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Local Luminaries: Ed McClanahan
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On the heels of the Lexington author’s two most recent books, we take colorful trip through the life of Ed McClanhan.
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Contributors Michelle Aiello is a Chicago-born writer, editor and indie publisher. Her interests include living room karaoke, snail mail and all things vintage. She contributes to our monthly “tadoo list” (our calendar of cultural happenings, page 31). Sarah Cahill (photography for “Burning Down the Boulevard”) is a live music and band photographer based in central and eastern Kentucky. Celeste Lewis is a visual artist, freelance writer and director for the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center. She contributes a series for Smiley Pete Publishing called Local Luminaries (“Ed McClanahan,” page 7). Guy Mendes Guy Mendes (photography for “Local Luminaries: Ed McClanahan,” including the cover photo) is a longtime Lexington photographer who has been snapping pictures of his friend Ed McClanahan for half a century. Sydney Momeyer (“Home & Garden Events,” page 22) is a college senior majoring in journalism at the University of Kentucky and Smiley Pete’s current editorial intern. Kathie Stamps (“Small Business Spotlight: E. Stephen Hein” page 25) is a self-employed writer and voice-over artist in Lexington. Bill Straus (photography for “Small Business Spotlight: E. Stephen Hein”) began his photography career shooting football games for the Lexington Herald-Leader in the 1970s. Since then, his freelance work has not only included sports and equine subjects but also commercial and advertising work.
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Grasping for normalcy in unprecedented times The Lexington community has rallied to create a bevy of valuable online resources for staying informed, staying healthy, and supporting our neighbors and local businesses in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. We’ve compiled a list of these resources – including our Crave Takeout and Dining Guide (quick links to ordering takeout and delivery to dozens of local restaurants) on our website, at www.smileypete.com/covid-19-resources.
Dear Readers, In the decade that I have been an editor for this magazine, I’ve never written a “letter from the editor.” I have a strong personal connection to this publication and the work that we do at Smiley Pete Publishing. I’m grateful for the opportunity to pour my professional efforts into coverage of local subjects that I feel strongly about, subjects I think our readers feel pretty good about, too: the local people, businesses and events that make Lexington a unique and wonderful place to live. I feel that our content typically speaks for itself, but these are not typical times. When the COVID-19 outbreak officially hit Lexington the first week of March, I don’t know if any of us knew how drastically different our lives would all become in the coming weeks. Within a week, the first steps of effectively shutting down all the local establishments and systems that have provided stability and normalcy to our lives had been enacted. Those steps would continue to ripple and increase over the course of the following days. They continue to ripple even as I write this. I honestly don’t know what our city will look like by the time this magazine hits your hands. Part of me feels uneasy about putting out a magazine that’s chock full of your regularly scheduled content: “feel good” stories centering on people whose lives have invariably changed, as all of ours have, since I assigned them. Hardworking bands whose livelihoods and ability to perform have been halted indefinitely, businesses whose futures are rocky at best, and events that haven’t yet officially been canceled fill these pages as we head to press, but all have a grave air of uncertainty hanging over them. But an even bigger part of me longs so deeply for some degree of normalcy, good news and distraction that I am eager beyond belief to
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share this issue with you – an issue that I and the rest of our staff are quite proud of. I’m excited to share a wonderful story about Ed McClanahan, a luminous jewel of a Lexingtonian who released not one, but two new books in recent months. April was set to be a big month for Ed, as he celebrated those releases alongside the opening of his first-ever art exhibit, which opens at the downtown gallery Institute 193 this month. As I write this, the exhibit is still scheduled to proceed as planned, albeit without an in-person reception for the 87-year-old artist. In the event that the gallery can’t open to the public at all, I hope they will still hang the show, and turn on the lights at night so passersby can peek through the large wall of windows and behold the illuminated collection Ed’s “schizophrenic” drawings of hands – “McClanahands,” as he calls them. Ed created the drawings in the 1960s – a time that was also fraught with turbulence and with new ways of thinking, as writer Celeste Lewis so presciently points out in the profile on the author. I’m honored to highlight one of the hardest working bands in Lexington, Magnolia Boulevard, as they await word on whether their upcoming shows – some of the biggest in their young careers – will go on. I’m proud to shine a light on local florist and small business owner Stephen Hein, who has worked diligently to build a beloved and respected business over the past 33 years, one that his loyal clients have leaned on in countless times of joy and sadness, to express congratulations, beauty, sympathy and love. I always look forward to promoting upcoming home & garden events in April, and we opted, during a time when we’re all looking forward to springtime, sunshine, growth and rebirth as much as ever before, to keep our annual “Home & Garden Events” preview intact as much as possible, despite uncertainty about how many of these events will proceed as we have them listed.
Our magazine tells the story of a living Lexington: people growing businesses, creating new expression and enjoying and supporting each other. Telling that story during a worldwide pandemic – a time when the nature of our lives is changing at a dizzying, day-by-day pace – feels a bit eerie. If some of our content feels odd and outdated by the time you read it, I sincerely hope that it’s this letter – that the light at the end of this strange tunnel is beaming through brightly, that the path to the other side is more clearly illuminated than it is today. In the meantime, please take the contents in this magazine delicately, keeping in mind the potential changing nature of some of the subjects we are covering. Please go above and beyond to find ways to support your local businesses during this time, as your means allow. Please stay confined as much as you possibly can, while our healthcare system strives to catch up with treatment options. Please check in on your neighbors and friends, and do all that you can to stay well and to help others stay well. Sincerely,
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uthor and longtime Lexington resident Ed McClanahan is known as a masterful storyteller, having published a steady stream of stories, novels and essays over the past six decades or so. But around the Bell Court neighborhood, he is almost just as well known for his regular neighborhood strolls. Those walks often take him past a book-shaped bench in Bell Court Park that’s painted in tribute to his 1985 bestselling book “Famous People I Have Known” and are almost always punctuated by friends and neighbors stopping him for a chat (he lives on the edge of the neighborhood with his wife, Hilda). Subjects of discussion might be bygone days in Lexington or tales of McClanahan’s exploits out West in the 1960s, a time when the world was full of turbulence and exploding with new ways of thinking. McClanahan was living in California’s Bay Area on the front line and among some of the most celebrated counterculture icons of the era. CHEVYCHASER.COM || APRIL 2020
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with both writers while studying creative writing at the University of Kentucky in the 1950s, and they had both also received the same fellowship at Stanford. While in California, McClanahan became affiliated with a crew known as the Merry Pranksters: a group of writers, musicians and counterculture figures with writer Ken Kesey (“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”) at the helm. In his essay “The Day the Lampshades Breathed,” McClanahan describes them as “the sweetest, smartest, liveliest, craziest bad crowd I’d ever had the good fortune to fall in with.” He continued, “And their great secret was simply this: They knew how to change the world.”
