They hatched!


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Next stop was Heaven Hill. They don't have a distillery on site anymore as it burned down in 1996. Apparently the fire was incredible. They now use an offsite distillery, but still age all of their whisky on the property.


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Since we were out in Kentucky, Scott and I had to explore the bourbon distilleries. First on the list was Makers Mark.


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Uh what? (spelling failures):

• Ferniture
  
• House Hold Fuerniture
  
• XXXXEntertainment centerXXXX (not nearly as exciting as the subject line would lead you to believe)
  
• Ottomin
  
• NEGOTIOABLE (yes, this was all in caps, as was the entire ad)
  
• GREAT CONDITION AND DO NOT HAVE ANY STREANGE SMELLS OR ANY THING (same ad)
  
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They didn't allow us to bring cameras on the actual tour, so I didn't get to take any pictures of the worker-elves making the bats. You'll just have to take my word for it--it's pretty cool. It's also still largely done by hand, even at that scale. The lathes are computerized now, but everything thing else is done the old fashioned way.


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(as I work my way through some of my pictures) The overall architecture of the place made me happy. I loved the old feel of the buildings.


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Scott and I had a free afternoon after the show on Thursday, so we took the opportunity to head to downtown Louisville to see the Louisville Slugger Factory. As we turned a corner, I saw penguins! On top of a building!


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There is a leather couch in our living room. It is about 15 years old and is now really showing its age. The seams have parted in many places, and there is hole in the right most cushion (small, but there, and coupled with the splitting seams, not good). I would like to replace this and Scott agrees. It's time for it to go ( Read more... )

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