Archive for September 19, 2005
Long Ride Home
Kentucky straight bourbon is not to be trifled with. And yet, here I am, trifling. 15-year-old, 107 proof Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve is aged in “deep-charred heavy oak” barrels in Frankfurt, Kentucky. It is “untouched by human hands.” It is “unhurried by time.” And it is caustic stuff. Joseph and I sprinted to the…
Read MoreOrlando Bloom Breaks Hearts As ‘Elizabethtown’ Storms The South
NASHVILLE — Hollywood hit the heartland over the weekend, and everywhere it went, heartbreak wasn’t far behind. Orlando Bloom and director Cameron Crowe barnstormed the South in support of their forthcoming film, “Elizabethtown.” Crowe and Music City luminaries like LeAnn Rimes, Wynonna Judd and Clint Black crowded the red carpet in Franklin, Tennessee, on Sunday…
Read MoreIf It Wasn’t This It’d Be Something Else
It caught my eye as I walked out of the “Elizabethtown” premiere at the Franklin Theater (Fourth & Main, Franklin, TN): the full, harvest moon. It was was hung low and hazy, and burnt red like some Hollywood set piece. I wish I could tell you more. But my fingers are numb, my eyes are…
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