ImagiNation

Home sweet home

I went back home for the Kentucky Derby over the weekend. One of my friends from school wanted to go (normally the locals don't go to the infield, though I've been several times). It's always fun to hear a new perspective on Louisville- you get so use to seeing things everyday that it takes a set of new eyes to really see what is going on around you. For example, my friend noticed how everyone was walking around (heading to Churchill) with what was obviously alcohol in their hands. While Louisville is no where near allowing this sort of thing normally, around Derby time the police let these kind of things pass because there is much more for them to worry about. We also went to watch the celebrities enter the Barnstable-Brown party (it's the party that the original Wrigley's Gum twins throw). They decorate their Manson with giant Christmas figures, like the Nutcracker and have tap dancers along the red carpet. While we heard the names being called, we never actually saw any of them (like Dennis Hopper or Jewel). I didn't win- but it was a drunken good time so I sort of did. Plus it was nice not to think about anything but having fun for a change.

posted by imagine @ 6:47 PM