The Tea Party had its mid-year convention in Louisville last week. The welcome reception was at the intersection of Bardstown Rd and Eastern Parkway. I had to ride my bike down there to see it. I was struck by the lack of diversity of these tea party members. They were all bleeding and injured in some way. I assume this is due to their rejection of government healthcare. You got to hand it to them, however. They really walk the...

St. Francis, an Italian Catholic friar and preacher, is one of the most venerated religious figures in history. He is known as the patron saint of animals, the environment, and it is customary for Catholic and Anglican churches to hold ceremonies blessing animals on his feast day of October 4th. But the local Louisville church on Bardstown Road bearing a similar platitude was not built upon his teachings. We hit the streets recently to find Tyler Jackson explaining the unknown origins of this branch of Christianity and how a chapter got rooted in our fine...

I've learned two indisputable truths about the counter-culture. They like being unique, different and weird. Tying together with that, they like to be stubbornly independent and think for themselves. No establishment here in Louisville epitomizes this philosophy than Ear X-Tacy, the city's premier indie record store. I visited them recently to find out what exactly type of weird folks inhabit their album racks on a daily basis. From the sound of it, Ear X-Tacy is not just a store - but an experience. Even if you're not in the market for music, just...

Once you've got a cup of your favorite coffee roast, the best dessert, by far, that goes with it is a slice of cheesecake. If that's the case, how come every coffee house I apparently venture into here in Louisville doesn't serve any? Well, I wanted to find out the reason myself. Here I ambush Nathan, the owner of Quills Coffee to question him about the injustices being brought down upon the cheesecake-loving citizens of Louisville. So they believe that books, music and crafts go well with coffee - but not cheesecake? Head over to Quills at 930...