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44 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 7.15 Hospital Baptist East Norton Jewish Locally Headquartered Bank Republic Stock Yards Park Community Credit Union Boutique Dot Fox Shop at the Brown (tie) Clodhoppers (tie) Pink Door (tie) Two Chicks Fitness Club Baptist Health Milestone YMCA Planet Fitness TV Anchor-Male Scott Reynolds Doug Profftt Sterling Riggs TV Anchor-Female Dawne Gee Candyce Clifft Vicki Dortch TV Sportscaster Fred Cowgill Kent Taylor Eric Crawford TV Weathercaster Kevin Harned Marc Weinberg Jay Cardosi TV Morning Host Candyce Clifft Terry Meiners Lauren Jones Club DJ Glittertitz Sleepy T Syimone PEOPLE'S CHOICE PEOPLE'S CHOICE Photo by Aaron Kingsbury Best Fitness Club Baptis Eas Milesone Welnes Center 750 Cypress Station Drive Milestone offers numerous group classes, from cardio kickboxing and yoga to Zumba and aquatics. Work hard. Then: Treat. Yo. Self. There's a spa for manicures, facials, massages and more. "It started out as a joke," Jason Spencer says of the Twitter handle @LouisvilleHumor. While he was entering a career in digital marketing and social media, a friend from Texas kept going on and on about how the Lonestar state is much cooler than the Bluegrass. So Spencer, a prideful Louisvillian, started the Twitter account. Three years later, he says, "It's interesting that there are 11,000 people that think I'm funny." (At press time, @LouisvilleHumor had almost 12,000 followers.) One recent tweet is a photo of horse trainer Bob Baffert at the Belmont with the Burger King mascot behind him. The caption: "When you win the Triple Crown, have it your way!" (Not exactly Louis C.K., but I still fnd myself chuckling more often than not.) Another reads, "Just announced: theme song for Dairy Kastle, my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard." This past winter, the "bread aisle at Kroger" won a Louisville Humor award for "best weather forecast." The tweets that garner the most attention are usually about 1) how to pronounce the city's name ("Stop trying to make Lou-ee-ville happen"), and 2) anything involving the UK-U of L rivalry ("No, you cannot burn the seats at the Yum Center like a couch"). Being so tuned in to social media helped Spencer get his current job on Humana's social media team. "When I do social for a brand, there's always a lot of strategy," the 28-year-old says. "For Louisville Humor, there's no thought that goes into it." — Mary Chellis Austin Best Twitter Jabs at the City Louisvile Humor CRITIC'S CHOICE