Get Yer Boo On!

Just a reminder that we've got a great Halloween Entertainment Guide on iList Paducah, so if you're looking to get your Boo on, look no further than right here.

I've mentioned Market Square Massacre here in particular a few days ago because that cutie Tony Foo Yong is putting it together at both Tribeca and Toucan's, which are located just down the block from one another on Market House Square. One small $5 cover charge gets you into both, with great drink specials. $1 drafts, giveaways and great music! It starts at 9 p.m., Friday, Oct. 31.

And there's tons of other great parties, too, at Fat Moe's, Jeremiah's, DV8, the KC Hall, etc. So dress up and head out! Happy Halloween!

iList Paducah Welcomes...

...the excellent law firm of Denton & Kueler as our newest sponsor! The firm, founded in 1979, is among the very best in Paducah, specializing in maritime, adoptions, banking, civil rights, litigation in all courts, M&A, real estate and tons of other practice areas.

And look how cute they are:


(seated) Lisa Emmons, David Denton, Tom Keuler, Stacey Blankenship and Bill Pinkston. (standing) Doug Moore, Sam Wright, Melissa Yates, David Kelly, Ted Hutchins, Glenn Denton, Neal Oliphant, Rob Goff.

Stacey Blankenship, by the way, was just named BPW's Woman of Achievement. The firm, itself, won the Business Equity Award.

Congratulations, Denton & Keuler, and welcome aboard!

New Banner Ad

We added a new banner ad to iList Paducah the other day. It's for our friends at West Kentucky Community and Technical College, promoting spring registration. We're so lucky to have WKCTC in Paducah. There's all sorts of fab classes — art, or course, communications, economics, humanities, philosophy, etc... So have a look through the cool subject search tool — you might be surprised by what all WKCTC offers!

And Yet More Sex Pix!

I just posted a few of my Sex, Sushi & the City pix to our iList Paducah Flickr page — have a look-see! Way too cute.

We're showing Steel Magnolias at Maiden Alley for our next Chick Flicks Series film on Tuesday, Nov. 18. We're working on the details now, so stay tuned!

The Great Gumbo Cook-Off!

The votes are in! The best seafood and non-seafood gumbo belong to none other than Louie Kirchhoff.

That's according to the sell-out crowd that gathered in Max's Courtyard this past Sunday afternoon. About 150 people sampled gumbos from Kirchhoff's, Max's and Doe's. Samples A, B and C were non-seafood gumbos; samples X, Y and Z were seafood. All were tasty, no doubt about it. But the reigning champ in both categories was Louie. Congrats to Louie, Laura Duff, Richard, Baker and the rest of the team!

Here's the recipe for Louie Kirchhoff's Southern Seafood Gumbo:


1 cup of vegetable oil
1 ½ cup of flour
Make a roux with fat and flour in a cast iron skillet over medium heat. Stir continuously until it is dark as an old penny. This will take 25-45 minutes — or, Louie says, about the time it takes to drink two Budweisers.


2 green peppers
1 small stalk of celery
2 large onions
Chop vegetables fine. Add them to the finished roux. Stir them every 2-3 minutes for 30 minutes.


1 pound okra
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
In another skillet add 1 tablespoon of oil over medium heat. Fry the slime out of the okra for 15-20 minutes.



4-5 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 tablespoon rosemary, chopped
1 tablespoon thyme
Add okra and spice to the roux mixture and cook an additional 30 minutes over low to medium heat stirring every 2-3 minutes. The depth of flavor is developed by cooking the roux mixture for a total of one hour. At this point, the roux mixture can be stored in the fridge for one week or frozen for six months.


3-3 ½ pounds whole chicken
Boil chicken in 2 ½ quarts of water for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Save 2 quarts of the chicken broth. Debone and skin the chicken. Pull or chop the meat into bite-sized pieces.


1 ½ pounds smoked andouille sausage
1 pound ham
2 fresh tomatoes
½ cup ketchup
¼ cup Worcestershire
3 Bay Leaves
Cut ham and sausage into bite-sized pieces. Chop tomatoes into small pieces


Shrimp shells or ½ pound shrimp
1 tablespoon Shrimp/Crab Boil

Or
2 quarts of clam juice
1 tablespoon Shrimp/Crab Boil

For shrimp stock, add to 2 ½ quarts of water with 1 tablespoon Shrimp boil. Cook on low for 30 minutes. Strain and save 2 quarts of stock.

2 Quart Chicken Stock
2 Quart of the previous Shrimp stock (above)

In a 6-8 quart pot, bring stock to a rapid boil. Add roux mixture 1/3 cup at a time, whisking thoroughly to incorporate.

Add all items, reduce heat to simmer and cook for 2 ½ hours with the lid off, stirring every 15 minutes.


4 pounds uncooked shrimp
1 pound crab meat
3 pints of oysters

Add all seafood 15 minutes before serving. Simmer for the last 15 minutes. Add 1 tablespoon of brown sugar and 1 ½ tablespoons of filé powder right before serving.

Pour gumbo of rice, infuse with a little Louie love and serve!

Get On Up, Off the Floor!

You'll be Dancin' in the Seats to cutie Scott Conklin at Saturday's Paducah Symphony. Call 444.0065 for tix!

More Sex Pix

Gorgeous photos keep coming in from last week's Sex, Sushi and the City parties! These are from WKCTC photography student Keith Ford.


Aren't they beautiful? That's Ashley Wright, above. She was Charlotte in our fashion show.


View all 300 of Keith's pix on his Flickr page!


Keith, by the way, is 39, single, semi-retired (oh, love the sound of that!) and a full-time second year student at WKCTC. That's him, above. He's in the honors society and the 2007 recipient of the Allan Rhodes Sr. History Scholarship.

Keith's been a hobby photographer for 25 years, but I suspect photographing hundreds of women at the Sex, Sushi and the City parties has been his favorite assignment so far. Just guessing.

Thanks, Keith! And thanks, too, to Glenn Hall. His Flickr page is here.

New Jobs Coming to Paducah!

Rock on, AEP River Operations! This barge transportation company has chosen Paducah for a new downtown office, employing 75 people. Congratulations to Mayor Paxton and team for continuing to attract more business to Paducah!

Lock 'Em Up!

Rock on, Laqueta Perry! Laqueta did a front-page Sun story today about the nine artists (including iList Paducah's Nikki May) and writers who "locked" themselves in A.I.R. Studios in LowerTown over the weekend to do nothing but create art. Read Laqueta's fun story here. We're doing one for iList Paducah, too, which we'll post Wednesday.

Get Your Shop On and Help Merryman House!

One Cover, Two Parties!

We posted a Halloween Entertainment Guide on iList Paducah last week, so, no doubt about it, there are TONS of fun things to do this week whether you're the costume kind or not.

