I'm really not a sunglasses guy. Certainly not an expensive sunglasses guy. But when I was contacted by Oakley to test out their new shades at their store in the Mall on Shelbyville Road, I was all eyes.
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An Endorsement: Oakleys
An Endorsement: New Bowling Shoes
New shoes make all the difference in bowling
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Listen to Rusty – Don’t Buy Gift Cards, the Kingdom is Coming, and Singing in West Louisville
Listen in this week as Rusty Satellite is on the road meeting two more of the most interesting people in the ‘Ville — first stop is Ed Hart’s office in the Highlands, where we learn all about the new and improved Kentucky Kingdom that opens for business in the spring. Hart talks about the...
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Rolling with Rusty and Friends
If you haven’t listened, here are links to the last two Rusty Satellite Shows. David Jones Jr. and Smith Haynie Mark Carter and Emily Gimmel
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David Jones Jr. Takes Breakfast Crowd to School
David Jones Jr. began his talk at the Breakfast of Champions event by harkening back to his first job -- as a schoolteacher in China. From there he proceeded to inform an audience of about 60 at the University Club about the crisis that is our education system and the urgent need for change.
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The Great Halloween Debacle of 2013; Rusty’s in Old Louisville with Mike Berry and Larry Muhammad
The date of Halloween is Oct. 31. On that date, children dress up in costumes, knock on the doors of their neighbors, yell 'Trick or Treat" and merrily collect bags of candy. Now when I was dressing up as a pirate in the South End, our biggest fear was that some sicko would insert...
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Listen Up — Eric Crawford in Studio, Tyler Allen in Transit with Rusty
If you haven't driven around downtown lately, I recommend you call up Tyler Allen and let him whip you through the bridge construction debris and listen in as he tells you about all the mistakes made along the way, how Jerry Abramson insulted him and how he really believed the city would adopt the...
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Better to Talk Bats and Bourbon
This week’s Rusty Satellite Show gave me a chance to visit the Derby Museum for a mid-afernoon bourbon tasting. Fred Minnick definitely knows his whiskey, and it got him a cool new job over there as “bourbon Authority.” The Derby Museum, attempting to capitalize on the popularity of bourbon, has created a special room...
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Paradis on Worm Poop; Bar Belle Drinks it up on Rusty 16
This week Rusty ventured into NuLu to talk local foods and farms with Steve Paradis, and had a cold one with LEO Weekly’s Sara Havens, who brought good news about the LEO Reader’s Choice Awards. And I have things to say about the U of L Lacrosse coach, the state’s handshake rules for high...
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Ideas Flourish at Festival, and Rusty’s Talking About It
It's Saturday, and I'm all set to go to the final semi-official event of the just-concluded Idea Festival. That would be the NuLu Festival, the fast-growing party on Market Street. From 6-8, I'll be at the Insider Louisville booth by their HQ. The rest of the time, I'll be hanging out near my...
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