“My two greatest loves were always music and video games,” the 39-year-old says. “I just never thought about putting the two together.”

As groundskeeper of the Peterson-Dumesnil House, Joe Winkie knows his share about flowers. But the chrysanthemums and red peonies he’ll display July 4 have nothing to do with a garden party. Not by a long shot.

Match these Louisville Zoo babies with their traits.

J.K. McKnight doesn’t look like your typical captain. He doesn’t don a sailor’s cap and he’s more likely to discuss environmental activism than wind patterns.

Personally, I’m hoping that this blogging craze becomes something of a journalistic leisure suit, a fashion that brings media down to the masses but in an ultimately short-lived, unsatisfactory way.

Here are the results of our 22nd annual “Best of Louisville” readers poll on the city’s top restaurants, retail stores, personalities and services, along with an even dozen Critics’ Choice picks to help spice up the mix.   

The names of  U of L football stars are familiar - quarterback Brian Brohm and receivers Harry Douglas and Mario Urrutia to name a few. And it's natural than when Louisville football is mentioned thoughts turn to frequent first downs, big plays and plenty of points. But recent history, which has featured sterling careers by defensive linemen Elvis Dumervil and Amobi Okoye (pictured left), suggests the Cardinals’ defense deserves a far bigger share of the spotlight.

The release this spring of Bold Beginnings: An Incomplete Collection of Louisville Punk, 1978-83 brought back a power chord of memories for Louisville Magazine contributor James Nold Jr., who was the lead singer in one of the 10 bands on the CD of original recordings.