hard hats and safety shoes required

awesome benefit show for jason noble

From LEO’s Bluegrass Catastrophe -
“In September, Rodan and Shipping News co-founder Jason Noble was diagnosed with cancer and underwent massive surgery. The procedure removed most if the cancer, but Noble will still have to undergo treatment that could cost thousands. In an effort to help with Jason and his wife Kristin with medical costs, Shellac and Shannon Wright will play a benefit show Nov. 21 at The 930 Listening Room. Tickets to the all ages show are $17 (adv.), $20 (door), and go on sale this Friday, Oct. 9, at 10 a.m. at ear X-tacy and at The 930.”

More on Jason: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jasonnoble

I ♥ NY

I spent five days in New York City visiting friends, visiting museums, and mostly just wandering around the streets and subways.  This was my 10th trip to the city, and I feel like I understand it better each time I go.  My good friend who I stayed with lives in Bed-Stuy, a storied neighborhood in Brooklyn.  We went all over the place, to neighborhoods in Brooklyn, to Harlem, Spanish Harlem, Queens, as well as some other areas of Manhattan.  I didn’t take nearly as many pictures as I’d hoped. I spent much of the time just living in the moment, absorbing the  radically diverse cultures within different neighborhoods, the amazing foods, the colors, the sounds, the smells.  I’m already excited for my next trip back.

 

Places visited during this trip:

Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design

Studio Museum of Harlem

NY Transit Museum

El Museo del Barrio (Spanish Harlem)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

International Center of Photography

The Brooklyn Museum

Queens Museum of Art

Restaurants/Bars:

Kate’s Joint (East Village)

Pukk (East Village)

AA Bake and Doubles (Bed Stuy, Brooklyn)

Babycakes (East Village)

Lula’s Sweet Apothocary (East Village)

Di Fara Pizza (Midpoint, Brooklyn)

Maggie Brown (Ft. Green, Brooklyn)

Mugg’s Ale House (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)

Greenpoint Coffee House (Greenpoint, Brooklyn)

Bagels on the Square (West Village)

happy halloween!

There is one street in Louisville that is more interested in Halloween decorations than any other: Hillcrest. Residents who live on Hillcrest in the Crescent Hill neighborhood have a long-standing tradition of using their yards during the month of October as  haunted houses/art installations/amusement parks. More than fifty homes between Brownsboro Road and Frankfort Avenue are all decorated out for Halloween. Many homes are collecting donations for local charities.

And here at APP headquarters are our very own Halloween mascots: femme pumpkin, nerd pumpkin, and thug pumpkin. Happy Halloween!

kentucky in the fall

 

 

borscht!

We got a bunch of beets in our CSA box.  I can’t say I am a huge fan of beets, but I do like borscht- epsecially the kind I had at Russian Tea Time in Chicago last winter.  We went out and bought some Russian supplies to accompany our borscht from our favorite Russian grocery store in Louisville: 3 types of Russian dumplings, rich homemade sour cream, Russian black bread, and Russian tea. We already had the vodka. This first picture is one of the scariest photos I think I have ever taken:

Aftermath of beet masacre 

Borscht cooking

Beet leaves: to be sauteed in lemon and olive oil as a side item

Frozen Russian dumplings come in many varieties.

october in bowling green, kentucky

st. matthew’s hardware

We’re lucky to still have plenty of old neighborhood hardware stores in Louisville.  Despite the Home Depots, Lowe’s, Wal-Marts, etc. that always threaten these mom and pop stores, many have managed to survive.  St. Matthew’s Hardware is one of them.  The shop’s been open since the early 1920s.  The original owners, a married couple, lived in the apartment above the store.  Apparently, every week the man went out and purchased a bottle of bourbon and a racing forum for his wife.  They tended the store, enjoyed their bourbon, and bet on the horses.  Though they aren’t around anymore, the business has pretty much stayed in the family and is much the same as it was back then.  It’s a cool old place to wander around in, with plenty of quirky knick knacks and pretty puch everything you need for your home maintenance needs. and they repair anything (within reason). 

St. Matthew’s Hardware
3919 Shelbyville Rd
Louisville, KY 40207
Phone: 502-896-1764

the first leaves are changing

dye in the sink

My students were working on a silk painting project at school.  When they were rinsing their palletes in the sink, we marveled at the beautiful colors washing down the drain and I snapped a few photos.