But THIS party in particular is gonna be awesome. It's called Market Square Massacre because it takes place at both Tribeca and Toucan's, which are located just down the block from one another on Market House Square. One small $5 cover charge gets you into both, with great drink specials. $1 drafts, giveaways and great music! It starts at 9 p.m., Friday, Oct. 31.


Tony Foo Yong will play his fun disco, funk, house and breaks, Purvis plays tech house, Reiek Havoc's got the funky deep house covered, cutie G.I.J. plays base heavy electro and Pete Pan's rounds it out with downtempo chillout beats. It's all part of the Cosmic Vibe Alliance, so check it out and get your BOO on!

So This Is Corn Hole?

I have to admit, the game of Corn Hole would have a completely different connotation in San Francisco. But here in my new home of Paducah? It's a bean bag toss, often played at parties — that's cute, cute, cute Corn Hole pro Jessica Byassee at the 20/30 Group Boo Bash last night — and often involving refreshments.


Why Corn Hole? Cuz often the bags are filled with corn. Or beans. But Bean Hole just doesn't sound quite right, does it?


Anyway, last night was big fun with DJ Urban Kobbb and Tony Foo Yong bringin' down the beats...


Folks dancin'...


And fun costumes, including gorgeous Sarah (LOVE HER!) Bynum as Mad Men's Betty Draper — too cute! Me? I was the Runaway Bride, complete with running shoes, a United Way running bib and medal.

The best part: walking into Pizza by the Pound beforehand in my wedding dress. Something tells me I wasn't the first.

Get Loose at the Moose, Tonight!

So the fabulous 20/30 Group is gathering tonight at the Moose Lodge, 9 p.m., for costumes, corn holing and bustin' up the dance floor to the tunes of DJ Urban Kobbb and Tony Foo Yong. I don't know how long I'll last, but I'll be there, in costume.


Hope you'll come, too! $5 at the door, but if you're a Moose regular, you know the beers are totally cheap.

Today at Toucan's!

Visit with iList Paducah sponsor and City Commission candidate Carol Gault, 2-4 p.m., today at Toucan's (also an iList Paducah sponsor!)!

Oktoberfest at Roof Brothers!

Here's a little shout-out for iList Paducah sponsor and SATC official Cosmos purveyor Roof Brothers Wine & Spirits. They're holding their huge Oktoberfest celebration Saturday, Oct. 25, starting at 1 p.m., with all sorts of great beer and wine tastings, brats and free T-shirts until they run out! So head over and get your Oktober on!

So Where Are All the SATC Pix?

The really beautiful ones are by fab photographer Glenn Hall. You'll find this one...


...this one and way more on his Flickr page.

Visit Glenn's Web site for more beautiful photography and hire him for your next photo shoot, 210.3167! He's DARLING!

Our Shadow Day

Students from the Carlisle County High School Gifted and Talented Program shadowed various Paducah folks yesterday, and I was lucky enough to have the lovely Kendra Hays, senior, spend a few hours with me. She's absolutely darling, and I'm always excited to hear about kids interested in studying journalism, which she plans to do at UK, after two years at WKCTC.


You know, we've always got some hot scoop up around here at iList Paducah — including the news that Dippin' Dots has a fabulous new storefront just across the way from the old one at Kentucky Oaks Mall. Kendra and I deployed ourselves over there for a little visit with Corporate Communications Director Terry Reeves — that's them, above.


The new spot is hot, no doubt about it, with all sort of new treats like Dippin' Dots ice cream, shakes, floats and, as you can see above, sundaes with real Ghirardelli chocolate and all sorts of other flavors which we, as investigative reporters, felt necessary to sample! Look for our feature story next week on iList Paducah. In the meantime, stop by the new Dippin' Dots and try a few new things! (I was totally diggin' the Solar Freeze.)


We then visited with hunky Paul Bilak, founder of Project AIDS Orphan. He and his team are planning several events to recognize the Dec. 1 World AIDS Day, including a One World Run set for 9 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 22, in Noble Park. iList Paducah is a sponsor of the run, and word on the trail is that DJ Urban Kobbb will deejay AND run the race at the same time. Go here for more details, and we'll post a story on iList Paducah soon.


Next it was on to the Paducah River City BPW Awards Lunch, catered by iList Paducah sponsor The Pasta House — way fun. Congratulations to Denton & Kueler, which received this year's Business Equity Award. Founded in 1979, the Paducah law firm employs 14 attorneys and a support staff of more than 20 people. More than 60 percent are women. And founder David Denton (far right) is really about as cute as he can be.


And special congratulations to Stacey Blankenship! Stacey received the Woman of Achievement award. Stacey is an attorney/partner with Denton & Keuler.She has a bachelor of science degree — cum laude — from Murray State, and her JD — also cum laude — from SIU. Besides being gorgeous, Stacey is a member of all sorts of legal organizations and was honored recently as a Life Fellow by the Kentucky State Bar Foundation for "Outstanding Commitment to Public Service and Improvement of the Legal Profession." Rock on, Stacey! And thank you, Kim Hunt, for the BPW photos.

Whew, you'd think after that very busy morning that we'd be ready for cocktail hour. But alas, it was only 1 p.m. And alas and alack, Kendra is not yet 21, as evidenced from the photo in the previous post where she makes me look half dead. So we did the next best thing...


...shopping with Laura K! Actually, we weren't shopping. We were, again, entrenched in our investigative journalism.

Laura is working on an iList Paducah story to promote the Paducah Symphony's Little Black Dress Ball, set for Saturday, November 15, at the Country Club of Paducah. We're going to do a fun feature on different ways to wear a LBD, so stay tuned for that. Laura is here at Lela's Boutique looking at the same dress our "Charlotte" (The United Way's Ashley Wright) wore in the SATC fashion show this week. We'll use that dress along with other pieces from Lela's and...


...Cassity's, where our investigation ended. You'll see that Kendra is now joined by pal Marlena, who'd been shadowing Jackie Nance of Williams, Williams & Lentz. The gals tried on a few things, themselves, before heading back to the bus and back to school.

So all in all? I'd say it was a pretty fun day here at iList Paducah. Most of 'em are. And if the gals had just been a tad bit older, they could have joined Laura and me at Doe's for our official investigative debrief meeting.

Nonetheless, big fun! Thanks, Kendra!

Me and My Shadow!

Meet Kendra Hays — she's the super cute YOUNG one on the right, making me look terribly OLD this morning. Kendra is a senior at Carlisle County High School and will be shadowing me today as I work on iList Paducah stuff. Yay, Kendra!

After graduating from Carlisle in May, Kendra will attend WKCTC for her associate's degree in art, and then will head to UK (Go, Wildcats!) for a journalism degree.

This morning, we're touring the new Dippin' Dots store at Kentucky Oaks Mall, and will then interview super cute Paul Bilak about the upcoming One World Project AIDS Orphan 5K.

Then it's on to the BPW awards lunch, followed by some serious fashion investigation with Laura K for an upcoming iLove it story!

