A laid-back, friendly city that hasn't been overwhelmed by chain stores and restaurants. Ky. A converted 19th-century girls school dining room features Southern cooking classics, just down the street from some of the state's best antique shopping. The Register's travel section has twice been named the nation's best during Warner's six-year tenure. A quasi-military story was responsible for luring Warner to Kentucky, one of only two U.S. states he had yet to visit. Last October, Warner and Register photographer Jebb Harris, a Louisville native and firearms enthusiast, attended the semiannual Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot in Bullitt County, where Warner rented and fired a Thompson submachine gun and a flamethrower.
Orange County is very conservative.
We have a lot of readers who might be genuinely interested in checking out this sort of thing. Whether So-Cal shootists will be equally interested in visiting Louisville remains to be seen. Warner saw Louisville in the flattering light of Indian summer, and from flattering vistas such as the Falls of the Ohio and Cherokee Park. I had no preconceived notions about the town, and I think that helps. Unlike New York or Honolulu, Louisville is a city of mostly subtle charms.