It’s never easy being a Kentucky fan, because everybody hates you and roots against your team, even when they don’t always deserve the hate the way Duke does. But when Kentucky is the hulking 600 pound gorilla in a tournament with 63 lovable scrappy underdogs, it’s even worse.
4.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
Go Dawgs and Eers indeed.
@NCSteve: My local team will be the bar rag with which Kentucky wipes the court tomorrow afternoon.
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raven
Well god damn, I thought this place had gone totally fucking soft.
@NCSteve: Don’t worry, Steve. You and I can rhapsodize about what a great team & coach we have & how we love whupping on everyone this year.
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indycat32
@raven: Hey! Go Hoosiers!! OK, I kind of agree about Crean. I’m hoping Brad Stevens gets homesick in about 3 years when Crean’s contract expires.
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Buffalo Rude
Go Bulls!
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ThresherK
@Cacti: Once Boston College, technically on the Atlantic. coast, decided to exploit its natural geographical rivalry with UMaryland, Ga Tech and Florida St, all bets were off.
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Paul in KY
@indycat32: I wish we still played y’all so we could whomp on y’all.
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srv
A.J. Pero, the drummer for the heavy-metal band Twisted Sister, died Friday. He was 55.
The band said Anthony Jude Pero died of an apparent heart attack while touring with Adrenaline Mob, a group with which he played in between engagements with Twisted Sister.
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indycat32
@Paul in KY: It was Calipari that cancelled the series after we whomped your butts in 2011.
@Amir Khalid: For my dough it’s the greatest sporting event there is. 68 teams over 3 weeks but this weekend is the best. Games from noon until past midnight starting Thursday and ending Sunday.
@raven: I thought this was a decent, suitable for all ages thread!
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raven
@ThresherK: It’s a hoop thread, don’t get much more hooper than my old man was.
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Luthe
If the good Major x4 is still around, my advice is the Villa Borghese. Which is not the same as the Borghese Museum. “Villa Borghese” refers to the huge park the museum is located in. The park has the usual playgrounds and stuff for the kiddies and absolutely tremendous views of Rome (like all the other important stuff in Rome, it’s on top of a big hill).
Other good ideas: the Spanish Steps (and surrounding shopping district), Trevi Fountain in the early evening, and just about any church you walk by. You never know which one will randomly have a Caravaggio hidden away in an alcove. They’re the best free show in Rome.
OT JC I emailed you about Ginger and haven’t heard anything back. Did you actually get the email or did I send it to the wrong address? I have a friend in a national rescue organization that is willing to try to send someone out to Mary G for a home inspection if that’s still viable. It won’t be easy to find a forever home for a senior diabetic dog and if Mary G wants her, I’d like to see it happen. At least let me know if you want to pursue this idea. (Or if Mary has decided not to try for her.)
Right now skimming around everything, including the women (of course).
Louisville and UCIrvine, (M): Louisville has that weird stripe thing going on, which until someone tells me other, I’ll call a cummerbund. UCIrvine has Adidas’ “straps” look.
Not a fan of either look, each of which is worn by several schools.
@raven: Thanks. I’ve been trying to get him for a couple of days but I generally get to the thread after it’s dead. This one was open so I thought I’d give it a shot. Maybe he’ll check during the commercials. Or maybe AL will check and contact Mary and JC so I can let my friend know what’s up. We’ll see. Since I follow the Florida Panthers hockey team, I have no opinion on who’s playing, who should win, who should lose or any of the backstories on hoops. Go Whoever! Beat Whatever! Lose Tooever! lol
@SWMBO: Cole hardly ever reads his own site. Suggest you e-mail Anne or Betty, they can get his attention. Or perhaps Elon can pass the word to Imani, who had Cole’s phone number.
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WaterGirl
@SWMBO: Is there anyone on this thread who does twitter that could tweet this to Cole? I think he would see it that way.
Also, Anne Laurie might be able to bring it to Coles’ attention if you send Anne Laurie an email message.
52.
WaterGirl
@raven: Front row on the right at the bottom of the photo?
