Good morning, Nashville. Tennessee has managed to make quite a spectacle of itself in the past few weeks with our strange array of fringe gubernatorial candidates and controversial statements from the not-so-fringe ones, but we’re here to tell you that at least this leg of the journey will be over soon. You have today and tomorrow to take advantage of early voting (which is on track to break some records, apparently) and then the real election is August 5th. Let us hope that things get a little less circus-y from here.
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Good morning, Nashville. Thanks to the folks in the US House, our state is the proud recipient of $200 million more in federal flood relief aid. Though the midstate has made huge strides toward recovery in the past few months, many homes and businesses are still facing more damages than they can afford. Many folks have also been frustrated by the lack of help from FEMA and the Small Business Administration, or by the amount of time it’s taking to get to them. The SBA has actually denied 62% of all flood claims by small businesses, meaning that almost two out of three businesses applying for help aren’t receiving it.
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No one celebrates National Ice Cream Month quite like Bravo Gelato. If you don’t follow them on Twitter (@BravoGelatoNash), you’ve probably missed out on the fantastic deals they’ve been offering every day this month at their Village Green location – Buy one get one free, quarts for the price of pints, large for the price of a small… We could go on and on. And with flavors like S’more, Cinnamon Cayenne Chocolate Chip, Maple Benton’s Bacon, Pina Colada, Cruze Dairy Buttermilk, Chocolate Hazelnut and Apple Pie, who can resist those kind of deals?
To top off National Ice Cream Month, Bravo Gelato will give away 1 regular sized gelato per person for FREE this Saturday, July 31 from 12-3pm at their Village Green location (off Hillsboro in the Green Hills Christie Cookie). All you have to do is show up! They’ll be featuring an assortment of locally-themed flavors for the special occasion. Think flavors with Yazoo, Olive & Sinclair, Jack Daniels and more.
If you haven’t been to Bravo Gelato yet, Saturday is a great time to get your feet wet in the wonderful world of gelato. But we’re warning you – You’ll probably get hooked. Don’t just take our word for it… Our blogging friends over at Style Blueprint, Erin’s Food Files, Eat. Drink. Smile., The Beer Snob and Nashville Foodies can back up our claims.
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Good morning, Nashville. If you’ve ever enjoyed a hot dog, popcorn or even a beer at a Titans or Preds game, it might be worth knowing that 62% of LP Field food vendors and 59% of Bridgestone Arena food vendors had major health violations according to a recent inspection. Vendors at both facilities were found to have both non-critical and critical violations; critical violations could include “presence of insects or rodents, personnel working with infections or not washing their hands properly or toxic items not properly stored.” Gross, right?
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Good morning, Nashville. Hopefully everyone is safe and sound after last night’s bout of bad weather. About 15 homes were damaged in the storm, but there were thankfully no reports of injuries. Though there was a report about an overturned semi on I-24, police determined that the story wasn’t true. The National Weather Service is still working on confirming the tornado in northern Davidson County. One good thing about all of that were the amazing pictures like the one above. But before you get too excited, you’ll want to brace yourselves for round two this afternoon.
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