Anne loves her hometown and is very rich in the history of it and in that regard she is the ideal host. Once we head out for the day I feel like I should be taking notes. Louisville is very easy to navigate; or is it that I have traveled 6,000 miles without a hitch? And, it is very storied. We enjoy lunch at Blue Dog Bakery....
...and by enjoy I mean I will be dreaming about this meal for days to come; not knowing of course what was to come this evening.
We tour the galleries at 21C and see the free parts of the Louisville Slugger Museum.
And Anne allows me one picture of her outside the Children's Science Museum to document the visit was actually with her.
We head back to her house and nap it up in preparation for our evening out. Well, she naps and I watch PBS on the love seat.
Our evening out starts of a cocktail at Seviche, I have something with London in the title and cucumbers in the glass. I perfect summer drink only it is not summer. Then we head to Jack Fry's where I positively, from top to bottom, have the best meal of my life, with exception of having to pay for it myself. The atmosphere is unpretentious and provides the kind of service that happens completely without you knowing. You just always seem to have everything you need. We start with the Country Pate` and Pinot Nior. It is delicious, and it is a childhood liverwurst sandwich with better mustard all at the same time. I can't possible decide on my entree so I stall with the Warm Fig Salad with Lime Creme Fraiche Dressing. For the duration of eating it I am the happiest I have ever been! There are jerky type bits of prosciutto and wonderful peppery arugala and I am mournful when it is gone.
When the waiter arrives again to take our order for the entree I tell him I can't decide so just leave it in his hands. I should have started with this plan. With another glass of wine he brings me lovely seared Ahi tuna atop a bed of spinach and I am kicking myself for not bringing my camera. I can only eat half and am not entirely sure if in this type of establishment you are allowed to ask for a to go box but there is no way I am leaving the other half behind.
After paying out the ass over a pear cognac, we head out to our next adventure. It is the Saturday before Halloween so there are strange costumed people everywhere; as opposed to just strange people. There are a few establishments along Bardstown Road that we check out but since we are not 24 we move off this main drag and happen upon a bar that has full on Karaoke belting. A couple of Noe Whiskeys and we are seated for the entertainment. It appears everyone is dressed as their favorite rock star, except us. Tom Petty is singing now and Chaka Khan is in the wings. The Blues Brothers are the organizers. It is all highly entertaining and exhausting at the same time. When it is time to go, we can't get a cab. The place is closing and encouraging us to leave but everyone on Bardstown Road is stealing our cabs. Finally The Blues Brothers offer to take us home in their large white van with strange tools all over the floor. Well, this is not the way I thought I would go, I think to myself. But, they end up being completely harmless and in a hurry to get home to their wives. I really never knew setting up and tearing down Karaoke could be a career but these two are making it one.
The next morning becomes afternoon before we are really up and functioning. Day eighteen is more about recovering from the food coma then the walk to Cherokee Park...
...though the walk was lovely.
I try to find Blue Dog Bakery for some bread to bring to my next stop, Nashville and my dear friend Wynn, but they aren't opened on Sunday and Monday therefore no deliveries to all the places in Louisville that sell it so I settle in for as good a night sleep as one can get on the wood floor in the animal room. In the morning I sneak a thank you gift into Anne's cupboard and Louie and I leave as unceremoniously as we arrived.
Recipes: When in doubt, leave it up to the professionals.
Roadtrips: Amazing Food on Bardstown Road and really fun characters off Bardstown Road.
Renovations: Every once in a while, LIVE TO EAT!
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