Just before breakfast yesterday Mary told me The New Your Times must be reading your blog! I replied in my usual satirical way, that I noticed it was getting better.
She went on, “I just saw on the TV that they listed Nashville as one of the 52 best places in the world to visit. Actually, they named us 15th!”
WOW, they did!!
I share this from their website:
Leather jackets and skinny jeans
join cowboy boots.
Country music lovers have long made the pilgrimage to Nashville, but now the city has fast gained cachet among rock fans and foodies. The city’s vibrant scene is home to the Black Keys, Kings of Leon, Jeff the Brotherhood and Diarrhea Planet, who all play in town occasionally. And a youthquake is transforming scruffy neighborhoods like 12South and East Nashville into hipster hubs. New hangouts include Pinewood Social, a bar, restaurant, bowling alley and karaoke joint, and the 404, a restaurant and boutique hotel in a former auto garage. Add to that a thriving culinary scene, exemplified by the Music City Eats Festival, back for a second year in September. And Nashville’s old standbys — like the honky-tonk Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge and the venerable Ryman — are as fun as ever.— STEVEN KURUTZ