24 Hours In Louisville, Kentucky

I wanted to share a few recommendations from our short weekend in Louisville, Kentucky. It’s only an hour and a half west on I-64, and yet I rarely get over there. It’s such a fun city.

We kicked off the weekend on Friday evening with a photo shoot. Todd Pellowe took some photographs of me at a marina for Paper Boat Photography. I was super nervous to be on the other side of the camera. When I am nervous, I talk.
A lot.
Sorry about that Todd.

It was lots of fun and I have a new appreciation for what my clients must feel like on the other side of the lens. He did a great job. If you haven’t before, check out Todd’s work. In this business, you see all kinds of wedding photography. Todd’s is all class with none of the pretension. His images are like a crisp white Brooks Brothers shirt, but with the sleeves rolled up. Timeless, genuine, clean, real images of those important moments.

Afterward, I dashed back downtown to The Brown Hotel {it’s lovely and the hotel where they filmed Elizabethtown} to pick up my husband. We went to dinner at Jack Fry’s. So good. It’s Manhattan-esque, but better because it’s Southern {i.e. hospitality + butter = better}.

Saturday morning, we enjoyed some North African food at Ramsi’s Cafe on The World, and then settled in to quality browsing in Carmichael’s Bookstore next door. They have an awesome selection, friendly staff and pretty amazing coffee {See, iphone pics above}. I love their matchbooks with book covers printed on them. Me and the guy who works there agreed that they are ridiculously cute. Moleskin now makes notebooks in my colors. Very cool. I found books I didn’t buy, but photographed to remember for later.

I did pick up a copy of Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West translated by Daniel Ladinsky. It is gorgeous. I can’t choose a favorite, but here’s a sample poem translated from Meister Eckhart:

An Image That Makes Them Sad

How long will grown men and women in this world
keep drawing in their coloring books
an image of God that
makes them
sad?

We started shooting at 21C Museum Hotel Saturday afternoon. We’ve stayed there before, but it is more fun each time we go.   It really is completely unique. If you’re in town, check it out. We got back to Lexington after midnight and started shooting at 7:30 a.m., Sunday morning, so it was a quick trip to the ‘ville, but one we’ll always remember.