Atlanta to Nashville
poured rain....like
this place needs anymore water! We took shelter under the eave of a church entrance. It's a good thing we stopped because we would have been drenched the rest of the day! As we were walking through downtown we came across the Barbershop Harmony Society. All of Mick's family is involved in barbershop so I snapped a picture of the building for them. It's hard to see in the picture but under each of the 4 columns on the building is : T, L, BA, BS...yeah that's a barbershop place alright! We finally made our way over to the Ryman Auditorium, the longest home to date of the Grand Ole Opry. We just missed the last tour. I grew up on country music so this was pretty special and neat for me to get to see the building. I do plan to return at some point so I can see a show and take some tours! We walked around for hours, tried on cowboy boots, went to Dolly Parton's gift shop, took pictures of the flooded river with debris, and ended up at "Rippy's" at an outdoor patio to eat some awesome pulled pork and local brew. We OF COURSE had to finish up with some ice cream from a local ice cream shop called Mike's...it was delicious. By the time we got back to the hotel we had been out for hours! I was exhausted but I still managed to shove my practice mute in my bell and put in a few hours of face time. It's so important to keep up the chops on these days when we don't have any shows.
I've arrived...in Music City
Shay standing next to one of Dolly's teeny tiny dresses!
Receding river with debris floating in it to the right.
Rippy's "Pulled Pork", Slaw, Corn Cake, and not one but 2 Yazoo's
The next morning Shay and I had made plans to hook up with a fellow BU alum, Gil, who now plays bassoon in the Nashville Symphony. He picked us up and we went to a Nashville icon the Pancake Pantry...It was AWESOME!!! Great pancakes, good prices...a good start to another day of travel. Gil brought along his oldest daughter who was absolutely adorable...it's so funny to see all our friends all grown up with kids. My Mom wrote me a note saying, you're really getting paid for all this fun? YEP...it's pretty much the best thing ever!
Pecan Pancakes....with warm maple syrup and whipped butter...
Gil, Mary Jo, & Shay @ the Pancake Pantry, Nashville TN
Number of hotels stayed in to date: 4
Best hotel to date: Hutton Hotel, Nashville, TN - Awesome design and I loved that it was "green"
This so awesome!! I am so hungry and between those two meals (pancakes & corn cake & pulled por) I'm about to scream!! so much fun!! Go girl go and keep it coming!
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