My trip to Louisville went just fine. Even better knowing that I have escaped the snows of Upstate NY, at least for now!!

Met some friends and headed out to dinner at the Cardinals Hall of Fame Cafe, because the hotel recommended it and gave us a card for free appetizers. Um. That's the University of Louisville Cardinals, and last night was their biggest football game in, oh, the last forty years or so, against West Virginia.

This meant traffic gridlock, fans on every street corner a-whoopin' and a-hollerin,', and a Hall of Fame cafe packed with crazed, cardinal-red clothed patrons screaming at giant-screen TVs.

We decided to go for the adventure, and actually got quite a pleasant meal fairly quickly. Yum, carmelized salmon! And since we left before the game was over, getting a cab back to the hotel was easy. Although I did have to tell the dispatcher the score when I called.

Today it's off to the races at Churchill Downs, and a visit to the Kentucky Derby Museum. Tomorrow: The Breeder's Cup!!!