Archive | August, 2011
Vegan Wednesday at Jamie’s 14K Cupcakes
Jamie’s 14K Cupcakes has at least one vegan offering each day they tell me, but on Wednesdays they go crazy with the vegan offerings. For example today, Wednesday August 31, 2011: 4 vegan varieties available for you today! we will have dutch chocolate, madagascar bourbon vanilla, French silk and vanilla raspberry! I still haven’t made [...]
Continue reading...Religious Diversity Awareness, Let’s Step It Up
31. August 2011
Last night I got a request to participate in an event that is taking place on Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year for Jews and I’ll be observing the day appropriately (25 hour fast, in synagogue most of the day). I get that the Jewish calendar can be a little [...]
Continue reading...Restaurants to Look Forward To: Against the Grain
31. August 2011
A few weeks ago the nice guys at Against The Grain invited me down for a chat. You’ll recall I told you about Against The Grain back in July. It’s the new brewpub going into what used-to-be Browning’s. They’re doing lots of work on the place and it’s going to have a very different vibe [...]
Continue reading...Why Quilts Matter Premiering on KET September 5, 2011
30. August 2011
Earlier this month I pointed your attention to Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics, the new, locally produced documentary that will make you look at quilts in a whole new way. Starting next Tuesday night you can watch the series on PBS. It premiers on KET on September 5 at 7PM. Can’t wait week [...]
Continue reading...Pecha Kucha Night Louisville #5 September 6, 2011
30. August 2011
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Urban Design Studio is hosting Pecha Kucha Night Louisville #5 a week from tonight at Bernheim. You’ll recall that I participated in a Pech Kucha Night Louisville event last year and it was an incredible experience. Highly recommended for everyone to go see it. And if you’re so inclined ask about participating! We are putting [...]
Continue reading...Early Warning: LVL1 Sumobot Tournament October 29, 2011
29. August 2011
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Yes, this is way, way early notice but I just love the concept of the Sumobot Tournament so much I want to make sure you’re well aware of it. I particularly want to make sure you’re aware of it early enough to start building your bot if you’re so inclined. LVL1′s 2nd annual Sumobot tournament [...]
Continue reading...Buy This House
29. August 2011
A good friend of mine is selling her house on Grinstead Drive (the Crescent Hill part). I offered to tell you all about it because I think it’s a great house so it would be good for her to sell it and good for you to buy it. Here’s a link to a Flickr set [...]
Continue reading...Cupcake Extravaganza at Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen
26. August 2011
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Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen is having a “Cupcake Extravaganza” this weekend at all of their locations. Today, Friday Aug 26 through Sunday Aug 28 is CUPCAKE EXTRAVAGANZA days! Over 12 different designs, varieties, flavors, styles of cupcakes! Just $1.50 each. Considering their cupcakes are kind of gigantor that is a really sweet (pun [...]
Continue reading...Reel Soundz Film Festival
26. August 2011
It’s absolutely painful to me to put the letter z at the end of a word where the letter s should be but even so Reel Soundz Film Festival sounds like a cool event. The Reel Soundz Film Festival will celebrate the unique relationship between filmmakers and musicians by screening over 20 documentaries and concert [...]
Continue reading...Stuff for Sale
25. August 2011
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It’s, um, fall cleaning time and we need to lighten our house of a mixture of things. Instead of Craig’s List or shlepping things to Book & Music Exchange I thought I’d just post a list here on Consuming Louisville to see if any of y’all are interested in the stuff. So checkout this list [...]
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31. August 2011
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