This is the strangest Nashville winter that I can remember. A few years ago, we had a lot of snow, but I don’t recall experiencing Spring temperatures only to be nailed with snow showers the week before Easter. Nevertheless, it’s happening. The other night, I baked a loaf of bread, put on some records, and … Continue reading »
On Saturday, Daniel and I met up with a group of close friends at the East Nashville Beer Festival. Rhizome Productions started this annual event a few years ago (along with a handful of other craft beer-related festivals) in order to increase community support through craft brewing. Since the ENBF’s debut on the East Bank … Continue reading »
The last few years have been rife with growth for Nashville. Of course, growth often comes with some degree of difficulty. From the looks of this gorgeous trailer, the documentary ‘Nashville 2012′ will cover the highest and lowest moments of a growing city during a 12-month period. This isn’t going to be another media story … Continue reading »
I’ve lived in several neighborhoods since I moved to Nashville in 2003. My first apartment was at a small apartment complex in a quiet, unassuming neighborhood called Crieve Hall. After that, I moved into a big, old, musty pink house in Green Hills, which came with more traffic, more sidewalks and really unkind neighbors. Fed … Continue reading »
I’ve mentioned on this blog before that my friends Mallory and Scott are The Rough and Tumble. They travel around the Midwest and Northeast playing small venues and living rooms with a strange medley of chord organs, tiny pianos, glass jars and baby kick drums. They use these things to make music that sounds like … Continue reading »
