Kyle is from Kentucky, so at some point, we decided to have a Kentucky Derby party. Never mind that neither of us had ever been to a horse race, we wanted to eat fried food. On Saturday, we invited a bunch of people over to do just that. Here’s a rundown of the day.

Guests begin to arrive:

Marcia

Chris

For food, we had delicious drinks in Laura’s Kentucky Derby glasses. I made bourbon balls and Derby Pie, but that is not enough to feed people, so we got KFC:

Yup, fried chicken, gravy, biscuits, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, and cheese curds. All food we hardly ever eat, so it went over big.

Eric (in the mirror), Justin, Stephanie, Kat, Aaron, Dustin, Kyle, and Chris

Next was the race. Did you know it lasts only two minutes or so? It does. To make things interesting, we all bet on the horses–a dollar a horse, all even odds.

Aaron, Robin and Laura watching the race

Likewise Stephanie, Kat, and Chris

No one called the winner, Street Sense. However, Aaron, Paul, and I called the 4th place winner Imawildandcrazyguy. We split the pot three ways, $5 a piece.

Afterwards, we went outside to play Horse Shoes (Get it? Horse shoes?) Justin took some pictures of that in his recap of the party. Meanwhile, I dragged Marcia and Laura to the Artist Colony to see where I’ve been writing.

Laura

Me and Marcia in the tent

Finally, we played with the hacked X-Box, which our friend helped us set up. Kyle and Stephanie are both awesome at DDR. Toward 5 p.m. or so, people started to go home. Still, more fun was to be had when Kyle and other guests started using the DDR pad as a controller for old Nintendo games. You haven’t lived until you have played PacMan with your feet.

Kyle on the second level of Mario Bros.

Good times.