Why Celebrate August 29

Bottoms Up (Btms^) for Sunday, August 29, 2010.

Liquor Barn & Liquor Barn Express stores are open Sundays from 1:00 to 9:00 pm for your shopping convenience.

See Liquor Barn ads in today’s editions of the Louisville Courier-Journal and Lexington Herald-Leader!

Drink 4Cast 4 2Day: a Coors Light, 2 celebrate the opening of the US Air Force Academy 2day in 1958, in Colorado Springs, CO!

Y Celebrate 2Day? On this date in…

1986 – Actress, singer Lea Michele born…full of “Glee” and to have a Spring Awakening on Broadway!

1964 – Walt Disney’s film “Mary Poppins” premiered…with a spoon-full of sugar?

1958 – Singer Michael Jackson born…a “Thriller”?

1958 – The U.S. Air Force Academy opened…in Colorado Springs, CO.

1956 – Dancer, choreographer Mark Morris born…to co-found the White Oak Dance Project!

1947 – Temple Grandin born…with autism, to become an animal welfare and autism expert and the subject of several extraordinary films.

1939 – Film director Joel Schumacher born…at “a Time to Kill” “The Client” with “The Lost Boys” at “St. Elmo’s Fire”?

1935 – Film director William Friedkin born…”To Live and Die in L.A”. with “The Boys in the Band” and a “French Connection” for “The Exorcist” with a “Bug”?

1920 – Jazz musician Charlie “Bird” Parker born…to play his saxophone!

1915 – Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman born…in “Casablanca” to be “Spellbound” and “Notorious” “For Whom the Bell Tolls” in “Gaslight”?

1898 – The Goodyear Tire Company was founded…to help the wheels on the bus go round and round?

1885- Gottlieb Daimler patented the world’s 1st motorcycle.

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Why Celebrate Today? February 11, 2009

Btms^ for February 11. On this date in…

1962 – Sheryl Crow (singer, songwriter) born.

“All I want to do is have some fun” when celebrating this former schoolteacher-turned-rock star’s birthday…and I know “I’m not the only one!”  A toast to this talented young artist with some old bourbon would be fitting, whether it’s Old Crow, Old Pogue, or Old Grand Dad Bourbon!    

1969 —   Jennifer Anniston (actress) born.

“Rumor Has It” a perfect way to celebrate Jenn’s birthday is to gather all your “Friends” (including “Marley and Me” and “Bruce Almighty”) and toast to her and her Greek heritage with some Ouzo, an anise-flavored liqueur.   

1953    —  Disney’s “Peter Pan” premieres.

Everyone can take flight when you celebrate with a glass of Parrot Mountain wine!  

1809    —  Steamboat patented by Robert Fulton.

A steamy celebration sure to float any boat would be with brews from Anchor Steam Brewing, San Fran, CA.  

1990    —  Nelson Mandela (apartheid activist, President of South Africa) freed.

Let’s celebrate this remarkable date with the same South African sparkling wine that was served at his inauguration a few years after he was freed: Graham Beck Brut.   

1847    —  Thomas Alva Edison born.

An apt and illuminating toast to the genius of Menlo Park would be with your favorite Light beer: Amstel Light, Coors Light, Miller Lite, Bud Light, Michelob Light, Rhinelander Light…well, you get the picture and more importantly, you see the light!

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