One Thing I Love About Louisville: Nick Hart of Backseat Sandbar

Backseat Sandbar is a blog about everything music related in Louisville (and they even cover some shows in Lexington and Cinci). Show dates, CD releases, mp3s and photos, band news, they've got it all. The two guys who run it are absolutely passionate about both Louisville and music. Nick Hart is sharing his one thing today and Cory Greenwell will share his tomorrow.

This site is about Consuming Louisville, but the true fact is…Louisville consumes you, and that is what I love most about this city.  It is impossible to describe this phenomenon generally, but here is how it consumes my ideal Saturday:

9:00 a.m.- Breakfast at Lynn’s Paradise Café (Sausage and Eggs with fresh OJ)

11:00 a.m.- Walk off breakfast while shopping down Bardstown Road (starting with Ear x-tacy)

12:30 p.m.- Lunch at the Karma Café (Matter Keema & Lobster Bisque)

2:00 p.m.- Matinee at Baxter Ave. Theatre.

5:00 p.m.- Stop in Unique Thrift shop (usually the Preston location)

7:30 p.m.- Order carry-out from Wick’s on Baxter.

9:00 p.m.- Go to show VHS or BETA show at Headliners (hopefully soon).

12:30 a.m.- After show drinks at Molly’s

Late Night- Café 360 (Breakfast II)

There are so many variations to this day it makes my head hurt just considering them.  I could have done breakfast at Toast, lunch at Omar’s, spent the afternoon in Cherokee Park (summers), dinner at the Pink Door with tea and noodles, then end the night at The Nachbar listening to a local band.  I love having options, and Louisville has plenty.  All the choices consume you, but in a good way.  You don’t fight it.  I didn’t, and I’m enjoying every second in this city.