Back Where I Come From … You Don’t Have to Worry About Getting Stuck on the Side of the Road

Back where I come from, the small town of Eupora, MS (population: 2,300), you don’t have to worry about getting stuck on the side of the road. (Yes, I said road. There is really only one street in Eupora, and that is Main Street). If you get a flat tire or are [...]

Fireworks Are Pretty!

The rutabagas headed downtown and grabbed a spot on the east side of LP field for the Independence Day fireworks.  We had a great view, but we could only faintly hear the Nashville Symphony in the distance.  The show was AMAZING.  Everyone who lives in Nashville should go at least once.  Heck, you could even [...]

Bobbie’s Dairy Dip and an Ice Cream Social

Bobbie’s Dairy Dip, located on Charlotte Avenue in Nashville, is the embodiment of small town American charm. Multicolored light bulbs and a shiny, metallic American flag banner outline the long-established drive-up burger joint and ice cream stand, lending the distant yet familiar nostalgia of the good old days – the ones that passed long [...]

Root Beer Redemption

Last night at Movies in the Park, Dirty Dancing edition, I decided to give A&W a chance at redemption. This time, I skipped the horrendous Cool Springs restaurant middle man and went straight to the source … a nice, cold can of A&W root beer straight from the bottler (or is it canner in this [...]

Free Root Beer Floats from A&W

So yesterday, A&W Restaurants across the U.S. gave away free root beer floats.  Who doesn’t love root beer floats?  Moreover, who doesn’t love free?  Of course I, along with Kim, headed over to the Cool Springs A&W/KFC after my hour long kickboxing class at the Cool Springs YMCA to partake in the FREE ice creamy, [...]

Belmont Boulevard

Belmont Boulevard,
you are not my friend.
Your cracked, concrete sidewalks
are rough
and hard
and cruel.
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Goonies Never Say Die! Nashville Scene’s Movies in the Park

Summer is here. Classes are over. The kids are bored. Even those of us who don’t have the summer off from work still get a little antsy as soon as the days get longer and the sun gets hotter. What’s a person to do? The answer is simple – Movies in the Park!
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MAFIAoZA’s Pizzeria and Neighborhood Pub: You’re Gonna Love It … OR ELSE – Nashville’s 12South District

When you sit down to open your MAFIAoZA’s menu, you are welcomed with the following greeting:

Welcome to MAFIAoZA’S and welcome to “The Family”. Please make yourselves at home and let us know if you have any special requests. We make all of our food from scratch, so fugetaboutit. Please let your server know if you [...]

Las Paletas gourmet popsicles – Nashville

On a beautiful spring outing at Sevier Park in Nashville’s 12South District, I was introduced to one of the city’s many hidden treasures – Las Paletas gourmet popsicles. When someone in our little group of Frisbee throwers, bubble blowers, and kite fliers suggested, “Hey, let’s all go get popsicles,” I thought to myself: Sure, why [...]

Tomorrow, I’m Running for Blood:Water Mission

I’m running in the Country Music 1/2 marathon tomorrow. I’m not a runner. Wish me luck. I’ll need it.
Click this link: www.runforbloodwater.com. Check it out. Donate. Pray about it if you need to. It’s for a good cause.
About Run for Blood:Water Mission – We’re a team of Country Music [...]