Louisville: Side Trips

Super Side Trip: Holiday Luncheons
The Woodford Reserve Distillery, Versailles, 60 miles southwest of Louisville
Chef Ouita Michel cooks for guests at Kentucky’s fine bourbon distillery. Specialties include shrimp bisque; Julia Child’s Famous Beef Bourguignon; local lettuces with blue cheese, toasted walnuts, and Woodford’s sorghum vinaigrette; caramel-iced jam cake; and more. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday November 28-December 27; $25. woodfordreserve.com

See the Bright Lights: Light Up Lake Forest
25 miles east of city center on U.S. 60
At least 1,200 homeowners light lawns and houses beginning the first week of December. The live reindeer (once a tradition) no longer show up, but the crowds do. Go at dusk before the traffic turns snail-paced. lakeforestky.com