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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…

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…

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…

The gray turned to mist turned to drizzle turned to rain as I drove into Elizabethtown. My colleagues mock me for my affection towards Cameron Crowe. None of them share my appreciation of his forthcoming film, “Elizabethtown.” The film (which I previewed with my colleagues in the Paramount screening room two weeks ago) follows Drew…

My pen pal Tina sent me this note from across the pond: “Is it so wrong that your description of a bad day made me smile?” I know my bad day wasn’t the end of the world. It was a comedy of errors, a lose/lose situation. By the time my bedside table collapsed in my…

The alarm goes off. I hit snooze. I hit snooze again. I hit snooze a third time. I slide out of bed slowly, creeped out from dreams I don’t remember. My back aches in a new place, way down low at the base of my spine. I do my Masters and Cobras. Still hurts. I…