Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Pre-registration now available!


Why pre-register?

Save up to an additional $100 off the early-registration fee, and up to $200 off the regular registration.

Be the first to select sessions when they become available.

Be the first to choose from the pre-conference and optional activities when the become available.

See registration deadlines at https://ucda.com/registration13.lasso

Friday, February 1, 2013

Louisville... the new Portland?

Could it be that the new Portland is in… Kentucky? Louisville has asserted itself as a lively, offbeat cultural mecca on the Ohio River. New Louisville, also known as the East Market District or NuLu, features converted warehouses used as local breweries, antique shops and the city’s coolest restaurants. On Bardstown Rd in the Highlands you’ll find a hipster strip of shops and bars, not to mention many ‘Keep Louisville Weird’ stickers. Bourbon reigns in Louisville. This is the traditional jump-off for the Bourbon Trail; with bourbon’s current wave of popularity, new upstart microdistilleries, including some in and around Louisville like the small-batch Angel’s Envy, are giving the old names in bourbon a run for their money. Try for the first Saturday in May to witness the ‘greatest two minutes in sports,’ the Kentucky Derby.

Read more: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/travel-tips-and-articles/77583#ixzz2Jfb3kHXr