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The Derby Party 2008

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Next Race: May 3, 2008
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For completeness, as math profs are wont to say, I will put some words down here in the aftermath of the 2007 Run for the Bourbon, also known as the Kentucky Derby Unofficial Booze Up and Ho-down. We have been celebrating the Derby for many years now, with varying degrees of excess played out against a backdrop of colorful people and varying skies. It has been a bit of a tradition, held at the Hill House, with revolving participation from a core group of regulars and a group representing whoever Don is working with in the given year. This year for a number of reasons the party was a subdued affair, and possibly, could mark the end of the tradition as we know it.

The juleps were mixed again, the race was run again, my bean pot was filled again, the hot browns were served again, bets were made again, but the overall effect was subdued, like an echo from parties past bouncing off the cavern of past misdeeds. Life is change, parties ebb and parties flow. We've been threatening for years to take the party on the road to Kentucky, or New Orleans. Maybe that's where 2008 will find us - sipping Bourbon at the Seelbach Hilton in Louisville or contemplating a lap-dance in the French-Quarter.

For completeness, I've started the clock running toward the Derby 2008. Until then, bottom's up!

The Bourbonhours Bar Staff

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