It all started when I began planning to become a trail angel….a trail angel needs a travel bar, doesn’t she? To bring craft cocktails to the resting thru-hikers, of course. And soon I came across a piece of vintage luggage disguised as a briefcase, but designed for a few bottles of booze and aluminum cups for drinking. This is all wrong, I thought! We deserve an elevated cocktail experience which conjures a sense of nostalgia. And we need a space for bitters and shakers and juicers and proper glassware. So I set out to curate my first travel bar – The Happy Traveler. But then an unexpected trip to the cardiologist changed everything. Can someone who is sober still enjoy cocktails? The answer is a resounding YES! And in sophisticated style!

The Artist & Curator, Kim Parsley lives near Seattle, Washington. With an education in Interior Design, her career path has led her to fulfill many roles in the field of interior architecture. Now retired, she leverages her design skills towards the curation of vintage travel bars as well as collecting and selling vintage barware.

Kim is also a contributor to multiple magazines including The Sober Curator. Here she writes reviews and articles for the Happy Every Hour section, including non-alcoholic spirit reviews and recipe contributions.

When not in the studio or traveling, she and her husband spend many weekends off-the-grid hiking and experimenting with new cocktails at their cabin in the woods of the North Cascades.

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Venue Details

Fairfield County District Library, 3rd Floor Auditorium

219 North Broad Street
Lancaster, Ohio 43130