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Ed McClanahan in 1996 at the courthouse in Bracken County, the county where he grew up amongst a family of court clerks. This photo – and all the others in this article – was taken by Guy Mendes, a dear friend of the author’s.
The sheer volume of eccentric experiences and characters that McClanahan can recount could fill a vault; instead, many are gathered in the various novels and story collections that he’s written over the years. Beyond “Famous People I Have Known” – a collection McClanahan calls “mostly true stories” – those works include “The Natural Man,” a comedic novel published in 1983; “My Vita, If You Will,” a collection of stories published in 1998; and “I Just Hitched in From the Coast” (2011). More recently, “Not Even Immortality Lasts Forever” was published earlier this year to rave reviews. Subjects of his stories include memories of his childhood in Kentucky, experiences across his varied teaching stints in California, Oregon and Montana, and tales stemming from time later spent in the Bluegrass State, where he returned in 1970s after an extended statehopping adventure.
have to go where the story takes you.’ I write stories that come directly out of personal experience, but, inevitably, those stories get shaped in the telling and take on a life of their own.” In 1962, McClanahan received a Wallace Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University to study creative writing, following the footsteps of fellow Kentuckians Gurney Norman and Wendell Berry. McClanahan had become close
The Pranksters nicknamed McClanahan “Captain Kentucky” and heavily influenced his way of thinking with a zesty approach to life that centered on celebrating individuality and bucking social norms. McClanahan and fellow Pranksters – including Norman, ’60s icon Wavy Gravy, Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia and many others – blazed through the 1960s, rewriting the rules for future generations. As friends, road trippers and residents in California (and later Oregon), the Pranksters inspired works like Tom Wolfe’s “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test” and many of Kesey’s own published recollections, as well as various documentaries and films. Beyond his own published collections, McClanahan’s writings have appeared in Esquire, Playboy, Rolling Stone and Oxford American, with his work having gone a pre-internet
Typically, at the center of McClanahan’s tales are the characters he has met along the way, all filtered through the lens of a witty and observant writer’s eyes. The word “rollicking” is often used when describing his books, a testament to his wry humor and his desire for his readers to have a good time along the way. What is the role of the storyteller? To keep it interesting, McClanahan said. “I try not to think much about the distinction between fiction and non-fiction when I’m writing,” he explained. “Instead, I remind myself of the advice of my late West Virginia writer friend Chuck Kinder: ‘Sometimes you just
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Author Ed McClanahan poses at home with a display of special family photos.
McClanahan owned a red VW van – nicknamed the McClanavan – which he drove back and forth from Kentucky to California several times in the 1970s. This photo was taken in Kentucky in 1973. photo by guy MENDES
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Smiley Pete writer Celeste Lewis recently sat in that office and chatted with the illustrious McClanahan. Tell me a little about growing up and some of the early experiences that helped inform your writing career. I spent my childhood and adolescence in Brooksville, Kentucky – a town of only about 700 people, but by the time I was 9 or 10 years old, I knew every single one of them and had free run of the entire place, from the courthouse clocktower to the town dump. So, I was immersed in 700 ongoing stories, and I sort of took them in by osmosis. How did you fall in with the group that became known as the Merry Pranksters in California? What were some memorable experiences from that time? I lived with my first wife, Kit, and my young family just off the [Stanford] campus in a little Menlo Park neighborhood that included a somewhat infamous Bohemian enclave called Perry Lane, where my friend Ken Kesey, who had just published “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” was the leading citizen. In 1964, the Keseys bought a place 20 miles west, in the coastal redwood country. A few months later, my family and I followed suit. Ken and the Pranksters took their epic bus journey east that summer and then came back and famously got busted [on drug charges]. Eventually, Ken decamped and took his entourage to Oregon, and I and
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my burgeoning family soon moved back over the mountains to a big old redwood house in downtown Palo Alto. That house became a waystation for a steady five-year parade of hippies, writers, artists, revolutionaries, and assorted rogues and ne’er-do-wells of every size and description, from Wavy Gravy to Tom Wolfe to Richard Brautigan to Chocolate George of the Hells Angels. Maybe it will suffice to say that Ken Kesey met Tim Leary in our living room. What made you ultimately decide to come back and make Kentucky home? How did you get the nickname Captain Kentucky? What have your Kentucky roots meant to you, and how did you keep in contact with those roots when you lived away? During all the years I was out West, I made a conscious effort to maintain my Kentucky accent – specifically, my Ohio Valley twang – to the point that being “Captain Kentucky” became a sort of job description. It also helped immeasurably that my Kentucky writer friends Wendell Berry, Gurney Norman and Jim Hall were bouncing in and out of California all the time, visiting or sometimes settling in for longer intervals, and they kept me mindful of where we all came from. Meanwhile, of course, I was regularly returning to Kentucky, often for extended stays. Like Antaeus (if only in that one respect), I recharged my strength (such as it was) by touching down on Mother Earth – and in my case, that meant Kentucky.
