As parties go, the little get-together for the Friends of Lou campaign was a nice warm-up for Derby Week. A hundred or so people showed up at the Bourbon Country Tent at Fest-a-Ville, where the CVB’s Stacey Yates presided over the giving away of Maker’s Mark trinkets. That’s the official Just Add Bourbon T […]
Entries Tagged as 'Alcohol'
Just Add Friends, and Drinks, to Bourbon Party
April 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Alcohol · Marketing · Possibility City
Do You Really Want to Party with This Guy?
April 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments
So let’s see how many local TV stations and newspapers fall for this Churchill Downs gimmick — some dude named Stymie is the track’s Chief Party Officer, based on his 15 years of Infield partying experience and the ability to piece together a video and drunken photos of himself. Don’t forget now, Stymie is […]
Tags: Alcohol · Kentucky Derby · Marketing
Keep on Sinning
April 21st, 2008 · No Comments
News items about some of our favorite vices.
Tobacco Tax: Jack Conway’s office is reporting that it has collected its annual payment of tobacco money — to the tune of $115 million. That’s a lot of smokes, and a saviour for state government, which had already allocated the money according to a formula set in the […]
Tags: Alcohol · Lottery · Taxes
Keeping Score, Tuesday Edition
April 15th, 2008 · No Comments
We Win the Drinking Game: Louisville Metro Government gets to figure out how to spend the prize package won by the city for being selected as the twin city of the Bushmills area of Ireland. Half the $40K goes to throwing a party for Irish Fest, and the city will decide how to allocate the […]
Tags: Alcohol · Anne Northup · Chris Thieneman · State Government · Steve Beshear
Dry Again in West End
March 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Jefferson Circuit Judge Mary Shaw dismissed a lawsuit by business owners in the West End today, so the ban on alcohol sales in Shawnee will start being enforced again tomorrow.
The story has been dragging along since voters in the four Shawnee precincts voted themselves dry last September, and this doesn’t sound like the conclusion of […]
Food Critic for a Day
March 14th, 2008 · No Comments
OK, gang, while Steve was looking the other way, I took control of the ‘Ville Voice Eats keyboard so I could play food critic for a day. Usually, Steve’s doing a much better job than I keeping up with all things culinary. Here’s some stuff to fill you up for the weekend…. Rick
Even Iowa […]
Tags: Alcohol · Charity · Dining
Clever Mark
March 12th, 2008 · No Comments
You’ve got to hand it to those clever folks at Doe-Anderson, we assume, for this clever Makers Mark billboard I found on the Web. The local ad agency pioneered the successful Makers Mark ambassador program, the same concept they’re attempting to use with the Friend of Lou campaign. Doe’s chief, Todd Spencer, told me that […]
Tags: Advertising · Alcohol
Behind the Wine Story
March 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Looks like my man Jake over at Page One thinks the sale of wine in grocery stores is a bad thing. He’s calling state Rep. Joni Jenkins heroic for killing a bill that would have made it easy to pick up a bottle of wine at Kroger. My word to describe that action would […]
Tags: Alcohol · State Government · TV
Wendell Ford Dinner Tonight
February 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Every Democrat with a hundred bucks to throw away on bad food and expensive, watered-down alcohol will be on-hand for the annual Wendell Ford Dinner in Louisville this evening.
We’ll be there. Will you?
If so, introduce yourself to us during the reception or stop by our table to say hello. That’s the best way […]
Tags: Alcohol · Bad Behavior · Blogging · Hype · Politics
Wet Again: Beer Sales On in West End
February 15th, 2008 · 5 Comments
The padlocks are coming off the beer cases at Bako’s Liquors in the West End this morning, thanks to a ruling by Jefferson Circuit Judge Mary Shaw yesterday. (C-J) A restraining order prevents enforcement of the ban in two of the four affected Shawnee precincts. The case has become a political football, bouncing its way […]
Tags: Alcohol · Metro Council · West End
What’s Possible Here Not All Good
February 13th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Not to overdo our city’s “brand” references, but this week’s LEO brings this to mind:
This is a place where you can pack a cache of semiautomatic weapons in your SUV and legally blow away those who cross your path, especially if they’re driving a Hummer.
It’s also a place where residents can’t walk to their corner […]






























