Monthly Archives: March, 2010
Nashville Newcomers: Fresh Blends Juice & Smoothie Bar
East Nashville, we hope you’re prepared for the upcropping of brand new (awesome) local businesses. When we talked to Ugly Mugs the other day, they let us know about Fresh Blends, a new juice bar located next door to their new space (1888 Eastland Ave). We gave Fresh Blends a call, and they graciously answered some of our questions about their plans for the juice bar. Welcome to the neighborhood, Fresh Blends!
Q&A with Fresh Blends owner David Edwards
Q. When do you plan to open?
A. We should be opening in mid-July. We are hoping to open sometime between July 12th and 19th, although nothing is set in stone yet.
Q. Will there be grand opening event? Will you have a soft opening?
A. We will soft open in the middle of the week for a few days and then have a grand opening event on the first Saturday that we are open. We will be giving out samples throughout the day and we will also have items to giveaway, such as free t-shirts and gift cards.
Q. Tell us about your ingredients… will you be using local or organic produce at Fresh Blends?
A. Our wheatgrass is organically grown locally. We hope to offer a seasonal local smoothie or juice, but that will not be on the menu in the beginning. Unlike some of our competitors, all of our fruit will be individually quick frozen when fresh. We will not be using any syrups or fruits soaked in corn syrup. Our smoothies will only be sweetened with honey and 100% juice.
Q. What gave you the inspiration to open Fresh Blends? Do you have a background in this type of business?
East Nashville, we hope you’re prepared for the upcropping of brand new (awesome) local businesses. When we talked to Ugly Mugs the other day, they let us know about Fresh Blends, a new juice bar located next door to their new space (1888 Eastland Ave). We gave Fresh Blends a call, and they graciously answered [...]
Happy Hour: Toilet Woes Edition
- A new Tennessee law goes into effect tomorrow about… toilets. If you’ve got Crohn’s Disease, irritable bowel syndrome, or any other ailment that causes you to need a bathroom fast, then you’re in luck. In the event that anyone denies you a toilet, they’ll get slapped with a class C misdemeanor and a $50 fine. [Nashville Is Talking]
- English Language Learners will hopefully be sent to centers closer to home instead of being shipped all over the county. [City Paper]
- Former state senator John Ford’s corruption trial has been delayed again. He’s on trial for allegedly swiping $800K from TennCare contractors. [WSMV]
- The Titans have signed David Stewart, the starting right tackle who played all 16 games last season. No details on the contract yet, but they’ll probably surface soon. [WTVF]
Photo by j u l i e t.
A new Tennessee law goes into effect tomorrow about… toilets. If you’ve got Crohn’s Disease, irritable bowel syndrome, or any other ailment that causes you to need a bathroom fast, then you’re in luck. In the event that anyone denies you a toilet, they’ll get slapped with a class C misdemeanor and a $50 fine. [...]
Photo Of The Day: June 30, 2008
This one comes to us from debaird, who found this fun graffiti wall in Jack’s BBQ downtown during a trip to our fair city. We can only imagine what the stories are behind the names, but we think Bart is our favorite.
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post. Don’t worry- We’ll give you props. Just add them to the pool or tag them with “Nashvillest†if you’re feeling lazy.
This one comes to us from debaird, who found this fun graffiti wall in Jack’s BBQ downtown during a trip to our fair city. We can only imagine what the stories are behind the names, but we think Bart is our favorite.
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you [...]
Bright & Early: Painted Side Up Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Over the weekend, singer Bobby Brown had a rough time of it while he was filming his new CMT reality show Outsider’s Inn in East Tennessee. Brown was involved in a minor car crash on Saturday and luckily made it out unscathed. We hadn’t heard about the show before, but apparently Brown is helping Marcia Brady take over the East Tennessee bed & breakfast Christopher Place. We’re not sure we needed a Gone Country reunion, but we’re glad Bobby’s okay.
