herPaducah: A Paducah Summer List for Adults
Summer fun in Paducah!
Welcome to the first installment of herPaducah!
If you read bluegrass redhead, you know Paducah is having a MOMENT (and you've entered yourself in the #PaducahProud giveaway!). Here at herKentucky we decided that Paducah was having SUCH a moment we wanted to create a special section where we can explore all this little river town has to offer.
Summer is a perfect time of year to go exploring so we're going to kick things off with a summer list for ADULTS. We've made a list with lots for little ones. Inspired by You Are My Fave's "How to summer" categories, this list is for the big kid inside us all. Click here to download a copy!
GO
- To the Paducah Farmers' Market and stock up on homegrown food, handmade crafts, and pickled everything.
- On a tour and stop for a tasting at the Purple Toad Winery.
- Hear music at the river, MAC, the Coke Plant ... you've got options.
MAKE
- Something new during an Ephemera workshop.
- Something inspired at MAKE.
- A new goal, a new business, a new dream at SHARE.
DO
- Bike the Greenway Trail.
- Take your taste buds on a tour of the Coke Plant with Turkish Coffee from Piper's Tea and Coffee and/or a flight of beer from Dry Ground Brewing Company.
- Try Stand Up Paddleboarding on Kentucky Lake.
EAT
- The pasta carbonara at Italian Grill on Broadway... you can eat anything there but start with the pasta carbonara. Just trust us.
- Anything from The Freight House - the restaurant doesn't open until August but don't miss the pop ups!
- At Happy Chili's Parlor. Rib tips. Brisket. Fried Chicken. You won't go wrong.
My Kentucky: Paducah & Beyond
My Kentucky is the land of my ancestors - generations of people who have inhabited the same hills and streams and towns I call home.
My Kentucky is the place of my birth. It is my roots. It is my past. It is the start of my story.
My Kentucky is the centerpiece of my childhood where every 4th of July was spent on Kentucky Lake and every Christmas downtown at my great-grandmother's house on Jefferson Street.
My Kentucky is the place I couldn't wait to escape from as a teenager when every familiar place and friendly face seemed like a prison.
My Kentucky offered up a new life to me in college, when I drove east along the Western Kentucky Parkway singing Wide Open Spaces at the top of my lungs.
My Kentucky was independence and "big" city living in Lexington as I crossed North Broadway a thousand times and learned who I was during my time at Transy.
My Kentucky wasn't home for five years. Five years spent defending her to anyone who dare insult her good name.
My Kentucky waited patiently for me to return - secretly knowing all along that the only thing my children could or would ever be were Kentuckians.
My Kentucky has opened up a whole new life for me. A life I never dreamed possible.
My Kentucky is the promised land - rolling hills of green and dirt roads and wide open sky that fills you up and make you whole.
My Kentucky is one of the great loves of my life. There always. Supporting me. Loving me. Inspiring me.