Our Technicolor Life

In this episode, we talk about our recent trip to the Crescent Hill Garden Show in Louisville. We have another restaurant pick (maybe two) for the week AND Carrie has several book picks! We also discuss Carrie's reading habits, which could be dangerous to squirrels! LOOK OUT SQUIRREL!! And, we talk about our upcoming trip to The Cole Porter Festival in Peru, IN!

In Episode 20 we delve into Jeff's strange dreams - he has some doozies! We also talk a little baseball as we finally make it back to Slugger Field for our first Louisville Bats game of the season and our plans for a Dubois County Bombers game in Huntingburg, IN. We had a full weekend of music, storms, teas, flea markets, and threw in a little yard work to get things ready for our outdoor gazebo concerts!

In this episode, we talk about our busy past weekend with teas and music. Plus, we do a little traveling and celebrate our wedding anniversary at The Brown in Louisville! Carrie's latest book "Only in Louisville" is just about ready for print - 315 pages of artwork and text that she has worked on for the past six months. We also discuss favorite restaurants and have recommendations on a couple of books!

In this episode, we talk about our weekend trip to central Kentucky to visit the thoroughbred retirement horse farm - Old Friends Equine Farm - near Georgetown, KY. This beautiful farm is home to former thoroughbred champions like Silver Charm, the 1997 Kentucky Derby winner! This farm not only saves these champions from death, but allows them to live out their remaining years in comfort and admired by the public. While in the area, we explored Georgetown and drove over to Paris, KY to get a look at Secretariat Park - where a three-story mural by Kentucky equine artist, Jaime Corum, beautifully shows the Triple Crown winner crossing the finish line in the Kentucky Derby. We also have more tea talk (surprise, surprise)!

In Episode 17 we talk all things Derby...well, actually our Trifecta weekend of attending THREE days at Churchill Down - Thurby on Thursday, Oaks Day on Friday, and Derby Day on Saturday. We had some well-planned looks for this year and we had a blast roaming the newly renovated Churchill Downs! It is expansive and beautiful to behold! We also share a few notes on travel and teas for the summer!

In Episode 16, we talk about our big prep week for Derby - this year we are going Thurday, Friday (Oaks) and Saturday (Derby Day)! Lots of costumes to put together and final touches to make. We also talk about our recent outing to Wild Lights at the Louisville Zoo! We have added some music gigs to the summer calendar! AND...we talk about our creative youthful pasts - it's quite eye-opening! lol!!

In Episode 15, we talk about the approaching Kentucky Derby weekend for fun and fashion. Our Harry Potter Tea weekend was magically fun! Prepping for upcoming teas including our WW2 Tea - The Music That Helped Win The War. Plus, we talk kite flying fun and more upcoming music gigs!

In this episode we talk about our recent camping trip to Granville, TN for their annual Mayberry-I Love Lucy Days festival! Meeting back up with "Little Ricky" Keith Thibodeaux of I Love Lucy fame, and our first time meeting with Dennis Rush who played Howie Pruitt in The Andy Griffith Show! We SO enjoyed hearing the tales of these two great child actors who grew up on two of the most iconic TV shows of all time! AND, the teas season at the tea room is now in full swing!

In this episode we talk about the spectacular event - the solar eclipse - that we were able to witness in totality! This once in a lifetime event was even more thrilling than we could have imagined! We'll also remind everyone of the upcoming festival in Granville, TN that we will be participating in this coming weekend, bringing some Lucy Love to Tennessee's Mayberry Town! And, we will be charting a new course in the second half of this year at the Old Capitol Tea Room!

In this episode, we talk about stormy April weather and remembering the historic April 3, 1974 tornado outbreak, tea room updates, live concert tidbits, eclipse news and fun, and some super questions from our listeners!!