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Broadway Oyster Bar/blues club in St. Louis (and a side story about Babe & Ricky’s in L.A.)

Last night at around 8pm we showed up at the Broadway Oyster Bar (over near the Soulard area of St. Louis). We drove past the place earlier in the day when we were exploring and it had the right look. Inside had the right look too–nice bar, small tables, funky…

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We were supposed to drive to St. Louis today, but instead we spent the day betting on horses at Churchill Downs

We left our riverside spot in Frankfort, KY a little later than we'd planned this morning and figured we'd just drive through to St. Louis, Missouri (5 hours or so). Along the way though, we felt kinda lame for not stopping at Churchill Downs (during daylight hours) to go to…

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Kentucky Bourbon Trail

Today we began our day back at Rick's White Light Diner for "The Best Eggs Benedict." A wonderful meal and a great atmosphere and fun conversation with Rick…same as before, only this time Kevin got to go! He thought it was was even better than I'd built it up to…

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Today I Just Worked

Today, I just worked all day and didn't do anything very fun or interesting. I drove up the hill to make some phone calls (yay, cell service!) then drove back down the hill to get the printer out and print some DMV forms to fill out and mail. I went…

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Squash Fettucine Noodles with Pesto and Shrimp

Thought I'd share what I made for dinner last night, because it was easy, good, and healthy.  I used my potato peeler to make fettucine-sized "noodles" out of a zucchini and a yellow squash (peeling just down to the seedy part and then stopping…well, except for that piece or two…

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The Versailles Municipal Building and William Shatner

I forgot this image in the last post about Versailles, KY. The municipal building downtown, with its outdoor weather warning siren on top: Also, when trying to research this building I didn't find much, but I did learn that a notable resident of Versailles, KY (and Saddlebred owner)  is/was William Shatner.…

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