Who have been some of the major influences in your life and why? It’s been my good fortune to have had many great teachers – Malcolm Cowley, Wallace Stegner, Mae Sarton, Hollis Summers, and Bob Hazel among them – but I believe the two most influential figures in my adult life have been Ken Kesey and Wendell Berry. Kesey came into my life just when I was seeking a new way to present myself to the world and showed me how to do exactly that. And then in the mid-1970s, when I and my second wife, Cia, desperately needed a place to land, we somehow found our way to Wendell and Tanya’s doorstep in Port Royal, Kentucky. They helped us arrange to live in the vacant tenant house next door. Wendell taught me how to make myself useful to him and to our new neighbors, and, in my case, how to be a Kentuckian again. We stayed in the Port Royal community for the next 15 years. Tell me about your process. What is a writing day like for you? How does your work evolve? As to my work habits, I’m shamefully undisciplined. When I was working on the first draft of “The Natural Man,” I was writing 500 words every single day, even though I was simultaneously teaching three freshman comp classes and two creative writing classes the whole time. Nowadays, though, I just sit and wait and ponder the next sentence until it begins to shape itself in my mind. Usually, once a sentence takes root in my head, it starts to grow
McClanahan describes his office in his Walton Avenue home, where he is pictured here and enjoys spending much of his time, as what one would see if they “took [his] head and turned it inside out.” photo by guy MENDES
on its own, internally, sprouting dependent clauses and parentheticals like Jack’s magic beanstalk. Next thing I know, my fledgling sentence has become a whole paragraph! Many people talk about your wit and your turn of phrase. Where do you think that came from? I was a puny child – not sickly, just not vigorous. My mother was one of six girls, so I had my mother and all these aunts, four of whom were schoolteachers, focused on me, and I was read to a lot. It all found a place in my head. Tell me about hanging out with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead? How did you meet? When the Grateful Dead were still the Warlocks, they took to hanging around Kesey’s place in La Honda over in the coastal redwood country, where I also lived at the time. I had already published a couple of pieces in Esquire, so the editors asked me to undertake a substantial article about the band. I worked on the piece for a solid year. It wasn’t what Esquire had in mind, and they rejected it. Playboy immediately stepped into the breach, though, and published it in 1972. I had a great time working on the piece. I had a camper then, so I parked it in Jerry Garcia and Mountain Girl’s front yard for the weekend of their epic “Three Evenings with the Grateful Dead” at the Fillmore. Members of the band came and went all the time at that house, so I could hang around with them during the day
and then go to the Fillmore at night and hear them play three straight sets. One day we went to a ballfield, and the Dead played a softball game with the Jefferson Airplane. It was all a real blast. Can you describe a time when you knew you had found your voice as a writer? Yeah, I can. When I was visiting my parents’ home near Maysville in the summer of 1968, I had a rather unsettling encounter in a local beer joint with three menacing young guys who took exception to my California hippie ‘Outer Man.’ It turned out OK – we ended up becoming buddies and drinking beer together far into the night – and I knew immediately that I wanted to write about it all as soon as I got back to Palo Alto. First, however, I was scheduled for some minor oral surgery a couple of days after my return. When I went to the Stanford hospital for the surgery, they gave me a shot of Demerol, and then it so happened that there was an emergency of some sort, and my surgery was postponed for a couple of hours. During those two hours, riding that Demerol I wrote more than half of a story about my recent encounter, and when I read it after I came out of surgery, I realized that it was in a very new and different voice – looser, more intimate, and at the same time more inclusive, longer sentences, which break open to accommodate self-contained asides, etc. I saw right away that I was onto something new and very different from the
boilerplate prose I’d been slipping into. And I owed it all to a single shot of Demerol! What are some of your favorite places in Lexington? I don’t go out much these days, except for a weekly lunch with friends at West Sixth Brewery and an occasional Thursday night at the Henry Clay Pub to hear Nick Stump’s great little blues band. You are a walking man! Is that more than just exercise? Is it meditation for you? What do you think about on your walks? Lately, I mostly concentrate on just putting one foot ahead of the other. But before I somehow got to be 87 years old, I speculated endlessly, as I walked in the neighborhood, about what went on in those rundown old buildings on Indiana Avenue. There’s a story, “Snarly Pete at the Ramparts,” about those meditations in “Not Even Immortality Lasts Forever.” You are famous for your wit; what makes you laugh? I have uproarious phone conversations with Wendell, and Gurney often blindsides me with astonishingly acute, hilarious observations. My friend Nick Stump is always good for a few chuckles, as are most of the regular crew – all of them, actually – that I meet for lunch every week. And television is a laff riot if one pays attention. Just the other day, for instance, Hilda, my very excellent wife, heard a plaintiff on Court TV say, vehemently, ‘It’s the truth, your honor, as god is my waitress!’
