Daily Excursion: Window shopping in downtown Franklin
I figured today would be busy and possibly dreary with lots of conference calls and a pending rainstorm, so I took today’s excursion first thing this morning – in downtown Franklin, near my home. It...
View ArticleDaily Excursion: Surprises in SoBroLoGu
So first off, I have no idea what to call the area from Cummins Station to Mercy Lounge to 8th Avenue back up to Division and around the lower Gulch area. How about SoBroLoGu? Anyway, that’s where I...
View ArticleDaily Excursion: Friday On Music Row
Today felt like spring, and so did I! I turned up Otis Redding, rolled down my windows and ventured over for a stroll around Music Row and Edgehill Village. My four-inch heels? No mind, Nashville....
View ArticleDaily Excursion: For the runners
I didn’t leave the newsroom today. There was too much news. Sad news. But I’ve committed to writing this blog every day, so here it is. All runners respect commitment even when it escapes us...
View ArticleDaily Excursion: East Nashville 15 years after the tornado
This photo looks like like a movie poster, doesn’t it? It is April 16, 1998, and John Shellenbach (white dress shirt) and Skip Waters (standing in his truck door) are watching for a possible second...
View ArticleDaily Excursion: Faux pas committed by strangers
I was in an irritated mood when I took today’s excursion to the downtown Farmer’s Market, which I’m sure you’ll never guess from the tone of this post. Here, you all, is a list of common social faux...
View ArticleDaily Excursion: Dining Out For Life
Today’s blog post is brought to you entirely from the dining room at M. in Cummins Station, where there were so many folks gathered for a special Dining Out For Life lunch that Nashville CARES...
View ArticleDaily Excursion: Another Way To Look At Things
This morning I forgot my umbrella and, thinking I could run between the raindrops, I tripped and fell hip-first into standing water deeper than my heels were high. While I am never prepared for weather...
View ArticleDaily Excursion: Run Like A Nashvillian
Today is the day before our Country Music Marathon, and despite a weather forecast that feels more appropriate for a nice time INSIDE, perhaps with a hot toddy and a fireplace, we are ready to run. I...
View ArticleDaily Excursion: Recharging an Extrovert
An introverted friend jokes than an extroverted friend of ours is such an extreme people person that “he relaxes by having friends over”. This particular extrovert threw a surprise birthday party that...
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