@WaterGirl: We can also comment in an AL thread or a Betty thread and point them in this direction. They read and comment in their own threads. Sometimes Cole comments in his threads but it’s usually only once or maybe twice and it’s rare.
I agree, tweeting him would probably work better. Wish he’d give us an update on what the plan is with Ginger. Are they looking for a home for her? Is Cole going to keep her?
The KFC YUM! Center sounds like something from Idiocracy.
I bought a paint brush to clean my cabin air intake. We have been coated by a thick film of tree sperm this week.
Go [insert appropriate hoop ball team]!
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WaterGirl
@Violet: I know Mary G. was at the end of her rope and had given up on the idea of Ginger because she tried and tried and couldn’t get anyone who could do a home visit.
So she might be really grateful for this opportunity – I don’t think she gave up because she didn’t want Ginger.
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Violet
@raven: Could be. Cole’s indicated he’s only fostering but that was before Ginger was diagnosed with diabetes. Don’t know if that has changed anything.
@WaterGirl: Mary G seems to still be looking for a dog or dogs, based on some of her comments in recent threads. I think she really wanted Ginger though. I hope it works out in whatever the best way is for Ginger and Mary G.
@WaterGirl: Sent. Haven’t heard from either in a couple of days. Mary G posted about a bathroom renovation so she may not be able to have a home inspection at this time. Just don’t have a clue here.
Don’t knock it – the place is awesome. Outstanding sightlines for both games and concerts, a sound system that is out of this world and a pedestrian design that makes people go in and out quickly.
I’m 3 blocks from it right now. Nearly moved in across the street from it a month and a half ago – I had an incredible downtown hipster apartment approved and deposited, then I was able to patch up my marriage, dammit.
62.
ThresherK
@Arm The Homeless: Hey, if you think it sounds stupid, imagine what the concessions taste like.
If I remember, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell are also under the same umbrella ownership. I do not go to a ballpark or arena looking for haute cuisine, but a man’s gotta have some standards.
Pregaming at a Tipsy McStagger’s is probably a better bet.
@Violet: My friend is with a basset rescue in TN/AR that has groups all over the country. They do home inspections for each other a lot. They also help with transport. I told her that transport would be no problem, that Mary has resources to take care of that. (BJ would help, I know.) It’s just that I have no personal info on how to contact Mary to get the ball rolling on the home inspection. SW (my friend) needs an address and phone number to get an idea of where the group is to send out for this. If Furkids has decided that Ginger isn’t going anywhere because of the diabetes, that’s a whole other issue. Just wish we had some idea of what is going on.
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Violet
@SWMBO: Yeah, I wish we knew too. Now that we know you want to know we can all bug John and other FPers in various threads until someone gets his attention.
I do not go to a ballpark or arena looking for haute cuisine, but a man’s gotta have some standards.
The Ichi-roll sushi at Safeco are pretty good. You can also get a dungeness crab roll (not sushi, like a lobstah roll with the vastly superior dungeness crab.)
There were multiple times that I chortled to myself about seeing my favorite band in Pepsi Arena a.k.a “The Can”.
I wonder if the sportscasters are obligated to emphasize YUM! when they’re mentioned on TV? The grammer implicitly calls for it.
To me, the greatest aspect of catching a game at The Can was hitting up the burrito sellers afterwards. What are people hawking on the corners in Louisville?
To me, the greatest aspect of catching a game at The Can was hitting up the burrito sellers afterwards. What are people hawking on the corners in Louisville?
Its become a true foodie town. Food trucks are all out in force right now, in addition to all the awesomeness of the downtown restaurants. Korean Bulgogi tacos are my faves right now.
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Arm The Homeless
@raven: Seems Messy. But I would throw one in my face.
Jesus, no shot. How do they not call a foul there?
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Arm The Homeless
@Botsplainer: Nice, our Korean choices are limited here. Louisville truly is a hipster paradise I see. Carry on.
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raven
@Arm The Homeless: It’s interesting to see the evolution of Korean food here. When I was there the most popular dish for Americans was Yakemondu (sp) and it turns out it is Japanese. I like kimchi now but, at the time, yukk!
