Blue Grass Festival
by davecallahan
This is a huge folk music event with three or four stages where bluegrass music is in constant swing; with discussion groups talking about the growth and future of this music genre; with instructional sessions for the kids (and adults who are kids at heart) where they can learn the basics. There is also a music learning camp where more advanced youngsters can come with there instrument and learn the more difficult parts of bluegrass music.
The festival is the first full week of June and is held normally at the Kentucky Horse Park which has campgrounds and parking facilities for the large crowds that attend.
The four-day event costs $15-$35 per day or $75 for the overall pass.
Camping at the site is another $80 and you must reserve a site months in advance because they fill up fast.
Breakfast at the track
by JREllison about Keeneland Kitchen
The best place for breakfast in Lexington just might be the track kitchen at Keeneland. It is open to the the public seven days a week, 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. Breakfast at the track kitchen is a step into the flavor of the Bluegrass. Horsemen mingle with the general public and track employees actively help non-raceing customers understand the lore of horse racing.
The country breakfast served buffet style. Eggs cooked to order, grits, biscuits, bacon, sausage, potatos, and gravy, and more. Seating for up to 200 in two dining rooms.
The track kitchen is located near the barn area just follow the signs.
TRUMPS II SPORTS BAR &...
by Valhalla11
TRUMPS II SPORTS BAR & GRILL
This is where we hold our (informal) soccer tournament meetings. The food is great, the waitresses are (mostly) fun and beer is not too expensive. Pool, interactive quiz screens and numerous TV's. Fish Sandwich (approx. $5.00)
Keeneland
by DR331
Keeneland is a unique race track that has the best atmosphere of any horse track I've been to. Generally, you get dressed up to go, and you plan to spend your entire afternoon. The paddock area is beautiful, and you have a first hand look at the horses. Very traditional Lexington spot that's lots of fun! Entrace costs about $3 (for standing).
Senator Pope Mansion
by gkitzmil
While in Lexington, KY I visited the restoration of this historic home. It is very much in the restoration process. You cannot see a home, just a shell. In 1810-11, architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe designed for Senator John and Eliza Pope an exceptional suburban villa at Lexington, Kentucky. They mostly used this home for entertaining when visiting Lexington as they lived in Washington, DC.
The Pope Villa is Latrobe's best surviving domestic design. Its plan is unique in American residential architecture: a perfect square, with a domed, circular rotunda in the center of the second story. The most talented designer of the new republic, Latrobe developed an American neoclassical architecture of elegantly austere exteriors which contained interiors rich in variety and event.
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Children of the corn
African-American Physician 1909
A close look at the polyturf track
Sally gives the horse a treat