- Birds! Middle Tennesseans are facing an invasion of Chimney Swifts, which are small birds that live in your chimney and make a whole lot of noise. WTVF describes them as “fast and sneaky” and “feathery intruders,” but don’t make the mistake of killing them–destroying a nest, an egg, or a bird could set you back $10K in fines.
- Hug a Metro. While Spain was off winning the 2008 European Championship yesterday, our own soccer team couldn’t seem to pull together a win for us. The Nashville Metros, who are now 2-10, lost to the Cary Railhawks twice this weekend and set a new franchise record for the number of shutouts in a season–currently at 7.
- Bits & pieces. Some radioactive waste could be rolling through sometime this year via the interstate … Church of Scientology moves from Music Row to $6M building on 8th Ave. … Happy late anniversary to two of our favorite Nashville celebs, Keith Urban & Nicole Kidman … Southern Baptist Convention is the first to book the new Music City Center for its annual meetings in 2013 and 2019.
Photo by Dinur.
Good morning, Nashville. Over the weekend, singer Bobby Brown had a rough time of it while he was filming his new CMT reality show Outsider’s Inn in East Tennessee. Brown was involved in a minor car crash on Saturday and luckily made it out unscathed. We hadn’t heard about the show before, but apparently Brown [...]
Great Moments In PR: Cooper Camp Bites Back
Last Thursday at Happy Hour, we passed along a story from the Tennessean about Rep. Jim Cooper’s alleged trouble with the feds. It seems no one has the right story, but have no fear: Our favorite Scene-writer-turned-Cooper-spokesman John “Jim” Spragens is tirelessly patrolling the internet and setting the record straight one blog at a time. Sorry, Jim–Our bad!
From: Spragens, John <John.Spragens@mail.house.gov>
To: tips@nashvillest.com
Date: Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 5:19 PM
Subject: hey, not fair
Some lobbyist who was getting embarrassed by the House Oversight Committee makes a wild claim that Jim is under investigation… that doesn’t mean he is. I’m just saying…
U.S. Representative Jim Cooper is under investigation by the FBI for illegally accessing the website of the largest electric cooperative in the country. His spokesman calls the investigation “laughable,†but we think it’s safe to say that no one’s laughing about electricity these days. [Tennessean]
-his spokesman
John Spragens
Communications Director
Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05)
xxx-xxx-xxxx direct
xxx-xxx-xxxx mobile
Last Thursday at Happy Hour, we passed along a story from the Tennessean about Rep. Jim Cooper’s alleged trouble with the feds. It seems no one has the right story, but have no fear: Our favorite Scene-writer-turned-Cooper-spokesman John “Jim” Spragens is tirelessly patrolling the internet and setting the record straight one blog at a time. [...]
Locals You Should Love: Tonight At 12th & Porter
Playing tonight at 12th & Porter is a great local lineup that we can’t wait for. Butterfly Boucher, Disappointed By Candy and The Good Wolves will be hitting the stage at 9pm tonight. It’s shows like these that make us realize what gems we have in the Nashville music scene.
Openers The Good Wolves are newcomers only in band name – the five members have played in a multitude of different bands, but this is their first show together under the new moniker. Playing second, Disappointed By Candy add their chill electronic vibe to the mix, and one of our favorite local Australian transplants (no, not Keith Urban) Butterfly Boucher will close out the night with her infectious pop and poignant songwriting. $8 at the door.
Playing tonight at 12th & Porter is a great local lineup that we can’t wait for. Butterfly Boucher, Disappointed By Candy and The Good Wolves will be hitting the stage at 9pm tonight. It’s shows like these that make us realize what gems we have in the Nashville music scene.
Openers The Good Wolves are newcomers only [...]
Happy Hour: Happy HIV Testing Day
- Today was National HIV Testing Day, and 27 local African American churches are using the excuse to reach out to their congregation by offering HIV tests on site during their Sunday services this weekend (June 29). [WTVF]
- Metro is beefing up their Domestic Violence Division of the police department by phasing in 14 new detectives over the next few months. [City Paper]
- The folks in Goodlettsville are doing what they can to make sure Mansker Station and the Bowen Campbell Home historic sites can stay open next year. But as Channel 4 astutely points out, “Mansker’s Station only has a few full-time workers anyway volunteers do a lot of the work.” [WSMV]
- The TBI started collecting information today for the new and improved sex offender registry, which is set to launch on January 1st of next year. You’ll even be able to sign up to be notified by email if a sex offender moves to your area. [WTVF]
Photo by J. Anne Photography.