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piratedan
@raven: officiating based on the name on the jersey is my best guess, subtle nudges get called on one team and not the other, bane of watching games these days imho but refs are human, sometimes they simply miss stuff.
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geg6
GO BOBBY MO!
I know they’re going to get crushed by Duke, but I hope they put on a good show, at least. Did some post-grad work there and my sister is a professor of communications there.
@piratedan: yep, the funny thing is that Petrino is screaming for them to foul.
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ThresherK
@Mike J: Ooh, sounds like good stuff. I don’t know if it’s just the bluenose states I go to, but hard liquor is not allowed where I typically attend sportsball.
Now I feel like I’m being cheated. (Even more than with “festival”–low-alcohol-beer.)
@piratedan: Someone smarter than I has opined that the tournament is the best shot that most underdogs will have. Neutral floor (when provided), disinterested crowds go for the underdog, and Plucky Directional U. is never getting a home-and-home with one of the big powers.
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Arm The Homeless
@raven: had my first radish kimchi at the hole in the wall place in town. Its amazing with bulgogi. But the choices for good food around here are limited, so we just cook, mainly.
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piratedan
@ThresherK: true dat, just saying that there are built in advantages to being a recognized name and having a rep…. not saying that it couldn’t cut the other way, but hell, who wouldn’t be a tad starstruck with guys like Petino, Calipari, Izzo, Coach K et al…. Love the tournament because you simply never know (with the exception of the #1’s having a more sacrificial opponent) what could happen.
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F
Apart from the two fourteens yesterday, this R64 has been a tremendous disappointment.
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Origuy
@Botsplainer: I’m going to be in Louisville next week. Any places in particular I should check out? I’ll only be in town two nights, the rest will be Lexington and Morehead.
Edit: I live in San Jose, so Asian and Mexican are not what I’m looking for. BBQ or other regional specialties preferred.
Last time I was there the bartender custom made a cocktail for my wife to her palate description.
It included habanero syrup and ginger.
She declared it the best mixed drink she ever had.
Me, I’m simple and love an Old Fashioned done great.
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Origuy
@Botsplainer: I’m a fan of a good rye Manhattan, myself. I decided to go ahead and make a reservation through OpenTable for the night I arrive, assuming that American doesn’t delay too long.
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Villago Delenda Est
Ducks beat the Cowboys, only to be sacrificial lambs to the Badgers later today.
It was fun while it lasted!
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Paul in KY
@indycat32: I disagree with his decision. We whomped you when it counted :-)
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Steve in the ATL
Go Dawgs!
Villago Delenda Est
Go Ducks!
NCSteve
It’s never easy being a Kentucky fan, because everybody hates you and roots against your team, even when they don’t always deserve the hate the way Duke does. But when Kentucky is the hulking 600 pound gorilla in a tournament with 63 lovable scrappy underdogs, it’s even worse.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
Go Dawgs and Eers indeed.
@NCSteve: My local team will be the bar rag with which Kentucky wipes the court tomorrow afternoon.
raven
Well god damn, I thought this place had gone totally fucking soft.
raven
We can’t buy a bucket inside but. . .maybe!
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@raven: Uh oh…
raven
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): Yea, well, it’s no surprise. We had our shots.
Cacti
I had no idea that West Virginia was now part of the Big 12 or that Notre Dame played basketball in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
I miss college conferences making geographic sense.
raven
Dang, nuts.
Bobby Thomson
@Cacti: yeah, this.
raven
The Illini beat MSU cuz Sparty couldn’t hit throws.
Cacti
@NCSteve:
Hiring John Calipari is practically an open invite for hate from everyone else.
But, you can win, or you can be loved.
raven
Maryland and Rutgers are in the B1G.
raven
Yes and for all you blind people Rafftery needs to tell you that we haven’t done shit at the rim.
raven
Now I get to watch this douche Crean.
khead
Help me Northern Iowa! You’re my only hope!
raven
@khead: Well, they are kickin ass so. . .
Paul in KY
@NCSteve: Don’t worry, Steve. You and I can rhapsodize about what a great team & coach we have & how we love whupping on everyone this year.
indycat32
@raven: Hey! Go Hoosiers!! OK, I kind of agree about Crean. I’m hoping Brad Stevens gets homesick in about 3 years when Crean’s contract expires.