We'll post photos and details later! Welcome, Kendra!

Sex, Sushi and the City, Part Deux!

More booze...


More food...


More music...


More fashion...


And of course, more shoes...


It was another great night of Sex, Sushi and the City! More pix and details to come!

PASAC in Great Need of Volunteers

Our lovely friends at the Purchase Area Sexual Assault Center are in great need of volunteers, especially folks willing to staff the crisis line and folks willing to volunteer at a hospital and be of assistance to people (usually women) who experience sexual violence. PASAC needs help in all eight counties of the Purchase Area.

It's so nice that PASAC is here to help people who've been abused. Of course, it would really help if people would stop abusing people. Nonetheless. If you'd like to learn more about how you can get involved, please call Lynn Russell, director of Volunteer Services, 534.4422.

Something to Smile About!

Congratulations to Paducah Dental Care! Dr. Walden and Dr. Bridges (above, in white coats) have been participating in the Smiles for Life campaign, offering teeth whitening services at a significantly reduced price and donating 100 percent of the proceeds to help children facing serious health and educational problems. Overall, the Smiles for Life campaign raised more than $25 million to help children’s charities.

During the past four months, Dr. Walden and Dr. Bridges raised $13,000 through the program. They donated half the funds to the Sunrise Children’s Services, right here in our community. That's executive director Phil Justice in the middle, above. The other half went to the Garth Brooks Teammates For Kids Foundation for use in health, education and inner city programs that benefit children.

Paducah Dental Care is an iList Paducah sponsor (yay!) and the staff there does excellent work! Make an appointment by calling 444.6414.

Cute, Cute, Cute, No Doubt About It!

OK, I'll admit it. I think he's hot. A little troubled in the making right choices department, but President Bill Clinton is about as charming as they come. And he's coming here to Paducah Friday, Oct. 24, to the Robert Cherry Civic Center to stump for Senate candidate Bruce Lundsford.

Word on the email is that everyone is invited, and folks should be in place by 10 a.m. However, I just received an email saying doors open at 11 a.m. for a 12:30 p.m. rally — but if that's the case, how folks can be in place by 10 a.m.?

I dunno. I don't plan to go — but I do think he's cute.

If I hear anything more, I'll post an update!

Door-to-Door for Mayor Paxton

Several of us will go door-to-door to campaign for the re-election of Mayor Bill Paxton this Saturday including, of course, the Mayor himself! If you've never done it before, you'll be amazed by how fun it is. The vast majority of folks truly do appreciate the visit and, more often than not, have very sweet things to say.

If you'd like to join us, we're gathering at 10 a.m., Saturday, October 25, for coffee and muffins in the first floor unit of our Madison Condominiums building. We're at 332 North 7th, right at the corner of Madison.

Please join us. We'll divvy up several neighborhoods, pass out materials and be on our way! If you have any questions, just email or call me, 442.7682.

iList Paducah Welcomes...

The Paducah Area Chapter of the American Red Cross as our newest sponsor! And as you can see from their new sponsor logo on iList Paducah, the chapter is focusing on Halloween safety tips.


Before your young-un's head out trick-or-treating next weekend, click the Red Cross logo on our site — it will take you to these very helpful safety tips:


By the way, Executive Director Glenda Adkisson is always in need of volunteers to be on call or to serve on committees and the board. She's especially looking for someone to co-chair the upcoming HEROES campaign.

If you're interested in learning more about the Red Cross and the staff's vital work to our community, please email Glenda.

Sex, Sushi and the City, Part One!

The cosmos....


The music....


The fashion....




The sushi....


The shoes....


Last night's Sex, Sushi and the City party was a sell-out success! We're doing it again tonight for another fabulously sold-out crowd! So look for more photos here and from Glenn Hall after tonight!

Di Fratelli's Wine Pairing

Because the dinner will be prepared by this hottie, and the wine will be served by this hottie. I'm in!

New Paducah Life!

The new issue of Paducah Life is out, and it's beautiful as always. I am such a huge fan of Darlene Mazzone and her team. The stories, photography and layouts are always absolutely gorgeous.

This month's fun features highlight Schmidt Farms, WKCTC Public Relations Director Janett Blythe's new Upward Stride pictorial history book, the newly redone Ritz Hotel, the Red Hat Society, Bob Hoppmann of The Pasta House Company and more! Also included is Patience Renzulli's submission to the This I Believe program, which Darlene is sponsoring through WKMS.

Congratulations again, Darlene, on another great issue!

Hottie Homer Coming to Paducah!

Just a reminder that hottie Homer Hickam is coming to Paducah this Friday, Oct. 24. He wrote Rocket Boys, which everyone loves. It was made into a movie, October Sky, starring Jake Gyllenhall.

WKCTC's PR Director Janett Blythe wrote the above story for the Paducah Sun. I'd link to it, but I can't find it in the Sun's archives. Click on the image to enlarge, though, and you can read it if you missed it in the paper.

Hickam appears at 3 p.m. at the McCracken County Library, and then again at 7 p.m. at the Clemens Fine Arts Theatre at WKCTC. Pick up your free tickets at the library, Maiden Alley Cinema or Clemens Fine Arts Theatre. For details on the One Book, One Campus, One Community program, visit westkentucky.kctcs.edu/one book!

And look for the banner ad on iList Paducah!

Hey, I Know Them!

The River City Business and Professional Women (BPW) group hosts its annual Women of Achievement and Business Equity awards lunch, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 23, at the Broadway United Methodist Church, Igert Hall. The $15 lunch includes fab food from The Pasta House. If you'd like to come, please email Gale Hatton as she's gotta give owner Bob Hoppmann a head count.

And, if you click the image, look-a there! There I am on the far right, along with (l-r) the other Women of Achievement nominees Ashley Johnson, Elizabeth Clymer, Sarah (LOVE HER) Bynum, Kris Shanks, Karin Thomas and Stacy Blankenship. Debbie Wattier and Karen Harris Story are also nominated. Business Equity award nominees are Denton & Kueler, Bristol Broadcasting and Federal Materials.

Super cute!

Sold-Out Sex...and the City!

When we started planning our Sex, Sushi and the City fundraising party for Maiden Alley Cinema and Merryman House a month or two ago, we gals had NO CLUE that we'd get such a fabulous response! We sold out tonight's event within the first week and, as of yesterday, sold out our repeat performance for tomorrow night! Thank you, everyone, for your enthusiasm and excitement! If there's one thing we've learned: The women of Paducah LOVE Sex...and the City!

Depending on my level of Cosmo consumption, I'll post party pix here tonight or tomorrow morning. In the meantime, mark your Blackberries for our next Chick Flick, Steel Magnolias, on Thursday, Nov. 18.

Many thanks to our Chick Flick Series sponsors:

Happy Birthday, Elysian Fields!

