
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The Come Back Inn.
On Valentine’s Day, my love surprised me with a dryer (we’ve never owned our own washer and dryer) and dinner at The Come Back Inn on Swan Street. No reservations and almost 9 PM, we rolled into the restaurant and a perfect, cozy booth in the back was ready and waiting for romance.
The menu (located on the link when you click the picture above) was full of comforting food, no pun...
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Flabby's.
Last night, friend Laura took us to Flabby’s where I was greeted with a Fall City Beer in the frostiest mug, a sweet little menu, and my favorite Zeppelin staff.
Flabby’s has recently reopened, and Mark (my favorite waiter in this town) and Mathis (the cook from The Zeppelin) are keepin’ it real with some old favorites from Zep like the pretzels and beer cheese, fancy veggie...
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Norton Healthcare on Bardstown Road.
Bernhardt has acute sinusitis.
Because we hate medicine, we have just been paying for insurance and not using it (much) for the past 4 years. Bern has been sick for about two weeks, and for the first time in our seven-year relationship, he looked at me on Sunday and said, “I need to go to the doctor.” This was about 4 netty pots and a pot of homemade chicken soup into his...
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Love-A-Thon: Puppet Prom.
According to a great facebook page called Louisville MusiCulture:
“TOMORROW NIGHT!!! You’re invited to join Squallis Puppeteers for their ninth annual fundraiser!!! Check out all of the fun that’s gonna be had! • Live Puppet Show @ 7pm • Live music by Supertruck @ 8:30pm • Free Snacks and Cash Bar • Silent Art Auction • Fun Puppet Activities • Family Friendly Event! •...
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KFTC Community Shopping Night at Just Creations!
This looks interesting…
“Come in Feb 10th between 6-8 pm and a percentage of your Valentine’s sales will go to KFTC. What better way to show the love?”
January 2012
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North End Cafe.
The other day, friend Tom asked Bern and I over for brunch. He lives in the Highlands - close to the new North End Cafe location. Tom and friend Tricia have both waxed poetic about North End’s Frankfort Avenue location, so I was excited.
I ended up getting the Tofu Scramble (Seared tofu sautéed with vegetables. Served with home fries and choice of bread - $7.50) with a biscuit and a...
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Anthropologie is coming to Louisville!
(photo taken from Business First)
If you build it, girls will come. Lots of times girls will come with bored husbands looking for a leather sofa and a book (as has been my past experience).
According to Business First, Anthropologie is coming to Oxmoor Center, which means I need to get over my hatred of the mall at some point. “[Dee] Snyder (Oxmoor’s marketing manager) said the...
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Here Comes the Sun
Because I’m new to this yoga thing, and because of that article in the NY Times, I want to make sure I’m doing the basic yoga poses correctly.
(Taken from “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body” from )
My friend Laura Patterson (aka Laura Fauna, my favorite Louisville fashionista) is teaching this 2 hour class this Saturday at Infinite Bliss from 2-4 pm. The info is...
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Food for Thought, Greenhaus, this Saturday...
Guess what I’m doing on Saturday night?
“Daniel Pfalzgraf, local artist and director of The Green Building Gallery will be the guest speaker. The evening will begin with wine and bourbon tastings, hors d’oeuvres from Eiderdown, coffee pour-overs from Argo Sons, and chocolate tastings from Cellar Door. Artist presentation will begin at 8:30. The evening concludes with a...
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The Highland Green Building.
(Photo by Lindsey Dobson)
Check out my new article for The Paper: Greener Cleaners in the Good to my Hood section.
If you want to read other articles I’ve written, click here.
The Paper is a magical publication, ya’ll. Pick it up. I’m so proud to be a part of such a wonderful team every month it comes out.
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Barret Bar.
The other night, we didn’t know what to eat for dinner. Bern and I walked around Bardstown Road like stoner teenagers looking to fool someone into a bar. We had no idea where to go (I’m not a big fan of Irish pubs, sadly) and we were hungry for something easy. Lucky for us, our friend Kevlo planted a seed in our brains that a bar he likes, Barret Bar, was open and a great place to...
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Yoga on Baxter.
My friend Marissa called me a “flake in a good way” tonight. I asked her, “why?” and she told me, “it’s because you go through these random health kicks.” Then I laughed and said, “Well, now I’m on yoga.”
