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August 23rd, 2007

Lunch and Shopping at The Summit


If you're looking for a unique shopping experience outside of downtown Louisville, The Summit is the perfect place to experience a day of food and shopping with your friends. Located on Brownsboro Road, this shopping plaza offers the "total shopping experience." Retailers range from J.Crew to Talbots to Express as well as Barnes and Noble and Bed, Bath and Beyond. A walk through The Summit leaves you flirting with beautiful ...



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August 21st, 2007

Billiard Club Offers More than Just Pool Tables


Though masqueraded by a simple name, Felt is an upscale billiard club, bar and restaurant. Located on Fourth Street in downtown Louisville, this billiard club is stripped of all pool hall stereotypes. Decorated with modern lighting and vintage elements gives this billiard club an upscale elegance. Equipped with 10 billiard tables, a 50 foot bar and a 1,000 gallon aquarium adds to the ambiance of the room. Felt isn't solely ...



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August 16th, 2007

Experience the Kentucky Derby Any Day of the Year


Louisville, Kentucky owes its fame to the most exciting two minutes in sports. The Kentucky Derby has taken place at the infamous Churchill Downs for over a century. However, if you are unable to bear the crowds on the first Saturday of May, the Kentucky Derby Museum is open all year round and showcases the history, the competition and the roses of one of the most famous horse races in ...



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August 13th, 2007

Quirky Cafe Offers More Than Just Food


Forget what you think you know about trendy restaurants. Located on Barret Avenue, Lynn's Paradise Cafe is hard to miss considering there is a large ceramic teacup in the parking lot.

Esquire magazine calls it "One of the four most fun restaurants in America" which is perhaps an understatement. Don't be fooled by the odd large tree growing in the center of the dining room, Lynn's breakfast, lunch and dinner menus ...



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July 31st, 2007

38th Annual Street Rod Nationals


This weekend, August 2-5, Louisville is playing host to the 38th Annual Street Rod Nationals.
The world’s biggest street rod event (more than 11,000 pre-‘49 vehicles registered in 2006) is produced by the National Street Rod Association® (NSRA) and returns to Louisville, Kentucky, in 2007. In addition to being the biggest street rod event in the world, the NSRA Street Rod Nationals also has the distinction of being the biggest ...



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July 30th, 2007

The Kentucky Bourbon Trail Starts in Louisville


This past week The Courier-Journal described a new urban addition to Kentucky's bourbon trail. Basically we've got so many fine establishments serving a wide variety of the great bourbons produced here in the bluegrass that spending time in Louisville enjoying bourbon is a great alternative to only using Louisville as the "where I'm lying my head at night" home base.

I don't know exactly which 12 locations in Louisville ...



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July 26th, 2007

Roller Derby in Louisville: Derby City Roller Girls


In case you didn't know, allow me to tell you that Roller Derby is experiencing a revival. Yes, Roller Derby. Here in Louisville we're lucky to have a very cool team known as the Derby City Roller Girls. All summer the ladies of DCRG have been battling it out with teams from all around the south and the midwest. Sadly the season is coming to an end soon but ...



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July 23rd, 2007

IdeaFestival hits Louisville again, September 13-15


I have to admit, the thought of an idea festival makes me crazy insane jealous.  I wish I had enough good ones to warrant going and showing off.

Who knows?  Maybe by September, I will.

If you're planning to be downtown in this loveliest week of September, then follow follow follow your nose to a batch of fascinating new esoteric or down-to-earth ruminations.  No Mensa card necessary!

IdeaFestival blog 



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July 23rd, 2007

Brew at the Zoo


August 25 from 4:00 - 9:00 p.m., at the Oasis Festival Tent & Field, to the delight of beer fans visiting or local to the area, it's once again time for Brew at the Zoo!

Live entertainment, a wide variety of microbrews, great food, and a great cause: our awesome zoo.
Admission prices vary by available discount, but will be $50 ($40 for designated drivers) at the door.

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July 23rd, 2007

Kentucky State Fair is on its way


August 16-26 at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, the fair is back!

Worth a visit, definitely, with indoor (air-conditioned) exhibits, and more than its share of outdoor vendors, live music, interesting sideshows, and diversions, the fairgrounds are conveniently located near the airport--so even if you're only here for a short time, there's no reason not to hop over to the biggest deal all summer.

Paid concerts include:

Rascal Flatts
American Idols
Trace Adkins
Def Leppard/Styx/Foreigner

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