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A SPAN FOR ITS TIME
Louisville’s first autos-only Ohio River bridge was decided upon, designed and built in about three years — and came in under budget.
by Edie Bingham

BEST LAWYERS
245 of Louisville’s Top Attorneys, Chosen by Their Peers.

BREAKING AWAY
It’s hard to remember now the last time you truly took time off. (We all know those holiday excursions to visit relatives aren’t always relaxing.) So how about cashing in some of those piled-up vacation days and pull off a last-minute spring break trip. These four destinations — with lodging, dining and things to do included — should send you in the right direction for a memorable trip.
by Josh Moss

ONE BRIDGE, TWO BRIDGE, OLD BRIDGE, NEW BRIDGE
An examination of the design attributes and drawbacks of Louisville’s two new bridge plans.
by Alan G. Brake

SCHOOL OF FIRST RESORT
As the training ground for approximately one-third of Jefferson County’s attorneys, the University of Louisville’s Brandeis School looms large on the local legal landscape.
by Joe Atkinson

ENDINSIGHT — YOU'VE GOT SNAIL MAIL
Before you know it, the object of your affection will become as charmingly anachronistic as free water, say, or paying for music.

CONFIT TO BE FRIED
“What would the French, who zealously guard their food traditions, think of stuffing their beloved duck confit (a specialty of Gascony, France) into a spring roll?”

INTERMEZZO CAFE
Intermezzo manages to get people to their theater seats and turn out some pretty good bistro fare at the same time.

DINING OUT — ARTEMISIA
France and New Orleans are well represented on the new “contemporary Continental” menu at Artemisia.

THE ACID TEST
A key ingredient in this month’s salad is the artichoke heart. Succulent as they are, artichokes contain cynarin, an acid that tricks your taste buds into tasting flavors that are not actually there.

DINING IN — EARLY-SPRING SALAD
Here’s a vegetarian salad hearty enough for a blustery March day.

DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT: LIZ WILSON
“We don’t copy pictures out of magazines. Every job is original and unique. People usually know what they want if you’re willing to spend the time and ask the right questions.”

HOME AND DESIGN — WINDOW DRESSINGS

NO DOUBLE-PANE, NO GAIN
Now that energy-efficiency is dominating the vocabulary of 21st-century homebuilding and remodeling, it might be time to think about replacing any leaky, outdated windows with utility-bill-lowering substitutes.

HOME AND DESIGN — DESIGN FINDS
Since March is “in like a lion, out like a lamb,” enjoy the gusto while you can.

HOME & DESIGN — CEILING SAVOIR-FAIRE
A good part of this home’s attractiveness can be found at or above the crown molding.

BRONZE METTLE
The bronze statuary of sculptor Raymond Graf is popping up all over town.

IS THERE LIFE AFTER 30?
After three decades of delighting, sobering, challenging and even shocking audiences, Actors Theatre’s Humana Festival of New American Plays eschews complacency, refusing to go gentle into that good night.

SMILLIE'S PICKS
The star in question is Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, who is widely thought of as among the greatest violinists now playing. The fact that she is also immensely glamorous helps, and before anyone jumps up and claims that PR hype and an air of exotic glamour have no part to play in serious music-making, let’s remember that many of the great virtuosi of the past were matinee idols who used looks and charisma to advance their careers.

RHYTHM OF THE RIVERDANCE
The world-renowned Irish step-dancing production Riverdance begins a three-day, five performance run at the Kentucky Center March 9.

CROSSROADS
The main commercial stretch of the Bardstown Road/Baxter Avenue corridor is full of distinctive stores and restaurants, and now it’s being extended down Baxter into the Phoenix Hill and Irish Hill neighborhoods near Rogers and Payne streets, where an intriguing mix of shops caters to your not-so-everyday needs.

UTILITY PLAYERS
If you’re not familiar with the terms “utility computing” and “on-demand computing,” Adam and Hendy Wiebe will happily introduce them to your vocabulary.

GROWING YOUNG
Miriam Klein says she’s a shy person, but you’d never suspect it by the way she bops around and sings to a room filled with toddlers — sometimes she’s so enthusiastic it’s hard to tell her from her small students.

BOB RYAN — USED CAR DEALER
Long gone are the heydays when he palled around with Pee Wee King and Johnny Cash and moved 150 cars a week at his Seventh and York lot, but 81-year-old Bob Ryan’s doing just fine, thank you very much.

EDITOR'S LETTER: ICE-AGER
Hockey attracts a rare breed with its speed, collisions and the potential of injurious contact with several unyielding surfaces — a vulcanized rubber puck, metal goalposts and crossbars, boards and glass, even the ice itself.