The Magic Hallmark House has outdone itself this Halloween season, and that’s not easy to do. Brian Kemp and his husband Mark Romanowski-Kemp put together an astonishing display that celebrates Home! Hollywood! and Halloween! With painstaking detail, they turned their corner into an MGM lot with their ode to the Wizard of Oz. "Mark came [...]
I have considered the house on the corner of Frances and Drew magical ever since my classmate Max lived there with his 17 brothers and sisters, his mother Marie, a professional softball player who pitched in the 1942 World Series Women’s Softball tournament and his dad Carl, who worked for the FBI under J. Edgar [...]
We're going to make our way through this pandemic one day at a time. It's a little overwhelming to think beyond that. So, we move forward one friendly wave at a time. One charming sidewalk chalk message at a time. One family group chat at a time. One deep breath at a time. One kind [...]
Our friend Tim grew up 20 miles from Churchill Downs and has been a certified Kentucky Colonel since he was 16-years old. As you might imagine, the man pours a mean mint julep and knows his way around a race card. For the past 22 years, he and his wife Janice have hosted the greatest [...]
We harvested a bumper crop of buns last week, thanks to a miscalculation of party supplies. They rose in an intimidating mass following a neighborhood celebration of our friend Doug's 92nd birthday. I eyed them skeptically as I tidied the kitchen following the successful cookout. "What just happened?" I asked. "I ordered just enough buns [...]