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Louisville has tons of things to offer, even by East coast/West coast standards :) Note that the Speed Museum is closing for the next 3 years for major renovations though.

Bardstown Road/The Highlands for tons of shopping and dining options, Mellwood Arts Center to locally made art while watching the artisans, Frankfort Ave (Clifton) for more shopping and dining locally, Frazier History Museum (downtown) for a unique weapons/arms based trip through history, Falls of the Ohio (fossil beds and views of the city from Indiana over the Ohio River), Wild Eggs for breakfast, The Brown Hotel for a very classy dinner at the English Grill or lunch at J Grahams and beautiful classic rooms with all the amenities, go hiking or biking in an Olmstead designed park (Cherokee or Iroquois are the flagship parks of the city), shop one of the many antique malls, avoid 4th Street Live like the plague (LOL, it is very touristy like Disney-fied), and more.

Really, the food scene is great for a city of it's size and surprisingly diverse with good choices ranging from Korean, Japanese, Thai, Mexican, Colombian, Middle Eastern, Cuban and more. Havana Rumba serves up Cuban food to rival Miami, Charim (next door!) has traditional Korean just like you'd find in Seoul, and many other delicious locally owned dining options are available.

Hot cocoa and peppermint schnapps.

Drink a lot of water to moisturize from within.

I love the Vitamin E and Tea Tree Oil lotion (Derma-E brand, available on amazon). It is antiseptic and antibacterial which makes it great for dry, itchy areas, bug bites, scrapes and small cuts (like paper cuts). It is also gentle enough to use on my face without causing breakouts.

My father swears by it- his hands are very damaged from years of factory work and harsh conditions and would crack and bleed every winter (even with dishwashing gloves) but not with tea tree oil lotion.

I love a fried green tomato BLT (or would that be BLFGT?).

Try using aioli instead of mayo.

I loved the radiant heat when I lived in Korea although my dorm room at university had regular radiator heat which was noisy and overly hot. My friends' apartments and hotels with radiant heat were quiet and moderately warm, especially comfortable for sitting and sleeping on the floor (on flat cushions, futons or thick blankets).

Radiant heat for the whole house is a little less effective with western beds and sofas as you don't have contact with the floor. And for those transitioning seasons simply use electric space heaters in the room you are in while you are in it until you are ready to turn the floors on.

I think most of the flash frozen, no sodium added vegetables are good for cooked recipes; obviously frozen veggies can't substitute for the fresh ones in salads, with dip, as sandwich toppings etc.

I like frozen for the ease of use since I am usually just cooking for myself (and I am lazy) so I keep the bagged, chopped frozen onions, peppers and stir-fry mixes to be tossed into a pan with scrambled eggs (peppers/onions), pasta sauce (onions), or topping pasta or rice. Edamame makes a great microwaveable snack. Also very good is fried okra, crispy and tasty in olive oil without the prep time.

I have not heard of any vegetable or fruit losing nutritional value being flash frozen, texture and suitable recipes seem to be the main deciding points.

Very nice restoration and improvements. But where does he use the toilet?

Lemon-ginger tea, honey and bourbon . Cures all ills (or at least relaxes you till you forget them).

Pineapple is enough of an irritant to my tongue eating it normally that the thought of eating it with a sore throat is painful.

However, homegrown and really fresh pineapples are very sweet and seem far less acidic. Almost like two different fruits. BTW, pineapples are super easy to grow in the sub-tropics like Florida and SoCal- cut off the top with about a 1/2 inch of the flesh, let dry on a plate for a few days, plant shallowly. We even had a bunch grow that we threw out in the bushes as trash!

I'm for limited government intrusion into private choice in relation to mandates. I'm all for education, promotion, and marketing of green choices, healthy choices etc but individuals should have a right to choose what works best for them. Green can be a trade off; for example, if CFL bulbs give me a headache, than I should be able to use incandescent ones while being conscious to conserve energy by say, running my dryer less or setting my A/C warmer etc.

A similar example using health and government over-regulation is the taxing of beverages containing added sugar (sugar-free sodas not being taxed) to supposedly reduce sugar consumption and thus obesity. I'm allergic to artificial sweeteners so I would get to pay more for a regular soda that won't make me sick. Or more for the gatorade that I drink after the long runs that keep me fit.... but no extra tax to chug down 10 diet sodas that studies show encourage overeating... thanks government.

I would change the backsplash before I touched the cabinets. Painting cabinets is more work (and money) than painting a room and they really need to be sprayed to get a nice coat and of course there is the labor of removing all the doors, removing their hardware etc. White is fairly timeless and those look like they are in good shape.