Daily Archives: March 11th, 2010
Happy Hour: This One’s On The House
- Bear attacks boy, little brother pwns bear, Rep. Stacey Campfield thinks we should all pack heat at National Parks. Just in case. [Tennessean]
- Two people were sent to the hospital after one of Kenny Chesney’s tour buses slammed into another car. No, Kenny Chesney was not on the bus. Yes, WSMV does have a funny picture of him looking all bespectacled and kind of old. [WSMV]
- A Tennessee high school graduate is fighting back against his alma mater for not letting him wear a t-shirt and a belt buckle with great big Confederate flags on them back in October of Ought Six. He said it was his heritage, they said it promoted racism, and now he’s suing them for suspending him. And he’s wearing his belt buckle to court. [Tennessean]
- Well, Councilman Eric “Tenacious E” Crafton got the signatures he needed to get his English First resolution on the November ballot. He’ll be dropping off the 12,500 postcards with the county clerk tomorrow at noon. [Tennessean]
Photo by newscoma.
Bear attacks boy, little brother pwns bear, Rep. Stacey Campfield thinks we should all pack heat at National Parks. Just in case. [Tennessean]
Two people were sent to the hospital after one of Kenny Chesney’s tour buses slammed into another car. No, Kenny Chesney was not on the bus. Yes, WSMV does have a funny picture [...]
Tonight: Iron Chef & Icy Treats
Take a break from the Olympics tonight, and tune into a different type of competitive sport: Competitive popsicle making. You may remember late last year, when reports filtered in that the ladies of Las Paletas had been tricked into a Throwdown with Iron Chef Bobby Flay. They’ve kept quiet on who won, but we can’t imagine anyone (no, not even an Iron Chef) making a better popsicle than Las Paletas. The show was taped in November, and we’ve been kept in the dark until now – the show airs tonight at 8pm, and Las Paletas is hosting an outdoor screening in their parking lot off 12th South. Hey, we’ll be there, if only for the opportunity to get paletas after 7pm!
H/t Bites. Photo by midlakemarion.
Take a break from the Olympics tonight, and tune into a different type of competitive sport: Competitive popsicle making. You may remember late last year, when reports filtered in that the ladies of Las Paletas had been tricked into a Throwdown with Iron Chef Bobby Flay. They’ve kept quiet on who won, but we can’t imagine [...]
Adventures In Kentucky: Franklin Drive-In [Field Trips]
Touring the world’s longest cave and hanging out with dinosaurs all day can be pretty exhausting. With more to explore but limited time, we waved goodbye to Kentucky and headed home. But who can pass up a trip to the Franklin Drive-In? It was right on our way back home, so convenient, so tempting… So we gave in.
The Franklin Drive-In is right off I-65, just barely over the Kentucky border (around 45 miles away). We’re warning you now – if you map your trip online, you will get lost (we promise). Unless scenic trips through rural Kentucky are your thing, follow the directions until you get to the exit, and hang a right where it says to go left. We’re obviously experts on getting lost in the area, but that’s another story for another time.
Now, we know that there are a handful of drive-ins surrounding Nashville, and someday we’ll review and compare them all. We like the Franklin Drive-In because they charge by the carload ($9) instead of per person, and they usually have fairly recent releases that pair well together. Don’t expect them to always have an option for kids, though. They only have one screen, and a double feature can only cover so much territory. The 8pm movie will sometimes be family friendly, allowing time for those with young children to leave before the second flick.
As far as drive-ins go, the Franklin Drive-In isn’t fancy or modern. It’s more like a screen in a giant gravel parking lot in a field in Kentucky, and the audio (FM) is pretty terrible (especially when those people around you run their engines for the a/c). But it’s cheap, they have bathrooms, they have food, and it’s the kind of fun that’s almost been forgotten.
Photo from tn52.com.
Touring the world’s longest cave and hanging out with dinosaurs all day can be pretty exhausting. With more to explore but limited time, we waved goodbye to Kentucky and headed home. But who can pass up a trip to the Franklin Drive-In? It was right on our way back home, so convenient, so tempting… So [...]
Photo Of The Day: August 13, 2008
Frequent contributor grey street girl plays around with perspective in this shot of the Chet Atkins statue downtown on the corner of 5th and Union.
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.
Frequent contributor grey street girl plays around with perspective in this shot of the Chet Atkins statue downtown on the corner of 5th and Union.
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 [...]
Bright & Early: Bend Them Bells Edition
Good morning, Nashville. There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the proposed plans for the Bells Bend project, which would create a “second downtown” west of the real downtown. This morning, the Tennessean finds developers Frank and Jack May waxing poetic about how they “just want to keep Nashville as great a city as it is” by commercializing the rural outskirts of the city. The project has already caused quite a stir among Bells Bend residents and environmental groups alike, with billboards going up all over town urging Nashvillians get involved in the fight against the developers.
- Anthrax scare. Reminiscent of the anthrax attacks of 2001, the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department had a scare of its own yesterday when a woman opened an envelope and white powder fell out. Hazmat teams, the fire department, and the FBI responded to the incident, which they determined was probably a hoax. The powder has been shipped off to a lab to figure out what it was.
- Baby survives fall. A 1-year old fell off a balcony of the family’s home last night and survived. No one seems to have details about how it happened or how the baby is doing, but we feel like it’s safe to say that this one can join the ranks of the babies of steel.
- Bits & pieces. Elvis and Priscilla have been immortalized in plastic as the terrifying new additions to Mattel’s line of Barbies … WSMV publishes a helpful article on how you can avoid Anna Nicole Smith’s financial pitfalls … Mayor Dean proposes a network of extracurricular programs for Metro Schools to keep kids off the street … Breaking!: There’s a long wait at the DMV.
Photo by ryan2013.
Good morning, Nashville. There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the proposed plans for the Bells Bend project, which would create a “second downtown” west of the real downtown. This morning, the Tennessean finds developers Frank and Jack May waxing poetic about how they “just want to keep Nashville as great a city as it [...]
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