Monday, June 27, 2011
Dept. of Cool Places to Visit: AP 2011
This is what I did when I wasn't scoring papers:
This is the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, the place where Daisy and Tom Buchanan held their wedding reception in The Great Gatsby. If and when you find yourself in Louisville, you may be lucky enough to get thrown out of the Seelbach's bar for public drunkenness, just like F. Scott Fitzgerald did on many an occasion!
Or you could, perhaps, go to the Louisville Bat Factory and Museum. Yes, they make all of the wooden bats there. It's amazing. Up until the 1980s, they still made all of the bats by hand on a wood lathe using a master and a pair of calipers. A skilled bat maker could create about 20 bats per 8-hour shift. Now they can precision lathe a bat in about 30 seconds. You need to visit this place. Last year, they had an exhibit showcasing original art from a book on the Negro Leagues which included artifacts like Satchel Paige's glove and Josh Gibson's bat. This year, they offered original sketches, studies, and paintings by Norman Rockwell. They also had his bike on display. Best part of the museum? You get a souvenir mini-bat at the end of the tour!
This is the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, the place where Daisy and Tom Buchanan held their wedding reception in The Great Gatsby. If and when you find yourself in Louisville, you may be lucky enough to get thrown out of the Seelbach's bar for public drunkenness, just like F. Scott Fitzgerald did on many an occasion!
Or you could, perhaps, go to the Louisville Bat Factory and Museum. Yes, they make all of the wooden bats there. It's amazing. Up until the 1980s, they still made all of the bats by hand on a wood lathe using a master and a pair of calipers. A skilled bat maker could create about 20 bats per 8-hour shift. Now they can precision lathe a bat in about 30 seconds. You need to visit this place. Last year, they had an exhibit showcasing original art from a book on the Negro Leagues which included artifacts like Satchel Paige's glove and Josh Gibson's bat. This year, they offered original sketches, studies, and paintings by Norman Rockwell. They also had his bike on display. Best part of the museum? You get a souvenir mini-bat at the end of the tour!
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