(picture taken from http://www.yogaonbaxter.com/)
I teach high school and have an amazing two-week Christmas break, and during...
December 2011
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The Silver Dollar.
(photo taken from The Silver Dollar’s facebook page)
On a very normal trip to Chicago, I went to one of my old favorite haunts in Murder Town, a chicken shack called Feed. Alas, my dining experience was ill-fated because the collard greens had gone WAY downhill. In the past year, my life has felt a bit unlucky in the greens department - it sucks when something you love dies a violent...
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A Very Portland X-Mas 2011
I love that now that I have lived in Louisville for going on two years, I have festive events to look forward to this year. For example, A Very Portland Christmas is this weekend, and I’m going because I had a good time last year (and I got some nice Laura Fauna scarves).
Go! It’s this Saturday. According to the facebook event, this is a:
“$50 and under holiday gift sale...
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Greenhaus OpenHaus this Friday, 12.16.11
I know I often blog about Greenhaus and their monthly Friday wine and chocolate tastings, but I honestly have so much fun at these things that I have to spread the good word. I always find a great new wine and a cool new friend. YOU should go too. I usually peak my head in around 6/6:30.
OpenHaus December 16th, 4-8 p.m. Free
“Come and celebrate the Holiday Season with us. Fantastic...
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Moby Dick, Louisville.
Well, “call me Ishmael,” cause I just ate a huge meal at Moby Dick this past weekend.
This weekend we were running errands - we even brought our pup - and then our tummies started to grumble. Now until actually eating at Moby Dick, I haven’t heard much, nor did I know what to THINK of this restaurant. I love sneaking and eating at your average Wendy’s, Pizza Hut, and...
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Muth's Candy.
Over Thanksgiving Holiday, while strolling around NuLu with family, my Uncle Ken ducked into the candy shop that has changed my holiday gift list: Muth’s Candy.
I’ve never been in Muth’s until that point, mainly because I’m always in that area on Sundays or Mondays, both days that Muth’s is closed. It’s your typical old-timey candy-counter: charming,...
November 2011
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Mama Made It!
My sweet husband got me a really cool present for my birthday. In fact, he was so excited about it, he couldn’t wait a week (I’m 32 on November 27). He borrowed/stole my favorite skirt (I didn’t even miss it) and gave it to Marilyn Belak, a local realtor and skirt maker extraordinar who in turn made a pattern, sewed me a skirt, and drew/painted the cityscape of Louisville on...
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Old Louisville's Holiday House Tour!
(Photo: The Courier-Journal)
This past week, I was lucky to interview with Joan Stewart, Chair of the Old Louisville Neighborhood Council, for December’s upcoming issue of The Paper. Because The Paper comes out the first weekend of December, Holiday House will already be happening, and right now they could really use some volunteers to help with the event.
If you are interested in...
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The Flea Off Market.
We went and checked out The Flea Off Market yesterday (Saturday, Nov. 12). By the look of the crowd of stylish wanderers, it was quite a scene:
The booths were typically what I expected: pretty young things selling homemade and thrifty looking clothes (lots of great stuff); old men selling books and cds, all the while puffing away on cigars and giving my group a seller’s once over while...
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Madpixel at UltraPop!
I went to a great art show at UltraPop! this past weekend:
(photo taken from the UltraPop! website)
What you see above is a paper toy made from a screen-print by artists Ron Jasin and Mary Yates of Madpixel. Cool, right? My friends who came with me loved it - they bought paper toys for gifts AND for themselves.
What you see below is the wall at UltraPop! See the prints with the paper...
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The Flea Off Market.
Some friends approached Bern last week asking if we wanted to be a part of The Flea Off Market. It was explained to me as a flea market where we can sell our junk (for us, that means old, vintage goodies we compulsively buy and then have no place for) and tables are $25. According to The Flea Off Market’s facebook page, it is:
“…a once-a-month outdoor bazaar that will take...
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The Relic Tour.
My friend Laura posted on facebook that The Relic Tour is here in town for the weekend. I’m intrigued AND it is down the street from my house. I think I need to go…
A little about the collection from their website (click the text to read more):
“A unique and precious collection of more than 1000 sacred Buddhist relics will be permanently displayed in the Heart Shrine of...
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The Paper November & The Paper Advice Column!