Free spa tours, free skin consultations, door prizes, special discounts and free refreshments! It's the one-year anniversary of iList Paducah sponsor Elysian Fields Massage and Spa, 3420 Lone Oak Rd. Stop by for their open house, 4-8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 22! 554.3320.

GoodTimes Pix!

Renaissance Lounge was a-rockin' last night with guest deejays Spinn and Scotty Mac, with host Tony Foo Yong (center).


Pete Pan got in on the outdoor action, as did...


...my own personal deejay, DJ Urban Kobbb. I can't say that I ever predicted I'd marry a DJ. A company CEO? Oh yeah, no doubt about it! A DJ? Well, that's a bonus. In fact, he's in the other room right now working on his playlist for the 20/30 Group's Boo Bash, set for 9 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Moose Lodge. Both DJUK and Tony Foo Yong will share deejay duties — everyone's invited!


Anyway, super cute people were there last night, including brother and sister Lee and Landee Bryant. Landee and several other fun gals and I are putting the finishing touches on our Sex and the City parties at Maiden Alley Cinema this week — both of which are now officially sold out! Lee designed our logo.


And there's darling Kevin Crouch, upcoming iDate Bela Stewart and Jay Wommack — totally cute.


But the cutest of all had to be the fly Tony Foo Yong, himself, in full Good Times attire. He is, quite simply, Kid Dy-No-Mite! Thanks everyone, for coming out for the show!

Sports Plex Showcases Watson Woodworking Designs!

If you've visited the new Paducah Regional Sports Plex west of the mall on Highway 60, then you've probably noticed the beautiful cabinetry of iList Paducah sponsor Watson Woodworking. Dale Watson has designed and built custom cabinets for 30 years, and his work is absolutely stunning. Dale designed, built and then installed Haas Cabinets for the Sports Plex reception area, and he built the custom cabinet for the 60-gallon fish tank in the complex.


Along with his work for the Sports Plex, Dale is busy building beautiful custom bookcases, entertainment centers, quilt chests and other pieces out of various types of wood. He and his wife LaVaughn are authorized Haas Cabinets and Brighton cabinets dealers. They provide free estimates, so visit their Web site — be sure to click their Photo Gallery link at the top — and give them a call! 270.362.9055.

DMW's Double X Column

My pal Donna-Maria Walker has a new column on the WKYX Web site — this one focusing on Operation Double X, a political movement targeting women in the upcoming election. DMW shares some sad stats — only 32 percent of we registered-to-vote gals actually voted in this year's primaries.

Regardless of where we stand on issues — and DMW and I lovingly disagree on a bunch of 'em — we women make up 54 percent of registered voters in McCracken County. Come Nov. 4, we need to woman-up to the polls. Out of town on Nov. 4? No worries. Just to go the Courthouse now and cast your absentee ballot.

For more DMW insights, visit her blog!

Ain't We Lucky We Got 'Em?

Share some GoodTimes tonight, 9 p.m., Renaissance Lounge, 3100 Broadway! Details on iList Paducah!

Gault for Commissioner Party Pix!

Lots-o-fun folks showed up for the lovely Carol Gault for Commissioner reception last Wednesday at the P.A.P.A. Gallery.


Way fun event, with music by DJ Urban Kobbb...


...catering by Cynthia's Ristorante and super cute people like Jill Chambers and our always hottie iDate of the Week Art Feather.


There's Carol with Nathan Brown and his super cuties Nina and Nora, along with these festive folks:







If you'd like to volunteer for Carol, order any of the above promotional materials or you're just wondering what's going on with the campaign, be sure to visit her Web site, fun blog or just send an email! Congratulations, Carol!

Cute, Cute, Cute!

It's hottie di Fratelli bartender Brian Steffen in yesterday's Current! We gals will be enjoying his Cosmos at Sex, Sushi and the City next week. He's doing the Wednesday night party while Brett Duwe's covering the Tuesday night party. They both better rest up!

By the way, call now to reserve your spot at the Wednesday, Oct. 29, Di Fratelli Wine Dinner. Enjoy a fabulous five-course meal by this hottie chef, including pan-seared scallops and filet mignon, with each course paired with wines scoring 93 or above: Pighin Pinot Grigio 2007, St. Francis Wild Oak Chardonnay 2006, Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 and Merlot 2004, as well as Nivole Moscato D' Asti 2007 with dessert. $120 per person, tax and gratuity included. 442.7954.

More Pink from Energy Fitness

Energy Fitness continues its Fit for a Cure promotion as part of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Pink Days are offered this month with $1 donations required to take one of 39 group fitness classes. Members and guests can participate in new group fitness class launches for only $2 this month. All donations benefit Breast Cancer Awareness.

Also, new members can join for only $31 and Energy Fitness will make a donation to Breast Cancer Awareness. Plus, for every $1 members and non-members donate, they're entered into a drawing to win three months' worth of membership dues, one month for a friend, T-shirt, free smoothies, free tanning and more!

Mark your calendars for the 10 Things You Need to Know About Mammograms seminar, 6:45 p.m., Monday, Oct. 27, hosted by Crawford-Lundberg X-Ray Clinic. Prizes will be drawn, including a free mammogram! 554.7222.

Click the image above to enlarge.

Hottie Homer Coming to Paducah!

We'll be adding this new banner to iList Paducah — it's to help promote the Friday, Oct. 24, visit of Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys, which was made into a movie, October Sky, starring Jake "I can't quit you!" Gyllenhall.

It's awesome that the handsome author is coming here — he appears at 3 p.m. at the McCracken County Library, and then again at 7 p.m. at the Clemens Fine Arts Theatre at WKCTC. Pick up your free tickets at the library, Maiden Alley Cinema or Clemens Fine Arts Theatre. For details on the One Book, One Campus, One Community program, visit westkentucky.kctcs.edu/one book!

Just a Reminder, Mon

Alexander Kofi of the Jah Kings, nominated Best Reggae Performer at the 2002 Chicago Music Awards, performs 7 p.m., tonight, Wednesday, Oct. 15, at Jeremiah's. It's a fundraiser for Merryman House Domestic Crisis Center.

I hear there's Caribbean food on tonight's menu, so come and enjoy some jerked chicken and plantains, mon, and some Red Stripe beer. Should be fun!

NAMI Meeting Tomorrow Night

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) group has an interesting speaker lined up for tomorrow night, Thursday, Oct. 16 — it's Deputy Jason Walters of the McCracken County Sheriff's Dept. He'll talk about being a member of the Crisis Intervention Team. Everyone is invited to attend these support group meetings for family members and others affected by mental illness. The group meets each Thursday, 7-8:30 p.m., at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, 27th & Broadway. Call 443-3448 for details.

iList Paducah Welcomes...

Toucan's and di Fratelli as our newest sponsors!


Downtown Paducah just gets better and better, especially with the addition of Toucan's earlier this year. Located in the old Moss Rose building at 119 Market House Square, Toucan's serves everything from salads and sandwiches to chicken, steaks, seafood and pasta.

