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MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY (AND MOM)
A 150-year-old National Register home gets a new addition — and two very familiar neighbors.
by Donna Andrews Russell

QUICK-CHANGE ARTISTS
Bringing a tired-looking room back to life needn’t involve replacing all the furnishings or weeks of dodging workmen. These decorating professionals can resurrect that room in much less time with much less expense.
by Donna Andrews Russell

THE CALL OF THE CONDO
With each passing year, more Louisvillians — from senior couples and single retirees to recent empty-nesters and childless 20- and 30-somethings — are buying into the maintenance-free condo lifestyle.
by Teena Hammond Gomez

THE CLAY'S THE THING
Anyone who has ever driven the blades of a posthole digger into the unamended clay soil of Jefferson County knows that our dirt is difficult to work with when it’s wet. Heavy, sticky, highly compacted, almost unturnable — it’s also the bane of a young plant’s root system.
by Jack Welch

END INSIGHT: STAGE-STRUCK
Limelight-hogging developmental phases like teething and puberty make it easy to forget that people continue to move through different stages until the final curtain.

WRAPPED WITH ECCENTRICITY
The decor is decidedly more erratic than the menu, which consists of wraps, sandwiches and salads in the under-$10 category.

NOUVEAU 'NAM
Tradition takes on several new twists in the French-influenced Vietnamese cuisine served at Basa.

CARIBBEAN CATCH
Papaya, avocado and a delectable ginger-honey-soy sauce highlight this recipe for grilled red snapper.

DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT — VICTOR SAHO
“I create rooms that people can live in, not just look at.”

CLOSET CASES
Whether your closet is a huge walk-in or a smaller step-in, the primary key to contentment is organization.

DESIGN FINDS — DYNAMIC DUOS
Astrologically speaking, June is the month of Gemini (the twins), sparking these design objects that are dual-natured and/or two-of-a-kind.

INSPECT THE UNEXPECTED
“We don’t want restaurants making corrections because they know we’re coming. That’s why we surprise them,” says Nethery.

FROM THE 'VILLE TO THE HILL
“I feel like I’m talking to another 36-year-old guy who’s been up here for 11 years,” Byrd said. “But I’m not. I’m talking to, basically, a rookie.”

THE GAMES SENIORS PLAY
The 2007 Senior Olympics will be held at various venues around Louisville from Friday, June 22, to Saturday, July 7.

EASTMAN'S BEST
If you’ve ever doubted the famous Chinese proverb that “a picture is worth a thousand words,” the selected photos from the George Eastman House collection on display June 19-Sept.16 at the Speed Art Museum will put it all in focus.

A TOAST TO TASTING
The group Louisville Uncorked is not your average brown-paper-bag crew — and its potation is not the usual wine one would expect lurking under the wrapper.

NOT TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL
Afternoons at the new Mellwood Avenue home of Mom’s Music are accented by loud riffs escaping from practice studios.

BENNETT KNOX - PARKS MANAGER, JEFFERSON MEMORIAL FOREST
A native of Georgetown, Ky., the 37-year-old parks manager spent childhood afternoons wandering farmland and learning his work ethic from two parents who were civil servants.

EDITOR'S LETTER: TABLE TALK
We’re always pleased when one of our restaurant critics files a favorable review of a Louisville dining destination. But we don’t expect a positive report every time one of our critics picks up a fork and pen.