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Who are some of the new writers on the scene whom you are currently impressed with? Locally, I think Chris Holbrook is a great undiscovered talent. And although I haven’t yet had a chance to read Wes Browne’s “Hillbilly Hustle,” everything I hear about it suggests that it’s something very special. I’m eagerly looking forward to it. Is there something you still want to write that you haven’t gotten to yet? I worked for years on a latter-day sequel to “The Natural Man,” titled “The Return of the Son of Needmore,” in which my protagonist/alter ego, Harry Eastep, returns to his hometown after years of teaching out West and becomes a juror in a local murder trial. I still have hopes of finishing it someday, if time allows. cc
Out of Hand: the schizophrenic drawings of ed mcclanahan This month and next, Lexington gallery Institute 193 will host Ed McClanhan’s first-ever show as a visual artist. The exhibit will showcase drawings of psychedelic hands that McClanahan created in 1965 in his studio in La Honda, California, aptly naming them “McClanahands.” The exhibit will be on display April 9-May 16 at Institute 193 (193 N. Limestone St.), barring any COVID-related delays. No receptions will accompany this exhibit, but the gallery is typically open Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
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bURNING DOWN THE bOUlEVARD whY the fast-risiNg leXiNgtoN baNd MagNolia boulevard should be oN Your radar STORY BY MATT WICKSTROM | PHOTOS BY SARAH CAHILL entucky may be known far and wide as the home of bluegrass music, but lately a certain band of another persuasion has been showing an increasingly national audience that the state has more to offer. Since forming in late 2016, the Lexington-based Southern rock-and-blues outfit Magnolia Boulevard has quickly progressed from performing at sparsely attended local venues to selling them out. This past fall, the band’s fast rise to widespread success culminated in a 12-show run in November supporting the seminal rock band Blues Traveler. That tour, in conjunction with the help of a new professional management and booking team, has
helped propel the group onto the lineups of some of the biggest music festivals of 2020, including the second annual Railbird Festival (Aug. 22-23) at Keeneland Race Course, here in their hometown. The seeds for the band’s formation can be traced to the spring of 2016, when singer and guitarist Maggie Noëlle had a chance encounter with lead guitarist Gregg Erwin at Al’s Bar. Noëlle, who was there playing with Moonshine District, her band at the time, quickly became mesmerized by Erwin while watching him perform at a songwriter’s round that was taking place at a neighboring venue – ironically, letting his slide guitar do all the “singing.” After taking a few months to muster up the courage, Noëlle reached out to Erwin on Facebook about getting together to play.
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After hitting it off, the two eventually recruited veteran drummer Todd Copeland (Born Cross Eyed, Green Genes, The Other Brothers) and Jackson, Kentucky-based guitaristturned-keyboardist Ryan Allen to back up the sounds they’d been working up. The group’s first show took place on Feb. 26, 2017, opening for Restless Leg String Band at Cosmic Charlie’s. After shuffling through bassists in its infancy, the group finalized its lineup with groove-laden bassist John Roberts later that summer. Pulling from a mix of the Allman Brothers Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band and Grateful Dead, Magnolia Boulevard’s flashy Southern rock anthems are a stark contrast to the old-time mountain music on which Noëlle was raised in southwest Virginia. While she grew up listening to fiery female vocalists, from Aretha Franklin and the Soul Sisters to Bonnie Raitt and Heart, much of her own performing experience prior to Magnolia Boulevard was of the old-time bluegrass and folk variety. “Stepping into the electrical world, I’ve become more confident because I’m able to be louder and a bit more soulful with my voice,” Noëlle explained. “It’s helped me to branch out a bit more with my vocals and be more loose up on stage.” Born in Clintwood, Virginia, Noëlle was given her first guitar at age 8 by her mother, Theresa Fleming, who also taught her basic chords at a young age. An admittedly shy performer – even to this day, though the power of her voice and her stage presence certainly help mask that – Noëlle’s confidence began to soar with a move at age 18 to Asheville, North Carolina, where she cut her teeth performing around bonfires at parties and singing backup vocals for other acts. Noëlle began to branch out more in 2014 after meeting fellow musicians Katie Caudill, now of Louisville-based Mama Said String Band, and Jared Hamilton at Super Moon Music & Arts Festival in Whitesburg, Kentucky. The following year, the trio formed Moonshine District, which dissolved shortly after Magnolia Boulevard began to take flight.
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Above, the band recorded a special session at the North Lexington studio NitroSonic in February. A forthcoming 4-track EP, recorded near Baltimore with the help of Paul Reed Smith of PRS Guitars, is slated for release this year.
Noëlle’s confidence and musical evolution is prevalent on “Sister,” a strikingly soulful ballad that has become a rallying cry for Magnolia Boulevard’s loyal tribe of followers. After including the song as part of the group’s self-titled EP – recorded in 2017 with Duane Lundy of the Lexington Recording Co. (formerly called Shangri-La Studio) – the group recently rerecorded “Sister” near Baltimore, with the help of Paul Reed Smith, owner and founder of the Marylandbased guitar and amp manufacturer PRS Guitars. The song was then sent for mastering to sound engineer Ted Jensen, whose
past work includes such bedrock albums as The Eagles’ “Hotel California,” Green Day’s “American Idiot” and Norah Jones’ “Come Away with Me.” The band’s relationship with Smith is one of a handful of relationships that has changed the game for the band in recent years. They first met Smith in 2018, when he attended the 50-year anniversary of Lexington instrument shop Willcutt Guitars, where they were performing. Smith was blown away by the performance, and a few weeks later invited the band to perform at Experience
PRS, the company’s flagship event and one of the world’s ultimate guitar festivals. Smith and the band have since developed a tight bond and dual appreciation for one another, with both Erwin and Noëlle becoming officially endorsed by PRS Guitars later in the summer. The relationship with PRS Guitars opened up opportunities for other important relationships, including Paradigm Talent Agency, a major national agency that now handles the band’s bookings, and Revelation Management, which helps oversee day-to-day details for the band in its journey transitioning to the national spotlight.
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For Noëlle, that journey has coincided with another adventure of a lifetime: becoming a new mom. While adding a newborn baby to the mix can often spell disaster for a burgeoning young band, having a baby on board has only brought Magnolia Boulevard closer. Noëlle and fiancée Casen Baumgardner – also a musician and a member of Lexington-based Restless Leg String Band – officially welcomed their firstborn, Evelyn, in April 2019. Neither has let parenthood slow down their music careers. After returning to the stage that summer, at the Mountain Music Festival in West Virginia, Magnolia Boulevard toured relentlessly last summer with the little one in tow. In fact, Evelyn racked up miles in 17 states in her first year, including visits to Virginia’s FloydFest and the aforementioned run of dates with Blues Traveler through the northeastern and midwestern United States. “I was terrified going into it,” Noëlle admitted. “It’s not easy being a musician or a mom, and especially both. At the same time, I wanted to prove that women don’t have to give up their dreams when they have a baby, no matter how bold or ambitious [those dreams] may be.”
