I love farm animals. I have no idea why, as I’ve never lived on a farm; nor do I have any interest in any other type of animal. If there’s a chance to see goats, sheep, or llamas, I’m there. So when our pals, Carlo and Sarah (who loves farm animals even more than I…
fountain films on friday.
Lexington just keeps getting cooler. The Downtown Lexington Corporation started an outdoor movie series, “Fountain Films on Friday”, where they show movies on an inflatable screen in Triangle Park. It’s awesome. We went to the first movie last Friday night. The fountains in Triangle Park were dyed pink (well, they were accidentally dyed a little…
family and strawberries.
Over the weekend, we ventured down to Clarksville to visit my dear parents as an early mother’s day/mom’s birthday celebration. Yes, folks. That does mean that we watched the Kentucky Derby in Tennessee. It was weird. But we ate Derby pie (or should I say “the first Saturday in May pie” because “Derby pie” is…
food, friends, and flicks.
Happy Friday, folks! There’s really nothing better than the sweet freedom of a Friday afternoon. On my drive home from work on this particular Friday, I spotted something odd. Food trucks. In Lexington. I was overcome with excitement. As soon as I walked in the door, I told Eric that we needed to go on…
a bit of winter reading.
People always put a lot of time into summer reading lists. I understand that summer is a time off from school, a time to lay by the pool and read. But I believe a winter reading list is just as important. After all, aside from playing board games and watching TV, what else is there…
date night.
Last night was date night for the Ringers. I think this was the first weekend we haven’t been out of town since early December, so we were pretty excited to get to spend time in Lexington, rather than driving around the state. We’ve recently compiled a list of restaurants to try in Lexington, and Butt…
the campbells visit kentucky.
A few days ago, we were blessed with the opportunity to host one of my very favorite couples in the whole world, the Campbells. Becca and I met while working as camp counselors in Washington way back in 2008. Since then, we’ve kept in touch through extensive facebook messages (thanks, Mark Zuckerberg), phone calls, and…
a very harry potter weekend.
When it comes to Harry Potter, we have this little tradition with two of our best friends at home. Each time a new movie comes out, we have a Harry Potter movie marathon, where we watch all of the previously released movies in a row before going to see the newest one. Obviously, this has…
a very kentucky weekend.
What a weekend! The Kentucky Derby, UK graduation, and Mother’s Day. Wow. We’ll begin with Saturday. Eric and I always try to sleep in on Saturdays. This usually results in us waking up at 7. Woo. So we headed to Magee’s, bright and early, where we ordered the usual from the usual woman, who, as…
a summer saturday.
It’s finals week, which means that nothing exciting can happen in my life until Wednesday at 12:30, when I will turn in my LAST FINAL EXAM EVER. Exciting, but scary. Of course, after 2 weeks of plain old nasty weather, Saturday (the day I planned on hunkering down to study for hours) was a perfect…
a sunday hike.
It’s finally warm! The temperature topped 50 degrees on Sunday, so Eric and I headed out for a hike in Shaker Village (just another stop on our tour of Kentucky). We visited Shaker Village a few months ago and enjoyed the cute little craft stores and freshly baked cookies. We picked up a map of…
the treasures of the peddler’s mall.
This was a weekend full of randomness and laughter, a winning combination, in my book. We started the weekend with the BCM’s Dinner Theater production of “Star Woes.” Dinner Theater is always the most hilarious and wonderful BCM event of the year, and I am thrilled to say it did not disappoint. We have some…
Here’s to Kentucky.
I, Eric, have spent my entire life in Kentucky (minus some pretty great vacations here and there). I even lived in the same house from the time I was born until I got married! Because I’ve lived here for so long I guess it’s been pretty easy to dream of far away places. Going into…
let the travels begin.
Hey folks! We’ve been saving up all of these exciting Kentucky travels to share with you for several months now. If you live in Kentucky, you should visit these places. If you’re planning on traveling to Kentucky, you should visit these places. If you don’t have any plans to ever come near Kentucky, perhaps we…
greetings, friends!
Welcome to the world of the Ringers. I think Eric first had the idea that we should start a blog about our travels around Kentucky. We’re trying to hit up all of the tourist hot spots while we’re conveniently located in the center of the Bluegrass state. Unfortunately, the current frigid temperatures have kept us…