Today was National HIV Testing Day, and 27 local African American churches are using the excuse to reach out to their congregation by offering HIV tests on site during their Sunday services this weekend (June 29). [WTVF]
Metro is beefing up their Domestic Violence Division of the police department by phasing in 14 new detectives over [...]
Sudekum Planetarium Grand Opening: Moon Walk, Anyone?
This weekend is the grand opening of the new Sudekum Planetarium at the Adventure Science Center, and it’s definitely something to brag about. The new Chiron star projector is the fourth of its kind, and the first outside of Japan. It projects 6.5 million stars (while the old planetarium’s projector could produce 2,500). We call that improvement.Â
Grand opening weekend will see extended hours for the museum, with a schedule packed full of robot races, astro bounces, puppet shows, balloons, live music and of course, the inaugural planetarium show, STARS.Â
The other highlight of opening weekend is the new Space Chase exhibit wing. This is the new 15,000 square foot addition that allows visitors to moonwalk, among other things. Only the first floor is complete, with the second floor scheduled to open in 2009.Â
Unfortunately, with the new additions to the museum, admission prices are being raised for the first time since 2005. Effective tomorrow, admission will be $11 for adults and $9 for kids, and an extra $4 for planetarium shows. Family memberships are the way to get a great deal if you plan to visit more than once.
Photo by foxrosser. Â
This weekend is the grand opening of the new Sudekum Planetarium at the Adventure Science Center, and it’s definitely something to brag about. The new Chiron star projector is the fourth of its kind, and the first outside of Japan. It projects 6.5 million stars (while the old planetarium’s projector could produce 2,500). We call [...]
Photo Of The Day: June 27, 2008
We see tons of great pictures from the Nashville Zoo come through our pool, but this is the first time we’ve seen this little guy captured by craptasticphotog. He doesn’t seem real thrilled about having his picture taken, but we love the detail and sharp contrast of the bright green color against the tree.
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post. Don’t worry- We’ll give you props. Just add them to the pool or tag them with “Nashvillest†if you’re feeling lazy.
We see tons of great pictures from the Nashville Zoo come through our pool, but this is the first time we’ve seen this little guy captured by craptasticphotog. He doesn’t seem real thrilled about having his picture taken, but we love the detail and sharp contrast of the bright green color against the tree.
Photo Of [...]
Bright & Early: Riverfront Roller Coaster Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We all sort of scratched our heads when Metro decided to install this weird-looking piece of public art down by the riverfront last year. As it were, the Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks sculpture was one of the 45 pieces of public art recognized as outstanding by the group Americans for the Arts. We’re guessing it still won’t stop the tourists from pausing and asking us, “Why is there a roller coaster by the river?” Sigh.
- Horsing around. Two new horses have been added to the Hendersonville Police Department. Regarding his new horse, Officer Nathan West tells WTVF, “He’s my partner. He is. He’s been taking care of me and I’ve been taking care of him.” Too much cute for this early in the morning, right?
- Ballin’. Congrats to Shan Foster, Vanderbilt forward, who’s been drafted by the Dallas Mavericks as their 51st pick for the NBA draft.
- Bits & pieces. More talk about Wilson County Bible Park … A creepy guy is broke into an apartment on Woodlawn Drive and fondled some girl in her sleep, and police have a sketch … Oil prices shoot past $142 per gallon … Cool Springs may get 600 new jobs.
Photo by edwin.donnelly.
Good morning, Nashville. We all sort of scratched our heads when Metro decided to install this weird-looking piece of public art down by the riverfront last year. As it were, the Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks sculpture was one of the 45 pieces of public art recognized as outstanding by the group Americans [...]
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