The south

Last month I made two trips to Nashville, Tn. The first trip was a trip based completely around joy and laughter. I was going down to visit friends. The second was a weekend later and I had to pick up my car.

Despite the drama that ensued to create multiple trips, I honestly had a great time in Nashville. I'm at that "point in my life" where I've started considering all the different places I could live. You know, after I complete graduate school and have had a few years under my belt in a job that gives me cred.

So every city I visit I start writing the "reasons to live here" list in my head. And Nashville TN is, of course, a city that has begun accumulating that list.

This is of note because I am definitely a Yankee. I grew up in Indianapolis. My parents are from Ohio and New Jersey. My beliefs are fairly liberal and I believe the Civil War was not about independence but about slavery.

Yet a secret desire I've always had is to live in the South.

In my childhood I was fixated with all the novels that took place in the South. I read Gone with the Wind and Scarlett, other books that took place in Georgia and Albama during the Civil. I went to Savannah in seventh grade on a girl scout trip and decided I wanted to live there.

I was also a miniatrue of my father's beleifs so I was very traditional and conservative.

So this itch to be in the south has reformed anew and may lend itself to a move in the not so distant future.

Who wouldn't love honky tonks, talented people all over the streets, creative ventures, and a nice hot terrain?


well many people, but i do!

loveyounash.

Nashville possibilities

In a few weeks I'm taking a vacation to visit some friends in Nashville, TN (not IN). I became interested in the amount of silly activities I could do in Nashville and accessed a Nashville tourism site and found a few of my favorites. I haven't received any responses from my friends in regards to these suggestions but hopefully they will agree they are great choices.

for example...
http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/music_valley_wax_museum/
you mean, all of my favorite country musicians i've never listened to forever immortalized in wax!! for a minimal fee!! sign me up!!

http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/russell_stovers_candy/
a candy outlet...........i need not say more

http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/bell_witch_cave_canoe_rental/
I love haunted stuff. especially haunted genitalia. Unfortunately, this is cave but not THAT kind of cave. silly.

http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/dollywood/
she's my role model. I will go alone if I have to. unless the ticket costs more than the shoes I'm wearing right now.


http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/flyaway_indoor_skydiving/
um, antm anyone?! we can all act out that scene where the twins flailed around like a bag of bones. oh thats right- THEY ARE

http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/go_usa_fun_park/
I just like the name.

http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/nascar_speed_park/
are you kidding me?! NASCAR?!!?!? PARK?!?!?!?! MERCHANDISE?!

http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/nashville_shores_outdoor_water_park/
apparently there is a "giant bucket of fun." thats its offish name.

http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/a_schwab_dry_goods_store/
99 cent neckties.

http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/biblical_resource_center_museum/
includes the "bible lab"

http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/elvis_presleys_graceland/
duh.

http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/guinness_world_of_records_museum/
the idea excites me but what exactly would be in there? ...

http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/international_rockabilly_hall_of_fame_museum/
I wonder how many hipsters you can fit into one building...

http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/purity_dairies/
the description uses the word "yummy." I like using "yummy" and "purity" in the same sentence.


http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/the_salt_pepper_shaker_museum_smoky_mountain_spices/ 10 bucks says we're the youngest ones there.

http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/trenton_teapot_museum/
what the hell TN? your museums are just reaching now.

http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/jack_daniel_distillery
I've given this company a lot of my money. might as well give them more.

in fact...
http://www.tnvacation.com/listing/wineries-distilleries/
all of them