Check out my newest article in The Paper (pretty kitty photo by the lovely Lindsey Jilbert Dobson). KHS has lots of sweet dogs and cats and many fine programs that make it the best place to find a lovable animal in Louisville. Volunteer, donate, or find the love of your life pet-wise!
See The Paper in the flesh - it comes out tomorrow! You can pick it up at local stores like WHY...
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Ear X-tacy closes for good... →
October 2011
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Trader Joe's finally opened!
A crowd of folks gathered in lines across Trader Joe’s this weekend to buy foods that they’ve either heard about from city folk or craved for years if they ever experienced the TJ ecstasy of cities past. We made friends all over the place as we grabbed for cheese, fancy curries, and raw, organic trail mix. There were more people than baskets and carts, but the mood was light and...
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Harvest Restaurant.
My aunt died a couple of weeks ago. It shook me up. Not only do I miss her constantly, but I’ve been trying to wisen up as far as what I put in my body, healthy vs. unhealthy, where it comes from, etc. I think she’d be proud of me because I care more now than ever before.
In my eyes, this is where local farming comes in. And organic food. It’s not always the most affordable...
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Gregory Michaels Salon
My hair. It’s gone through some pretty rough looking reincarnations (especially after my favorite hairdresser/dear friend Lauren Yoho moved to DC), but lately, I can’t complain - in fact, I’ve been getting a lot of compliments on my hair! For the past year I’ve been going to Gregory Michaels Salon in the Highlands where I get my mane cared for by a hip, fancy lady by the...
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Greenhaus Art Show Friday, Oct. 21, 4-8 pm
My husband has been making art for a month JUST for the show below:
Greenhaus is a lovely store with vintage furniture, chocolate, wine, and succulents, and owner Daniel Duncan is a huge supporter of local art. I plan on going there tomorrow afternoon with Bernhardt to help him sell his CREEPS (see below).
These CREEPS run $75 a pop. They are 2’ tall (roughly - between 22 & 24...
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Trader Joe's is opening in Louisville at 8 am on... →
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The Paper - Big Kid Toys.
Read the new issue of The Paper! My new article, Big Kid Toys, is online now (click the amazing picture taken by the beautiful and talented Lindsey Dobson to get to the article). Also, The Paper is spreading - it’s everywhere I’ve been this week! I’ve been to the art store on Barrett and Kentucky, WHY Louisville, UltraPop, Greenhaus, even to Tony Boombozz! Go get thee to...
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The NABC Fringe Fest, Harvest Homecoming, and a...
I’m excited because Louisville and Fall are happening… Meaning that the Fall calendar is rolling. St. James snuck up on me, and Bern and I spent the weekend walking around with the art fair with hot toddies in our portable coffee mugs:
munching on roasted corn:
and ducking in Mag Bar for whiskeys (note Nord’s Irish coffee and my indoor husks), games of pool, and then out...
September 2011
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Sherman Minton Bridge repairs to take six months,... →
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New chocolate and location for Cellar Door.
My friend Erika “Boutros Boutros”Chavez-Graziano has a new Cellar Door location (don’t worry - she’s still in the Butchertown location too) AND new, seasonal chocolate for fall.
If your family needs a hotel to stay in for the holiday, you might want to mention The Galt House as an option. ”Why?” you ask… ”BECAUSE,” I say, “Cellar...
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Garage Bar.
The other week, I found myself sitting in front of this lovely bar on a Friday night, savoring oyster shots with friend Tom and my ol’ ball and chain (just kidding, I love you), Bernhardt, talking to strange, hip couples about the best time to eat an oyster, and making sure I didn’t drink too much fine bourbon as I stealthily snuck to the astro-turfed blocks by a beautiful string of...
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Baby D's Bagel & Deli
My husband has been waxing poetic about a new, awesome bagel place that just opened up on 2009 Highland Avenue. It’s called Baby D’s, and they serve steamed bagel sandwiches. Ever since he tried their sample at the Leo Awards, he’s been wanting to take me there for a bite.
I’d be telling a lie if I told you I was in a good mood when I got to Baby D’s. I...
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The Leo's "Best of Louisville" party
It’s the best free stuff party of the year, and it is happening tomorrow! You should go. Click here to RSVP.
What is it???
Celebrate Louisville’s Favorites and LEO’s 21st Birthday
You are cordially invited to attend LEO’s Readers’ Choice Party and 21st Birthday at our invite-only soiree with a “Speakeasy” theme. Feel free to don your flapper dress or top hat, mingle with all of...
