divine angst

OK, I’m working on a post about Tahoe, because I think it’s one of the greatest, most beautiful places in the US. But I need some help from some family members, so give me a couple days.

However, in response to Haas’s question about the Derby…

Um, Louisville is a cool city, what little I saw of it. We drove in from NYC, through the night, crashed, awoke, had mint juleps courtesy of our host, and went to the Derby. That was pretty much it.

We got tickets for the infield (I think that’s what it’s called—it’s the green area in the middle of the track). We did place bets, but we were mostly there for the drinking. Hey, we were college students, what can I say? It was like the best outdoor concert or festival you’ve ever been to, but with horses and gambling instead of music. It was a total blast, and I’d recommend it to anyone fond of that kind of thing.

I listed it because the Derby is fun the way we did it, and I’m sure that the Derby is also fun if you pay twice as much to sit in the upper grandstands (or 10x to sit in the front grandstands). But for rowdy, messy, drunken fun, do it cheap. Do with the students.