Living

A thick, laminated, cutting board-type dining table drew a lot of attention at the Bluegrass Green Expo last month in Lexington's Convention Center.

There was a red carpet leading to the door, and in the cavernous party space, a dance floor, disco balls, a live band and a giant football helmet like the ones college teams run through on game day. The flood lights outside were swirling overhead, cutting through the dark night as if George Clooney had come home for a movie premiere.

Bath County's Terry Highley builds and remodels homes for a living, but some folks say he's even better at building young men. Highley has helped 27 boys in Bath County make Eagle Scout — beginning with his own two sons — since he became a Boy Scout leader in the 1980s.

In case you get lost along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, the trail's revamped Web site includes turn-by-turn directions along with a new drag-and-drop feature that lets you plan your route from or to any of the eight distilleries.