Louisville Cemetery and a bit of Bardstown

Yeah, things got really busy there really fast.  There's a lot happening at the moment but I finally found some time to put up another blog post.  

Our third day in Louisville was a bit more low key considering we had a late night the previous evening.  We awoke to breakfast prepared by our hosts - pancakes, the fancy kind, sausage, also the fancy kind, fruits, orange juice, and coffee for Rebecca.  It was delicious and again we weren't quite sure what we were going to do.  There was talk of possibly going to the cemetery as a few people had recommend the historical significance of the sight.  

So, we decided to check it out.  Unfortunately, I was a bit unprepared as we stopped by the Colonel's gravesite.  Had I had the foresight, I would have taken a leg or thigh and rest it upon his tombstone.  Next time... next time.  There were also some other very unique and interesting tombstones as well as an old Civil War plot.  If you are a history geek such as myself I'd recommend swinging by for an hour or two.  Plus, you drive most of it.  

After that we made our way to Bardstown road.  We'd been hearing a lot of great things about Bardstown from several people and finally got a chance to check it out, albeit briefly.  We stopped in a coffee shop, Quill or Quills, (remember, Rebecca likes her coffee) and ended up playing a quick game of Monopoly Scrabble.  The only Monopoly part of it was the pieces.  I was the battleship, she, if I remember correctly, the boot.  We had fun and she kicked my Scrabble ass.  We then walked around for a bit, took some fun photos, and found ourselves in a pizza joint.  We spotted pizza in the window at Wick's Pizza as we began our walk and decided to see what other options were available.  However, I think we had both set our minds on pizza.  Sadly, as is often the case, it looked much more appealing than it actually was, for both of us.  I wonder if it's just one of those childhood connections?  Oh well, here are some photos...

(First interesting tombstone we came across...)

(The man who built an empire from fried chicken - Col. Harland Sanders)

(A close up)

(Can't quite remember who this man was but I did like the interactive nature of his burial plot)

(Although his hand was a bit too high to shake - someone messed up on that one; however, he's dead so I doubt he really minds...)

(2 sisters - They had lots of money for some reason or another - go figure)

(This one was sad - just a little one by a tree)

(Loved the concept - family tree. logs and all)

(Sheep - another child site)

(The Louisville Order of the Elks)

(Since Rebecca loves puns so much I found it quite fitting that my tiles somehow were able to form this word combination.  And no, I did not pick these tiles out, the universe gave them to me...)

(Battleship is in place waiting to fire away...)

(A hanging plant as we began our walk)

(Passed a bike shop on our way to nowhere)

(Entrance to the bike shop and they even had these kinds of bikes in stock - SWEET)

(Gotta love a place that has 'Burritos as Big as Your Head!')

(Sherwin Williams, far and away, has the most eco-friendly slogan I've seen in a while)

(Fun little door we passed just off the main street.  Thinking about it now, we should have tried to go through it but we didn't...)

(Detail at the top of the door)

 (Wick's Pizza Parlor)

(Entrance to the cemetery as we passed at night on our way back home)

Another Thursday Adventure...

Had another fun adventure this past Thursday.  No big hike or trip to Banff, instead we had a bit of fun around Calgary.  Started off the morning at oeb or Over Easy Breakfast.  Shereen kept telling me about the breakfast poutine there.  So, we had to try it.  She got a veggie poutine, with an egg, tomatoes, avocado, perhaps some green peppers, cheese curds of course, and the gravy was substituted with hollandaise sauce, all over seasoned potato wedges.  I got mine with bacon or lardons are they called it, eggs, hollandaise sauce, all over wedges.  Quite tasty and rather filling.  Enjoyed it with a Cesar, Calgary's 'native' alcoholic drink.

Next, since we were out and about, stopped by Hair Haven and got a cut from Lyn.  Friendly older woman who enjoyed chit chatting.  Told me she was from Thunder Bay and spent a year living in New Zeland before settling down in Calgary. The haircut was average, to say the least, but I was quite content seeing as how I've been needing one for a bit.  At one point I was a bit distraught for the simple fact I couldn't just go get a hair cut.  So, I am happy I don't have to worry about that for another few weeks.

Ended up at Stumptown, a Portland-esque coffee shop after that.  There was a 'cardboard' buffalo head.  After that, we headed to deVille Cafe and Wine Bar out towards Bridgeland.  I did a bit of writing while Shereen did a bit of studying.  I got a chocolate coffee while she had a green chai tea of sorts.  After that, we walked down to Bridgeland Market and Tazza, a middle eastern deli.  She ended up getting a pita of sorts while I was still full from breakfast.  This was around 5 in the evening.  A fun filled day with lots of adventure.  Here are a few of the photos!

(oeb Menu)

 (For a Thursday at 10 am, the place was packed.  We had to wait about 10 minutes for a table.  Nice little set up with the chalk board over head.)

 (Our neighbor was kind of enough to let us take a shot of her food - looked delicious)

(Perhaps the weakest Cesar I've had since arriving in Calgary.  No asparagus, no celery, no beef stick, nothing to really spice it up...  For those of you who don't know what a Cesar is, it's vodka, clamato, hot sauce, and worcestershire sauce.  Like I've said before, the Cesar is Calgary's claim to fame, at least in terms of mixed drinks.)  

 (Breakfast time after a little crossword action)

(It came out in what I consider a take out box.  You can see the egg and hollandaise sauce, as well as a few bacon bits and perhaps a cheese curd or two and maybe even a potatoe wedge.  It's pretty hard to mess up fries, eggs, and bacon for breakfast and this was a hearty meal.)

(It actually says - OVEREASY)

 (Time for a hair cut - you'll see what it looks like later)

(Stumptown Coffee Shop)

 (They also had a record store)

 ('Flight of the Conchords' album)

(Cardboard buffalo head a Stumptown - they sell their own coffee as well)

 (Trying to figure out what to order)

(Time for some writing - notice the new haircut)

 (Green tea of sorts and chocolate coffee)

(Shot of deVille Coffee and Wine bar)

(Here's what part of the shop looks like)

 (Bridgeland Market)

(Ok, not sure why I took photos inside the market.  It wasn't a sweet floating market like in Vietnam or an awesome street market like in Korea or Thailand.  Not sure what I was thinking... but I did it anyway.)

 (Black and white shot)

(Again, not sure what's so great about it, but Shereen seems to love it)

(A nice little quote and painting based on the teachings of Bob Ross - There are no mistakes, only happy accidents.)

(Entrance to Tazza, the Middle Eastern Deli)

(A lot of the food looked great)

 (I'm hoping to get back at some point for a falafel sandwich)

 (Again, looked yummy)

 (A shot of the menu, although not the best - Menu at Tazza)

 (There was a little dining room in the deli as well as some seats on the porch.  Thinking about it now sure makes me hungry for a cheese steak...)

(Shereen grabbed a pita or sorts, can't remember what kind.  Anyway, she wasn't overly impressed... I still want to try a falafel sandwich.)

(This is just a random shot of the moon the other night - it looked huge)