By nash_kate
July 12th, 2006 @ 8:53 AM
Misc
- Nashville evolves. What was once a row of too-tacky-to-be-believed souvenir shops is now a run of too-trendy-to-be-cool bars and eateries.
- Supply and demand. You can get a fully produced, nearly radio-ready song demo done here for a fraction of what it would cost in other cities, and here you can get some of the top session players in the world because they happen to be between tours or studio recordings.
- Black bean nachos at Calypso Cafe. Need I say more?
- Radnor Lake. It just rocks. I saw a tussle between two slider turtles there once, and that’s better entertainment than you can get at any writer’s night in town.
- Live entertainment. Almost everywhere you go, almost any night of the week, almost any day of the year. But it does sometimes mean having to sit through umpteen tear-in-your-beer ballads about cheatin’. All with the same chord progressions and strum patterns.
- You can party with elephants. The Nashville Zoo’s Adventure Socials series is all about getting adults as excited about the zoo as their kids already are. Works for me, because I’m a huge fan of the zoo.
- Art scene small but strong. There isn’t as much of an art scene as I would prefer, but things are happening and when events are scheduled and well-organized, they’re well-attended and a lot of fun.
- Sunday brunch at the Pineapple Room at Cheekwood. Delicious French toast, tomato salad, cheese plate, fresh berries, chocolate cake, etc. Some of the best eatin’ I’ve ever enjoyed.
- One very influential family. The ubiquitousness of the Frist name can be a bit daunting (particularly if your politics lean left), but their charitable and humanitarian efforts are certainly laudable.
- Urban living for half the price. You can still get a deal on living downtown or near downtown in Nashville relative to what you’d pay in other cities with as much to offer. And Nashville was rated the “smartest place to live” by Kiplinger’s.
Amen on the Calypso nachos.
I prefer the black bean salad myself. Same thing with a little more lettuce and a little less chips.
I prefer the chicken salad pita. Their curry is kind of sketchy, but no matter, because since the last time I had curried goat I can’t stand the thought of “yard food.”
I used to live downtown, like really downtown in the Cumberland. No sense of urban living except that there are tall buildings. Everyting shut down at 5:30.
>but their charitable and humanitarian efforts are certainly laudable.
Heh. I’ve always figured that was the family’s way of apologizing for unleashing that turd Bill on the world. “Really Nashville, we’re sorry, we would have used a condomn if only we’d known — here, have a museum.”
I wonder what they’ll buy us if he gets to the White House. Well, I’d rather never know.