Toucan's is owned by the fabulous Nick Coovert. He and his hottie wait staff and bartenders — like Heather Hildreth — ensure that everyone has a great time. In fact, we held a super fun event there last Friday night. So stop in, order many a margarita and enjoy the wonderful food and the outdoor garden! Toucan's has a new MySpace page, too!


Ristorante di Fratelli rocks, no doubt about it. Hottie chefs Eric Hoffman and Brian Kelley create fantastic antipasti, insalata, flat bread, signature dishes and, of course, their amazing pasta. And hunka hunka Brian Steffen ensures that everyone's bar needs are met! Elegant, sophisticated, chic — di Fratelli is definitely a Downtown hot spot! Drink specials each Friday, 5-8 p.m., for the ladies (YA-HOO!).

And call now to reserve your spot at the Wednesday, Oct. 29 Di Fratelli Wine Dinner. Enjoy a fabulous five-course meal including pan-seared scallops and filet mignon, with each course paired with wines scoring 93 or above: Pighin Pinot Grigio 2007, St. Francis Wild Oak Chardonnay 2006, Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 and Merlot 2004, as well as Nivole Moscato D' Asti 2007 with dessert. $120 per person, tax and gratuity included. 442.7954.

Welcome aboard, Toucan's and di Fratelli!

Stop by Our Booth!

iList Paducah will be there! Stop by our booth — we'll have some laptops available so you can check your email — plus we'll have some iList Paducah T-shirt giveaways and other festive stuff. Because if we are anything, we are festive.

Save Your Energy!

Jackson Purchase Energy invites everyone to this Home Energy Expo, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Paducah Regional Sports Plex, west of the mall on Highway 60.

The Expo is free and features energy efficiency workshops on insulation, replacement windows and more. Everyone receives energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs and a free copy of the Energy Savers Guide book. Children's activities available.

Click the image to enlarge and check out the nearly $30,000 in door prizes!

See iDate Jesse Grisham in Action!

If recent iDate of the Week Jesse Grisham caught your eye — and how could he not? — check him out in person 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 15, at the Faith Center of Paducah, 5121 Charter Oak Dr. He and his band, Reset Red, debut several new songs and a new sound! Read our iDate interview, here! Cute, cute, cute, no doubt about it!

Flatbread, Focaccia and Fromage

Everyone's invited to visit with City Commission candidate (and iList Paducah sponsor) Carol Gault Wednesday, Oct. 15! Cynthia and Bill Gardner of Cynthia's will cater, and DJUK will provide the music! It's 5-7 p.m. at the P.A.P.A. Gallery, 124 Broadway!

Making an Old Fashioned Feel Sexy Again

That's hottie Heather Hildreth, the bartender at Toucan's, mixin' up a cool Old Fashioned with Buffalo Trace bourbon! Sip some at the Carson Center's Distiller's Dinner this Saturday, Oct. 18. There's still a few tickets tickets left. Just call 443.9932, x240 or x241. It's an awesome event.

And look for Heather this Wednesday on iList Paducah. She'll be our iDate of the Week!

Paducah Bank WOWs Wall Street Journal!

Paducah Bank has WOW'd the Wall Street Journal, which today named it one of 15 Top Small Workplaces in 2008. The bank was selected out of 780 nominees from across North America!


Read the story, which includes quotes from Commercial Loan Officer Kerri Brotherson and CEO Joe Framptom, here! Congratulations, Paducah Bank!

My New Favorite Thing: Greenway Trail

I meant to post these photos after the Greenway Trail walk with Mayor Bill Paxton, Commissioner Gayle Kaler and the Paducah Renaissance Alliance's David Boggs. They led a walk there this past Saturday at 8 a.m.


The Mayor has been leading these walks each second Saturday for the past few months as a chance for folks to come out, hear about new city initiatives and ask questions. This past Saturday, David talked about the exciting projects that the Alliance staff is working on to bring more economic development to Downtown and LowerTown.

The Greenway Trail is absolutely GORGEOUS! The first 1.75-mile section starts behind the skatepark and goes out to Coleman Road and back. The next walk is set for Saturday, Nov. 8, though the trail is open every day from dawn to dusk.

Energy Fitness Thinks Pink

The fab folks at Energy Fitness are getting FIT for a Cure this month! On Tuesday, Oct. 14, take the Spinning, BodyPump, Turbokick and Yoga classes, donate $1 and be eligible for prizes, drawn in each class. Plan to do it again on Monday, Oct. 20, during the Spinning, Yoga, Silver Sneakers, Body Sculpt, BodyPump and BodyAttack classes!

Wear pink and really step up to the challenge! Rock on, Energy Fitness!

Broadway and the Bay!

Monday Night Football

Big screen, big steaks. Get your Monday Night Football on at Doe's Eat Place, 136 Broadway!

25 Years of Williamness

William Sledd and pals celebrated the YouTube cyber celeb's 25th birthday at Tribeca last night — and, did you know, he now has 100,000 YouTube subscribers?!? Rock on, sweet pea! Find out how William spent his summer! And Happy Birthday!

DJ Super Cutie: Tony Foo Yong-un

Can you guess which up-and-coming DJ is the proud dad of this super cool kid?


Take a closer look...


It's Tony Foo Yong's yong-un', DJ Super Cutie, aka Ian. And he's totally darling. He hung out with us for a bit at the Tribeca show last night! Thanks everyone, for coming out to hear Tony, DJUK, Reiek Havoc and Purvis play.


Hear them again at GoodTimes!, 9 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 18, Renaissance Lounge, 3100 Broadway. Also on the line up: Scotty Mac, Spinn and Pete Pan.

It's a Cosmic Vibe Alliance Funktion, so you know it's gonna be one lively throw-down. See you there!

Check Out Jill's Jungle Boogie Pix!

Thanks, everyone, for coming out to Toucan's Friday night! Great music, great weather, great drinks — and totally super gorgeous photography by Jill Tanner. Check out all her beautiful photographs, like the one above of Tony Foo Yong...


...and of G.I.J. gettin' the crowd dancing at Jill's blog, jilltannerphotography.wordpress.com!

To book a session, email Jill or call her at 349.3806!

Karson Kelley Hair Extension Cutting Ceremony!

A big crowd, including Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Elaine Spalding and Mayor Bill Paxton, gathered Friday afternoon to cut the hair extension ribbon for The Karson Kelley Salon and Gallery...


at 132 South 3rd St., between Kentucky Avenue and Broadway.


That's Karson. Isn't he darling? He's a new iList Paducah sponsor.


All sorts of gorgeous people with gorgeous hair showed up, including Heather, Josh and Nick from Toucan's.


Even Karson's gorgeous mom got in on the action!


And Karson's partner Jeff Spicer displayed his Men in Film show.

Plan to stop in and say hello! For an appointment with Karson, call him at 366.6306! Congrats, Karson!

Karson Kelley Grand Opening!

