Michael Moore spoke Thursday at the Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor. Originally part of the Art and Design (A & D) Distinguish Speaker series sponsored by Penny Stamps, it also became the world premiere of his new movie, “Slacker Uprising”. To see the schedule for this year’s lecture series go here: http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php At times, Moore was funny, other times
Just outside of Harrodsburg, KY is a past settlement of a group of Shakers. We got there about lunch time so we had lunch in the restaurant and poked around in the gift shops. The Village is open to visitors for a fee – we skipped wandering around from building to building. It was stifling hot and it didn’t seem
The Bourbon Trail runs (generally) between Lexington and Louisville with many of the distilleries in the same town or quite near each other. We visited the Wild Turkey distillery, which makes bourbon. Bourbon is federally regulated having some specific requirements – must be made with at least 51% corn, stored in new barrels, and can’t have any additives. Bourbon is
Abraham Lincoln seems to be everywhere down here. His birth place and boyhood home are not far from Lexington. Mary Lincoln Todd’s birthplace and home are within a block or so of our condo. Mom and I went to the Lexington Public Library this afternoon and in their Gallery, there was a display of Lincoln’s presidential history. He is highly
We spent most of the day today (Tuesday) in Berea, KY. Berea is about 35 miles south of Lexington and is an arts and crafts town. It’s full of artisans who are happy to talk about their work and happy to give a demonstration of how they make their craft. At the visitor’s center we ran into one of the
Monday night, Labor Day, we went to the race track. The Red Mile track is a one mile track and on Mondays and Thursdays there’s harness racing there. We got there right at post time for the first race, hearing the sound of the horn announcing the race was soon to begin. The stadium is fairly large. I don’t know