Cheapside Park, the public square of Lexington, Kentucky, is certainly a good place to sense the collective character of the city's residents, and it also makes visitors feel immensely welcome.
The park is jam-packed for the Saturday farmers' markets, Thursday Night Live concerts, and occasional events such as the Bluegrass Pride decorated rain-barrel …
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There's much more to Louisville, Kentucky, than horseracing and bourbon.
I talked about NuLu in a piece earlier this year, but I hope to return to check out some of the area's new attractions. Among them is a new Consuming Cultures exhibit at Proof on Main, which features Johnston Foster's birds made of scavenged …
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One advantage of spirits over beer and wine is that I rarely have to ask, "Is this vegan?" That's no excuse to overindulge, but it sure is convenient when visiting Louisville, Kentucky, whose economy has been hydrated by bourbon since the 1780s, when a reverend discovered that fire-charred oak barrels gave whiskey an amber hue and vanilla-caramel notes.
Curious …
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