Written by MilwVon on May 20, 2007
- Rather than to fill up three reviews with the details of the full process, I thought it best to tackle that as a separate topic. So to that end, I offer. . . How they...
Written by MilwVon on May 19, 2007
- Jim Beam Bourbon has its roots in Kentucky, dating back to the 18th century when a farmer by the name of Jacob Beam distilled whisky for his own personal use. By 1795 he was selling...
Written by MilwVon on May 19, 2007
- The Bourbon Heritage Center is the centerpiece of the Heaven Hill Distilleries located approximately 45 minutes from Louisville. Today Heaven Hill Distilleries is the largest private conglomerate in the business of liquor. It is here...
Written by MilwVon on May 18, 2007
- Marker’s Mark is proud of their old fashioned hand-made whisky distillery operation, with their legacy beginning as a family business in 1840 in Samuels Depot, KY. Today the seventh generation member of the Samuels family...
Written by Carter on July 29, 2000
- Downtown617 Carter St.I left this thrift store, housed in a former supermarket, with a cart full of funky finds. The vast space is filled with vintage and current styles, shelves of shoes and bric-a-brac, furniture...
Written by Carter on August 21, 2000
- Downtown/IndiannaSomething fascinating was underfoot everywhere I stepped at this site across Louisville's bridge to Indianna. I stood on the 387 million year old fossil bed and pondered things primeval. The rush of the rapids lulled...
Written by Carter on August 21, 2000
- DowntownCruising down the Ohio River on this, the oldest operating steamboat in the country, made me feel a bit like Mark Twain. My friends and I took a dinner cruise. No other experience during my...
Written by Carter on August 21, 2000
- A couple of really good companies in Louisville don't have their own venues, so rent out locations like the Clifton Center and the Mex (a small theater space in the Kentucky Center for the Arts)...
Written by Carmen on May 9, 2002
- Boy, when you first see those spires, you know you've arrived. I was actually surprised by the urban surroundings. I expected Churchill Downs to be a little more out in the boonies. It kind of...
Written by Carmen on May 9, 2002
- Thought I would just include a little sidebar about placing a bet. I learned a lot in my one forray to the betting window.
You can pick a horse to either win (come in first) place...
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