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Greenhaus.
Greenhaus on Preston Highway is totally one of my favorite shops in Louisville. It’s there where I’ve been cultivating my wine knowledge in the $12- $15 range (and hopefully on up, teacher salary step raise HOLLA!) - - - and owner Daniel Duncan knows some amazing ones! And if you read my article about Preston Highway in this month’s issue of The Paper, you already know that...
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NamNam Cafe.
We spotted NamNam Cafe during an ill-fated Thai meal/date (note - we are on a QUEST for good Thai food in this town) at a restaurant across the street. As I poked at my beefy meal, I looked longingly onto NamNam’s outdoor seating area, and Bernhardt echoed my thoughts as he murmured, “We should go there next time…”
When Bern turned 32, the idea came up again....
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Heart & Soy
Well, we did it! Yesterday we tried Heart & Soy (the sister restaurant and located next door to Roots). True to the rumors, Heart & Soy is the more casual of the Roots/Heart & Soy eateries, and possibly the side of the restaurant that will be seeing my husband often during his lunch breaks from WHY Louisville.
We were a little confused upon entry, but made sense of it quickly: you...
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Whole Foods, Louisville KY
Guess what?! I didn’t know this, but at Whole Foods here in Louisville (and I’m sure if they do it here, then other stores too) you can buy a pint of beer and drink it WHILE you shop! This is very exciting because I love a nice craft beer and grocery shopping is really fun at Whole Foods.
The deal: if you decide to buy a pint, your glass is included in the price of the beer....
August 2011
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Come to The Paper release party at Please & Thank...
This Friday (Sept. 2nd) between the hours of 6 and 9, Louisville’s newest paper, The Paper, will be releasing it’s new September issue at coffee, treats, and record shop Please & Thank You. This will be a happenin’ time, folks. They are working on having a release party every first Friday of the month.
In recap…go here:
And buy/read/enjoy this:
And meet cool...
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Roots.
Well, it’s official. I have a new favorite restaurant. It’s Coco Tran’s (of Zen Garden) new restaurant, Roots. Located next to sister restaurant Heart & Soy (which I am trying ASAP to boot, and according to Consuming Louisville, it has “fast and casual vegetarian food inspired by street food from cultures all over the world.” ), Roots is a place where you will...
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We Yoga.
Holy crap, I feel good! It’s because I just got home from We Yoga a little while ago (Is it ok to say “holy crap” after going to a spiritually moving yoga class?). For a while, my friends Alison (the nicest person on Earth) and Erin (you hear her every week on WFPK’s Paws Report) have been telling me how awesome We Yoga is. Friend Alison finally got me off my tired tushy...
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Annual Zombie Attack! Walk
I promised last year that I would be on top of when the Annual Zombie Attack! Walk is happening in 2011. So here is the announcement! It’s August 29th at 8 PM. Below is the walk’s blurb from facebook and a link to the event:
“The Louisville Zombie Attack is a Zombie Walk in Louisville, KY. What is a zombie walk you ask? Well, a Zombie Walk is an event where thousands of...
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A love affair with Louisville.
Read my article from The Paper, A love affair with Louisville, HERE! (click the paragraph or the photo [by Will Russell] below…)
WE GOT MARRIED, OUR FRIENDS STAYED IN A WIGWAM, I ATE CHEESE WONTONS, WE BOUGHT A GIANT GODZILLA TOY AND A PATRICK JILBERT PAINTING, AND BERNHARDT SAW PASSION FLOWERS; THAT’S WHY WE MOVED TO LOUISVILLE…
…talk about and be about The Paper at...
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The Zeppelin Cafe
Guess who is making hand burger patties again?
The Zeppelin!
Throughout the past year, the burger hasn’t been that amazing…but now it’s out with the frozen and on to the perfect bite! I got the Schnitzelburger last week and they made it a perfect medium rare…and for the price tag of about $6.75 (including a side - and I’ll tell you, their green beans are my...
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Cellar Door Chocolates.
As far as writing about Cellar Door…well, it’s not my first rodeo. But I will continue to update everyone on owner/chocolatier Erika “Stonewall” Chavez’s amazing concoctions because they are FANTASTIC. And she’ll soon have a new store opening up in the Galt House, so a lot is happening concerning the amazing-chocolate-heaven-stop known as Cellar Door...