The band (pictured above at a photo shoot at Scout Antique & Modern) has become very tightknit since forming a few years ago. A central figure in the group’s bond is Evelyn, Noëlle’s daughter (left), who was born last year.
Noëlle expressed gratitude for a tight-knit group of friends and family that have extended support over the past year. At the center of that are her bandmates in Magnolia Boulevard, who are constantly fighting for Evelyn’s attention, whether it be in the studio, in the green room or on the road between cities.
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“Evelyn has brought the band closer together in many ways and helped to fill our moments on the road with happiness and light,” said Erwin. “There’s nothing better than being in the van with her, and she is smiling at you.” “We recently did a three- or four-day run where she didn’t go, and it just wasn’t the same without her,” Erwin added. Another of Noëlle’s biggest supporters from day one has been her mother. When the band found out last fall they’d be going on tour with Blues Traveler, Fleming didn’t hesitate to join them to help look after the baby during the band’s first extended run of shows since her birth. She joined the band for the first leg of that 12-show run, switching out spots with Baumgardner at the tour’s closest stop to home, a Nov. 8 sold-out show at Headliner’s Music Hall in Louisville.
“My mom has always been my No. 1 supporter, with music and anything else for that matter, so it was great to see her living her best life backstage with her grandbaby,” said Noëlle. “She was a trooper and a huge help to me the first half of our run with Blues Traveler.” Magnolia Boulevard is poised to take its rock ’n’ roll circus on the road in 2020, with appearances scheduled at the second annual Suwannee Rising at Florida’s Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (April 16-18); the 20th annual Summer Camp Music Festival in
Chillicothe, Illinois (May 21-25); and a return to the Mountain Music Festival in Minden, West Virginia (June 4-7). The group will also perform at Trash Bash at Rockcastle Riverside in Livingston, Kentucky (June 5-7). “I’m super excited to get back out on the road with the boys and play at all of these festivals, especially the Suwannee and Summer Camp gigs,” said Noëlle. “I’ve never been to either and have only heard great things, so to be included on them with the likes of Phil Lesh, Lettuce and Billy Strings is absolutely crazy.” cc
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In conjunction with its Master Gardener program, the Fayette County Extension Service hosts a bevy of wonderful workshops for gardeners each year. Please note that these classes typically have a small admission fee and limited capacity, and that pre-registration is required. Contact the Fayette County Extension office at (859) 257-5582 or online at fayette.ca.uky.edu for pricing information and to register. Unless otherwise specified, Gardener’s Toolbox workshops take place at 6 p.m. at the Fayette County Extension Office, located at 1140 Harry Sykes Way.
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For more than 30 years, long-time clients have purchased their holiday wreathes, special arrangements for Easter and Derby, bouquets for Mother’s Day and fresh flowers “just because” from Stephen “Steve” Hein at his shop, E. Stephen Hein Florist. Hein’s personal touch has kept clients coming back for decades, many of them now considering him a friend. “I always say that we do from birth to death and everything in between,” he said. “We send [arrangements] to the hospital for new babies being born daily, and unfortunately, I have buried a lot of my early clientele, who were not young at the time when I started. I miss a lot of them.” As for the in-between, Hein supplies flowers for plenty of weddings and special events along the way. Hein first opened his shop in 1987, in the East Main Street apartment building Wellington Arms. He worked his floral magic for customers in the building’s basement until his six-year lease was up, at which time he moved down the street to a space next to Heritage Antiques’ Main Street location at the time. When that property was sold in 2008, he pulled up stakes and headed to Winchester Road at Midland, where the shop was located for a decade. In December of 2018, however, the florist company took root in a new spot – one from which he hopes to eventually retire. The building is at 380 E. Second St., on the corner of Eastern Avenue about a block down from Martine’s Pastries. Hein is leasing to buy, with plans to fully take ownership of the building by the end of 2023.
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“Of all the buildings I have been in, I love this building best,” he said. “It’s a beautiful two-story, interesting, neat building. The neighbors all thank me for being here.” Though it lacks some of the “drive by” visibility of his former locations, the quiet, neighborhood-oriented building offers plentiful parking and an ease of coming and going that the busy thoroughfare locations lacked. With abundant natural light and exposed interior brick walls, the space is full of charm – and flowers, of course. Hein’s selection of flesh blooms range from anemone, delphinium and freesia to calla lilies, pink Tabledance lilies and gerbera daisies, with dahlias, irises and tulips in between. “I could go on,” Hein said. Small bulb gardens
– landscaped with moss and decorated by hand by Hein with miniature garden critters – are popular with his customers this time of year, as the flowers can be planted during the summer and will come back every year. Almost all his lilies come from Little Miami Flower Co., a wholesaler near Cincinnati. “We buy a lot from the local wholesalers,” Hein said. “I try to do most of it pretty locally.” When he opened shop in 1987, he was asked to handle floral arrangements for such charitable events as the Lexington Ball, the Steeplechase Ball in Cincinnati and Beaux Arts Krewe Ball in Birmingham. In more recent years, his work has been seen at the annual Fabby Abbey Ball, a benefit for KET held at Spindletop Hall.
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Hein’s granddaughter, Kelsey Hein Smith (pictured with him at left), has been working in the shop for the past several years, as a floral designer and the shop’s social media manager.
