76 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 7.15
"Wheatley
Elementary. It's
named after a slave.
She used to write
poetry and stuff."
"Do you know any of
her poems?"
"No. I haven't did
that much history."
"I can do the splits on
the bottom."
"Will you show me?"
"Oh, man, I need my
goggles."
"We are the ladies of
the lake. There are
several of us. And
our husbands, we call
them — since they sit in
the lounge chairs and
don't get in the water a
lot — we call them the
Lounge Lizards. I told
my husband if we ever
split up he could have
the house, the dogs, the
cars — everything — but
he couldn't have the
Lakeside membership.
That's mine. This is my
heaven. If I die and I
open my eyes and I'm
not at Lakeside, I'll know
I've gone downstairs."
"This is where I
grew up. My parents
would drop me off
and then it would
be like 4 p.m. and
they would come
pick me up. It's just a
routine. Every single
day. I mean, every
spot I remember
something special
about."
"Have you been
to the snack bar
yet? Well, get
yourself a corn
dog. Those are
pretty amazing.
And a frozen 3
Musketeers."
"My favorite player
in the NBA is Nate
Robinson because
he's short like me,
and I'm like him
because I'm short.
He's fve-nine."