As a Louisvillian, it is a little disappointing to type "mint julep" in a text message and not be greeted with a cute little mint julep emoji in the autocorrect line. Sure, we have bourbon 🥃 and horse racing 🐎...but if you combine the two on the first Saturday of May, you get....

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Like many people, my thirties have been a journey of embracing things I rejected in my youth: living in the suburbs, driving a van, wearing cargo shorts. The motivations on this journey are a mixed bag. I grudgingly settled on a Honda Odyssey because my life would be impossible without a car...

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I love coffee. Coffee and I have been through a lot together. Coffee is always there, meeting my need for a warm, tasty beverage. Is there anything coffee can’t do?

Well...Yes. Because as much as I love coffee, sometimes I’m in the mood for sweet, crisp, refreshing soda. Soda has been there for me long before I knew coffee.  Soda has been at every childhood (and adulthood) birthday party. Soda has been there for every ill-judged late-night McDonalds visit. Soda is the shoulder-devil to coffee’s shoulder-angel.

What if I could combine coffee and soda into a morally neutral shoulder-being? Would I become unstoppable? Possibly.  

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