Hein first came to Lexington in 1961 from his home state of Indiana. While attending Evansville College (before it became the University of Evansville) in the late ’50s, he got an offer to become an ice skating instructor in Terre Haute, Indiana. Then he was hired by Crystal Ice Palace, located in Lexington’s new Gardenside Shopping Center, in 1961. The developers of the center, Pierson-Trapp Co., operated the outdoor skating facility in winter and had a swim club called Cabana Club during the summertime, both of which closed around 1964. Those same developers invited Hein to join as a managing partner in the Villager Gift Shop, he said. For several years, Hein ran the retail store: a bridal registry shop with gifts, antiques, an art gallery and framing department. The Villager Gift Shop was advertised in national magazines like House & Garden and House Beautiful, and gave Hein his first experience buying beautiful silk flowers, which had become available to the gift market “just after the horrible episode of awful plastic flowers for homes,” he recalled. By the time he changed the name of the shop to E. Stephen Hein, Inc., customers were coming in requesting silk flower arrangements en masse. “I had to do an arrangement like I knew what
I was doing,” Hein said with a laugh, recalling his early foray into floral arranging. Over the next two decades, the gift shop in Gardenside closed and Hein became involved with a couple of other businesses and jobs, including a stint at W.P. Pemberton & Sons Greenhouses. “I didn’t know what was going on with that shop, but I thought I wouldn’t mind going in to learn the flower shop business,” he said. It turned out that they were looking for a manager. Building off his experience with silk flower arrangements, he soon learned how to work with natural flowers and plants, and in 1987, he left Pemberton’s to open his own shop. Today, Hein’s floral shop has turned into a true family affair, with his granddaughter, Kelsey Hein Smith, having worked alongside him since graduating from Eastern Kentucky University in 2017. A floral designer and the store’s social media manager, Smith calls her grandfather PoPo – except during business hours.
While centerpieces and corsages are less common than they were at the start of his business, sending flowers across town – or even across the country – remains a popular action, and Hein can help with both. Some of his loyal clients utilize his services not only for local flower delivery but also to coordinate out-of-state arrangements for funerals or special occasions. “We know what to say to the other florist, the dos and don’ts of what to use and what not to use,” Hein said, explaining that his clients appreciate his specific aesthetic. His penchant for communicating the specifics of that aesthetic when “calling out” orders to other florists hasn’t gone unnoticed, as the shop has often been lauded for orders that Hein helps coordinate across the country. Former and fellow florists have also expressed their gratitude to Hein over the years.
“It’s weird to call him Steve,” she admitted.
“They have told me that when I set up shop in Lexington in 1987, I raised the bar for what florists do to make a show with their flower arrangements,” he said. “I thought that was a very nice compliment.” cc
Thoughtful, artistic expression has always been appreciated in the floral business, and remains a staple of Hein’s business model.
E. Stephen Hein Florist is located at 380 E. Second St. More info is available at www. estephenheinflorist.com.
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ConCerts & GiGs Anonimuss Rose/Devine Carama/Tina Fondren/The Off Daze/Poca Ranelli. April 14. This multi-artist show features Lexington-based neo-soul and hip-hop singer Anonimuss Rose; Devine Carama, a local hip-hop artist who is also a lyricism and leadership educator at the University of Kentucky; singer Tina Fondren; psychedelic funk, soul and hip-hop band The Off Daze; and up-and-coming musician and singer Poca Ranelli. 8:45 p.m. Cosmic Charlie’s, 105 W. Loudon Ave. www.cosmic-charlies.com. (859) 475-6096 Abby the Spoon Lady and the Tater Boys. April 17. Abby the Spoon Lady is an Asheville-based percussionist and storyteller. Along with local activism, she also hosts a video and audio series for the Asheville Buskers Collective about street performance. She will be joined by the Tater Boys, who play old-time music and got their name because, well, they “like taters.” 8 p.m. The Burl, 375 Thompson Road. www. theburlky.com (859) 447-8166 Here Come The Mummies. April 18. This eight-piece funkrock band consists of “5,000 year-old Egyptian Mummies with a one-track mind.” Since their discovery, the incognito band has supported P-Funk, Al Green, Mavis Staples, KC and the Sunshine Band, and Cheap Trick; rocked Super Bowl Village; become a regular on The
Bob and Tom Show; and played festivals like Summer Camp, Common Ground, Voodoo Fest and Suwannee Hulaween. 7 p.m. Manchester Music Hall, 899 Manchester St. (859) 237-7321 Black Belt Eagle Scout/Mariee Sioux. April 18. Released in September 2018, “Mother of My Children” was the debut album from Black Belt Eagle Scout, the recording project of Katherine Paul, who was heralded as a favorite new musician of 2018 by the likes of NPR Music, Stereogum, and Paste. The album was also named as a “Best Rock Album of 2018” by Pitchfork and garnered further end-of-year praise from FADER, Under The Radar and more. The act will be supported by California activist and folk singer Mariee Sioux. 8 p.m. Cosmic Charlie’s, 105 W. Loudon Ave. www.cosmic-charlies.com. (859) 475-6096 Arlo McKinley. April 18. Crossing genres of folk, rock, indie and soul music, Arlo McKinley remains focused on the same mission: writing truthful and honest songs. Billed alongside musicians such as John Moreland, Jason Isbell, Tyler Childers, Justin Townes Earle and many others have helped McKinley get his name outside of the local Cincinnati scene and have gained him fans across the states and across the pond. 9 p.m. The Burl, 375 Thompson Road. www. theburlky.com (859) 447-8166
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Jukebox The Ghost. April 19. Jukebox the Ghost’s latest record, “Off To The Races,” is a giddy, vibrant collection of the band’s most colorful and bombastic songs to date. Though it’s the fifth studio outing from this long-running trio of piano pop wizards, it plays like an energetic debut album: just as eager to please as it is eager to surprise you. Every generation has a band that puts a fresh twist on piano-rock, and Jukebox the Ghost’s latest studio offering serves as a memorably vivid and kaleidoscopic step forward for the genre. 8 p.m. The Burl, 375 Thompson Road. www.theburlky.com (859) 447-8166
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Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn. April 21. Born and raised in New York City, Fleck began his musical career playing the guitar. In the early 1960s, while watching “The Beverly Hillbillies,” he experienced the bluegrass sounds of Flatt & Scruggs flowing out of the TV and into his young brain. Earl Scruggs’s banjo style hooked his interest immediately. Nashville-based clawhammer banjo player Abigail Washburn pairs venerable folk elements with far-flung sounds, and the results feel both strangely familiar and unique at the same time. 7:30 p.m. Grand Theatre, 308 St Clair St., Frankfort. www.grandtheatrefrankfort. org (502) 352-7469 Town Mountain. April 24. The hearty base of Town Mountain’s music is the bluegrass triumvirate of Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. It’s what else goes into the mix that brings it all to life both on stage and on record and reflects the group’s wide-ranging influences – from the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia and the ethereal lyrics of Robert Hunter to the honest, vintage country of Willie, Waylon and Merle. 9 p.m. The Burl, 375 Thompson Road. www.theburlky.com (859) 447-8166
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We have The Venues, The Gardens, and The Caterer! Choose from one of our FIVE venues for your events needs! Looking for a unique stylish space? Look no further. We bring together all the elements that Scream Kentucky! Located in the heart of Downtown Lexington, Venues of The Grand Reserve hosts five distinctly different venues with an elegant Warehouse Chic interior style. With over 50,000 square feet of space, four indoor and one outdoor venue, you are sure to find a fitting space for you!
