Looking For an Overnight Stay?

If you and your girlfriends need more than just a spa day or a few hours shopping, try an overnight stay together at one of these quaint, unique places that are close to home but not too far for a perfect weekend getaway!

Planning Your Derby Handbag

By Alissa Hicks 

If you haven't already planned out all of the details for your Derby outfit this year, here are a few tips to keep in mind when choosing and packing your clutch! 

Local Derby Favorites: Fresh foods found in Louisville

This year, whether you're planning a Derby party or going to a small get-together, try buying your food fresh and local. Louisville offers a numbers of farmers markets and places to buy unique items to spice up any kitchen, party, or meal.

Derby Fashion: Spring dress trends

Spring dresses have been in the stores for months now, and I cannot wait to dig in and find some looks for the Derby festivities! A major trend we are seeing this year is pastels. I love pastel colors for spring; they are fresh, feminine and look great with several different skin colors.

Top Tips for Thunder

Our Girls Want to Have Fun panel chimed in to tell us their best tips for Thunder: What to wear, what to take, and how to manage the crowds. Here's what they had to say!

Did you go to these amazing Derby events?

Arts Insider Gioia Patton shares her experience of last year's Taste of Derby Festival and Taste of the Oaks events. Learn more about this year's events at kentuckyderby.com/tasteofderby.

2013 Annual Taste of Derby Festival
Benefiting Dare to Care Food Bank
Story & photos by Gioia Patton/Arts Insider

Taste of Derby 2013 (L to R) Louisvillians Jennifer Meinhart, Brett Oppenheimer, Laurie Oppenheimer, Chris Meinhart, Sara Mills and Julie Cooper

I’ve attended the annual Taste of Derby Festival event, which is the largest fundraising event for Dare to Care Food Bank, for six consecutive years. The thing that stands out most in my mind about this fundraiser (yummy food and beverage samples notwithstanding) is that no matter what time I arrive at its Louisville Slugger Field Hall of Fame Pavilion location, the Pavilion is always jam-packed with smiling ticket-holders enthusiastically waiting in line for samplings from more than 50 of Louisville’s finest restaurants and beverage companies.

Six events not to miss this Derby season

Derby season is upon us, and that means the kickoff of all of the wonderful festivities that accompany the season. Here are some of the highlights and events not to be missed this year.