Visit: Louisville

We took a quick overnight trip to Louisville over Valentine’s Day, and enjoyed more freezing cold weather, random horse statues and 4th Street Live.

Stay: The Seelbach (a.k.a. The Hilton Seelbach Hotel). Lovely, historic, charming. The hotel bar is rated as one of the 50 best in the world. While I might question this rating (clearly made by someone who thought “historic” and “alcohol” did a great bar make), it does have solid jazz and didn’t mess up my gin & tonic. It’s right down the block from downtown Louisville’s ONLY weekend attraction – 4th Street Live.

See: The Ohio River, lots of random statues of horses, and that nothing (and I mean NOTHING) is open for lunch on Saturday. The downtown area is not residential and has no shopping – so the optional entertainment for the weekend included cold walks around an empty city, hanging out on 4th Street (Eve 6 was playing; they thought it was 2001) or the National Tractor Pull competition. Yep.

Eat: Rivue. The food was delightful, the view was wonderful, and they bring around a candy cart after your meal for a quick sweet treat before you leave.  We aren’t typically the type to go out to dinner for our Valentine’s date, but it was truly a great meal and a great night.

We’ll be back in the bluegrass state this spring for a tour on the Bourbon Trail, and some night racing at Churchill Downs. Kentucky: Where all our activities revolve around drinking, because there sure as hell isn’t anything else worth doing here! (Note: this is not something to be ashamed of, but rather something they should promote to increase tourism.)