Tag: Memories
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My Fellow Americans, the Hotel is on Fire
My Fellow Americans, the hotel is on fire This was the headline of the story in the Washington Post on February 26 , 2000. It was referring to a fire at the Wardman Park hotel in Washington D.C. during a visit by President Clinton. The story has long washed away from the archives or at…
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We Don’t Serve The Devil Anymore
I was in Louisville recently for the St. James Court Art Show. This is my favorite art show because of the location and also because of the great art and artists in attendance. If you know me, I enjoy space and time to walk around, shop and talk with the artists. On the first day,…
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A Night of Bacon and Pappy Van Winkle
Have you ever had an amazing experience and afterwards thought, “Okay, I can die happy?” A multicourse dinner using the best bacon and bourbon in the world created a moment like that for me. The evening of October 1, 2008, is seared into my memory. Chef Joe Shaw and Joshua Smith, of The Standard, planned…
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They Called Me Baby Jaws
I grew up traveling. Our trips back then were all road trips. This was the 1970’s and that’s just how my parents traveled. Most of our trips were just for fun but dad usually took mom and I along when he had to go to Dalton, Georgia to order carpet. Over the years we had…
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A Royal Clown in Nashville
During the mid-1970’s, people wanted vehicles that got better gas mileage. After the gas shortages of 1973, car sales were declining. There was concern over rising gas prices and concerns about more shortages. Due to these concerns, car companies were changing quite a few of their models. They promised more vehicles with better gas mileage.…