OK, people, football post number two coming at ya. Now that your Saturday is taken care of with the Vols, I’ve got to help you find something to do on Sunday. I’m talking Titans.

Their next home game is Sept. 21 at LP Field. As far as I know there are still tickets available so that would be my first advice. But second to that option I’d say go out and see the game with authentic Nashvillians in their natural habitat. Which on Sundays is any of the sports bars around town.

At least I’d say order up lunch from the Café Isabella and watch the game from the total comfort of your own pajamas and your own bed in your own room here at Hotel P.

Coming up: the Houston Texans on the 21st and the Minnesota Vikings on the 28th.

Dane

Every year you think, “This is going to be our year.” We love our Vols around here. So in my house we’re not letting ourselves get too upset about their first-game loss against UCLA. I think a lot of it is playing in the Rose Bowl. That’s a hard place to go. Tough.

I know Coach Fulmer put them through their paces and they’ve gone over and over the films. We got time. And we’re on board no matter what happens. That’s part of being a real fan. Plus, I don’t exactly know what we’d do with our Saturdays otherwise. It’s one of those things where I know that all of Nashville is doing the same thing at the same time.

My advice is if you’re in town, and you can’t get seats to the game, find a place to watch at a bar somewhere. And wear your orange and white.

Dane

Just saw the movie “Dead Poets Society” last night. Robin Williams. You’ve probably all seen it already but I never did. What a really well done movie I thought. Robin Williams was great.

I Googled it later and learned something I didn’t know. The movie was written by a Nashvillian named Tom Schulman who graduated from Vanderbilt! And supposedly he wrote it about a Vandy professor named John Lachs.

So I Googled some more and found out that that’s a myth and that he apparently based it on his experiences at the Montgomery Bell Academy, a prep school in Nashville. The real teacher is named Sam Pickering who now teaches in the University of Connecticut.

Just in case you see the movie again…

Dane

We haven’t been to the state fair in awhile either. That actually sounds pretty fun. Even before you mentioned the alligator wrestling. I don’t remember that from when we used to go. And diving pirates? What in the world? I’ll have to check the website.

Hey, speaking of diving, we had a great time this past weekend at Dora’s company picnic over at Percy Priest Lake. One of the guys brought his boat and took people out to ski.

But the best part was we just stayed afterwards and camped, which was Dora’s great idea. It was our first camping of the whole summer, which is actually amazing. We usually go a lot.

It’s a great spot if you want to get out of the city. We just played cards, went fishing, cooled off in the water. Can’t beat it.

Dane

Hey everyone! I don’t know if you’ve been to the Hotel Preston site in awhile but you should check out all our new special package offers. Just in case you haven’t here’s my favorite.

It’s called the Seven Deadly Sins and it’s got something extra for each of the seven different naughty items. Here’s what you get:
Lust — Sexy adult amenities
Gluttony — Chilled bottle of Seven Deadly Zins Wine
Greed — A whole Hotel Preston signature cake
Sloth — Late check-out and do not disturb (1 pm check-out)
Wrath — Early check in
Envy — Two keepsake bath robes
Pride — Luxury bath kit and vanity mirror
Just an idea…

See ya!
Sabrina

Well it’s over. I can’t believe it’s already over but it is. If you didn’t watch the Olympics the last couple of weeks, well, I don’t know, you really missed something if you ask me. There were really so many great things to remember. And if you thought all the stuff about Michael Phelps was hype you didn’t see him swim.

Most nights we watched at home. And we didn’t even care (OK we cared some) that it messed up my sleeping pattern staying up so late every night. Hey, we’re old. But a few times, like last weekend, we went over to the Corner Pub. It was fun to watch with other people

So now that it’s over Dora and I don’t know what to do with ourselves. We considered started training for the next Olympics, but we couldn’t decide on an event.

Dane

It’s seems like we’ve been on the go nonstop these days. So this past weekend Dora and I didn’t do anything. We canceled all the plans we had and even turned the ringer off on the phone. I recommend it for anyone. We were in bed by 9:30 on Friday!

Saturday we packed a picnic lunch from leftovers from the steaks I barbecued the night before, picked up some potato salad and other stuff and took the dogs over to Shelby Park for the day.

If you’ve got your dog, there are only three dog parks in Nashville: Shelby, Warner, and Centennial.

My arm is still sore from throwing the tennis ball. Barkley (our pit bull/mutt mix) isn’t so into it, but Minnie (our full-blooded coon dog) would’ve fetched until my arm actually fell off. And then she would’ve brought that back to me, too.

Dane

Just saw Dark Knight. Is it just me or are movies taken from comic books the most interesting movies these days? “Iron Man” and “Dark Knight” are the two best things I’ve seen this summer.

If you’d rather read comics than see movies made from them, Nashville has your dream spot at Great Escape. If it has panels and says “Pow!” or “Smack!” anywhere they probably have it.

They probably have a couple hundred thousand new and used comics, including those rare collectors’ items. You can tell your wife that you’re doing movie research. Honey, I’m just seeing what’s playing at the movies — a couple years from now.

If you don’t give a “Bam!” about comics they also have thousands of CDs, DVDs, magazines, photos. Rows and rows worth of stuff. You’ll walk out of there with your eyes all blurry.

Dane

Dane, thanks for the little class on the Tennessee flag! That was so interesting! I think I’ve told maybe 10 people about it since I read it. I probably learned about that in school but I don’t remember.

It got me thinking about other stuff people coming to Tennessee for the first time (or native Tennesseans too J) might find interesting. I didn’t even know that we had an official state butterfly!

Here are all of our official things for Tennessee:

• Flower: Iris

• Bird: Mockingbird

• Gem: Tennessee Pearl

• Insects: Firefly and Honeybee

• Tree: Tulip Poplar

• Butterfly: Zebra Swallowtail

• Folk Dance: Square Dance

• Rock: Limestone• Reptile: Eastern Box Turtle

• Fruit: Tomato

I think I’m going to name my first kid Zebra Swallowtail

TTFN!

Jennifer

Was just asked a good question by a guest of the hotel about our state flag and it got me thinking I should put it up here for everyone just in case you didn’t know.

So our Tennessee State flag has a red background with a thick blue bar and narrow white bar running vertical along the edge. These three colors are meant to represent or echo the colors in the U.S. flag.

On that red background is a blue circle with a border of white and three white stars inside. The stars are for East Tennessee, West Tennessee and Middle Tennessee. As for the colors, it’s said that the white symbolizes purity, the blue the love that we Tennesseans feel for our state, and red how during war and peace we are always true-blooded Americans.

Just something to think about next time you see our flag a-waving.

Dane