Bondurant's Pharmacy

Remember the days, before the chains took over, when a pharmacist could earn a living by owning their own pharmacy, and practice their profession with their own personal touch and style?

Too bad those days have almost come to an end. I mean, what pharmacist wouldn't love to own a pharmacy building like this? You could even live upstairs.

Bondurant's Pharmacy is a drug store opened in 1974 that is built in the shape of a giant mortar and pestle, a common tool of the pharmacist. It is located on Village Drive near Versailles Road in Lexington, Kentucky. This "personal touch" of the profession, known as mimetic architecture, was designed by Kentucky pharmacist Joseph A. Bondurant.

Unfortunately, due to competition from neighboring chain pharmacies and pressure from third-party payors, Bondurant's Pharmacy went out of business earlier this year and sold their files to the local Walgreens pharmacy. However, the building is still standing, and a reported to be a main attraction in Central Kentucky.

If you're ever in Lexington, stop by and see it. Here's another good view.

Men's Minds Are Always On Their Weiners

All this nonsense going on with Anthony Weiner while the United States is on the brink of going broke, unemployment is at record levels, innocent people are being killed every day in unjust wars, and deforestation is causing global warming.

This editorial cartoon by Joel Pett couldn't put things in better perspective for me.

He Could Get In, But He Couldn't Get Out

This fella made a mistake of robbing the roach motel of pharmacies.


Source: WKYT NewsFirst

The History of Pharmacy in Kentucky

About seven years ago, the Blue Grass Pharmacists Association helped to establish the Kentucky Renaissance Pharmacy Museum with the mission "to contribute to the understanding of the history and development of pharmacy in Kentucky by fostering the preservation and dissemination of knowledge of the history of pharmacy in Kentucky."

Located in the Lexington History Center, visitors to the pharmacy museum can peruse the elaborate hand-made cabinets and showcases, view an extensive collection of handsome ground glass apothecary globes and bottles, mortars and pestles, personalized prescription tablets, books and journals; and enjoy a vast assemblage of other historic apothecary paraphernalia from local pharmacies that served our community throughout past decades.

If you're a pharmacy buff and haven't yet visited the pharmacy museum, you don't know what you're missing. It's a worthy addition to your busy schedule, and you'll get a better perspective on just how much the practice of pharmacy has advanced throughout the years.

Welcome Bluehaired Groupies

Bear with me, I'm new at blogger and trying to figure out how this thing works.

I started practicing pharmacy when rotary phones were state of the art. After decades of caring for my community, I'm finally reaching the twilight of my career. A lot of changes have happened to the profession over those years, many that I didn't sign up for, and I'm looking forward to trying my hand at something else.

Pharmacy has been good to me, but I'll be happy to leave the new practice of pharmacy up to the younger generation.

Until next time.. go Wildcats!