Buffalo Rude
Go Bulls!
ThresherK
@Cacti: Once Boston College, technically on the Atlantic. coast, decided to exploit its natural geographical rivalry with UMaryland, Ga Tech and Florida St, all bets were off.
Paul in KY
@indycat32: I wish we still played y’all so we could whomp on y’all.
srv
indycat32
@Paul in KY: It was Calipari that cancelled the series after we whomped your butts in 2011.
raven
What a sucky thread.
shawn
GO UNDERDOGS! Chalk is boring.
ThresherK
Michael Brown, the Left Banke’s brilliant baroque-pop leader, dies at 65
That song with the harpsichord, you’re hearing in your head, right now? It’s his.
Brown co-wrote “Walk Away Renee”, an accomplishment that basically for me justifies his existence on the planet.
Amir Khalid
Wait, what college sport is this: the ball of the basket, or of the American foot?
raven
@Amir Khalid: The hoop
raven
@Amir Khalid: For my dough it’s the greatest sporting event there is. 68 teams over 3 weeks but this weekend is the best. Games from noon until past midnight starting Thursday and ending Sunday.
NotMax
@raven
Basketball ain’t been the same since they eighty-sixed the short shorts.
:)
Pogonip
Vernal equinox tonight at 1845 Eastern. Happy noxing!
raven
@NotMax: They have a commercial on the games for Maui sunglasses but I don’t think it was filmed there.
ThresherK
@NotMax: Per my wife (who isn’t the only female on this bandwagon), it’s ruined the game.
raven
@ThresherK: I look at the pics when I played and they look pretty funny.
raven
@ThresherK: Check out my dad in 1939, he’s on the floor in front of the coach.
ThresherK
@raven: I thought this was a decent, suitable for all ages thread!
raven
@ThresherK: It’s a hoop thread, don’t get much more hooper than my old man was.
Luthe
If the good Major x4 is still around, my advice is the Villa Borghese. Which is not the same as the Borghese Museum. “Villa Borghese” refers to the huge park the museum is located in. The park has the usual playgrounds and stuff for the kiddies and absolutely tremendous views of Rome (like all the other important stuff in Rome, it’s on top of a big hill).
Other good ideas: the Spanish Steps (and surrounding shopping district), Trevi Fountain in the early evening, and just about any church you walk by. You never know which one will randomly have a Caravaggio hidden away in an alcove. They’re the best free show in Rome.
JPL
@raven: Pictures make great memories.
Zinsky
Go Nads!
SWMBO
OT JC I emailed you about Ginger and haven’t heard anything back. Did you actually get the email or did I send it to the wrong address? I have a friend in a national rescue organization that is willing to try to send someone out to Mary G for a home inspection if that’s still viable. It won’t be easy to find a forever home for a senior diabetic dog and if Mary G wants her, I’d like to see it happen. At least let me know if you want to pursue this idea. (Or if Mary has decided not to try for her.)
raven
@SWMBO: Good luck contacting him on this thread.
ThresherK
Right now skimming around everything, including the women (of course).
Louisville and UCIrvine, (M): Louisville has that weird stripe thing going on, which until someone tells me other, I’ll call a cummerbund. UCIrvine has Adidas’ “straps” look.
Not a fan of either look, each of which is worn by several schools.
ThresherK
@raven: Cheeky reply, sir.
raven
@JPL: Yep, two years later he was on a tin-can in the Pacific. Ten years on I was born.
SWMBO
@raven: Thanks. I’ve been trying to get him for a couple of days but I generally get to the thread after it’s dead. This one was open so I thought I’d give it a shot. Maybe he’ll check during the commercials. Or maybe AL will check and contact Mary and JC so I can let my friend know what’s up. We’ll see. Since I follow the Florida Panthers hockey team, I have no opinion on who’s playing, who should win, who should lose or any of the backstories on hoops. Go Whoever! Beat Whatever! Lose Tooever! lol
raven
@SWMBO: Since the EERS won he might drive by.