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Robyn Hitchcock. April 25. A surrealist poet, talented guitarist, cult artist and musician’s musician, Robyn Hitchcock is among alternative rock’s father figures and is the closest thing the genre has to a Bob Dylan (who is, not coincidentally, his biggest musical inspiration.) 8 p.m. The Burl, 375 Thompson Road. www.theburlky.com (859) 447-8166 Champs of the Sun. April 25. Lexington-based Champs of the Sun mixes many of the traditional elePHOTO FURNISHED ments of rock with bouncy, Robyn Hitchcock will perform at The guitar-heavy grooves and Burl on April 25. nostalgic twinkling keys. The group will release a brand new single with live support from additional local acts Home Grown Head Band and Bedford Band. 10 p.m. The Burl, 375 Thompson Road. www.theburlky.com (859) 447-8166 All Them Witches. April 29. “Sleeping Through the War,” the fourth album from this Nashville stoner rock four-piece, has a larger production value thanks to producer Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell, Shooter Jennings) and found the group using choral vocals and many expanded arrangements. 8 p.m. The Burl, 375 Thompson Road. www.theburlky.com (859) 447-8166
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The Living Arts & Science Center is currently hosting an exhibit of local gig posters and other musicrelated ephemera, featuring the work of Lexington artists Cricket Press (at right), Robert Beatty and John Lackey.
Kentucky Craft Luminaries: Sharing the Stories. On display through May 10. The Kentucky Craft History & Education Association presents this dynamic exhibition featuring the artworks and stories of some of the state’s most recognized craft artists including basketry, furniture, weaving, pottery, glass, quilting, wooden folk art and stringed instruments. Central Library Gallery, 140 E. Main St. Gallery hours and more information available at www.lexpublib.org/gallery. Gig Posters & Ephemera: Cricket Press, John Lackey and Robert Beatty. On display through May 23. Featuring the work of extraordinary Lexington artists Cricket Press (Brian and Sara Turner), John Lackey and Robert Beatty, this exhibit explores the tradition of poster and banner making, with gig posters and music ephemera the artists created for numerous national and regional bands. Gallery hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon.-Fri., Living Arts and Science Center, 362 N. Martin Luther King Blvd. www.lasclex.org (859) 252-5222
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NorthSide Festival. April 25. The Lexington Art League will host this outdoor, arts-oriented festival in collaboration with Lexington folk artist LaVon Williams. The event will feature dozens of art vendors, food and entertainment, with a special focus on highlighting vendors from Lexington’s north side. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Castlewood Park / Lexington Art League, 209 Castlewood Drive. www.lexingtonartleague.org (859) 254-7024
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LiterAtUre & fiLm Kentucky Great Writers Series. April 14. This event includes readings from Jeff Worley’s “Lucky Talk,” John James’ “The Milk Hours,” and Savannah Sipple’s “WWJD and Other Poems.” The event starts at 6 p.m., with a 25-minute open-mic session to give the audience a chance to participate. At 6:30, the readings by featured authors will begin. The Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning, 251 W. Second St. www.carnegiecenterlex.org (859) 254-4175 David Sedaris. April 15. Best-selling author and NPR contributor David Sedaris returns to Lexington for an evening featuring all-new stories, a Q&A and a book signing. With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, Sedaris has become one of America’s preeminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that David Sedaris this master of satire is returns to the one of the most obserLexington vant writers addressing Opera House the human condition April 15. today. He returns to PHOTO the road following the FURNISHED release of his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious collection, “Calypso.” 7:30 p.m. Lexington Opera House, 401 W. Short St. www.lexingtonoperahouse. com (859) 2334567 cc
SMILEY PETE’S DINING GUIDE OBC Kitchen is a local, chef-driven restaurant that houses an extremely rare bourbon collection, eclectic craft beer selection and extensive wine list. 3373 Tates Creek Rd. 859.977.2600 obckitchen.com
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Smithtown @ The Summit 119 Marion Street, Suite 160 • Lexington, KY 40517 Mon.-Thu. 11am-9pm • Fri-Sat. 11am-10pm Sun. 11am-8pm 859-309-0011 Smithtown @ West Sixth 501 W. Sixth St. • Lexington, KY 40508 Sun.-Wed. 11am-9pm; Thurs.-Sat. 11am-10pm 859-303-4100 smithtownseafood.com
OPEN 9AM-4PM DAILY BREAKFAST, LUNCH & CATERING 143 JEFFERSON ST. • 255-DELI Great pub food; 50+ beers on tap; 55 TVs; 3 video walls; and Lexington’s largest year-round covered patio
Hamburg Pavilion • 2304 Sir Barton Way, Ste. 180 859-263-5228 • www.tedsmontanagrill.com
1030 S. Broadway 859-255-5458 Mon-Sat: 11am-1am Sun: 11am-12am tiltedkilt.com Located inside downtown Lexington’s historic courthouse, Zim’s serves from a menu inspired by the bounty of Kentucky farms.
