Archive for the 'Modern life' Category
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Picture this: A stately dining room with a massive table loaded with food and surrounded by family members who are chatting and dining. A young lady lefts her left hand to display an engagement ring — and the room falls silent.
“He went to Kroger’s,” someone says.
“Kroger’s?” the crowd shouts.
That’s right, Kroger’s — or more precisely, [...]
Categories: Marketing, Modern life, New services
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
They looked like respectable young professionals — well-dressed, well-groomed, educated, honest.
“Never in a million years would I have thought they were scammers,” says Anna Marletta, general manager of Bellini’s on Main Street in Lexington.
The two men came into the restaurant one evening recently, had a couple of beers and paid with American Express gift cards.
They [...]
Categories: Economy, Family businesses, Hospitality, Modern life, Small business
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
J. Robert Owens says it’s “kind of a wintertime hobby. I play golf in the summer.”
He wasn’t referring to skiing or coin collecting.
Owens, who is known to friends as “Bobby” and to many other people as the new chairman of the Blue Grass Airport board, rebuilds historic warplanes.
Hundreds of his fellow members of the Rotary [...]
Categories: Aviation, Historic preservation, Modern life
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Got a letter from my bank the other day.
It said I had written a check that bounced, but my bank’s overdraft-protection program had covered it.
The amount was $800,085.
My brain swelled as I tried to figure how long it would take to repay this debt on a journalist’s wages.
I stopped counting at about 40 years when [...]
Categories: Banking, Modern life
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
It’s a dream come true, especially for college students.
Think about it: Hot cookies and brownies, and cold milk delivered to your door or dorm in the evening or early morning.
Insomnia Cookies has arrived in Lexington and anyone within a three-mile radius of the University of Kentucky can have this dream come true by making a [...]
Categories: Hospitality, Modern life, New services, Small business, University of Kentucky
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
The next time your alarm clock goes off and you feel like you can’t face another work day, think of Nancy Larkin.
The Glasgow resident is 83 years old and still working as a Holter heart monitor and pacemaker technician for Cardiology Associates of Southern Kentucky. She also runs a pacemaker clinic.
Larkin received her medical certification [...]
Categories: Modern life, Nonprofit groups, People
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
There’s just so much good stuff going on in some people’s lives that they can’t keep up with it all.
LoriAnn Lowery is one of those lucky folks.
Lowery was named president of Lloyd’s America in April after a 20-year career in insurance.
She told the company’s Kentucky agents last week at Keeneland that she is a sixth-generation [...]
Categories: Careers, Football, Modern life, People
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
What goes around, comes around — at least for FAO Schwarz.
The legendary New York toy merchant is returning to Lexington in 2009 as a department at Macy’s in Fayette Mall.
It’s all part of a plan to open 685 FAO Schwarz “stores” in Macy’s department stores nationwide by the end of 2009.
A new FAO Schwarz opened [...]
Categories: Marketing, Modern life
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Ever heard of re-wear?
Re-wear occurs, says Procter & Gamble, when someone pulls clothing out of the hamper or off the floor and wears the item for a second time without washing it.
Apparently the high school and college age groups are big practitioners of re-wear so P&G has come up with a line of products, called [...]
Categories: Marketing, Modern life, New products
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
You know how it goes. You’re on a business trip. Your laundry starts piling up. You stuff it in one of those hotel laundry bags and drop it in the hall outside your room. A day or two later, your clothing comes back cleaned and pressed.
The one thing you usually don’t do is to check [...]
Categories: Horses, International trade, Modern life, Small business, World Equestrian Games
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