Pogonip
@SWMBO: Cole hardly ever reads his own site. Suggest you e-mail Anne or Betty, they can get his attention. Or perhaps Elon can pass the word to Imani, who had Cole’s phone number.
WaterGirl
@SWMBO: Is there anyone on this thread who does twitter that could tweet this to Cole? I think he would see it that way.
Also, Anne Laurie might be able to bring it to Coles’ attention if you send Anne Laurie an email message.
WaterGirl
@raven: Front row on the right at the bottom of the photo?
raven
@WaterGirl: Yea, the York Dukes!
Violet
@WaterGirl: We can also comment in an AL thread or a Betty thread and point them in this direction. They read and comment in their own threads. Sometimes Cole comments in his threads but it’s usually only once or maybe twice and it’s rare.
I agree, tweeting him would probably work better. Wish he’d give us an update on what the plan is with Ginger. Are they looking for a home for her? Is Cole going to keep her?
raven
@Violet: Maybe he doesn’t know.
Arm The Homeless
The KFC YUM! Center sounds like something from Idiocracy.
I bought a paint brush to clean my cabin air intake. We have been coated by a thick film of tree sperm this week.
Go [insert appropriate hoop ball team]!
WaterGirl
@Violet: I know Mary G. was at the end of her rope and had given up on the idea of Ginger because she tried and tried and couldn’t get anyone who could do a home visit.
So she might be really grateful for this opportunity – I don’t think she gave up because she didn’t want Ginger.
Violet
@raven: Could be. Cole’s indicated he’s only fostering but that was before Ginger was diagnosed with diabetes. Don’t know if that has changed anything.
@WaterGirl: Mary G seems to still be looking for a dog or dogs, based on some of her comments in recent threads. I think she really wanted Ginger though. I hope it works out in whatever the best way is for Ginger and Mary G.
SWMBO
@WaterGirl: Sent. Haven’t heard from either in a couple of days. Mary G posted about a bathroom renovation so she may not be able to have a home inspection at this time. Just don’t have a clue here.
gogol's wife
@ThresherK:
I loved that song so much.
Botsplainer
@Arm The Homeless:
Don’t knock it – the place is awesome. Outstanding sightlines for both games and concerts, a sound system that is out of this world and a pedestrian design that makes people go in and out quickly.
I’m 3 blocks from it right now. Nearly moved in across the street from it a month and a half ago – I had an incredible downtown hipster apartment approved and deposited, then I was able to patch up my marriage, dammit.
ThresherK
@Arm The Homeless: Hey, if you think it sounds stupid, imagine what the concessions taste like.
(ETA @Botsplainer: How is the food?)
If I remember, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell are also under the same umbrella ownership. I do not go to a ballpark or arena looking for haute cuisine, but a man’s gotta have some standards.
Pregaming at a Tipsy McStagger’s is probably a better bet.
SWMBO
@Violet: My friend is with a basset rescue in TN/AR that has groups all over the country. They do home inspections for each other a lot. They also help with transport. I told her that transport would be no problem, that Mary has resources to take care of that. (BJ would help, I know.) It’s just that I have no personal info on how to contact Mary to get the ball rolling on the home inspection. SW (my friend) needs an address and phone number to get an idea of where the group is to send out for this. If Furkids has decided that Ginger isn’t going anywhere because of the diabetes, that’s a whole other issue. Just wish we had some idea of what is going on.
Violet
@SWMBO: Yeah, I wish we knew too. Now that we know you want to know we can all bug John and other FPers in various threads until someone gets his attention.
raven
Go Anteaters!
Mike J
@ThresherK:
The Ichi-roll sushi at Safeco are pretty good. You can also get a dungeness crab roll (not sushi, like a lobstah roll with the vastly superior dungeness crab.)
Arm The Homeless
@Botsplainer: I empathize.
There were multiple times that I chortled to myself about seeing my favorite band in Pepsi Arena a.k.a “The Can”.
I wonder if the sportscasters are obligated to emphasize YUM! when they’re mentioned on TV? The grammer implicitly calls for it.
To me, the greatest aspect of catching a game at The Can was hitting up the burrito sellers afterwards. What are people hawking on the corners in Louisville?
raven
@Arm The Homeless: Hot Brown’s.
raven
“The Anteaters can taste it”!