The Karson Kelley Salon grand opening! 4-7 p.m., 132 South 3rd St.! Super cute people with super cute hair! Call Karson at 366.6306 to make an appointment, and stop by this afternoon for refreshments!

Jungle Boogie With Us Tonight!

STOMP first and then Jungle Boogie with us tonight, 10 p.m., Toucan's outdoor patio! See you there!

Mayor Paxton Party Pix

Nice turnout for the Mayor Bill Paxton reception last night at Pinecone Gallery! That's the Mayor describing all the great projects and initiatives under way in Paducah....


Awesome crowd....


Super hotties Jeanne Wilson and Tony Foo Yong. Hear Tony deejay tonight, 10 p.m., Toucan's! Plus, he's lining up some awesome deejays for Saturday night at Tribeca!


Kendra Thompson (right) checking out Sarah Bynum's engagement ring. MzzBynum is fixin' to get hitched to Alex Roman next September.


Ken Wheeler, Bruce Brockenborough and the gorgeous Pat Brockenborough. Pat is among the Sex, Sushi and the City hosts. She was, after all, Carrie Bradshaw before Carrie Bradshaw was Carrie Bradshaw.


And hottie Shawn Jones on guitar....


...and getting some great audience feedback from Christi Bonds and Mary Hammond!

It was a great evening — lots of good folks. Many thanks to Char Downs and Jay Downs Siska of Pinecone Gallery, that fabulous caterer Mindy Carroll, Tony, Shawn and to everyone for coming!

Billy Harper, Unplugged

That's Paducah's very handsome Billy Harper. He created and continues to oversee a multi-gazillion-dollar business. He's married to an oh lá lá gorgeous attorney. He ran a lovely campaign for governor. He does all sorts of great things for Paducah and McCracken County. He races cars. He flies airplanes. And he's just about the nicest man you'll ever meet.


And, he's the featured speaker at the 7:30 a.m., Tuesday, October 14 EntreForum, held at his 960 North HC Mathis Dr. headquarters. So if you've ever wondered how Billy Harper does it all, now's the time to find out!

EntreForum, held every two months, is open to anyone interested in starting, or pushing forward with, a new business. Several local business folks serve as mentors — I'm one — and are on hand to listen to ideas and offer suggestions. It's totally free and sponsored by Paducah Bank. Hope to see you there!

She's Got My Vote

That's Char Downs, on the left, with her sister and campaign organizer, Cherry. There's a new online, grassroots effort to elect her as president — watch it here!

Meet her this afternoon! She and husband Jay Downs Siska are hosting the Paxton for Mayor reception, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at their Pinecone Art Gallery, 421 North 7th St. And hear hottie Shawn Jones perform!

See you there!

They're At It Again: Jungle Boogie!

If you're out and about Friday night, Oct. 10, stop by Toucan's! Tony Foo Yong and DJ Urban Kobbb will be in the outdoor garden entertaining us with Jungle Boogie, their new show! The action starts at 10 p.m. And between those amazing Toucan's margaritas and Tony and DJUK's energy, you know we're in for a great time! See you there!

Two Super Hottie Sponsors

iList Paducah is pleased (AND FLATTERED!) to add two super hottie new sponsors to our site! The first is the absolutely darling Karson Kelley! He's opening his new hair salon and art gallery this Friday, Oct. 10, and everyone's invited to the festivities! So stop by 132 South 3rd St., right Downtown, anytime between 4-7 p.m. Karson will have food and fun refreshments, and you'll love how cute his salon is.


By the way, you'll see his lovely portrait there, painted by his partner Jeff Spicer. Karson's whole salon is so cute, and they're both just so darling, I can barely stand it.


Our second new sponsor is cute, cute, cute Mindy Carroll of Sassy Sophisticate Gourmet Catering! We love us some Mindy Carroll. Her catering and service are always perfect, and she was sweet enough to be an iDate of the Week last winter.


In fact, you can try her culinary talents this Thursday at the Mayor Paxton reception. The fun starts at 5:30 p.m., Pinecone Art Gallery, 421 North 7th St. Everyone's invited! iDate Shawn Jones will be the musical guest!

Welcome aboard, Mindy and Karson!

A Second Night of Sex, Sushi and the City!

Following on the high heels of our sold-out Tuesday, Oct. 21, Sex and the City party — our repeat performance, planned for Wednesday, Oct. 22, is selling at a fast and furious pace, too! There's still room, though, and we'd love to have you!

The Wednesday, Oct. 22 shindig is the very same. The action begins at 5 p.m., with super hottie Brian Steffen of di Fratelli mixing Cosmos at the bar, beautiful Mindy Carroll catering her fab array of (not fish) sushi and DJ Urban Kobbb spinning tunes.

Plus, we're planning a little fashion show before the movie begins at 6:45 p.m.! And a hottest shoes contest — so get 'em ready!

And you know about Louis Michelson donating $100 gift cards for our goodie bags! We'll also have the latest issue of Paducah Life and iList Paducah note pads and pens! If you have something nice to add to the bags — fun gals are an excellent target market — email Robyn Shapiro!

And it all benefits Maiden Alley Cinema and to the Merryman House!

If you'd like to come on Wednesday, here's what you do:

• Make out a check to Maiden Alley Cinema for $25, and write Chick Flick Wednesday in the memo line.
• If you're paying for more than one person, please include a note with the other folks' names so that we have everyone on the list.
• Mail the check and names to me, Mary Thorsby, PO Box 722, Paducah, Ky. 42002-0722.
• Please email me so that I know the check's coming, and I can email you back with a confirmation when I get it.
• Please do all the above right now, because it's first checks received, first served! Maiden Alley only holds 140 seats, so we wanna make sure we can accommodate everyone.

Hosts Robyn Shaprio, Jill Chambers, Landee Bryant and my gorgeous mother-in-law Pat Brockenborough, who, by the way, was Carrie Bradshaw before Carrie Bradshaw was Carrie Bradshaw, and I hope to see you and your fabulous shoes there!

The Sex party is the kick off to an entire Chick Flicks Series at Maiden Alley!


Each third Tuesday of the month, we'll be showing movies that we gals love and adore. We'll be announcing the line up soon, but go ahead and mark your calendar for the next Chick Flick on Tuesday, Nov. 18.

And check out the Chick Flick Series sponsors:


Yep, we're in, along with iList Paducah sponsors Contemporary OB/GYN and Rene Advertising. The proceeds from the Chick Flick Series will continue to benefit Maiden Alley Cinema and to the Merryman House for the entire year's worth of movies.

So gals, get ready for another fun night, each third Tuesday of the month. Super cute guys can come, too. If they're sweet.

Distiller's Dinner Auction Images

The fabulous Distiller's Dinner is coming up, 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Carson Center. iList Paducah is a media sponsor. In fact, we served the featured Buffalo Trace bourbon, compliments of Roof Brothers Wine and Spirits, at our iList Paducah party last Sunday. Are you detecting a pattern here? Could it be that we iList Paducah gals love a good party? You would be exactly right! And the Distiller's Dinner is exactly that.