215 W. Main St., Suite 25 • (859) 785-3690 Open 7 a.m. - 9 p.m. daily www.zimscafe.com SOUTHSIDERMAGAZINE.COM || NOVEMBER 2019
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Recent Residential Property Transactions
40502 794 Chinoe Rd. $1,220,000
321 Bassett Ave. $127,000 327 Bassett Ave. $80,000
2645 Tates Creek Rd. $769,000 725 Kirkland Dr. $635,000
40503
499 Hart Rd. $528,000
307 Arcadia Park $423,000
1122 Fontaine Rd. $524,000
338 Glendover Rd. $312,000
336 Queensway Dr. $475,000
110 Wabash Dr. $289,900
2176 Taborlake Cir. $460,000
109 Shady Ln. $250,000
1006 Edgewater Dr. $460,000 3365 Overbrook Dr $375,000
40508
345 Henry Clay Blvd. $345,000
222 Delmar Ave. $385,000
221 Preston Ave. $260,000
617 Columbia Ave. $165,000
BIGGEST MOVER: 794 Chinoe Rd. $1,220,000
3337 Bellefonte Dr. $250,000
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619 Orchard Ave. $190,000
40514
380 Oldham Ave. $168,000
4709 Trace Ct. $399,900
327 Hanover Ct. $152,500
2141 Ladera Ln. $355,000 cc
JULY 2018 || SOUTHSIDERMAGAZINE.COM
Recent arm’s length residential sales for this magazine’s distribution area. Information compiled by Fayette County Property Valuation Administrator David O’Neill. For more information on any of these properties, or others, please visit www.fayettepva.com.
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953 Turkey Foot Rd. $487,900
2949 Blackford Pkwy. $649,000
233 Woodspoint Rd. $779,000
103 S. Limestone #1140 $957,355
617 Old Coach Rd. $999,000
Gwen Matthews 859.608.3471
Whitney Durham 859.983.9500
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3209 Honeyhill Ln. $1,595,000
1125 Bridlewood Ln. $2,100,000
103 S. Limestone #1050 $2,398,500
1700 Tates Creek Rd. $3,999,000
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4733 Cypress Creek Cir. $237,900
2583 Flying Ebony
Move-in ready in popular Meadow Creek subdivision. First floor features large living room adjacent to kitchen, 3 BRs/2.5 BAs. Finished basement w/spacious family room and fireplace, half bath and laundry. Fenced backyard w/multiple decks. 2-car garage.
Move in ready townhouse in Hamburg Place! End unit featuring the Beacon Hill floor plan with 2-story entry, great room, high ceilings, lovely hardwoodsand first floor master suite. The second level offers 2 BRs, full BA and huge closet. 2-car garage and private patio.
449 N. Limestone
$899,000
Renovated historic downtown home priced below appraisal! New roof, dual zone HVAC, electric service, restored stained glass and amazing center stained glass oculus. 3 BRs, 3.5 BAs, 4,588 s.f., amazing chef’s kitchen, 2-car garage. Come see this property!
515 S. Mill St.
*The House at Rueil by Edouard Manet, used with permission. Sotheby’s International Realty® and the Sotheby’s International Realty Logo are service marks licensed to Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC and used with permission. Bluegrass RE, LLC fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Each franchise is independently owned and operated. Any services or products provided by independently owned and operated franchisees are not provided by, affiliated with or related to Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC nor any of its affiliated companies.
$345,000
$965,000
Historic South Hill home built in 1814 with an extensive renovation around 2006. Blend of historic with elite modern scale amenities. High ceilings, some of the original hardwood floors, lovely built-ins and moldings. Private, fenced yard landscaped by Henkel-Denmark.
315 S. Maple St. Winchester, KY
$379,000
628 Andover Village Pl. $495,000
555 N. Broadway
Thought to be the oldest brick house in historic downtown Winchester, featuring hardwood floors, soaring ceilings, lovely trim and moldings, marble fireplace, porches and balconies. 4 BRs/2.5 BAs, 4,970 s.f.
Fantastic home located in the Villas of Andover! First floor master suite, hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings and an open floor plan perfect for entertaining! 2BRs, 3.5 BAs, finished basement, and back deck. Convenient location, close to Hamburg.
Gorgeous renovation of this Craftsman style 2.5 story home located in downtown. 5 BRs, 2 full and 2 half BAs. All with new hardwood floors and 10 foot ceilings. Original pocket doors, Rookwood tile fireplace surround, & new exterior storm windows. 439 acre lot!
103 S. Limestone #1140
4895 Buggy Ln.
$957,355
Introducing the Penthouses at City Center! Over 1600 s.f. with 1 BR, 1.5 BAs, high end finishes, floor to ceiling windows w/skyline views of downtown. Amenities include use of the Marriott Hotel health club and outdoor rooftop pool facility, parking and much more.
Becky Reinhold, Principal Broker cell 859.338.1838 • office 859.268.0099 • www.bgsir.com • becky@bgsir.com
$1,500,000
Horse Haven Farm! State of the art 8-stall barn, outdoor riding arena, paddocks with Nelson waterers, Round pen, Walker, plus wonderful 5,320 sq. ft. well-built custom home. Situated on 10 acres off of Briar Hill and Muir Station Roads.
$715,000
3120 Warrenwood Wynd $1,075,000 Lovely and spacious brick home on large lot in Warrenton Woods! 5 BRs, 4.5 BAs, 7,692 sq. ft. w/many updates. Large entry foyer, living room w/fireplace, dining room, sitting room, and family room. Finished basement with fireplace, full kitchen.
*The House at Rueil by Edouard Manet, used with permission. Sotheby’s International Realty® and the Sotheby’s International Realty Logo are service marks licensed to Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC and used with permission. Bluegrass RE, LLC fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Each franchise is independently owned and operated. Any services or products provided by independently owned and operated franchisees are not provided by, affiliated with or related to Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC nor any of its affiliated companies.
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