Botsplainer
@ThresherK:
The food is actually a pretty wide variety, and not that much KFC stuff. Its decent.
Where the place shines concessionwise is in bar service. We love our bourbon and trendy beers here.
@Arm The Homeless:
Its become a true foodie town. Food trucks are all out in force right now, in addition to all the awesomeness of the downtown restaurants. Korean Bulgogi tacos are my faves right now.
Arm The Homeless
@raven: Seems Messy. But I would throw one in my face.
raven
Jesus, no shot. How do they not call a foul there?
Arm The Homeless
@Botsplainer: Nice, our Korean choices are limited here. Louisville truly is a hipster paradise I see. Carry on.
raven
@Arm The Homeless: It’s interesting to see the evolution of Korean food here. When I was there the most popular dish for Americans was Yakemondu (sp) and it turns out it is Japanese. I like kimchi now but, at the time, yukk!
piratedan
@raven: officiating based on the name on the jersey is my best guess, subtle nudges get called on one team and not the other, bane of watching games these days imho but refs are human, sometimes they simply miss stuff.
geg6
GO BOBBY MO!
I know they’re going to get crushed by Duke, but I hope they put on a good show, at least. Did some post-grad work there and my sister is a professor of communications there.
raven
@piratedan: yep, the funny thing is that Petrino is screaming for them to foul.
ThresherK
@Mike J: Ooh, sounds like good stuff. I don’t know if it’s just the bluenose states I go to, but hard liquor is not allowed where I typically attend sportsball.
Now I feel like I’m being cheated. (Even more than with “festival”–low-alcohol-beer.)
@piratedan: Someone smarter than I has opined that the tournament is the best shot that most underdogs will have. Neutral floor (when provided), disinterested crowds go for the underdog, and Plucky Directional U. is never getting a home-and-home with one of the big powers.
Arm The Homeless
@raven: had my first radish kimchi at the hole in the wall place in town. Its amazing with bulgogi. But the choices for good food around here are limited, so we just cook, mainly.
piratedan
@ThresherK: true dat, just saying that there are built in advantages to being a recognized name and having a rep…. not saying that it couldn’t cut the other way, but hell, who wouldn’t be a tad starstruck with guys like Petino, Calipari, Izzo, Coach K et al…. Love the tournament because you simply never know (with the exception of the #1’s having a more sacrificial opponent) what could happen.
F
Apart from the two fourteens yesterday, this R64 has been a tremendous disappointment.
Origuy
@Botsplainer: I’m going to be in Louisville next week. Any places in particular I should check out? I’ll only be in town two nights, the rest will be Lexington and Morehead.
Edit: I live in San Jose, so Asian and Mexican are not what I’m looking for. BBQ or other regional specialties preferred.
Botsplainer
@Origuy:
Doc Crows, in Whiskey Row on Main.
Great bar service with professional bar staff, good barbecue, and a shrimp and cheese grit combo that’ll make you cry.
Origuy
@Botsplainer: Thanks. I took a look at the menu. It looks incredible.
Botsplainer
Also, do not fear either the oysters and other fresh seafood – with the UPS hub, we have fresh seafood from both coasts constantly.
Jeff Ruby’s
St Charles Exchange
Proof on Main
Those are all (with Doc Crows) in about a six block stretch of Main downtown.
For funky, I recommend an Uber ride to NULU. Decca, Rye and the Garage Bar are awesome.
Botsplainer
@Origuy:
Last time I was there the bartender custom made a cocktail for my wife to her palate description.
It included habanero syrup and ginger.
She declared it the best mixed drink she ever had.
Me, I’m simple and love an Old Fashioned done great.
Origuy
@Botsplainer: I’m a fan of a good rye Manhattan, myself. I decided to go ahead and make a reservation through OpenTable for the night I arrive, assuming that American doesn’t delay too long.
Villago Delenda Est
Ducks beat the Cowboys, only to be sacrificial lambs to the Badgers later today.
It was fun while it lasted!
Paul in KY
@indycat32: I disagree with his decision. We whomped you when it counted :-)