Louisville's Log |
This is my favorite place to upload pictures too. Louisville is a wonderful city. Its not too big, and its not too small. Its just about the right size to take roots in. The people greet you with a southern hospitality and that southern drawl thats so adorable. |
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08/15/2007 00:06:35 Jim Howl at the Moon | Wed |||||||||||||||||||
08/11/2007 23:59:16 Jim Six Flags - revisited | Sat |||||||||||||||||||||||||
This girl modelled for us. The lines were very quick. When its hot like it has been, the people leave when the water park closes. The water park closes at 8 PM, but Six Flags stays open until 10 PM. Waiting in the lines took 10 minutes...tops!
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08/11/2007 18:22:51 Jim Catholic Church Festival | Sat |||||||||||||||||||
We went to St Rita's Catholic Church dinner/festival. It was very different from any other church dinner I'd ever gone too. We walked into the gym, where the food was being served, and the girl asked us for our tickets. So we walked back outside the door, to buy tickets. Then we walked back in, and go two plates, each with two pieces of chicken. We sat down, and our waitress (a cute 12 year old girl) asked us "What we'd y'all like to drink'. We asked, "What to you have? She said, "Tea and water". lol. But the food was really delicious. Coleslaw, cucumbers, green beans, tomatoes and corn were all waiting for us in bowls, where we sat. I tipped a waiter my ice cream ticket and the girl a dollar. I guess that was okay to do...hmmm. The highway was all backed up coming in. Police were motioning the traffic from the highway into the Church's parking lot. However, the policeman at the lot told us it was full. There were quite a few of us in the lot, trying desperately to turn around. It was packed. I thought that was funny! We ended up parking at a nearby shopping center. One of the things I'll never understand about the south is Sweet Tea Its tea with sugar in it. Thats it. Its nothing special. Almost everyplace I've seen here sells it separate from tea. And if a place only serves tea, and not sweet tea, customers always gripe! Whats that all about? |
07/28/2007 11:05:44 jim I am starting to love the Weather Channel | Sat |||||||||||||||||||
Its kind of being forced on me at sofk. They have a weather channel on TV above all of the cubicals. I walk by some cubicals, and there on someone's screen is the weather channel. The other day, someone wanted to show me where they lived. The used the satellite map from, the weather channel. Okay, I get it! The weather channel is a hit here. Its kind of digitized version of laying back, and watching the clouds float by (although it would be from outer space). Whats funny is, if it said rain every day of the year, it would be 80% correct. |
07/26/2007 19:31:59 jim Louisville Parks | Thu |||||||||||||||||||
Six Flags over Louisville
Thi is a water park and Looney Toons Theme Park. The crowds were thin when we went. I'm assuming thats due to the bad publicity this park has gotten lately. In June 2007, a teenager lost both of her feet when a cable snapped on the internationally popular Superman ride. The odds favor getting a $1,000,000 check from Publishers Clearing house over getting hurt on this ride. But all that aside, its a fun park! Waverly Sanatorium from Iroquois Park
This hospital is featured in a movie called "Death Tunnel". The hospital was built 1926, when turbuculois (the white plague) was prevelant. Over 60,000 people died here from the asphyxiating disease. Antibiotics eventually wiped out the plague that took more lives than World War I, and the hospital was closed. Pauls Fresh Fruit and Vegetables This isn't a park, but its a GREAT place to park. You can get the best veggies in town here on Taylorsville Road. These tomatoes have a flavor that California just can't reproduce. They are actually aromatic. |
07/22/2007 18:19:54 jim The City Parks of Louisville | Sun |||||||||||||||||||
Eva Park - Dumpy Louisville Soccer Park - Busy but nice Hutchins Park - Okay Cherokee Park - HUGE, long windy roads, a golf course is next to it. Its a jungle Seneca Park - Very LONG, lots of soccer fields, very nice The houses around Cherokee and Seneca were ancient and unique. Iroquois Park - Beautiful - We saw 360 degree views of the entire Louisville area. The houses around this area were new, and unique. They looked GREAT! I want one. Waverly Park - Ok. Lots of trees. It ended with a home made lake...but I'd call it a mossy swamp. Someone is building the lake with a backhoe. You can tell too. It has no water supply so the water is stagnant. The ranches out here are spectacular though. River Gardens Park - What park...it was less a baseball diamond with overgrown grass. Campground Road - had no campgrounds to