We just received images of several great auction items, like these premium spirits from the Buffalo Trace distillery, presented in this nice wooden crate. That would be a cute, cute, cute gift for someone, no doubt about it!


And this lovely crystal set etched with Buffalo Trace art would be fab. Ronnie James, those would be darling in your new Riverfront condo!


And check out this deluxe gift basket filled with Buffalo Trace fudge sauce, caramel sauce, cherry preserves, mint julep mixer, meat marinade and Buffalo Trace bourbon! Another great holiday gift!

We just added the images to the auction list, so have a look. We also did a cute story about super hottie Harlen Davis Wheatley, the master distiller at Buffalo Trace, last week. You'll find that here.

Meet him in person at the Distiller's Dinner! Purchase your tix by calling 443.9932, x240 or 241! By the way, Harlen will be signing bottles at Roof Brothers, 4:30=7:30 p.m., on Friday, Oct. 17. So stop by the 3145 Park Ave. location and say hello.

Party On!

Because he an Lucy were sweet enough to come to our party, we hope everyone will join us at his! It's a reception for Mayor Paxton, 5:30-7:30 p.m., this Thursday, Oct. 9, at Pinecone Gallery, 421 North 7th St.

Plus, musical guest is iDate of the Week Shawn Jones! See you there!

Bark for a Cure: Super Cute Dog Ts!

Is this too cute, or what? Three-year breast cancer survivor Jennifer Smith is preparing for another very brave endeavor: the Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure, where survivors and supporters alike walk 60 miles over three days in honor of one another, other survivors and those they've lost to breast cancer.

Jennifer's preparing for the Atlanta walk in October with the help of her super cute training partner, Chandler. Along with training to cover 60 miles over three days, Jennifer has to raise a minimum of $2,200. So she's selling these darling Bark for a Cure T-shirts, which Chandler is so fashionably modeling.

The Ts come in seven sizes. If you'd like one, measure your pooch from the back of his or her neck to the base of the tail. Then go by this guide:

XXS - 5-7" 1-2 lbs
XS - 8-10" 3-5 lbs
S - 10-12" 6-8 lbs
M - 12-15" 9-18 lbs
L - 16-19" 19-30 lbs
XL - 20-23" 31-45lbs
XXL - 24-28" 46-64 lbs

The shirts are $20 apiece, and the funds go to breast cancer research. To order one, call Jennifer at 860.0768 or send her an email! Cute, cute, cute!

By the way, my friend Gail Piccirilli and I did the Avon 3-Day Walk from San Jose to San Francisco in 2000. It totally rocked, though by the time I got back, I was cold, wet, sleep derived, three pounds heavier because I kept wolfing down all the free Luna Bars along the way (Lemon Zest was my fave) and my left ankle was injured and swollen. But I'll never forget how incredibly emotional it was to cross the finish line. I always tear up when I think about it — even, like, right now. I highly recommend it. But I ain't doing it again.

Weekend at the Bay

This just in from Laura K: Green Turtle Bay Resort in Grand Rivers is SOLD OUT of their beautiful one-bedroom condos for this weekend. You know, they have the famous Hunter’s Moon Festival going on with arts and crafts, food and retail vendors, the big parade on Saturday, plus the brand new Storytelling Festival all this weekend.


Luckily, they still have five two bedrooms and a few three and four bedrooms left and are offering FREE tickets to the Storytelling Festival for anyone who snags these great condos.

Each bedroom has a private bath, so get a group of friends or family together and make a splash in the brand new indoor pool, enjoy the festival and hear some national award winning storytellers.

Call 800.498.0428 for reservations!

Dy-No-Mite!

If you loved Tony Foo Yong at the iList Paducah party last night, and you loved the Miss Behave show a few weeks back, the you won't want to miss GoodTimes! at 9 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 18, Renaissance Lounge, 3100 Broadway.


Tony's lined up Scotty Mac and Spinn, with an opening set by Reiek Havoc and beer garden beats by DJ Urban Kobbb and Pete Pan.

It's a Cosmic Vibe Alliance Funktion, so you know it's gonna be one lively throw-down. See you there!

Oct. 15 Reggae On, Mon, for Merryman House

That fella there is the world famous Alexander Kofi of the Jah Kings. iDate of the Week Grace Clemency turned us on to his group in her interview with us the other day.

Alexander, nominated Best Reggae Performer at the 2002 Chicago Music Awards, is coming to Jeremiah's on Wednesday, Oct. 15, to perform with...


...the very beautiful Genie Slick, who just so happened to stop by our iList Paducah party last night. That's our cutie friend Russ Garland of Comcast Spotlight getting her autograph.


The event is set for 7-11 p.m., and benefits the Merryman House Domestic Crisis Center. So plan to stop by for some great reggae music and a Caribbean menu!

Speaking of Lovely Laura K

First, you should know that, as evidenced by last night's iList Paducah party (photos below), Laura K can shake a mean vodka martini! And second, she can promote a Chamber Business Trade Show. She's one of the models for the Chamber's trade show advertising promotion. Look how darling she is!

The trade show is set for 2-7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Cherry Civic Center. We'll have an iList Paducah booth, and DJ Urban Kobbb will be at the DJ deck, so plan to stop by and say hello! The event is free, but I just so happen to have a big stack of VIP tickets. Lemme know if you'd like a few!

So We Had This Rockin' Party...

Hey, everyone, thanks so much for coming to our first annual iList Paducah party last night! It was amazingly fun, with all sorts of cute, cute, cute people there — entirely too much fun for a Sunday night!


Many thanks to Doe's Eat Place for hosting our Sunday, October 5 party with the great space, food and amazing dance moves by Paul Signa! That's him, left, with Mayor Bill Paxton.


Many, many thanks to Roof Brothers for hosting the Buffalo Trace bourbon drinks and settin' us up with Buffalo Trace Rain vodka drinks. Drink more at the Carson Center's upcoming Distiller's Dinner! Plus a big shout-out to our celebrity bartenders hottie Heather…


…and gorgeous Laura K — oh lá á! That's hunka hunka Fowler Black — our very first iDate of the Week!


And the DJs — who doesn't love 'em some G.I.J. and DJ Urban Kobbb…


And hottie DJ/superstar promoter Tony Foo Yong!

Here are a few more fun pix — look for more pix this Wednesday on iList Paducah! Thanks, everyone!

See You Sunday!

The NEW news? Hotties Heather and Laura K are our celebrity bartenders! Click the image for all the details!

No Beer, But I'd Still Pick Bernice

Today's Current question is my favorite so far. Picking anybody to meet for a beer? Wow, where would I even start? Suzanne, with whom I've met for many a refreshment, offered quite the list of interesting folk. Patience tapped Mark Twain.

