The Buzz

The folks at Lexington’s Griffin Gate Marriott Resort & Spa spotted a trend and jumped right on it.
“I think we are the first ones to do this in Lexington,” says J. Malia Reid, the spa operator.
Reid noticed that more Marriott guests were traveling with their dogs so she had an idea: Why not provide massages [...]

Thom Smith, technical director for the Lexington-based Valvoline division of Ashland Inc., recently taped two segments on motor oil for PBS’ MotorWeek at Maryland Public Television.
While he was there, the show’s host, John Davis, let Smith drive a car that was being tested for an upcoming episode.
It was a 2009 Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupe — “drophead” [...]

Politicians are known for wind power, but they have met their match at the Democratic National Convention.
The Pepsi Center in Denver uses two 24-foot Big Ass Fans to keep the temperature the same throughout the arena, the Lexington company says.
The fans were installed two years ago to prevent heated air from rising to the ceiling [...]

Like the old song says, “All the boys will sing and the girls will shout and the ladies they will all turn out” when the No. 66 Hunt Brothers Chevrolet rolls into Paris on Aug. 26 and Frankfort on Aug. 27.
Some will turn out to see a new addition to NASCAR racing while others will [...]

Remember the Mark Twain novel Tom Sawyer?
Remember how Tom got a fence whitewashed by making his friends think whitewashing was fun and they had to try it?
The folks at Maker’s Mark have read the book.
On Sept. 6-7, the bourbon distiller is hosting the first Maker’s Mark On the Rocks! workshop to teach “the ancient craft [...]

The Weaver family of New Castle in Henry County has owned eight Volvos since 1994.
Their vehicles have been in three mishaps over the years and the occupants have always walked away.
“The Weaver family should be on a survival TV show,” Volvo declares in a press release.
The son’s Volvo went off a road and down a [...]

Americans have freedom of speech — and William “Chip” Wood believes in using it.
Wood owns about 50 TireDiscounters stores in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.
About twice a week, he sends faxes to his managers to tell them what messages to put on the double-sided signs in front of his stores, including two in Lexington.
New messages went [...]

You have to wonder if Mad Mushroom Pizza has given full thought to the meaning of “fast” when you see the Mad Mushroom delivery car zipping around town.
The Mad Mushroom order number — 252-FAST — is on the sign on the roof of the car.
Sure “fast” means quick or speedy — as in get-it-to-you-while-it’s-hot — [...]

Commerce Lexington members were in Washington, D.C., recently for briefings on urban issues by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Lots of brochures and other materials were handed out.
On the front of one brochure was a photo of a familiar place: A row of colorfully painted buildings in downtown Danville.
“Don’t know where or how the Chamber picked [...]

Pearse Lyons is an Irishman.
“The Irish are the laziest men in the world,” he told the Kentucky Chamber’s Economic Summit and Annual Meeting on Tuesday.
(You could almost hear someone say, “How lazy are they?”)
“We always marry pregnant women,” he said, without missing a beat.
There was a twitter of laughter that quickly became a roar as [...]