What a weekend. Dora and I had planned a weekend away, and we did get away, but I ended up spending the entire time in bed sick. Not fun. And poor Dora. She even had to eat dinner by herself on Saturday.

The upside, if you want to call it that I guess, is I got a lot of TV time in. I don’t typically watch a lot, and was reminded why. (How many shopping channels do we need!) But I did get hooked on the food channel! I must’ve watched five hours of that!

It really is food porn. And I wasn’t even hungry! But now that I’m finally feeling better, I can’t wait to get Dora and me over to Tex’s for some pulled pork, jalapeno beans and sweetbread! They should send a kickback to Bobby Flay.

Later,
Dane

hey everybody! hope ya’ll had a real nice weekend. i know we did down our way.

on saturday we took my papa over to peterson’s train store. he likes to go over there when he’s in town because he used to work on the railroad and the man loves everything having to do with trains!

if you have a train person in your family its actually pretty cool place. they have all kinds of old train toys and models and some amazing train layouts. there are some that are 100 years old and some that are like 10 feet long.

have fun!
shea♥

I looked back at our earlier postings and amazingly I can’t see where we’ve ever mentioned one of the very best things to see in Nashville, at least for a portion of us who love country music, and that’s the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum!

Yes, I did mention Studio B at least. But I guess I figured everyone knew the museum was right there. How could you know? How would know if I was going to Seattle or Santa Fe or anywhere I’d never been?

But the CMHFM is a must see. The Ray Charles exhibit, Elvis’ gold Caddy, all the gold records (look up). In the Hall of Fame Rotunda, you can even rub Kitty Wells’ nose for good luck. My favorite of course is the early roots and history stuff, which is great.

And stuff’s changing all the time. So check their website to see what’s new.

See ya,
Dane

The visitor center! Yes, we have one! And it’s pretty convenient too right in the District (now you know where that is!). Just go to the Nashville Arena. It’s just inside there. We can tell you how to find it once you get checked in and everything.

For me, I like to get a map and whatever if I’m in a new city but then I like to just ask people on the street where stuff is like the cool bar or the best restaurant or whatever. You always get good ideas.

The visitor center has what you need though. And because they have the most recent information they can also tell you where to park for certain places and the best hours to go. It’s a good thing to do, especially if you’re going to be here a couple of days. And it’s all free!

TTFN,
Jennifer

It’s funny the things you don’t think about mentioning if someone’s not from your city. Like how even to say Nashville! We’re lucky someone actually asked! (Remember, it’s Nash-vull, like “bull,” not Nash-ville, like “pill.”)

But I realize we also forgot to tell ya’ll something else when a guest asked me where “The District” was. They just couldn’t figure it out. Which district? It was pretty funny. Because “The District” is just what we call the downtown.

It’s really where most of the big things to see are like the Ryman, the Country Music Hall of Fame, Titan Stadium, Centennial Park and the Parthenon, the visitor center and all kinds of shopping and clubs and stuff.

So if you see the District mentioned or someone tells you about it, now you know where to go!

TTFN!
Jennifer