The last week of October I had the opportunity to go to Louisville, Kentucky with the Ke Alaka'i (the campus newspaper I work at) for a conference. The conference consist of classes held by professionals on how to grow even more in our areas of our job. I went to some really good classes and learned a lot more about writing, editing, photography, and getting a job. The conference also has a job fair where you can drop of resumes for internships and if they are interested, will interview you right there. I got an interview with an upcoming TV show called Pedal America that will air next summer on PBS. They need more people to write scripts, do research and host the show. I won't know until about April if I got the internship but it was a great opportunity to have the experience of the interview. The job sounds like a blast and right down my ally of interest. The show features different cities across the United States and focuses on biking in those areas. It's all about getting down your old bike, exercising, nutrition and having fun!
Here we are all ready for conference in our work attire!
After conference each morning we would go out and explore Louisville. One day we went to Churchhill Downs where the Kentucky Derby is held each year. It actually really neat to see!
There's a funny story behind this picture. In the museum there was a horse simulator and it instructed you to stand up when you rode like the jockeys. I was having trouble steering the horse so Amanda and Valerie told me I had to bounce with it. Little did I know you really didn't have to and little did I know they were recording it! If I ever see that video posted anywhere they are dead meat!!
Oh how we loved these beautiful derby hats! Too bad mine was $150!
Another fun thing we did was go out to dinner for Sister L's birthday at Lynn's Paradise Cafe. This cafe is the cutest little southern place! It has an array of decorations all thrown together in one little restaurant and actually looks really cute! For example, every year at the fair they have an ugly lamp contest and all of the ugly lamps go to this restaurant.
It's hard to see but in the tree in the middle of the cafe there is a kite, upside down lamp, fish, christmas lights and much more!
Valerie, Amanda, and I all enjoyed going to an antique shop called Joe Ley Antiques. It is a four story building full of everything antique-ish imaginable! We were in there for over 2 hours and still hadn't seen everything. They had everything from old jewelry, teapots, and home decor to LIFE magazine from the 30s, chandeliers, mirrors and china. I actually saw a china set that my great grandma had and now my aunt has. I will definitely be going back here when I decorate my future home!
One of my favorite things we did was rent bikes and rode around the city and across the bridge to Indiana. It was so fun to see the city on bike and was right in tune with the interview I had that same morning! To my surprise, I loved the city of Louisville. It had that nice southern feel!
(One of my interview questions was if i wore a helmet and I couldn't lie and say yes so I made sure to get this big red one for our adventure that afternoon!)
It was nice to be away and do something out of the usual routine but it was so fun to come home to Tony, and to my surprise, a beautifully clean house!