it, just factories. Pleasure Ridge Park - nasty Shawnee Park - Okay...we didn't really blend in. There were only two parks where people parked in the grass, and blasted their music. Both parks were 100% Hispanic. Along the way, we stopped at a Fresh Produce Store I ate almost an entire bucket of strawberries during the trip. We watched a Railroad Bridge descend to let a train go over. That was cool. I don't know what's more beautiful about this place, the area, or the sparkle in Becky's eyes! Last of all we ate at Joes Crab Shack. Half of it is on stilts overlooking the Ohio River. The food was the same, but at this altitude, with the air being more humid, the food tastes better. They're drinks are fantastic. Becky had a strawberry margarita, and I had a Pina Colada. Great people. Great scenery. Great food. I'm beat. |
07/22/2007 14:57:58 jim Hardwood Forest, Ky | Sun |||||||||||||||||||
07/22/2007 01:23:41 jim Six Flags over Louisville | Sun |||||||||||||||||||
I bought two season tickets from this fellow at work for 50% off regular rates. This afternoon, we swung by just to make sure there wasn't going to be any hastles about us being non-residents. Disneyland wouldn't give us our annual tickets, even after we paid for them online, which stunk! They wanted to see an apartment lease or utility bill. BTW - I know now, how I could've have beaten that. We watched a Looney Tunes show which was pretty cool, and went on a ride that went up and down, in circles. I called it a kiddie ride, along with the Marry-Go-Round and the Bumper Cars, and Becky got mad! That was funny. She said "I'M NOT A KID!" and I laughed. I should have Fear-Of-Park-Amusement-Rides (FOPAR) myself, but I don't. FOPAR seems to be a genetic thing. A thirteen year old girl lost both of her feet on the Superman ride, at this same park, about 3 weeks ago. I think that made national news. The Superman is a pretty tame ride, and its in a lot of amusement parks. A cable snapped and must have whipped around on its way down. I suppose that could happen in an elevator just as easily, but I'm not afraid of them either. We polished off the night enjoying a nice Web Camming with GMa and Jennifer. There's some kind of big party going on down stairs, but I'm just too burned out too join in. |
07/21/2007 14:32:26 jim Buggy Buddies and Dance Partners | Sat |||||||||||||||||||
Mike, Melody and a horse, of course. We met them on the Belle of Louisville, and we just clicked. Next thing you know, we're hanging out all night. I really enjoyed the last part. They put couches on Fourth Street with pillows, and we just kicked back and joked. It was like we were in an open air living room. |
07/21/2007 08:25:58 jim Belle of Louisville | Sat |||||||||||||||||||
The $15 three hour tour goes north up the Ohio, and includes dancing and an optional $15 buffet. We wouldn't have missed the buffet. The band was very uplifted. We'd heard them on 4th Street Live earlier in the week. Its a non-smoking tour, but ya know, 33% of the people here smoke. They were all around cuffing their cigs, haha. The people on the cruise are just out to have fun and to socialize. We did a lot of that. |
07/20/2007 07:20:46 jim Went bowling last night | Fri |||||||||||||||||||
The lanes are all decorated, and there's a TV screen right above the bowling pins. Its cool! But the people are SO polite here. I just wanted to watch a clip from a Bruce Willis movie, and a guy next to use, kept motioning me on, letting me know it was okay to bowl, he'd be more than happy to wait. Now, its not like we were actually taking turns. I know its supposed to be polite not to bowl a ball while the person next to you is bowling. But sometimes, manners can just go too far. I also noticed these guys couldn't remember which ball was theirs. They kept using my ball every several rolls...hahahahaha. And they weren't drunk either....lol. Manners in Louisville are extreme! It shows up at its worst at 4 way stop signs. Everybody's trying to let the other person go ahead of them, and nobody goes at all! My head could actually explode here. Just kidding. I love it here. Its like being in an episode of "The Waltons". |
07/18/2007 23:24:48 jim I cant think of any place Id rather be | Wed |||||||||||||||||||
The things happening in this area are so exciting. It's the free concerts around the corner every other night. It's the water front, the old buildings, and all the history here. It's the girls in their cowboy boots, mini skirts or shorts, and tank tops It's the guys, none of which ever fails to smile at ya, and give ya the 'man nod'. It's the quality of schools, people, and level of existence here that makes me feel good. People in Louisville probably don't know what they've got here. And people in Las Vegas don't know what they've lost. |
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