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Day 5: December 24, 2024 Down Town Brown Comment via blog |
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When I pulled up directions to the place I had picked for breakfast, I
learned that it was closed for the day. I somewhat hastily picked a
replacement and it turned out to be a dandy. Named after the owner's five
year old daughter, Josie's opened in 2010 and almost immediately began
collecting awards. I sensed I had made a good choice when I pulled in just
minutes after it opened to see groups of customer walking toward the door.
I bet you agree that the omelet looks too good to hide behind a text link.
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The meeting that got postponed yesterday was with Jay Webb at
Clay's Ferry Overlook. Jay and his wife bought the
overlook a few years ago and have devoted a lot of time and energy to
removing tons of brush and debris from the site and turning it back into a
real overlook. The first picture is of the overlook from across the
Kentucky River and I had to grab one of the 1871 steel bridge as I crossed
it.
Jay showed me around the property while sharing bits of local history including a period when a drug cartel operated in the little house there. I have taken pictures of the old Dixie Highway here in the past but today I was able to stand in the middle of the old road while doing it. The last photo is of what is probably a retaining wall for the road that became the original Dixie Highway alignment. It is east of the house and I didn't even know it was there before today. |
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Then it was off the the historic Brown Hotel in Louisville where I checked into
this room for a two night stay.
Here's the view I used for the daily social media
post.
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After checking in, I took a short walk up 4th Street past the marquee for
the long gone Ohio Theater (1941-1965) to the still very much functioning
Palace
Theater.
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Back at the hotel, I went topside to check out the fabulous views and hope
for a glimpse of the setting sun. No luck on the sun tonight but I
definitely get the idea and I got to play a round of "Where's
Ali?"
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The Brown Hotel is filled with reminders that the Hot Brown was invented
here. There's even one on the desk in my room which you can read
here. So I naturally had to have one for dinner.
That's actually a Petite Hot Brown. Got bigger if you want it.
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