I picked Rev. Bernice Belt. Gorgeous. Perfect posture. Fabulous waist-length hair. Expertly applied lipstick. And her voice — Bernice Belt is a woman who found her voice long before any of us knew we should be searching for our own.

But meet for a beer? No, the first woman ordained in the 153-year history of Washington Street Missionary Baptist Church doesn't imbibe. We met at the church, where we've met many-a-time before.

Bernice and I are on the Human Rights Commission, and we always partner up to pull off our annual Evening of Performance.


That's Bernice, on the right. Isn't she gorgeous? As usual, I had plenty of questions.

An Interracial Romance
First, I was curious if marrying interracially was difficult in 1985, when she married cute, cute, cute Harold Belt. Her answer (hankie alert!): "We fell in love in less than 15 minutes after we met. It was as close to love at first sight as you can get." Turns out that the Belts have encountered only two uncomfortable instances.

"It wasn't what anyone said — it was their non-verbals that were so insulting," Bernice says. "I think the reason we didn't have a greater number of uncomfortable situations was because were just being ourselves. We were in love and we wanted the whole world to be in love. Most people just warmed up to us immediately. I have no doubt that some didn't want to — they just didn't have any reason not to."

A Gospel Challenge
I asked about the challenges and unique gifts that women bring to the ministry. I love her honesty here: "The challenge for women in the gospel ministry — the preaching ministry — is so burdensome and so difficult. Even in the 21 Century, many people don't have a problem with God calling women to the gospel ministry. They just don't want to see women in the pulpit. With women making up the biggest percentage of most church congregations, it's only right and sensible to embrace and take good care of the women God sends to preach — to build up the kingdom and not tear it down."

Stirring a Big Ole Pot of Woman Stew
The unique gifts of women preachers? They are, Bernice says, a-plenty.

"Women are spiritually and naturally made to be nurturers. We can help pastors to do some things in such a way that only women can do. We have these talents and gifts of mercy, teaching, evangelism, love and giving and it's all compiled in this big ole pot of stew called a woman. We stir it up every day to feed our families, churches and communities. We're even doing it in our sleep."

Collaborative Women's Conference: Oct. 10 and 11
One place where women will definitely be stirring it up is at the Collaborative Women's Conference, Oct. 10 and 11. Bernice and numerous other beautiful women from churches throughout our area have been planning this amazing event for most of this year. Along with exciting speakers and breakout sessions, the group is planning a 100-Woman Choir, including girls 6-17. Spots are still open for anyone who'd like to participate.

"With this conference, we want women to collaborate and provide health and hope to one another and our families, and to collaborate and promote and support our local churches," Bernice says. "We want this organization to lift women up in any way we can and change the lives of everyone who attends."

And That Lipstick?
OK, so here's the question that I really couldn't wait to ask: What is up with Bernice's always-perfectly applied lipstick!

Here's her trick. First dab on Ponds moisturizer around the lip line and then over the lips. Then apply the lipstick. One of her faves: CQ300 Royal Red. You'll find it at Wal-mart.

For tickets to the Collaborative Women's Conference, call Bernice at 554.2804 or email her. She'll meet you half way or even deliver the tickets to your door. There's still all sorts of ways to get involved. So reach out to her, and she'll reach back to you. The event benefits Merryman House Domestic Crisis Center and Ladies Living Free.

Five-Day iList Paducah Party Countdown!

What else would you be doing on a late Sunday afternoon? It's our first-ever iList Paducah party! And we want you there!

The action starts at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, October 5, Doe's Eat (And Drink Free Bourbon and Vodka) Place! Buffalo Trace bourbon hosted by Roof Brothers! Buffalo Trace vodka hosted by iList Paducah!

Meet our hottie iDates, staff and friends at 106.7 WZZL and 105.5 The Cat — and hear great music from DJ Urban Kobbb, G.I.J. and Tony Foo Yong.

If you'd like to come, please send me an email, and we'll get you on the list! See you then!

All Sexed Up in the City! Now, A Second Night!

Wow. We had no idea. The response to our Sex and the City party was HUGE! As of yesterday, we are completely — completely — sold out of tickets for Tuesday, Oct. 21. Thanks, everyone, for your fast, and fantastic, response!

So here's the thing. We have a waiting list a mile long. Sooooo.....we're doing the whole she-bang again the next night! Yep, we're repeating the party on Wednesday, Oct. 22 — the very same party, the very same drinkys, the very same hottest shoes contest and very similar goodie bags, the very same big fun. And it all benefits Maiden Alley Cinema and to the Merryman House!

If you'd like to come on Wednesday, here's what you do:

• Make out a check to Maiden Alley Cinema for $25, and write Chick Flick Wednesday in the memo line.
• If you're paying for more than one person, please include a note with the other folks' names so that we have everyone on the list.
• Mail the check and names to me, Mary Thorsby, PO Box 722, Paducah, Ky. 42002-0722.
• Please email me so that I know the check's coming, and I can email you back with a confirmation when I get it.
• Please do all the above by Wednesday, Oct. 8. Maiden Alley only holds 140 seats, so we expect this to sell out again quickly.

By the way, I've been meaning to explain that the Sex party is the kick off to an entire Chick Flicks Series at Maiden Alley!


Each third Tuesday of the month, we'll be showing movies that we gals love and adore — Breakfast at Tiffany's, Pretty Woman, Green Fried Tomatoes, Rambo — OK, well not Rambo. I personally LOVE Rambo, but that one got nixed.

We'll be announcing the line up soon, but go ahead and mark your calendar for the next Chick Flick on Tuesday, Nov. 18.

And check out the Chick Flick Series sponsors:


Yep, we're in, along with iList Paducah sponsors Contemporary OB/GYN and Rene Advertising. The proceeds from the Chick Flick Series will continue to benefit Maiden Alley Cinema and to the Merryman House for the entire year's worth of movies.

So it's all good.

If you have suggestions for Chick Flick movies, share them in the Comments below! See you at the movies!

New iDate of the Week Sponsor!

So noting that our iDate of the Week is our most popular iList Paducah feature, our friends at Mike Smith's Vespa have stepped up as a page sponsor! You can see their new spot here, on the very page where we're featuring hottie chef Brian Kelley of Di Fratelli's. Be sure to click their ad and check out the Vespa Web site. It's one of the best sites I've seen in a long time. Ride on, Mike Smith!

Our Newest Sponsor: Jeremiah's!

iList Paducah welcomes our newest sponsor, Jeremiah's! This awesome bar and restaurant at 225 Broadway is definitely one of Paducah's hottest spots, with great steaks and a long line up of entertainment.

Here's what's ahead:

Friday, Oct. 3, The Cruisers, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 4, Bawn in the Mash, 9 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 10 and 11, Mid-Life Crisis, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 15, Alexander Kofi and Jah Kings, 7 p.m., Merryman House fundraiser

So check it out, and watch for other upcoming bands on iList Paducah!