Between papers and tests for school, workin' at the Chick, and just plain procrastination at its finest, I've had plenty of reasons (a.k.a. excuses) to wait so long to post something. I suppose it's time to rectify that.
After reading some of the popular blogs around the blogosphere, I've learned that I should keep them short and sweet to get people to read the whole thing, so here goes.
A couple of weeks ago, Mama, Sally, and Nealbert came up to Louisville for a visit. The occasion was my birthday. I took a few days off work to entertain and we had us a big ole time. We did a few touristy things like the Louisville Slugger Factory and the Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft, but we mostly just enjoyed the time together and tried a bunch of the local restaurants. We did get to drive through Cave Hill Cemetery and we actually found the grave site of Colonel Harland Sanders, of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame...that was pretty cool.
We had a chance to eat at several restaurants around town. I'd been looking forward to eating at a local place called Mike Linnig's. I've had several people tell me it's the best seafood place in Louisville and after eating there, all I can say is most people in Louisville have no idea what good seafood is. Turns out the best place to get fish is right around the corner from my apartment here on the campus of Southern Seminary. It's called Stan's Fish Sandwich and it's really good. Everything we had was delicious...and we made sure to tell them that they have Mike Linnig's beat! Now if I could just find a good Chinese place...
Anyway, we had a great time and it was good to get to see kin-folks for my birthday. Thanks to Mama, My Dear Aunt Sally, and My Buddy Neal for coming to visit!
Here are a few pictures from the visit:
In the cafeteria on campus:After reading some of the popular blogs around the blogosphere, I've learned that I should keep them short and sweet to get people to read the whole thing, so here goes.
A couple of weeks ago, Mama, Sally, and Nealbert came up to Louisville for a visit. The occasion was my birthday. I took a few days off work to entertain and we had us a big ole time. We did a few touristy things like the Louisville Slugger Factory and the Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft, but we mostly just enjoyed the time together and tried a bunch of the local restaurants. We did get to drive through Cave Hill Cemetery and we actually found the grave site of Colonel Harland Sanders, of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame...that was pretty cool.
We had a chance to eat at several restaurants around town. I'd been looking forward to eating at a local place called Mike Linnig's. I've had several people tell me it's the best seafood place in Louisville and after eating there, all I can say is most people in Louisville have no idea what good seafood is. Turns out the best place to get fish is right around the corner from my apartment here on the campus of Southern Seminary. It's called Stan's Fish Sandwich and it's really good. Everything we had was delicious...and we made sure to tell them that they have Mike Linnig's beat! Now if I could just find a good Chinese place...
Anyway, we had a great time and it was good to get to see kin-folks for my birthday. Thanks to Mama, My Dear Aunt Sally, and My Buddy Neal for coming to visit!
Here are a few pictures from the visit:
Evidently, Mama didn't like her ice cream.
Ice cream dipped in some kind of peas probably isn't much better.I thought we were going to be asked to leave.
Sally likeded hers.
A trippy mirror outside the Louisville Science Center
Hippies and their cars...(I'm shaking my head in disgust)
Sally was making her selections in the Museum of Art & Craft.
My thought balloon: This is some overpriced JUNK.Neal's: I wish I was half as cool as Casey.
Mama and Sally trying to figure out where the sausage biscuit booth went
I think I would have won. Neal's stance is all wrong.
That's a big bat.
Throwing pennies off the bridge to seehow long it took them to hit the water
Time to get off the bridge
My best Vanna White pose, showing off the tapestry thing I madeVanna is jealous.
My birthday cakeKeshia is jealous.
That was a good one. We loved the trip, except the length of time it took to get there and back. You forgot to tell about the miracle on Main St. with no brakes.
ReplyDeleteI assume a good time was had by all.
ReplyDeleteCasey! Ya'll are so funny! Looks like a fun trip! Love the pics and witty captions! Add the miracle on Main St. with no brakes story...can't imagine what that one is all about! :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, Sally's van has hand controls so she can drive it. The brake control had, over time, worked it's way loose to where it wasn't pushing the brake pedal down far enough and Sally had mentioned that it didn't feel right. She still had brakes but they just weren't stopping as easily as they had been.
ReplyDeleteWell, when we went downtown to see some of the sites, we parked in a parking garage and on the way out, the drive was a steep downhill which came out right on the road. As we were going down the hill, Sally started yelling "I can't stop! I can't stop!" Thankfully there were no cars coming because if there had been, we would have pulled out right in front of them.
Once we got on level ground, we were able to stop. I took a look and figured out what was wrong, tightened a couple of hex nuts and it was fixed. It was a close call but, thank the Lord, everything was alright!
I'm here at Sally's house and Sandra is MAD! Her name was not on your blog list and never has been. She wants it, too.
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